Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. Teamsters

Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. Teamsters
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 10, 2023 Decided June 1, 2023
Full case name	Glacier Northwest, Inc., dba CalPortland v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 174
Docket no.	21-1449
Citations	598 U.S. __ (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Case history
Prior	Judgment for defendants, [1] (Washington Supreme Court, Dec. 16, 2021);
Holding
The National Labor Relations Act did not preempt Glacier’s state tort claims related to the destruction of company property during a labor dispute where the union failed to take reasonable precautions to avoid foreseeable and imminent danger to the property. Washington Supreme Court reversed and remanded.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson
Case opinions
Majority	Barrett, joined by Roberts, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh
Concurrence	Thomas (in judgment), joined by Gorsuch
Concurrence	Alito (in judgment), joined by Thomas, Gorsuch
Dissent	Jackson
Laws applied
National Labor Relations Act

Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 174, No. 21-1449, 598 U.S. ___ (2023) was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States related to federal labor law, concerning the power of employers to sue labor unions for intentional destruction of property during a strike. In an 8-1 decision, the Court acknowledged that the right to strike is not absolute, and concluded that the National Labor Relations Act did not preempt lawsuits filed against the union, thus allowing litigation to continue.^[1]