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INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO, et al. v. HECHLER (1987)

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INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO, et al. v. HECHLER
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: January 20, 1987
Decided: May 26, 1987
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Concurring
John Paul Stevens

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO, et al. v. HECHLER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1987. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1987.

In a 9-0 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 Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Union member
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 481 U.S. 851
  • 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: Harry Blackmun

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.

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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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