CUYAHOGA VALLEY RAILWAY CO. v. UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION et al. (1985)

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CUYAHOGA VALLEY RAILWAY CO. v. UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION et al.
Term: 1985
Important Dates
Decided: November 4, 1985
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

CUYAHOGA VALLEY RAILWAY CO. v. UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 4, 1985.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Unions - Occupational Safety and Health Act
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Union, labor organization, or official of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 474 U.S. 3
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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