BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN ET AL. v. HOWARD ET AL. (1952) - Ballotpedia

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BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN ET AL. v. HOWARD ET AL.

Term: 1951
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 1952
Decided: June 9, 1952
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson
Dissenting
Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN ET AL. v. HOWARD ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 1952. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1952.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Racial or ethnic minority employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 343 U.S. 768
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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