COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA et al. v. BECK et al. (1988) - Ballotpedia

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COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA et al. v. BECK et al.

Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: January 11, 1988
Decided: June 29, 1988
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia

COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA et al. v. BECK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 1988. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1988.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Union or closed shop: includes agency shop litigation
Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 487 U.S. 735
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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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