An Analysis of Judicial Attitudes in the Labor Relations Decisions of the Warren Court

One of the major areas of supreme court decision-making is labor relations. Excluding Federal Employers Liability Act and Jones Act cases, approximately 13% of the cases decided formally during the 1953–1959 terms of the Court involved matters relating to labor relations. Included within this universe, totaling 93 cases, are items evoking a wide range of legal questions. Among them are: the interpretation of various provisions of such major legislation as the National Labor Relations, Taft-Hartley, Railway Labor, Norris-LaGuardia, and Fair Labor Standards Acts; questions of N.L.R.B. procedure and jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state jurisdiction, and unfair labor practices.