Ford Motor Co. v. NLRB
| Ford Motor Co. v. NLRB | |
|---|---|
| Argued December 14, 1938 Decided January 3, 1939 | |
| Full case name | Ford Motor Co. v. National Labor Relations Board |
| Citations | 305 U.S. 364 (more) 59 S. Ct. 301; 83 L. Ed. 221; 1939 U.S. LEXIS 1104 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 99 F.2d 1003 (6th Cir. 1938); cert. granted, 305 U.S. 585 (1938). |
| Subsequent | Remanded, 101 F.2d 1010 (6th Cir. 1939). |
| Holding | |
| Right to withdraw petition for enforcement and to withdraw transcripts from record lies within discretion of the court of appeals not the appealing agency, and documents may be retained by court of appeals even after granting permission to withdraw. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Hughes, joined by unanimous |
| Roberts took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| National Labor Relations Act | |
Ford Motor Co. v. NLRB, 305 U.S. 364 (1939), is an 8-to-0 decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that an administrative agency of the United States government, seeking enforcement of its orders, cannot withdraw its petition or the transcript of the administrative hearing once these have been submitted to the appropriate court. Whether the agency should be permitted to withdraw its petition is a decision for the court of appeals, the Supreme Court said.