Ellis et al. v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes et al.

Decided April 25, 1984. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-1150 · 466 U.S. 435 (1984) · Cited 678 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“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.

• International Ass'n of MacHinists v. Street · 367 U.S. 740 (1961)
• Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes v. Allen · 373 U.S. 113 (1963)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Railway Employes' Department v. Hanson · 351 U.S. 225 (1956)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Addington v. Texas · 441 U.S. 418 (1979)
• Califano v. Yamasaki · 442 U.S. 682 (1979)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp. · 373 U.S. 734 (1963)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Assn. · 500 U.S. 507 (1991)
• Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 · 567 U.S. 298 (2012)
• Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. Hudson · 475 U.S. 292 (1986)
• Keller v. State Bar of California · 496 U.S. 1 (1990)
• Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc. · 521 U.S. 457 (1997)
• Communications Workers of America v. Beck · 487 U.S. 735 (1988)
• Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. Miller · 523 U.S. 866 (1998)
• Davenport v. Washington Education Ass'n · 551 U.S. 177 (2007)
• Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees · 585 U.S. 878 (2018)
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Austin v. Michigan State Chamber of Commerce · 494 U.S. 652 (1990)
• Pattern Makers' League v. National Labor Relations Board · 473 U.S. 95 (1985)

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