NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. DENVER BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL ET AL. (1951)

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. DENVER BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL ET AL.
	Term: 1950
Important Dates
	Argued: February 27, 1951
	Decided: June 4, 1951
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. DENVER BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL ET AL. 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 27, 1951.

In a 6-3 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: Unions - Labor-management disputes: secondary activity
Petitioner: National Labor Relations Board, or regional office or officer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Union, labor organization, or official of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 341 U.S. 675
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.