Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that state sovereign immunity prohibits federal courts from ordering state officials to conform their conduct to state laws
• holding that state sovereign immunity prohibits federal courts from ordering state officials to conform their conduct to state laws
• noting that several provisions of the act “aim[] at equalizing the positions of management and labor”
• noting that several provisions of the act “aim[] at equalizing the positions of management and labor”
• noting that several provisions of the act “aim[] at equalizing the positions of management and labor”
• observing that “deciding what a statute means” is “the quintessential judicial function”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).