Tunstall v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen

Tunstall v. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Tunstall v. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
	Supreme Court of the United States
Original jurisdiction; Argued November 14, 1944; Decided December 18, 1944
Full case name	Tom Tunstall v. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen et al.
Citations	323 U.S. 210 (more) 65 S. Ct. 235; 89 L. Ed. 187; 1944 U.S. LEXIS 1198; 4 Ct. Dec. Relating N.L.R.A. 798; 1 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 9608; 9 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 389; 15 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 715; 9 Lab. Cas. (CCH) ¶ 51189 (1944)
Case history
Prior	CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. CERTIORARI, 322 U.S. 721, to review the affirmance of a judgment dismissing a complaint for want of jurisdiction.
Subsequent	140 F.2d 35, reversed.
Outcome
	The Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals and remanded the case for further proceedings.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone Associate Justices Owen Roberts · Hugo Black; Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter; William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy; Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinions
Majority	Chief Justice Stone
Concurrence	Justice Murphy

Tunstall v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, 323 U.S. 210 (1944), is a 1944 Supreme Court case. It involved a black man, Tom Tunstall, who was unfairly dismissed from his job because of his race.

Tunstall v. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Supreme Court of the United States
Original jurisdiction Argued November 14, 1944 Decided December 18, 1944
Full case name	Tom Tunstall v. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen et al.
Citations	323 U.S. 210 (more) 65 S. Ct. 235; 89 L. Ed. 187; 1944 U.S. LEXIS 1198; 4 Ct. Dec. Relating N.L.R.A. 798; 1 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 9608; 9 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 389; 15 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 715; 9 Lab. Cas. (CCH) ¶ 51189 (1944)
Case history
Prior	CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. CERTIORARI, 322 U.S. 721, to review the affirmance of a judgment dismissing a complaint for want of jurisdiction.
Subsequent	140 F.2d 35, reversed.
Outcome
The Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals and remanded the case for further proceedings.
Court membership
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone Associate Justices Owen Roberts · Hugo Black Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinions
Majority	Chief Justice Stone
Concurrence	Justice Murphy