NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

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Commerce Clause case United States Supreme Court case landmark labor law case

NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. is a landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld federal power to regulate labor relations, marking a major expansion of Congress’s authority over interstate commerce.

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Surface form	Occurrences
1937 (NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.)	1
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. United States	1
Jones & Laughlin Steel case	1
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation	1
The National Labor Relations Board may order reinstatement of workers fired for union activity in an enterprise affecting interstate commerce	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Commerce Clause case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark labor law case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. ⓘ surface form: Jones & Laughlin Steel case
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ federal jurisdiction over interstate commerce ⓘ labor law ⓘ
arguedDate	February 10, 1937 ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtDecision	Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ
citation	301 U.S. 1 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause ⓘ
decidingCourt	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	April 12, 1937 ⓘ
dissentingJustice	George Sutherland ⓘ Justice James C. McReynolds ⓘ surface form: James C. McReynolds Pierce Butler ⓘ Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
docketNumber	419 ⓘ
fullName	NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
geographicContext	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
historicalSignificance	limited the earlier restrictive view of the Commerce Clause ⓘ marked a major expansion of Congress’s authority over interstate commerce ⓘ signaled judicial acceptance of New Deal economic regulation ⓘ
holding	Congress may regulate labor relations when they have a close and substantial relation to interstate commerce ⓘ The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 is constitutional as applied to the respondent ⓘ NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The National Labor Relations Board may order reinstatement of workers fired for union activity in an enterprise affecting interstate commerce
keyConcept	close and substantial relation to interstate commerce ⓘ federal power to regulate labor relations ⓘ
legalIssue	constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 ⓘ federal regulation of labor relations in manufacturing ⓘ scope of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ
majorityJoinedBy	Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo ⓘ surface form: Benjamin N. Cardozo Justice Harlan F. Stone ⓘ surface form: Harlan F. Stone Justice Louis D. Brandeis ⓘ surface form: Louis Brandeis Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ surface form: Owen J. Roberts
majorityOpinionBy	Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ
overruledOrLimited	narrow Commerce Clause precedents such as Carter v. Carter Coal Co. in practical effect ⓘ
pageInUnitedStatesReports	1 ⓘ
petitioner	National Labor Relations Board ⓘ
precedentFor	broad federal regulation of economic activities affecting interstate commerce ⓘ
relatedStatute	National Labor Relations Act ⓘ surface form: National Labor Relations Act of 1935
remedyOrdered	reinstatement of discharged employees with back pay ⓘ
respondent	Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation ⓘ
subjectMatter	unfair labor practices ⓘ union organization and collective bargaining ⓘ
timePeriod	New Deal ⓘ surface form: New Deal era
volumeOfUnitedStatesReports	301 ⓘ
yearDecided	1937 ⓘ

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