REGAL KNITWEAR CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (1945)

REGAL KNITWEAR CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
	Term: 1944
Important Dates
	Argued: December 8, 1944
	Decided: January 29, 1945
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
	Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

REGAL KNITWEAR CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 29, 1945. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1944.

In a 6-3 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: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: 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.
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: National Labor Relations Board, or regional office or officer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 324 U.S. 9
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
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.