INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM WORKERS OF AMERICA, INC. v. AMERICAN OIL CO. (1964) - Ballotpedia

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INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM WORKERS OF AMERICA, INC. v. AMERICAN OIL CO.

Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1964
Decided: November 23, 1964
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM WORKERS OF AMERICA, INC. v. AMERICAN OIL CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 23, 1964. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1964.

In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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 - Arbitration (in the context of labor-management or employer-employee relations) (cf. arbitration)
Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 379 U.S. 130
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
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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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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