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Operating Engineers v. Jones

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Advocates
Elinor Hadley Stillman (on behalf of NLRB as amicus curiae)
Robert F. Gore (on behalf of the Appellee)
Laurence E. Gold (on behalf of the Appellants)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
81-1574
Appellee: 
Jones
Appellant: 
Operating Engineers
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
460 U.S. 669 (1983)
Argued: 
Wednesday, December 1, 1982
Decided: 
Monday, April 4, 1983
Issues: 
Federalism, Federal Preemption of State Jurisdiction

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The Oyez Project, Operating Engineers v. Jones , 460 U.S. 669 (1983)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_81_1574)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Operating Engineers, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: National Labor Relations, as amended

Sort by Ideology

Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
Powell
Wrote a dissent
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White