Home > Great American Court Cases > Lechmere, Inc. v. NLRB

Legal Citation: 502 U.S. 527 (1992)

Petitioner
Lechmere, Inc.

Respondent
National Labor Relations Board

Petitioner's Claim
That prohibiting distribution of organizational literature and evicting non-employees for trespassing on private parking property was justifiable.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Robert P. Joy

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Michael R. Dreeben

Justices for the Court
Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, Clarence Thomas (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
27 January 1992

Decision
Lechmere, Inc. did not violate the National Labor Party Act by forbidding communication between non-employee...