Legal Opinion

Lechmere, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 27, 1992No. 90-970PublishedCited by 260 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas

This case requires us to clarify the relationship between the rights of employees under § 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act), 49 Stat. 452, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 157, and the property rights of their employers.

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This case stems from the efforts of Local 919 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, AFL-CIO, to organize employees at a retail store in Newington, Connecticut, owned and operated by petitioner Lechmere, Inc. The store is located in the Lechmere Shopping Plaza, which occupies a roughly rectangular tract measuring approximately 880 feet from north to south…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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