Legal Opinion
Associated Press v. National Labor Relations Board
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 12, 1937No. 365PublishedCited by 357 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robeets
In this case we are to decide whether the National Labor Relations Act,1 as applied to the petitioner by an order of the National Labor Relations Board, exceeds the power of Congress to regulate commerce pursuant to Article I, § 8, abridges the freedom of the press guaranteed by the First Amendment, and denies trial by jury in violation of the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution.
*123In October, 1935, the petitioner discharged Morris Watson, an employee in its New York office. The American Newspaper Guild, a labor organization, filed a charge with the Board alleging that Watson’s discharge was…
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