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Hugo L. Black

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate confirmation:: Aug 17, 1937
Recorded service:: Nov 18, 1946 – Jun 30, 1971
Lived:: Feb 27, 1886 – Sep 25, 1971

In plain language

Hugo L. Black, associate justice.
Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt; confirmed August 17, 1937.
Court service November 18, 1946 to June 30, 1971.

Decisions on record (3243)

DissentDec 22, 1952 · October Term 1952
Federal Trade Commission v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.
MajorityDec 22, 1952 · October Term 1952
United States v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corporation et al.
ConcurrenceDec 15, 1952 · October Term 1952
Wieman et al. v. Updegraff et al.
ConcurrenceDec 15, 1952 · October Term 1952
Schwartz v. Texas
MajorityDec 8, 1952 · October Term 1952
Dixon v. Duffy, Warden
DissentDec 8, 1952 · October Term 1952
United States v. Caltex (Philippines), Inc. et al.
MajorityDec 8, 1952 · October Term 1952
Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Co. v. Wood et Al., Members of the Arkansas Public Service Commission
MajorityDec 8, 1952 · October Term 1952
Alison v. United States
MajorityDec 8, 1952 · October Term 1952
Bailess, County Treasurer, et al. v. Paukune
MajorityDec 8, 1952 · October Term 1952
United States v. Cardiff
DissentDec 8, 1952 · October Term 1952
Montgomery Building & Construction Trades Council et al. v. Ledbetter Erection Co., Inc.
ConcurrenceNov 24, 1952 · October Term 1952
Kedroff et al. v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America
MajorityNov 24, 1952 · October Term 1952
Mandoli v. Acheson, Secretary of State
MajorityNov 24, 1952 · October Term 1952
Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al.
MajorityNov 17, 1952 · October Term 1952
Johnson, Administratrix, v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.
MajorityNov 17, 1952 · October Term 1952
United States v. Henning et al.
MajorityNov 17, 1952 · October Term 1952
Baumet et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityNov 17, 1952 · October Term 1952
Sweeney, Sheriff, v. Woodall
MajorityNov 10, 1952 · October Term 1952
Arrowsmith et Al., Executors, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityNov 10, 1952 · October Term 1952
Sanford v. Kepner
MajorityNov 10, 1952 · October Term 1952
Federal Power Commission v. Idaho Power Co.
DissentNov 10, 1952 · October Term 1952
Nathanson, Trustee in Bankruptcy, v. National Labor Relations Board
MajorityNov 10, 1952 · October Term 1952
United States et al. v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc.
DissentNov 10, 1952 · October Term 1952
United States v. Beacon Brass Co., Inc. et al.
MajorityOct 20, 1952 · October Term 1952
Civil Aeronautics Board et al. v. American Air Transport, Inc. et al.
MajorityOct 8, 1952 · October Term 1952
Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al.
MajorityJun 9, 1952 · October Term 1951
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen et al. v. Howard et al.
MajorityJun 9, 1952 · October Term 1951
Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. v. Johnson
DissentJun 9, 1952 · October Term 1951
Leland v. Oregon
MajorityJun 9, 1952 · October Term 1951
Casey et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 2, 1952 · October Term 1951
Thompson, Trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. United States et al.
ConcurrenceJun 2, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States et al. v. Great Northern Railway Co.
MajorityJun 2, 1952 · October Term 1951
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. et al. v. Sawyer
MajorityJun 2, 1952 · October Term 1951
Robertson v. United States
DissentJun 2, 1952 · October Term 1951
Kawakita v. United States
DissentJun 2, 1952 · October Term 1951
On Lee v. United States
DissentMay 26, 1952 · October Term 1951
National Labor Relations Board v. American National Insurance Co.
MajorityMay 26, 1952 · October Term 1951
Pennsylvania Water & Power Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
DissentMay 26, 1952 · October Term 1951
Johansen v. United States
MajorityMay 26, 1952 · October Term 1951
Besser Manufacturing Co. et al. v. United States
DissentMay 26, 1952 · October Term 1951
Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia et al. v. Pollak et al.
ConcurrenceMay 26, 1952 · October Term 1951
Federal Trade Commission v. Ruberoid Co.
MajorityMay 26, 1952 · October Term 1951
Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, Commissioner of Education of New York, et al.
DissentMay 26, 1952 · October Term 1951
Stembridge v. Georgia
MajorityMay 12, 1952 · October Term 1951
Palmer Oil Corp. et al. v. Amerada Petroleum Corp. et al.
MajorityMay 12, 1952 · October Term 1951
Dixon v. Duffy, Warden
MajorityMay 5, 1952 · October Term 1951
Swift & Company v. United States et al.
DissentApr 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
Zorach et al. v. Clauson et Al., Constituting the Board of Education of the City of New York, et al.
DissentApr 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Oregon State Medical Society et al.
DissentApr 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
Madsen v. Kinsella, Warden