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UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA v. UNITED STATES et al. (1959)
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| UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA v. UNITED STATES et al. |
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| Term: 1959 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 3, 1959 |
| Decided: November 7, 1959 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-1 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker |
| Concurring |
| Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II |
| Dissenting |
| William Douglas |
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 7, 1959. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1959.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: antistrike injunction
- Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 361 U.S. 39
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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.
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