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PACKARD MOTOR CAR CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (1947)

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PACKARD MOTOR CAR CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD |
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Term: 1946 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 9, 1947 |
Decided: March 10, 1947 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
5-4 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge |
Dissenting |
Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frederick Vinson |
PACKARD MOTOR CAR CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1947. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1947.
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, Sixth Circuit.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: bargaining
- Petitioner: Auto manufacturer
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: National Labor Relations Board, or regional office or officer
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 330 U.S. 485
- 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: Robert Jackson
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.
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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