NLRB v. Sands Manufacturing Co.

NLRB v. Sands Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 12, 1939 Decided February 27, 1939
Full case name	National Labor Relations Board v. Sands Manufacturing Co.
Citations	306 U.S. 332 (more) 59 S. Ct. 508; 83 L. Ed. 682; 1939 U.S. LEXIS 1094
Case history
Prior	On appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Holding
Decision of the NLRB regarding refusal to bargain overturned due to lack of substantial evidence.
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices James C. McReynolds · Pierce Butler Harlan F. Stone · Owen Roberts Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter
Case opinions
Majority	Roberts, joined by Hughes, McReynolds, Butler, Stone
Dissent	Black, Reed
Frankfurter took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
National Labor Relations Act

National Labor Relations Board v. Sands Manufacturing Co., 306 U.S. 332 (1939), is United States labor law case, decided by a majority of 5 to 2 by the Supreme Court of the United States, which overturned a decision by the National Labor Relations Board because it was not supported by substantial evidence. The Court defined collective bargaining under the National Labor Relations Act to mean that proposals and responses to proposals were pending, and that future meetings were being planned. Absent such conditions, bargaining was not occurring. The Court also held that an employer did not violate the Act if it chose to deal with the employees on an individual basis.