HOFFMAN PLASTIC COMPOUNDS, INC. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (2002)

HOFFMAN PLASTIC COMPOUNDS, INC. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: January 15, 2002
	Decided: March 27, 2002
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

HOFFMAN PLASTIC COMPOUNDS, INC. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 2002. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 2002.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: miscellaneous
Petitioner: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: National Labor Relations Board, or regional office or officer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 535 U.S. 137
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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.