ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS et al. v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY CO. (1960)

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ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS et al. v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY CO.
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1960
Decided: April 18, 1960
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker

ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS et al. v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1960. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1960.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: antistrike injunction
  • Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 362 U.S. 330
  • 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: Hugo Black

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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