DETROIT EDISON CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (1979)

DETROIT EDISON CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
	Term: 1978
Important Dates
	Argued: November 6, 1978
	Decided: March 5, 1979
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

DETROIT EDISON CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1979. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 1978.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: miscellaneous dispute
Petitioner: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: National Labor Relations Board, or regional office or officer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 440 U.S. 301
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.