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LANDERS v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGERS CORPORATION et al.

Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: March 29, 1988
Decided: April 27, 1988
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

LANDERS v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGERS CORPORATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 1988. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1988.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: union representatives
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: National Railroad Passenger Corp.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 485 U.S. 652
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: Byron White

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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