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Labor Rights
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
Decided: 1937
In brief
Upheld the National Labor Relations Act, affirming Congress's power to protect collective bargaining under the Commerce Clause.
The Court's ruling in depth
Decided the same term as West Coast Hotel, this ruling upheld the NLRA and its protection of workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively. Together with Wickard, Jones & Laughlin marked the definitive collapse of pre-New Deal limits on federal economic regulation.