ST. JOHN ET AL. v. WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD ET AL. (1951)

ST. JOHN ET AL. v. WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD ET AL.
	Term: 1950
Important Dates
	Argued: January 9, 1951
	Decided: February 26, 1951
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton

ST. JOHN ET AL. v. WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1951. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1951.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Wisconsin Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 340 U.S. 411
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Frederick Vinson

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.