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SWITCHMEN'S UNION OF NORTH AMERICA et al. v. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD et al. (1943)

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SWITCHMEN'S UNION OF NORTH AMERICA et al. v. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD et al.
Term: 1943
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 1943
Decided: November 22, 1943
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
4-3
Majority
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts

SWITCHMEN'S UNION OF NORTH AMERICA et al. v. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 22, 1943. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1943.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: bargaining
  • Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: National Mediation Board
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 320 U.S. 297
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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