AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR et al. v. SWING et al. (1941)
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| AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR et al. v. SWING et al. |
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| Term: 1940 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 13, 1940 |
| Decided: February 10, 1941 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 6-2 |
| Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone |
| Concurring |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas |
| Dissenting |
| Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts |
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR et al. v. SWING et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1941. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1940.
In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: picketing
- Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 312 U.S. 321
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.
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