BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN et al. v. JACKSONVILLE TERMINAL CO. (1969)

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BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN et al. v. JACKSONVILLE TERMINAL CO.
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: December 11, 1968
Decided: March 25, 1969
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
4-3
Majority
William Brennan • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Potter Stewart

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN et al. v. JACKSONVILLE TERMINAL CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1969. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1968.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: secondary activity
  • Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 394 U.S. 369
  • 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: John Harlan II

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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