1960 term · Warren Court · 5-3
System Federation No. 91, Railway Employes' Department, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Wright et al.
364 U.S. 642 · 81 S. Ct. 368 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 2045
The record
- Term
- 1960
- Decided
- Issue area
- Unions
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 48
- U.S. Reports
- 364 U.S. 642
- S. Ct. citation
- 81 S. Ct. 368
- LEXIS citation
- 1961 U.S. LEXIS 2045
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDD?
M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Dissent |
| Potter Stewart | Unknown |
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