NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSN., AFL-CIO, et al. (1980)

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSN., AFL-CIO, et al.
	Term: 1979
Important Dates
	Argued: April 22, 1980
	Decided: June 20, 1980
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Byron White
Dissenting
	Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSN., AFL-CIO, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1980. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1980.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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).

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

^[1]

About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Union antitrust: legality of anticompetitive union 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: 447 U.S. 490
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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.