Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen et al. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. et al.
Decided November 18, 1968. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 16 · 393 U.S. 129 (1968) · Cited 100 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–1.
Majority · 7
- Hugo Lafayette Black · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Byron Raymond White
- Earl Warren
- John Marshall Harlan
- Potter Stewart
- Thurgood Marshall
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Dissenting · 1
- William Orville Douglas · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc. · 359 U.S. 520 (1959)
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
- Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
- Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
- West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish · 300 U.S. 379 (1937)
- Sproles v. Binford · 286 U.S. 374 (1932)
- Olsen v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Western Reference & Bond Assn., Inc. · 313 U.S. 236 (1941)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. New York · 165 U.S. 628 (1897)
- Maurer v. Hamilton · 309 U.S. 598 (1940)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Arkansas · 219 U.S. 453 (1911)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del. · 450 U.S. 662 (1981)
- Vance v. Bradley · 440 U.S. 93 (1979)
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
- Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe · 509 U.S. 312 (1993)
- Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
- Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
- Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 435 U.S. 151 (1978)
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Ware · 414 U.S. 117 (1973)
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