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TRANSPORTATION-COMMUNICATION EMPLOYEES UNION v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. (1966)

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TRANSPORTATION-COMMUNICATION EMPLOYEES UNION v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
Term: 1966
Important Dates
Argued: October 19, 1966
Decided: December 5, 1966
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Abe Fortas • Earl Warren

TRANSPORTATION-COMMUNICATION EMPLOYEES UNION v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 5, 1966. The case was argued before the court on October 19, 1966.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
  • Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 385 U.S. 157
  • 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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