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1968 term · Warren Court · 7-1

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen et al. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. et al.

393 U.S. 129 · 89 S. Ct. 323 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 3043

The record

Term
1968
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
16
U.S. Reports
393 U.S. 129
S. Ct. citation
89 S. Ct. 323
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 3043

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen et al. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Abe FortasUnknown

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