Legal Opinion

National Labor Relations Board v. Baptist Hospital, Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 20, 1979No. 78-223PublishedCited by 104 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell

This case presents the question of the validity of an order of the National Labor Relations Board (Board) prohibiting respondent, Baptist Hospital (Hospital), from enforcing any rule against solicitation by employees “on behalf of any labor organization during their nonworking time in any area of its hospital other than immediate patient care areas.”

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The Hospital is a nonprofit general hospital with 600 beds and 1,800 employees. For several years prior to 1974, the Hospital enforced a rule against solicitation anywhere on its premises.1 The intervenor, Local 150-T, Service Employees…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. Republic Aviation Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Hudgens v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Beth Israel Hospital v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. National Labor Relations Board v. Beth Israel HospitalCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977

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3Cited by104 opinions

  1. Hill v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. National Labor Relations Board v. Beverly Enterprises-Massachusetts, Inc., D/B/A Beverly Manor Nursing HomeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  5. Penobscot Air Services, Ltd. v. Federal Aviation AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999

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