NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (1978)

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
	Term: 1978
Important Dates
	Decided: October 30, 1978
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 30, 1978.

In a 6-3 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, 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: Unions - Labor-management disputes: right to organize
Petitioner: National Labor Relations Board, or regional office or officer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Hospital, medical center
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 439 U.S. 9
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.