Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
Decided February 18, 1963. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 76 · 372 U.S. 108 (1963) · Cited 759 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- Byron Raymond White · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Tom C. Clark
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 3
- Arthur Joseph Goldberg · filed a dissenting opinion
- John Marshall Harlan · filed a dissenting opinion
- Potter Stewart · 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.
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 352 U.S. 500 (1957)
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. · 321 U.S. 29 (1944)
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd. · 369 U.S. 355 (1962)
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co. · 355 U.S. 426 (1958)
- Dalehite v. United States · 346 U.S. 15 (1953)
- Lavender v. Kurn · 327 U.S. 645 (1946)
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 318 U.S. 54 (1943)
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co. · 320 U.S. 476 (1944)
- United States & Interstate Commerce Commission v. American Railway Express Co. · 265 U.S. 425 (1924)
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc. · 319 U.S. 350 (1943)
- Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. McDade · 135 U.S. 554 (1890)
- Schulz v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 350 U.S. 523 (1956)
- Lillie v. Thompson · 332 U.S. 459 (1947)
- Coray v. Southern Pacific Co. · 335 U.S. 520 (1949)
- Inman v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 361 U.S. 138 (1959)
- Morales v. City of Galveston · 370 U.S. 165 (1962)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- City of Los Angeles v. Heller · 475 U.S. 796 (1986)
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Virginia Ex Rel. Virginia State Bar · 377 U.S. 1 (1964)
- Yeager v. United States · 557 U.S. 110 (2009)
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