Labor-management bargaining: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Labor-management bargaining,” part of the Unions area.

Legal provisions most often involved

All 41 decisions, newest first

• Unite Here Local 355 v. Mulhall
  571 U.S. 83Decided December 10, 20136–3Per curiam
• Central State University v. American Association of University Professors
  526 U.S. 124Decided March 22, 19998–1Per curiam
• National Federation of Federal Employees v. Department of the Interior
  526 U.S. 86Decided March 3, 19995–4Stephen G. Breyer
• American Hospital Association v. National Labor Relations Board
  499 U.S. 606Decided April 23, 19919–0John Paul Stevens
• Fort Stewart Schools v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
  495 U.S. 641Decided May 29, 19909–0Antonin Scalia
• National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc.
  494 U.S. 775Decided April 17, 19905–4Thurgood Marshall
• Department of the Treasury v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
  494 U.S. 922Decided April 17, 19907–2Antonin Scalia
• Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co. v. Railway Labor Executives' Association
  491 U.S. 490Decided June 21, 19895–4Byron R. White
• Federal Labor Relations Authority v. Aberdeen Proving Ground
  485 U.S. 409Decided April 4, 19889–0Per curiam
• Fall River Dyeing & Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
  482 U.S. 27Decided June 1, 19876–3Harry A. Blackmun
• National Labor Relations Board v. Action Automotive, Inc.
  469 U.S. 490Decided February 19, 19856–3Warren E. Burger
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bildisco & Bildisco
  465 U.S. 513Decided February 22, 19845–4William H. Rehnquist
• United Transportation Union v. Long Island Rail Road Co.
  455 U.S. 678Decided March 24, 19829–0Warren E. Burger
• Charles D. Bonanno Linen Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  454 U.S. 404Decided January 11, 19825–4Byron R. White
• National Labor Relations Board v. Hendricks County Rural Electric Membership Corp.
  454 U.S. 170Decided December 2, 19815–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• National Labor Relations Board v. Yeshiva University
  444 U.S. 672Decided February 20, 19805–4Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago
  440 U.S. 490Decided March 21, 19795–4Warren E. Burger
• Bayside Enterprises, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  429 U.S. 298Decided January 11, 19779–0John Paul Stevens
• Linden Lumber Division v. National Labor Relations Board
  419 U.S. 301Decided December 23, 19745–4William O. Douglas
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Company
  416 U.S. 267Decided April 23, 19745–4Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• National Labor Relations Board v. Burns International Security Services, Inc.
  406 U.S. 272Decided May 15, 19729–0Byron R. White
• Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
  404 U.S. 157Decided December 6, 19716–1William J. Brennan Jr.
• H. K. Porter Co., Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  397 U.S. 99Decided March 2, 19704–2Hugo L. Black
• National Labor Relations Board v. Gissel Packing Co., Inc.
  395 U.S. 575Decided June 16, 19698–0Earl Warren
• National Labor Relations Board v. United Insurance Co. of America
  390 U.S. 254Decided March 6, 19687–0Hugo L. Black
• National Labor Relations Board v. Acme Industrial Co.
  385 U.S. 432Decided January 9, 19679–0Potter Stewart
• National Labor Relations Board v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
  380 U.S. 438Decided April 5, 19658–1Arthur J. Goldberg
• Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
  379 U.S. 203Decided December 14, 19648–0Earl Warren
• National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp.
  373 U.S. 734Decided June 3, 19638–0Byron R. White
• National Labor Relations Board v. Katz
  369 U.S. 736Decided May 21, 19627–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• National Labor Relations Board v. Insurance Agents' International Union
  361 U.S. 477Decided February 23, 19606–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• National Labor Relations Board v. Fant Milling Co.
  360 U.S. 301Decided June 15, 19599–0Potter Stewart
• National Labor Relations Board v. Wooster Division of Borg-Warner Corp.
  356 U.S. 342Decided May 5, 19585–4Harold H. Burton
• National Labor Relations Board v. Lion Oil Co.
  352 U.S. 282Decided January 22, 19576–2Earl Warren
• National Labor Relations Board v. Truitt Manufacturing Co.
  351 U.S. 149Decided May 7, 19566–3Hugo L. Black
• Brooks v. National Labor Relations Board
  348 U.S. 96Decided December 6, 19548–0Felix Frankfurter
• Howell Chevrolet Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  346 U.S. 482Decided December 14, 19538–1Hugo L. Black
• National Labor Relations Board v. American National Insurance Co.
  343 U.S. 395Decided May 26, 19526–3Fred M. Vinson
• National Labor Relations Board v. Crompton-Highland Mills, Inc.
  337 U.S. 217Decided May 31, 19499–0Harold H. Burton
• Packard Motor Car Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  330 U.S. 485Decided March 10, 19475–4Robert H. Jackson
• National Labor Relations Board v. Donnelly Garment Co.
  330 U.S. 219Decided March 3, 19479–0Felix Frankfurter

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error