National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago
United States Supreme Court
440 U.S. 490 (1979)
Relevant factsFree
The NLRB (defendant) certified unions to represent lay faculty at Catholic high schools run by the Catholic Bishop of Chicago and the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (plaintiffs) and ordered the schools to bargain, rejecting the schools' argument that NLRB jurisdiction over church-operated schools was unconstitutional; the Seventh Circuit declined to enforce the NLRB's order, and the Board sought Supreme Court review.
IssueFree
Whether a statute should be construed to avoid raising serious constitutional questions absent a clear congressional intent to reach that result.