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LAUF et al. v. E. G. SHINNER & CO. (1938)

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LAUF et al. v. E. G. SHINNER & CO.
Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1938
Decided: February 28, 1938
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds

LAUF et al. v. E. G. SHINNER & CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1938. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1938.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: picketing
  • Petitioner: Union member
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 303 U.S. 323
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Owen Josephus Roberts

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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