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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)

DissentApr 1, 1968 · October Term 1967
Johnson v. Massachusetts
MajorityApr 1, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hogue v. Southern Railway Co.
MajorityApr 1, 1968 · October Term 1967
Greenwald v. Wisconsin
MajorityApr 1, 1968 · October Term 1967
Anderson v. Nelson, Warden
DissentMar 25, 1968 · October Term 1967
Protective Committee for Independent Stockholders of Tmt Trailer Ferry, Inc. v. Anderson, Trustee in Bankruptcy, et al.
MajorityMar 18, 1968 · October Term 1967
Simmons et al. v. United States
ConcurrenceMar 18, 1968 · October Term 1967
Federal Trade Commission v. Fred Meyer, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 18, 1968 · October Term 1967
Poafpybitty et al. v. Skelly Oil Co.
MajorityMar 18, 1968 · October Term 1967
Newman et al. v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 11, 1968 · October Term 1967
Felton et al. v. City of Pensacola
MajorityMar 11, 1968 · October Term 1967
Norfolk & Western Railway Co. et al. v. Missouri State Tax Commission et al.
MajorityMar 11, 1968 · October Term 1967
Lee, Commissioner of Corrections of Alabama, et al. v. Washington et al.
MajorityMar 11, 1968 · October Term 1967
Walker v. Wainwright, Corrections Director
ConcurrenceMar 6, 1968 · October Term 1967
Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Federal Maritime Commission et al.
MajorityMar 6, 1968 · October Term 1967
National Labor Relations Board v. United Insurance Co. of America et al.
MajorityMar 6, 1968 · October Term 1967
Federal Maritime Commission et al. v. Aktiebolaget Svenska Amerika Linien (Swedish American Line) et al.
MajorityMar 5, 1968 · October Term 1967
Harris v. United States
MajorityMar 5, 1968 · October Term 1967
Securities and Exchange Commission v. New England Electric System et al.
MajorityMar 5, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States v. Habig et al.
MajorityMar 5, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States v. Neifert-White Co.
MajorityMar 4, 1968 · October Term 1967
Albrecht v. Herald Co., Dba Globe-Democrat Publishing Co.
Did not participateMar 4, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States v. Third National Bank in Nashville et al.
MajorityJan 29, 1968 · October Term 1967
Teitel Film Corp. et al. v. Cusack et Al., Members of the Motion Picture Appeal Board of the City of Chicago
MajorityJan 29, 1968 · October Term 1967
Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co., Administrator v. Patterson, Administrator, et al.
MajorityJan 29, 1968 · October Term 1967
Smith v. Illinois
MajorityJan 29, 1968 · October Term 1967
Kolod et al. v. United States
MajorityJan 29, 1968 · October Term 1967
Marchetti v. United States
MajorityJan 29, 1968 · October Term 1967
Grosso v. United States
MajorityJan 29, 1968 · October Term 1967
Haynes v. United States
MajorityJan 22, 1968 · October Term 1967
Epton v. New York
ConcurrenceJan 16, 1968 · October Term 1967
Schneider v. Smith, Commandant, United States Coast Guard
MajorityJan 16, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hardin, Mayor of Tazewell, et al. v. Kentucky Utilities Co.
MajorityJan 15, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wirtz, Secretary of Labor v. Local 153, Glass Bottle Blowers Association of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO
MajorityJan 15, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wirtz, Secretary of Labor v. Local Union No. 125, Laborers' International Union of North America, AFL-CIO
MajorityJan 15, 1968 · October Term 1967
Zschernig et al. v. Miller, Administrator, et al.
MajorityJan 15, 1968 · October Term 1967
City of Pottsville v. United States et al.
ConcurrenceJan 15, 1968 · October Term 1967
Massachusetts v. Painten
MajorityJan 15, 1968 · October Term 1967
I.M. Amusement Corp. v. Ohio.
MajorityJan 15, 1968 · October Term 1967
Robert-Arthur Management Corp. v. Tennessee Ex Rel. Canale, District Attorney General
MajorityDec 18, 1967 · October Term 1967
Brooks v. Florida
MajorityDec 18, 1967 · October Term 1967
Damico et al. v. California et al.
MajorityDec 18, 1967 · October Term 1967
National Labor Relations Board v. Fleetwood Trailer Co., Inc.
MajorityDec 18, 1967 · October Term 1967
Sims v. Georgia
MajorityDec 18, 1967 · October Term 1967
Case-Swayne Co., Inc. v. Sunkist Growers, Inc.
MajorityDec 18, 1967 · October Term 1967
Katz v. United States
MajorityDec 18, 1967 · October Term 1967
United States et al. v. Dixie Highway Express, Inc., et al.
MajorityDec 18, 1967 · October Term 1967
Tcherepnin et al. v. Knight et al.
MajorityDec 16, 1967 · October Term 1967
Rockefeller, Governor of New York, et al. v. Wells et al.
MajorityDec 11, 1967 · October Term 1967
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen et al. v. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co. et Al
DissentDec 11, 1967 · October Term 1967
United States v. Correll et Ux.