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CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY CO. v. UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION

Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: January 18, 1971
Decided: June 1, 1971
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Byron White

CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY CO. v. UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1971. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1971.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: antistrike injunction
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Union, labor organization, or official of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 402 U.S. 570
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
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.

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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