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)

MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Lee Art Theatre, Inc. v. Virginia
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Henry v. Louisiana
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hopper et al. v. Louisiana
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Pope v. United States
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Spence et al. v. North Carolina
Did not participateJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
First Agricultural National Bank of Berkshire County v. State Tax Commission
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Lee et al. v. Florida
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Miller v. California
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Jones et Ux. v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe Machinery Corp.
ConcurrenceJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wainwright v. City of New Orleans
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Powell v. Texas
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wheat v. Washington
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
McDaniel v. North Carolina
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
American Commercial Lines, Inc., et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wade v. Yeager, Warden
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Houghton v. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
King, Commissioner, Department of Pensions and Security, et al. v. Smith et al.
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Terry v. Ohio
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Pickens v. Oliver, Warden
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Serio v. United States
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Santoro v. United States
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Uniformed Sanitation Men Assn., Inc., et al. v. Commissioner of Sanitation of the City of New York et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
George Campbell Painting Corp. v. Reid et Al., Members of New York City Housing Authority, et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Maryland et al. v. Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Roberts v. Russell
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Nelson v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Sibron v. New York
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Harrison v. United States
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Board of Education of Central School District No. 1 et al. v. Allen, Commissioner of Education of New York, et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Gardner v. Broderick, Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States et al. v. Southwestern Cable Co. et al.
ConcurrenceJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Perma Life Mufflers, Inc., et al. v. International Parts Corp. et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hunt v. Connecticut
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Jones v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Flast et al. v. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205, Will County
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Sabbath v. United States
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Kaiser Steel Corp. v. W. S. Ranch Co.
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Bumper v. North Carolina
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Reading Co. v. Brown, Trustee in Bankruptcy, et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wirtz, Secretary of Labor v. Hotel, Motel & Club Employees Union, Local 6
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Witherspoon v. Illinois et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Johnson v. Florida
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Watts et al. v. Seward School Board et al.
Did not participateJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Ioannou v. New York et al.
DissentJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
In Re Fischer.
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Raney et al. v. Board of Education of the Gould School District et al.