375 U.S. 963 - Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board

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Cited by 501 later decisions (17 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2012 · most notably United States v. Young (1985), United States v. Nobles (1975)

325 federal appellate · 13 district · 57 state decisions — followed in 19 states

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Marion B. Plant and Gerard D. Reilly, for petitioner.

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Solicitor General Cox, Arnold Ordman, Dominick L. Manoli and Norton J. Come, for the National Labor Relations Board.

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Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted limited to Questions 1 and 3 presented by the petition which read as follows:

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'1. Was Petitioner required by the National Labor Relations Act to bargain with a union representing some of its employees about whether to let to an independent contractor for legitimate business reasons the performance of certain operations in which those employees had been engaged?

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'3. Was the Board, in a case involving only a refusal to bargain, empowered to order the resumption of operations which had been discontinued for legitimate business reasons and reinstatement with back pay of the individuals formerly employed therein?'

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The case is placed on the summary calendar.

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Mr. Justice GOLDBERG took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.