NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp.

NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 12–13, 1939
Decided February 27, 1939
Full case nameNational Labor Relations Board v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
Citations306 U.S. 240 (more)
59 S. Ct. 490; 83 L. Ed. 627; 1939 U.S. LEXIS 1092; 1 Lab. Cas. (CCH) ¶ 17,042; 123 A.L.R. 599; 4 L.R.R.M. 515
Case history
PriorFansteel Metallurgical Corp. v. NLRB, 98 F.2d 375 (7th Cir. 1938); cert. granted, 305 U.S. 590 (1938).
Holding
National Labor Relations Act does not confer authority to order an employer to reinstate workers fired after illegal activity, even if the employer's own illegal actions triggered that activity.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Charles E. Hughes
Associate Justices
James C. McReynolds · Pierce Butler
Harlan F. Stone · Owen Roberts
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter
Case opinions
MajorityHughes, joined by McReynolds, Butler, Roberts
ConcurrenceStone
DissentReed, joined by Black
Frankfurter took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
National Labor Relations Act

National Labor Relations Board v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation, 306 U.S. 240 (1939), is a United States Supreme Court case on labor laws in which the Court held that the National Labor Relations Board had no authority to order an employer to reinstate workers fired after a sit-down strike, even if the employer's illegal actions triggered that strike.[1]

  1. ^ NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp., 306 U.S. 240 (1939).