Legal Opinion

National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 21, 1979No. 77-752PublishedCited by 679 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger

This case arises out of the National Labor Relations Board’s exercise of jurisdiction over lay faculty members at two groups of Catholic high schools. We granted certiorari to consider two questions: (a) Whether teachers in schools operated by a church to teach both religious and secular subjects are within the jurisdiction granted by the National Labor Relations Act; and (b) if the Act authorizes such jurisdiction, does its exercise violate the guarantees of the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment? 434 U. S. 1061 (1978).

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One group of schools is operated by the Catholic Bishop of Chicago,…

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