United Public Workers v. Mitchell

United Public Workers v. Mitchell
Argued December 3, 1945
Reargued October 17, 1946
Decided February 10, 1947
Full case nameUnited Public Workers of America (C.I.O.), et al. v. Mitchell, et al.
Citations330 U.S. 75 (more)
67 S. Ct. 556; 91 L. Ed. 754; 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2960
Case history
Prior56 F. Supp. 621 (D.D.C. 1944)
Holding
Hatch Act of 1939, as amended in 1940, does not violate First, Fifth, Ninth, or Tenth amendments to U.S. Constitution
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy · Robert H. Jackson
Wiley B. Rutledge · Harold H. Burton
Case opinions
PluralityReed, joined by Vinson, Burton
ConcurrenceFrankfurter
Concur/dissentDouglas
DissentBlack
DissentRutledge
Murphy, Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

United Public Workers v. Mitchell, 330 U.S. 75 (1947), is a 4-to-3 ruling by the United States Supreme Court which held that the Hatch Act of 1939, as amended in 1940, does not violate the First, Fifth, Ninth, or Tenth amendments to U.S. Constitution.[1][2]

  1. ^ United Public Workers v. Mitchell, 330 U.S. 75 (1947). Public domain This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.
  2. ^ Moore, Constitutional Rights and Powers of the People, 1996, p. 203.

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