Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. et al.

Decided June 9, 1947. Frank Murphy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 970 · 331 U.S. 519 (1947) · Cited 771 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• United States v. Fisher · 6 U.S. 358 (1805)
• The Chicago Junction Case · 264 U.S. 258 (1924)
• Cornell v. Coyne · 192 U.S. 418 (1904)
• United States v. California Coöperative Canneries · 279 U.S. 553 (1929)
• Ex Parte Cutting · 94 U.S. 14 (1877)
• Credits Commutation Co. v. United States · 177 U.S. 311 (1900)
• Strathearn Steamship Co. v. Dillon · 252 U.S. 348 (1920)

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• Carter v. United States · 530 U.S. 255 (2000)
• Almendarez-Torres v. United States · 523 U.S. 224 (1998)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
• American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah · 414 U.S. 538 (1974)
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• Demore v. Kim · 538 U.S. 510 (2003)
• Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. Yeskey · 524 U.S. 206 (1998)
• Crown, Cork & Seal Co. v. Parker · 462 U.S. 345 (1983)
• Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · 542 U.S. 241 (2004)
• Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak · 567 U.S. 209 (2012)
• Dickinson v. Petroleum Conversion Corp. · 338 U.S. 507 (1950)
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers, Local 283 v. Scofield · 382 U.S. 205 (1965)

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