Legal Opinion
Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 9, 1961No. 97PublishedCited by 2,223 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
In 1956 the petitioner Rachel Brawner was a short-order cook at a cafeteria operated by her employer, M & M Restaurants, Inc., on the premises of the Naval Gun Factory1 in the city of Washington. She had worked there for more than six years, and from her employer’s point of view her record was entirely satisfactory.
The Gun Factory was engaged in designing, producing, and inspecting naval ordnance, including the development of weapons systems of a highly classified nature. Located on property owned by the United States, the installation was under the command of Rear Admiral D. M. Tyree,…
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