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INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ET AL. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (1951)

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INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ET AL. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD |
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Term: 1950 |
Important Dates |
Argued: February 26, 1951 |
Decided: June 4, 1951 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
6-3 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed |
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ET AL. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 1951. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1951.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: secondary activity
- Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: National Labor Relations Board, or regional office or officer
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 341 U.S. 694
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Harold Burton
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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