Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co. v. Railway Labor Executives' Association

Decided June 21, 1989. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-1589 · 491 U.S. 490 (1989) · Cited 160 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad v. United Transportation Union · 396 U.S. 142 (1969)
• Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. · 362 U.S. 330 (1960)
• First National Maintenance Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 452 U.S. 666 (1981)
• Textile Workers Union v. Darlington Manufacturing Co. · 380 U.S. 263 (1965)
• Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770 · 398 U.S. 235 (1970)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana Railroad · 353 U.S. 30 (1957)
• Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks v. Florida East Coast Railway Co. · 384 U.S. 238 (1966)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• United States v. Fausto · 484 U.S. 439 (1988)
• Watt v. Alaska · 451 U.S. 259 (1981)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Jacksonville Terminal Co. · 394 U.S. 369 (1969)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Howard · 343 U.S. 768 (1952)
• Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union · 402 U.S. 570 (1971)
• Burlington Northern Railroad v. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes · 481 U.S. 429 (1987)
• Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois · 118 U.S. 557 (1886)

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• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Waffle House, Inc. · 534 U.S. 279 (2002)
• Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. v. Norris · 512 U.S. 246 (1994)
• Vimar Seguros Y Reaseguros, S. A. v. M/V Sky Reefer · 515 U.S. 528 (1995)

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