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MITCHELL, SECRETARY OF LABOR, v. H. B. ZACHRY CO. (1960)

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MITCHELL, SECRETARY OF LABOR, v. H. B. ZACHRY CO.
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1960
Decided: April 4, 1960
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren

MITCHELL, SECRETARY OF LABOR, v. H. B. ZACHRY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 4, 1960. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1960.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas 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: Construction industry
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 362 U.S. 310
  • 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.

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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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