Smith v. Butler’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 45 U.S.C. § 151 (Railway Labor Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 153 (Railway Labor Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · Ferguson v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. · Braunfeld v. Gibbons · Union Pacific Railroad v. Price · International Typographical Union v. National Labor Relations Board
Most-quoted passages
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“[a]fter full argument and due consideration, it became manifest that the course of the litigation ... did not turn on the issue on the basis of which certiorari was granted”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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