Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.

384 U.S. 238 · Decided May 23, 1966 · Supreme Court of the United States

At a glance

Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks v. Florida East Coast Railway Co. was decided on May 23, 1966 by a vote of 7–1. The Court affirmed the lower court's decision. Justice William O. Douglas wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Labor-management miscellaneous disputes” in the Unions area.

Read the opinion

• CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
• Library of Congress — official U.S. Reports scan

Case details

How the Justices voted

Did not participate: Abe Fortas.

Full case caption

Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.

SCDB identifiers: case 1965-107, docket 1965-107-01.

Related decisions

Other cases on “Labor-management miscellaneous disputes”

• Textile Workers Union of America v. Darlington Manufacturing Co.
  380 U.S. 263Decided March 29, 19657–0John M. Harlan II
• National Labor Relations Board v. Brown
  380 U.S. 278Decided March 29, 19658–1William J. Brennan Jr.
• National Labor Relations Board v. Reliance Fuel Oil Corp.
  371 U.S. 224Decided January 7, 19639–0Per curiam
• Retail Clerks International Association v. Lion Dry Goods, Inc.
  369 U.S. 17Decided February 26, 19629–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• Communications Workers of America v. National Labor Relations Board
  362 U.S. 479Decided May 2, 19609–0Per curiam
• Howard Johnson Co., Inc. v. Detroit Local Joint Executive Board
  417 U.S. 249Decided June 3, 19748–1Thurgood Marshall

See all

Cases on the same legal provision: Railway Labor Act

• Gunther v. San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Co.
  382 U.S. 257Decided December 8, 19659–0Hugo L. Black
• Transportation-Communication Employees Union v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
  385 U.S. 157Decided December 5, 19667–2Hugo L. Black
• Walker v. Southern Railway Co.
  385 U.S. 196Decided December 5, 19666–3Per curiam
• Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks v. Association for the Benefit of Non-Contract Employees
  380 U.S. 650Decided April 28, 19658–1Tom C. Clark
• Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks v. Allen
  373 U.S. 113Decided May 13, 19638–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
  373 U.S. 33Decided April 29, 19636–3Potter Stewart

Same Term, same area (Unions)

• Idaho Sheet Metal Works, Inc. v. Wirtz
  383 U.S. 190Decided February 24, 19669–0John M. Harlan II
• International Union v. Hoosier Cardinal Corp.
  383 U.S. 696Decided March 24, 19666–3Potter Stewart

See all

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error