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1959 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers et al. v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co. et al.

363 U.S. 528 · 80 S. Ct. 1326 · 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1919

The record

Term
1959
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
165
U.S. Reports
363 U.S. 528
S. Ct. citation
80 S. Ct. 1326
LEXIS citation
1960 U.S. LEXIS 1919

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers et al. v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent

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