Labor-management employee discharge: 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 employee discharge,” part of the Unions area.

Legal provisions most often involved

All 21 decisions, newest first

• Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney
  144 S. Ct. 1570Decided June 13, 20248–1Clarence Thomas
• Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment
  558 U.S. 67Decided December 8, 20099–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Eastern Associated Coal Corporation v. United Mine Workers of America
  531 U.S. 57Decided November 28, 20009–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Arthur Groves v. Ring Screw Works
  498 U.S. 168Decided December 10, 19909–0John Paul Stevens
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants
  489 U.S. 426Decided February 28, 19896–3Sandra Day O'Connor
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants
  485 U.S. 175Decided March 2, 19884–4
• National Labor Relations Board v. City Disposal Systems, Inc.
  465 U.S. 822Decided March 21, 19845–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• National Labor Relations Board v. Transportation Management Corp.
  462 U.S. 393Decided June 13, 19839–0Byron R. White
• Golden State Bottling Co., Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  414 U.S. 168Decided December 5, 19739–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• National Labor Relations Board v. International Van Lines
  409 U.S. 48Decided November 7, 19729–0Potter Stewart
• National Labor Relations Board v. Scrivener
  405 U.S. 117Decided February 23, 19729–0Harry A. Blackmun
• National Labor Relations Board v. Fleetwood Trailer Co., Inc.
  389 U.S. 375Decided December 18, 19678–0Abe Fortas
• International Union v. Hoosier Cardinal Corp.
  383 U.S. 696Decided March 24, 19666–3Potter Stewart
• American Ship Building Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  380 U.S. 300Decided March 29, 19659–0Potter Stewart
• National Labor Relations Board v. Burnup & Sims, Inc.
  379 U.S. 21Decided November 9, 19648–1William O. Douglas
• International Association of Machinists v. Central Airlines, Inc.
  372 U.S. 682Decided April 15, 19639–0Byron R. White
• General Drivers v. Riss & Company, Inc.
  372 U.S. 517Decided March 18, 19639–0Per curiam
• National Labor Relations Board v. Washington Aluminum Co.
  370 U.S. 9Decided May 28, 19627–0Hugo L. Black
• National Labor Relations Board v. Walton Manufacturing Co.
  369 U.S. 404Decided April 9, 19626–2Per curiam
• Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board.
  352 U.S. 1020Decided February 28, 19578–0Per curiam
• National Labor Relations Board v. Seven-Up Bottling Company of Miami, Inc.
  344 U.S. 344Decided January 12, 19538–1Felix 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