Brown v. Hotel and Restaurant Employees | |
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Argued March 26, 1984 Decided July 2, 1984 | |
Full case name | Brown, Director, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Gaming Enforcement, State of New Jersey, et al. v. Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders International Union Local 54 et al. |
Citations | 468 U.S. 491 (more) 104 S. Ct. 3179; 82 L. Ed. 2d 373; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 142; 52 U.S.L.W. 5042; 101 Lab. Cas. (CCH) ΒΆ 11,059; 5 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1585; 116 L.R.R.M. 2921 |
Case history | |
Prior | Hotel and Restaurant Employees v. Danzinger, 536 F. Supp. 317 (D.N.J. 1982); reversed, 709 F.2d 815 (3d Cir. 1983); probable jurisdiction noted, 464 U.S. 990 (1983). |
Subsequent | Case remanded to the Court of Appeals with instructions to remand to the District Court for further proceedings |
Holding | |
New Jersey's Casino Control Act, which imposed qualification standards on casino industry union officials, is not pre-empted by the National Labor Relations Act | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | O'Connor, joined by Burger, Blackmun, Rehnquist |
Dissent | White, joined by Powell, Stevens |
Brennan, Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
Casino Control Act, N.J. Stat. Ann. Section 5:12-1 et seq.; National Labor Relations Act |
Brown v. Hotel and Restaurant Employees, 468 U.S. 491 (1984), is a 4-to-3 ruling by the United States Supreme Court which held that a New Jersey state gaming law requiring union leaders to be of good moral character was not preempted by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).[1][2]