Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Howard

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1952-06-09

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Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. This case raises questions concerning the power of courts to protect Negro railroad employees from loss of their jobs under compulsion of a bargaining agreement which, to avoid a strike, the railroad made with an exclusively white man’s union. Respondent Simon Howard, a Frisco 1 train employee for nearly forty years, <page-numbe…

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