BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN v. VIRGINIA ex rel. VIRGINIA STATE BAR (1964) - Ballotpedia

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BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN v. VIRGINIA ex rel. VIRGINIA STATE BAR

Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: January 13, 1964
Decided: April 20, 1964
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Tom Clark • John Harlan II

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN v. VIRGINIA ex rel. VIRGINIA STATE BAR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 20, 1964. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1964.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Professional organization, business, or person
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 377 U.S. 1
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: 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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