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1946 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. et al.

331 U.S. 519 · 67 S. Ct. 1387 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2891

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
970
U.S. Reports
331 U.S. 519
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 1387
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2891

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority

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