Legal Opinion

Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co. v. National Labor Relations Board

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 12, 1949No. 47PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Minton

The question we have here is whether a closed-shop contract, entered into and performed in good faith, and valid in the state where made, protects an employer from a charge of unfair labor practices under the National Labor Relations Act.1

Petitioner was found by the National Labor Relations Board to have violated §§ 8 (1) and 8 (3) of the Act.2 On petition for review and cross-petition of the Board for enforcement of its order, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit entered a decree enforcing the Board’s order.3 We granted certiorari limited to the question of the construction of § 8 (3)…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Wallace Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. James v. Marinship Corp.California Supreme Court · 1944
  3. Algoma Plywood & Veneer Co. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Shafer v. Registered Pharmacists Union Local 1172California Supreme Court · 1940
  5. Park & Tilford Import Corp. v. International Brotherhood of TeamstersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Radio Officers' Union of the Commercial Telegraphers Union v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Local Lodge No. 1424, International Ass'n of MacHinists v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Florida Power & Light Co. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 641Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Parker v. LesterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
  5. Stolberg v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978

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