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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)

MajorityMar 22, 1966 · October Term 1965
Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission et al.
MajorityMar 22, 1966 · October Term 1965
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. et al.
MajorityMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Motorlease Corp. v. United States.
MajorityMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Malat et Ux. v. Riddell, District Director of Internal Revenue
MajorityMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Kent v. United States
MajorityMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Brenner, Commissioner of Patents v. Manson
MajorityMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Mishkin v. New York
MajorityMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Ginzburg et al. v. United States
MajorityMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
A Book Named 'John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure' et al. v. Attorney General of Massachusetts
MajorityMar 7, 1966 · October Term 1965
Pate, Warden v. Robinson
Did not participateMar 7, 1966 · October Term 1965
Surowitz v. Hilton Hotels Corp. et al.
MajorityMar 7, 1966 · October Term 1965
South Carolina v. Katzenbach, Attorney General
MajorityMar 7, 1966 · October Term 1965
Fribourg Navigation Co., Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityMar 7, 1966 · October Term 1965
Perry v. Commerce Loan Co.
MajorityFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Accardi et al. v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
Did not participateFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Swann et al. v. Adams, Secretary of State of Florida, et al.
MajorityFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Carnation Co. v. Pacific Westbound Conference et al.
Did not participateFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Arizona v. California et al.
MajorityFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Hopson et al. v. Texaco, Inc.
MajorityFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Levine v. United States
MajorityFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Stevens v. Marks, New York Supreme Court Justice
MajorityFeb 24, 1966 · October Term 1965
Idaho Sheet Metal Works, Inc. v. Wirtz, Secretary of Labor
MajorityFeb 24, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Johnson
DissentFeb 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Ewell et al.
MajorityFeb 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
Brown et al. v. Louisiana
MajorityFeb 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
Baxstrom v. Herold, State Hospital Director
Did not participateFeb 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Adams et al.
DissentFeb 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Rosenblatt v. Baer
DissentFeb 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114, et al.
Did not participateFeb 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Graham et al. v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City et al.
Did not participateJan 31, 1966 · October Term 1965
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers et al. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. et al.
Did not participateJan 31, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. California
MajorityJan 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Chandler, U.S. District Judge v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit of the United States.
Did not participateJan 19, 1966 · October Term 1965
Tehan, Sheriff v. United States Ex Rel. Shott
ConcurrenceJan 19, 1966 · October Term 1965
Giaccio v. Pennsylvania
MajorityJan 18, 1966 · October Term 1965
California v. Buzard
MajorityJan 18, 1966 · October Term 1965
Snapp v. Neal, State Auditor, et al.
MajorityJan 18, 1966 · October Term 1965
Segal, Dba Segal Cotton Products, et al. v. Rochelle, Trustee in Bankruptcy
MajorityJan 17, 1966 · October Term 1965
Evans et al. v. Newton et al.
MajorityJan 17, 1966 · October Term 1965
Koehring Co. v. Hyde Construction Co., Inc., et al.
MajorityJan 17, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Yazell
MajorityJan 17, 1966 · October Term 1965
Katchen v. Landy, Trustee in Bankruptcy
MajorityDec 20, 1965 · October Term 1965
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Local 283 v. Scofield et al.
MajorityDec 13, 1965 · October Term 1965
United States v. Louisiana et al.
MajorityDec 13, 1965 · October Term 1965
Soric v. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
MajorityDec 13, 1965 · October Term 1965
Albanese v. Nv Nederl. Amerik Stoomv Maats
MajorityDec 13, 1965 · October Term 1965
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
MajorityDec 13, 1965 · October Term 1965
United States v. Speers, Trustee in Bankruptcy
MajorityDec 8, 1965 · October Term 1965
Gunther v. San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Co.
MajorityDec 8, 1965 · October Term 1965
Hazeltine Research, Inc., et al. v. Brenner, Commissioner of Patents