ORDER OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS OF AMERICA v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. (1950) - Ballotpedia

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ORDER OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS OF AMERICA v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.

Term: 1949
Important Dates
Argued: February 8, 1950
Decided: April 10, 1950
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Stanley Reed

ORDER OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS OF AMERICA v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 10, 1950. The case was argued before the court on February 8, 1950.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the South Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 339 U.S. 255
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
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.

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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