| Southern Steamship Co. v. NLRB | |
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| Decided April 6, 1942 | |
| Full case name | Southern Steamship Company v. National Labor Relations Board |
| Citations | 316 U.S. 31 ( more ) |
| Holding | |
| Under admiralty law, a strike by seaman on board a vessel that is docked in a port other than its home port is unprotected. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Byrnes |
| Dissent | Reed, joined by Black, Douglas, Murphy |
| Laws applied | |
| National Labor Relations Act | |
Southern Steamship Co. v. National Labor Relations Board, 316 U.S. 31(1942), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that under admiralty law, a strike by seaman on board a vessel that is docked in a port other than its home port is unprotected. [1] [2]