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Legal Citation: 301 U.S. 1 (1937)

Appellant
National Labor Relations Board

Appellee
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation

Appellant's Claim
That Congress has the power to pass legislation that regulates the economy by protecting the rights of organized labor.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, Solicitor General Stanley F. Reed, and J. Warren Madden

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Earl F. Reed

Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Charles Evans Hughes (writing for the Court), Owen Josephus Roberts, Harlan Fiske Stone

Justices Dissenting
Pierce Butler, James Clark McReynolds, George Sutherland, Willis Van Devanter

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
12 April 1937

Decision
The Supreme Court upheld the...