Pattern Makers League of North America v. NLRB
| Pattern Makers v. NLRB | |
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| Argued February 27, 1985 Reargued April 22, 1985 Decided 27 June, 1985 | |
| Full case name | Pattern Makers' League of North America, AFL-CIO v. NLRB |
| Citations | 473 U.S. 95 (more) |
| Holding | |
| The NLRB's policy of affording employees a right to resign without paying union dues is not facially unlawful. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Powell, joined by Burger, Rehnquist, O'Connor, White |
| Concurrence | White |
| Dissent | Blackmun, joined by Brennan, Marshall |
| Dissent | Stevens |
Pattern Makers League of North America v. NLRB, 473 U.S. 95 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the NLRB's policy of affording employees a right to resign without paying union dues is not facially unlawful. The court deferred to the NLRB's expert judgment rather than come to a firm conclusion. In conjunction with NLRB v. Granite State Joint Board, this case supersedes the reasoning of Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Lueck.