UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA v. PENNINGTON et al. (1965) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA v. PENNINGTON et al.

Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: January 27, 1965
Decided: June 7, 1965
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA v. PENNINGTON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1965. The case was argued before the court on January 27, 1965.

In a 9-0 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 Tennessee Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Union antitrust: legality of anticompetitive union activity
Petitioner: Employer-employee trust agreement, employee health and welfare fund, or multi-employer pension plan
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 381 U.S. 657
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: Byron White

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 conservative.

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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