International Association of Machinists et al. v. Street et al.

Decided June 19, 1961. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 4 · 367 U.S. 740 (1961) · Cited 710 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Railway Employes' Department v. Hanson · 351 U.S. 225 (1956)
• Hansberry v. Lee · 311 U.S. 32 (1940)
• Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 323 U.S. 192 (1944)
• Graham v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen · 338 U.S. 232 (1949)
• Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing · 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40 · 300 U.S. 515 (1937)
• United States v. Butler · 297 U.S. 1 (1936)
• Tunstall v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen · 323 U.S. 210 (1945)
• Adair v. United States · 208 U.S. 161 (1908)
• Wilson v. New · 243 U.S. 332 (1917)
• American Federation of Labor v. American Sash & Door Co. · 335 U.S. 538 (1949)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian · 299 U.S. 109 (1936)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• Shelley v. Kraemer · 334 U.S. 1 (1948)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. Burley · 325 U.S. 711 (1945)
• Barrows v. Jackson · 346 U.S. 249 (1953)
• Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. · 336 U.S. 490 (1949)
• Radio Officers' Union of the Commercial Telegraphers Union v. National Labor Relations Board · 347 U.S. 17 (1954)
• Public Utilities Commission v. Pollak · 343 U.S. 451 (1952)
• Texas & NOR Co. v. Brotherhood of Ry. & Steamship Clerks · 281 U.S. 548 (1930)
• United Mine Workers v. Coronado Coal Co. · 259 U.S. 344 (1922)
• United States v. Jin Fuey Moy · 241 U.S. 394 (1916)
• Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur v. Cauble · 255 U.S. 356 (1921)
• George Moore Ice Cream Co. v. Rose · 289 U.S. 373 (1933)
• Cammarano v. United States · 358 U.S. 498 (1959)
• Clay v. Sun Ins. Office Ltd. · 363 U.S. 207 (1960)
• Union Pacific Railroad v. Price · 360 U.S. 601 (1959)

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• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Communications Workers of America v. Beck · 487 U.S. 735 (1988)
• Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes v. Allen · 373 U.S. 113 (1963)
• Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes · 466 U.S. 435 (1984)
• Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Assn. · 500 U.S. 507 (1991)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 · 567 U.S. 298 (2012)
• Davenport v. Washington Education Ass'n · 551 U.S. 177 (2007)
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants · 489 U.S. 426 (1989)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop · 440 U.S. 490 (1979)
• Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union · 402 U.S. 570 (1971)
• Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees · 585 U.S. 878 (2018)
• Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. Miller · 523 U.S. 866 (1998)
• United States v. Davis · 588 U.S. 445 (2019)
• Austin v. Michigan State Chamber of Commerce · 494 U.S. 652 (1990)
• Burlington Northern Railroad v. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes · 481 U.S. 429 (1987)
• Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc. · 521 U.S. 457 (1997)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
• Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council · 485 U.S. 568 (1988)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor · 478 U.S. 833 (1986)
• Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. Hudson · 475 U.S. 292 (1986)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. · 388 U.S. 175 (1967)
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Foust · 442 U.S. 42 (1979)
• Eastex, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 437 U.S. 556 (1978)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Benton v. Maryland · 395 U.S. 784 (1969)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Ker v. California · 374 U.S. 23 (1963)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)

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