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· 3/21/1979

National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop

Citations

  • 440 U.S. 490
  • 99 S. Ct. 1313
  • 59 L. Ed. 2d 533
  • 1979 U.S. LEXIS 75
  • 100 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2913

How courts have described this case

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  • suggesting that non-constitutional questions of law ought to be construed, where possible, to avoid significant constitutional problems
  • “[A]n Act of Congress ought not be construed to violate the Constitution if any other possible construction remains available”

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Judges: Burger, Bürger, Stewart, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun

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