Slocum, General Chairman, Lackawanna Division No. 30, Order of Railroad Telegraphers, v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.

Decided April 10, 1950. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 391 · 339 U.S. 239 (1950) · Cited 460 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–1.

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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.

• Moore v. Illinois Central Railroad · 312 U.S. 630 (1941)
• Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. Burley · 325 U.S. 711 (1945)
• Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 323 U.S. 192 (1944)
• Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40 · 300 U.S. 515 (1937)
• Stark v. Wickard · 321 U.S. 288 (1944)
• General Committee v. M.-K.-TR CO. · 320 U.S. 323 (1943)
• General Committee of Adjustment of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad · 320 U.S. 323 (1943)
• Den Ex Dem. Murray v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co. · 59 U.S. 272 (1856)
• Meredith v. Winter Haven · 320 U.S. 228 (1943)
• Switchmen's Union v. National Mediation Board · 320 U.S. 297 (1943)
• Ng Fung Ho v. White · 259 U.S. 276 (1922)
• Texas & NOR Co. v. Brotherhood of Ry. & Steamship Clerks · 281 U.S. 548 (1930)
• Claflin v. Houseman · 93 U.S. 130 (1876)
• Tunstall v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen · 323 U.S. 210 (1945)
• Propper v. Clark · 337 U.S. 472 (1949)
• United States v. Bank of New York & Trust Co. · 296 U.S. 463 (1936)
• Shields v. Utah Idaho Central Railroad · 305 U.S. 177 (1938)

Cited by

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

• Transportation-Communication Employees Union v. Union Pacific Railroad · 385 U.S. 157 (1966)
• Pennsylvania Railroad v. Day · 360 U.S. 548 (1959)
• Republic Steel Corp. v. Maddox · 379 U.S. 650 (1965)
• Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 406 U.S. 320 (1972)
• Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. Koppal · 345 U.S. 653 (1953)
• Union Pacific Railroad v. Price · 360 U.S. 601 (1959)
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41 (1957)
• Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · 353 U.S. 448 (1957)
• Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. v. Norris · 512 U.S. 246 (1994)
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway v. Buell · 480 U.S. 557 (1987)
• Union Pacific Railroad v. Sheehan · 439 U.S. 89 (1978)
• Glover v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. · 393 U.S. 324 (1969)
• Union Pacific R. Co. v. Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Gen. Comm. of Adjustment, Central Region · 558 U.S. 67 (2009)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. American Train Dispatchers' Ass'n · 499 U.S. 117 (1991)
• International Ass'n of MacHinists v. Central Airlines, Inc. · 372 U.S. 682 (1963)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Howard · 343 U.S. 768 (1952)
• Gunther v. San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Co. · 382 U.S. 257 (1965)
• California v. Taylor · 353 U.S. 553 (1957)
• Walker v. Southern Railway Co. · 385 U.S. 196 (1966)

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