NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. EXPRESS PUBLISHING CO. (1941)

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. EXPRESS PUBLISHING CO.
	Term: 1940
Important Dates
	Argued: February 14, 1941
	Decided: March 3, 1941
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • Frank Murphy • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Stanley Reed

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. EXPRESS PUBLISHING CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1941. The case was argued before the court on February 14, 1941.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: bargaining
Petitioner: National Labor Relations Board, or regional office or officer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: 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.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 312 U.S. 426
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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 liberal.