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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)

MajorityApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
Western Pacific Railroad Corp. et al. v. Western Pacific Railroad Co. et al.
MajorityApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
Healy et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
DissentApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
In Re Disbarment of Isserman
ConcurrenceApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Public Utilities Commission of California et al.
DissentApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
Dameron v. Brodhead, Manager of Revenue & Ex-Officio Treasurer of the City & County of Denver
MajorityApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman et al.
MajorityApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Certain Parcels of Land in the County of Fairfax, Virginia, et al.
MajorityMar 16, 1953 · October Term 1952
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. et al. v. United States et al.
DissentMar 16, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States Ex Rel. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior, v. Federal Power Commission et al.
MajorityMar 16, 1953 · October Term 1952
Orvis et al. v. Brownell, Attorney General, Successor To the Alien Property Custodian
DissentMar 16, 1953 · October Term 1952
Local Union No. 10, United Association of Journeymen Plumbers & Steamfitters, et al. v. Graham et Al., Trading As Graham Brothers
DissentMar 16, 1953 · October Term 1952
Shaughnessy, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization, v. United States Ex Rel. Mezei
DissentMar 16, 1953 · October Term 1952
Heikkila v. Barber, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al.
DissentMar 16, 1953 · October Term 1952
Albertson et al. v. Millard, Attorney General of Michigan, et al.
DissentMar 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Reynolds et al.
MajorityMar 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
Alstate Construction Co. v. Durkin, Secretary of Labor
MajorityMar 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
Thomas v. Hempt Brothers
DissentMar 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Kahriger
ConcurrenceMar 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Rumely
MajorityMar 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
Unexcelled Chemical Corp. v. United States
MajorityMar 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
Fowler v. Rhode Island
DissentMar 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
National Labor Relations Board v. Rockaway News Supply Co., Inc.
DissentMar 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
Orloff v. Willoughby, Commandant
MajorityMar 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
American Newspaper Publishers Association v. National Labor Relations Board
MajorityMar 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
National Labor Relations Board v. Gamble Enterprises, Inc.
DissentMar 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
Ramspeck et al. v. Federal Trial Examiners Conference et al.
DissentFeb 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
Brown v. Allen, Warden
DissentFeb 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States Ex Rel. Smith v. Baldi, Superintendent, Philadelphia County Prison
MajorityFeb 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
City of Chicago v. Willett Company
MajorityFeb 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
Bode et al. v. Barrett, Secretary of State, et al.
MajorityFeb 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
Kwong Hai Chew v. Colding et al.
DissentFeb 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
Lutwak et al. v. United States
DissentFeb 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
Howard et al. v. Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the City of Louisville et al.
MajorityFeb 9, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Lane Motor Co.
MajorityFeb 2, 1953 · October Term 1952
National Labor Relations Board v. Dant et Al., Doing Business As Dant & Russell, Ltd.
MajorityFeb 2, 1953 · October Term 1952
De La Rama Steamship Co., Inc. v. United States
MajorityFeb 2, 1953 · October Term 1952
Federal Trade Commission v. Motion Picture Advertising Service Co., Inc.
MajorityFeb 2, 1953 · October Term 1952
Stone v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co.
MajorityFeb 2, 1953 · October Term 1952
Gordon et al. v. United States
Did not participateFeb 2, 1953 · October Term 1952
Brock v. North Carolina
MajorityJan 19, 1953 · October Term 1952
South Buffalo Railway Co. v. Ahern et al.
MajorityJan 12, 1953 · October Term 1952
City of New York v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.
DissentJan 12, 1953 · October Term 1952
American Trucking Associations, Inc. et al. v. United States et al.
DissentJan 12, 1953 · October Term 1952
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. O'rourke
MajorityJan 12, 1953 · October Term 1952
National Labor Relations Board v. Seven-Up Bottling Company of Miami, Inc.
DissentJan 12, 1953 · October Term 1952
Edelman v. California
DissentDec 22, 1952 · October Term 1952
F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.
MajorityDec 22, 1952 · October Term 1952
Public Service Commission of Utah et al. v. Wycoff Company, Inc.
DissentDec 22, 1952 · October Term 1952
King et Al., Constituting the Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission, v. United States et al.
Did not participateDec 22, 1952 · October Term 1952
Steele et al. v. Bulova Watch Co., Inc.