LECHMERE, INC. v. NLRB

No. 90-970.

502 U.S. 527 (1992)

LECHMERE, INC. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

United States Supreme Court.

Decided January 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Joy argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Keith H. McCown and Benjamin Smith.

Michael R. Dreeben argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Starr, Acting Deputy Solicitor General Wright, Norton J. Come, and Linda Sher.*

Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Souter, JJ., joined. White, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Blackmun, J., joined, p. 541. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, p. 548.


Justice Thomas, delivered the opinion of the Court.

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,...

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