346 U.S. 485 (1953) Cited 690 times 2 Legal Analyses
In Garner the emphasis was not on two conflicting labor statutes but rather on two similar remedies, one state and one federal, brought to bear on precisely the same conduct.
Holding federal nonregulation was not an "administrative concession that the nature of these appellants’ business put" the particular subject matter "beyond reach of federal authority"
285 U.S. 393 (1932) Cited 360 times 5 Legal Analyses
Recognizing that stare decisis is "usually the wise policy" because consistency and reliance interests are significant, but explaining that the Supreme Court has never hesitated to overrule prior decisions where "correction . . . is practically impossible" (citations and footnotes omitted)
336 U.S. 460 (1949) Cited 149 times 1 Legal Analyses
In United States v. Women's Sportswear Mfrs. Ass'n, 336 U.S. 460, 464, 69 S.Ct. 714, 93 L.Ed. 805 (1949), the nexus of interstate commerce necessary to success on the merits had been found insufficient after a trial.
In Bus Employees v. Wisconsin Board, 340 U.S. 383, this Court held that the Wisconsin Public Utility Anti-Strike Law, which made it a misdemeanor for public utility employees to engage in a strike which would cause an interruption of an essential public utility service, conflicted with the National Labor Relations Act and was therefore invalid under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.
Holding that federal labor law does not "permit concurrent state regulation of peaceful strikes for higher wages. Congress occupied this field and closed it to state regulation."
In Polish National Alliance v. NLRB, 322 U.S. 643, 64 S.Ct. 1196, 88 L.Ed. 1509 (1944), the Court held that the National Labor Relations Act applied to a fraternal organization providing death, disability and accident benefits to its members and their beneficiaries.