BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS et al. v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. (1963)

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BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS et al. v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO.
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: February 21, 1963
Decided: April 29, 1963
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg

BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS et al. v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 1963. The case was argued before the court on February 21, 1963.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: antistrike injunction
  • Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 373 U.S. 33
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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 conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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