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Earl Warren

Seat:: Chief Justice
Appointed by:: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate confirmation:: Mar 1, 1954
Recorded service:: Oct 12, 1953 – Jun 23, 1969
Lived:: Mar 19, 1891 – Jul 9, 1974

In plain language

Earl Warren, chief justice.
Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower; confirmed March 1, 1954.
Court service October 12, 1953 to June 23, 1969.

Decisions on record (2175)

MajorityOct 19, 1959 · October Term 1959
Harris v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
MajorityJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Greene v. McElroy et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Farmers Educational & Cooperative Union of America, North Dakota Division, v. Wday, Inc.
DissentJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. Day, Administrator
DissentJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Barr v. Matteo et al.
DissentJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Howard v. Lyons et al.
DissentJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Price
MajorityJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
In Re Sawyer
MajorityJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Ingram et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Kingsley International Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the University of the State of New York
MajorityJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Taylor v. McElroy et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Illinois v. Michigan et al.
MajorityJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Spano v. New York
MajorityJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
United States v. 93.970 Acres of Land et al.
MajorityJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Safeway Stores, Inc., v. Oklahoma Retail Grocers Association, Inc., et al.
ConcurrenceJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Palermo v. United States
DissentJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Rosenberg v. United States
MajorityJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Atlantic Refining Co. et al. v. Public Service Commission of New York et al.
DissentJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United States
DissentJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co., Inc., v. River Terminals Corp.
MajorityJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Raley et al. v. Ohio
MajorityJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Hansen et Ux.
DissentJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Inc., v. Bennett, Attorney General of Arkansas, et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1959 · October Term 1958
Burns v. Ohio
MajorityJun 15, 1959 · October Term 1958
Napue v. Illinois
MajorityJun 15, 1959 · October Term 1958
Magenau, Administrator, v. Aetna Freight Lines, Inc.
DissentJun 15, 1959 · October Term 1958
Anonymous Nos. 6 and 7 v. Baker, Justice of the Supreme Court of New York
MajorityJun 15, 1959 · October Term 1958
National Labor Relations Board v. Fant Milling Co.
MajorityJun 15, 1959 · October Term 1958
Marshall v. United States
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Smith v. United States
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
United States v. Atlantic Refining Co. et al.
DissentJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Federal Trade Commission v. Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc.
DissentJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Uphaus v. Wyman, Attorney General of New Hampshire
DissentJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Barenblatt v. United States
DissentJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Harrison, Attorney General of Virginia, et al. v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co. et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
National Labor Relations Board v. Cabot Carbon Co. et al.
ConcurrenceJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Martin, Successor To Lawler, Secretary of Highways of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Creasy et al.
DissentJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Mills et al. v. Louisiana
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Ohio Ex Rel. Eaton v. Price, Chief of Police
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson
MajorityJun 1, 1959 · October Term 1958
Vitarelli v. Seaton, Secretary of the Interior, et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1959 · October Term 1958
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al. v. Williams, Revenue Commissioner
MajorityMay 25, 1959 · October Term 1958
Beacon Theatres, Inc., v. Westover, U.S. District Judge, et al.
MajorityMay 25, 1959 · October Term 1958
Bibb, Director, Department of Public Safety of Illinois, et al. v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc., et al.
DissentMay 18, 1959 · October Term 1958
T. I. M. E. Incorporated v. United States
MajorityMay 18, 1959 · October Term 1958
Patterson, General Administrator, et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 18, 1959 · October Term 1958
Devries et al. v. Baumgartner's Electric Construction Co.