MCKINNEY v. MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD CO. et al. (1958) - Ballotpedia

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MCKINNEY v. MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD CO. et al.

Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: January 27, 1958
Decided: June 23, 1958
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

MCKINNEY v. MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1958. The case was argued before the court on January 27, 1958.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: veteran
Petitioner: Veteran
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 357 U.S. 265
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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