Abe Fortas

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate confirmation:: Aug 11, 1965
Recorded service:: Oct 11, 1965 – May 5, 1969
Lived:: Jun 19, 1910 – Apr 5, 1982

In plain language

Abe Fortas, associate justice.
Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson; confirmed August 11, 1965.
Court service October 11, 1965 to May 5, 1969.

Decisions on record (576)

DissentJun 13, 1966 · October Term 1965
Cardona v. Power et al.
MajorityJun 13, 1966 · October Term 1965
Katzenbach, Attorney General, et al. v. Morgan et Ux.
DissentJun 13, 1966 · October Term 1965
Federal Trade Commission v. Dean Foods Co. et al.
DissentJun 13, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Grinnell Corp. et al.
MajorityJun 13, 1966 · October Term 1965
Miranda v. Arizona
MajorityJun 6, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
MajorityJun 6, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Anthony Grace & Sons, Inc.
MajorityJun 6, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Utah Construction & Mining Co.
MajorityJun 6, 1966 · October Term 1965
Cheff v. Schnackenberg, U.S. Circuit Judge, et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1966 · October Term 1965
Shillitani v. United States
MajorityJun 6, 1966 · October Term 1965
Sheppard v. Maxwell, Warden
MajorityJun 6, 1966 · October Term 1965
Federal Trade Commission v. Brown Shoe Co., Inc.
MajorityMay 31, 1966 · October Term 1965
Rinaldi v. Yeager, Warden, et al.
MajorityMay 31, 1966 · October Term 1965
Rees v. Peyton, Penitentiary Superintendent
Did not participateMay 31, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Von's Grocery Co. et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
Greer v. Beto, Corrections Director
MajorityMay 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
Redmond et Ux. v. United States
MajorityMay 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Cook
MajorityMay 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Blue
Did not participateMay 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.
MajorityMay 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Standard Oil Co.
MajorityMay 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
Mills v. Alabama
MajorityMay 16, 1966 · October Term 1965
Amell et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 16, 1966 · October Term 1965
Pure Oil Co. v. Suarez
MajorityMay 16, 1966 · October Term 1965
Ashton v. Kentucky
MajorityMay 16, 1966 · October Term 1965
Securities and Exchange Commission v. New England Electric System et al.
MajorityMay 2, 1966 · October Term 1965
Westbrook v. Arizona
MajorityMay 2, 1966 · October Term 1965
Texas v. United States
MajorityMay 2, 1966 · October Term 1965
Riggan v. Virginia
MajorityApr 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. General Motors Corp. et al.
DissentApr 27, 1966 · October Term 1965
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al. v. Overstreet
MajorityApr 26, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Catto et al.
Did not participateApr 25, 1966 · October Term 1965
Burns, Governor of Hawaii v. Richardson et al.
MajorityApr 25, 1966 · October Term 1965
Wallis v. Pan American Petroleum Corp. et al.
MajorityApr 19, 1966 · October Term 1965
Collier v. United States
MajorityApr 19, 1966 · October Term 1965
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., et al. v. Hostetter, Chairman, New York State Liquor Authority, et al.
MajorityApr 18, 1966 · October Term 1965
Brookhart v. Janis, Director of the Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Did not participateApr 18, 1966 · October Term 1965
Holt et al. v. Alleghany Corp. et al.
MajorityApr 18, 1966 · October Term 1965
Louisiana v. Mississippi et al.
MajorityApr 18, 1966 · October Term 1965
Elfbrandt v. Russell et al.
MajorityApr 4, 1966 · October Term 1965
Degregory v. Attorney General of New Hampshire
ConcurrenceMar 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Guest et al.
MajorityMar 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Clayton Chemical & Packaging Co. v. United States
MajorityMar 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Price et al.
MajorityMar 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
MajorityMar 24, 1966 · October Term 1965
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (Uaw), AFL-CIO v. Hoosier Cardinal Corp.
MajorityMar 24, 1966 · October Term 1965
Harper et al. v. Virginia Board of Elections et al.
MajorityMar 24, 1966 · October Term 1965
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Tellier et Ux.
MajorityMar 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. O'malley et al.
MajorityMar 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
Federal Trade Commission v. Borden Co.