NLRB v. Hearst Publications

NLRB v. Hearst Publications
Argued February 8–9, 1944
Decided April 24, 1944
Full case nameNational Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc
Citations322 U.S. 111 (more)
64 S. Ct. 851; 88 L. Ed. 1170; 1944 U.S. LEXIS 1201; 8 Lab. Cas. (CCH) ¶ 51,179; 14 L.R.R.M. 614
Case history
PriorCourt of Appeals refused to enforce the NLRB's orders, 136 F.2d 608 (reversed).
Holding
Reviewing courts have limited review over administrative agencies' interpretation of terms in their organic statutes. The NLRB's finding that the newsboys were employees was subject to deference.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone
Associate Justices
Owen Roberts · Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinions
MajorityRutledge, joined by Stone, Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy, Jackson
ConcurrenceReed
DissentRoberts
Laws applied
National Labor Relations Act

NLRB v. Hearst Publications, 322 U.S. 111 (1944), was an administrative law case heard before the United States Supreme Court. The case concerned the meaning of the term "employees" in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).