SHEPARD v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al. (1983)

SHEPARD v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al.
	Term: 1982
Important Dates
	Argued: December 6, 1982
	Decided: January 18, 1983
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	Sandra Day O'Connor

SHEPARD v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1983. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1982.

In an 8-1 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).

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Union antitrust: legality of anticompetitive union activity
Petitioner: Union member
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: National Labor Relations Board, or regional office or officer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 459 U.S. 344
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: William Rehnquist

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.