BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN & ENGINEMEN et al. v. PINKSTON (1934)

BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN & ENGINEMEN et al. v. PINKSTON
	Term: 1934
Important Dates
	Argued: October 17, 1934
	Decided: November 5, 1934
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN & ENGINEMEN et al. v. PINKSTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 5, 1934. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1934.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
Petitioner: Employer-employee trust agreement, employee health and welfare fund, or multi-employer pension plan
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 293 U.S. 96
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: George Sutherland

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.