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National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, 301 U.S. 1
Case citation

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 (1937), was a United States Supreme Court
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 case that declared that the National Labor Relations Act
National Labor Relations Act

The National Labor Relations Act is a 1935 United States federal law that protects the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize trade unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in Strike actions and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands....
 of 1935 (commonly known as the Wagner Act) was constitutional. It effectively spelled the end to the Court's striking down of New Deal
New Deal

The New Deal was the name that United States President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to a sequence of central economic planning and economic stimulus programs he initiated between 1933 and 1938 with the goal of giving aid to the unemployed, reform of business and financial practices, and recovery of the Economy of the Unite...
 economic legislation, and greatly increased Congress's
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 power under the Commerce Clause
Commerce Clause

The Commerce Clause is an Enumerated powers listed in the United States Constitution . The clause states that Congress has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the states, and with the Indian tribes....
.

s & Laughlin Steel was the nation's fourth largest steel producer and the charges brought against it were that the company discriminated against workers who wanted to join a labor union
Trade union

A trade union or labor union is an organization run by and for workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages, hours, and working conditions....
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National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, 301 U.S. 1
Case citation

Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called Reporter s or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported....
 (1937), was a United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
 case that declared that the National Labor Relations Act
National Labor Relations Act

The National Labor Relations Act is a 1935 United States federal law that protects the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize trade unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in Strike actions and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands....
 of 1935 (commonly known as the Wagner Act) was constitutional. It effectively spelled the end to the Court's striking down of New Deal
New Deal

The New Deal was the name that United States President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to a sequence of central economic planning and economic stimulus programs he initiated between 1933 and 1938 with the goal of giving aid to the unemployed, reform of business and financial practices, and recovery of the Economy of the Unite...
 economic legislation, and greatly increased Congress's
United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 power under the Commerce Clause
Commerce Clause

The Commerce Clause is an Enumerated powers listed in the United States Constitution . The clause states that Congress has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the states, and with the Indian tribes....
.

Facts

Jones & Laughlin Steel was the nation's fourth largest steel producer and the charges brought against it were that the company discriminated against workers who wanted to join a labor union
Trade union

A trade union or labor union is an organization run by and for workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages, hours, and working conditions....
. The company had fired ten employees at its plant in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Aliquippa is a city in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, and is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Formerly a borough, it was formally named a city in 1987 by the Aliquippa Council....
 after they moved to unionize. The NLRB ruled against the company and ordered the workers be rehired and given back pay, but Jones & Laughlin refused to comply on the grounds that they believed the act was unconstitutional. Citing Supreme Court precedent
Precedent

In common law Legal systems of the world, a precedent or authority is a legal case establishing a principle or rule that a court or other judicial body adopts when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts....
, lower courts agreed.

Opinion of the Court

Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes Sr. was a lawyer and United States Republican Party politician from the State of New York. He served as Governor of New York , United States Secretary of State , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States ....
 wrote the majority opinion in the case, which reversed the lower court's ruling in a 5-4 decision. Per Justice Hughes: "Although activities may be intrastate in character when separately considered, if they have such a close and substantial relation to interstate commerce that their control is essential or appropriate to protect that commerce from burdens and obstructions, Congress cannot be denied the power to exercise that control."

Dissent

Justice McReynolds questioned Congress's enhanced power under the commerce clause
Commerce Clause

The Commerce Clause is an Enumerated powers listed in the United States Constitution . The clause states that Congress has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the states, and with the Indian tribes....
. Although he did not dispute Congress's regulation of interstate commerce, he stated that the Congress's interference should be in cases where a violation is "direct and material". As an example McReynolds stated that taxation on property may indirectly but seriously affect the cost of transportation. In conclusion, he stated that Congress had transcended the power granted to them in the Constitution
Constitution

A constitution is a system for government — often codified as a written document — that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity....
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