BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. ET AL. (1947) - Ballotpedia

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BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. ET AL.

Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: May 6, 1947
Decided: June 9, 1947
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 1947. The case was argued before the court on May 6, 1947.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: miscellaneous dispute
Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 331 U.S. 519
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Frank Murphy

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

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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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