MITCHELL, SECRETARY OF LABOR, v. BEKINS VAN & STORAGE CO. (1957) - Ballotpedia

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MITCHELL, SECRETARY OF LABOR, v. BEKINS VAN & STORAGE CO.

Term: 1956
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 1957
Decided: March 11, 1957
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Harold Burton • John Harlan II

MITCHELL, SECRETARY OF LABOR, v. BEKINS VAN & STORAGE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 11, 1957. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1957.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Fair Labor Standards Act
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Labor
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: 352 U.S. 1027
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
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 liberal.

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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