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1955 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Railway Employes' Department, American Federation of Labor, et al. v. Hanson et al.

351 U.S. 225 · 76 S. Ct. 714 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1715

The record

Term
1955
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
451
U.S. Reports
351 U.S. 225
S. Ct. citation
76 S. Ct. 714
LEXIS citation
1956 U.S. LEXIS 1715

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Railway Employes' Department, American Federation of Labor, et al. v. Hanson et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Felix FrankfurterRegular concurrence

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