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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. YESHIVA UNIVERSITY (1980)

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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. YESHIVA UNIVERSITY |
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Term: 1979 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 10, 1979 |
Decided: February 20, 1980 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
5-4 |
Majority |
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart |
Dissenting |
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White |
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. YESHIVA UNIVERSITY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1980. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1979.
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, Second 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: Private school, college, or university
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 444 U.S. 672
- 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: Lewis Powell
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
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