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UNITED STATES v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA

Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1947
Decided: March 6, 1947
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harold Burton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge

UNITED STATES v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 6, 1947. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1947.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District of Columbia District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Contempt of court or congress
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Union, labor organization, or official of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 330 U.S. 258
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: 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 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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