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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 5, 1954 · October Term 1953
Federal Communications Commission v. American Broadcasting Co., Inc.
Did not participateApr 5, 1954 · October Term 1953
St. Joe Paper Co. et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
DissentApr 5, 1954 · October Term 1953
Thompson v. Lawson, Deputy Commissioner of the United States Bureau of Employees Compensation, et al.
DissentApr 5, 1954 · October Term 1953
Miller Brothers Co. v. Maryland
DissentApr 5, 1954 · October Term 1953
Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Virginia
MajorityApr 5, 1954 · October Term 1953
Franklin National Bank of Franklin Square v. New York
DissentApr 5, 1954 · October Term 1953
United States v. Dixon
MajorityApr 5, 1954 · October Term 1953
Sacher v. Association of the Bar of the City of New York et al.
ConcurrenceMar 15, 1954 · October Term 1953
Walters et al. v. City of St. Louis et al.
DissentMar 15, 1954 · October Term 1953
Federal Power Commission v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
MajorityMar 15, 1954 · October Term 1953
United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
DissentMar 15, 1954 · October Term 1953
Alabama v. Texas et al.
MajorityMar 8, 1954 · October Term 1953
United States v. Binghamton Construction Co., Inc.
MajorityMar 8, 1954 · October Term 1953
Adams v. Maryland
MajorityMar 8, 1954 · October Term 1953
United States v. Employing Plasterers Association of Chicago et al.
MajorityMar 8, 1954 · October Term 1953
United States v. Employing Lathers Association of Chicago and Vicinity et al.
DissentMar 8, 1954 · October Term 1953
Mazer et Al., Doing Business As June Lamp Manufacturing Co., v. Stein et Al., Doing Business As Reglor of California
DissentMar 8, 1954 · October Term 1953
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Local 37, et al. v. Boyd, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service
MajorityMar 8, 1954 · October Term 1953
Remmer v. United States
DissentFeb 8, 1954 · October Term 1953
Partmar Corporation et al. v. Paramount Pictures Theatres Corp. et al.
DissentFeb 8, 1954 · October Term 1953
Kern-Limerick, Inc. et al. v. Scurlock, Commissioner of Revenues for Arkansas
DissentFeb 8, 1954 · October Term 1953
Irvine v. California
MajorityFeb 8, 1954 · October Term 1953
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. Calvert, Comptroller of Public Accounts, et al.
DissentFeb 1, 1954 · October Term 1953
Pereira et al. v. United States
DissentFeb 1, 1954 · October Term 1953
Radio Officers' Union of the Commercial Telegraphers Union, Afl, v. National Labor Relations Board
DissentFeb 1, 1954 · October Term 1953
Walder v. United States
MajorityFeb 1, 1954 · October Term 1953
Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board et al.
MajorityFeb 1, 1954 · October Term 1953
Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Summerfield, Postmaster General, et al.
MajorityFeb 1, 1954 · October Term 1953
United States v. City of New Britain et al.
MajorityJan 18, 1954 · October Term 1953
Madruga v. Superior Court of California, in and for the County of San Diego
MajorityJan 18, 1954 · October Term 1953
United States v. Lindsay et al.
DissentJan 18, 1954 · October Term 1953
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. v. Stude et al.
ConcurrenceJan 18, 1954 · October Term 1953
Superior Films, Inc. v. Department of Education of Ohio, Division of Film Censorship, Hissong, Superintendent
MajorityJan 18, 1954 · October Term 1953
North v. Florida
DissentJan 18, 1954 · October Term 1953
County Board of Arlington County et al. v. State Milk Commission.
MajorityJan 11, 1954 · October Term 1953
Salsburg v. Maryland
MajorityJan 4, 1954 · October Term 1953
United States v. Morgan
MajorityJan 4, 1954 · October Term 1953
General Protective Committee for the Holders of Option Warrants of the United Corporation v. Securities and Exchange Commission et al.
DissentJan 4, 1954 · October Term 1953
Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp. et al.
MajorityDec 14, 1953 · October Term 1953
Howell Chevrolet Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
MajorityDec 14, 1953 · October Term 1953
Garner et Al., Trading As Central Storage & Transfer Co., v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Helpers Local Union No. 776 (A. F. L.) et al.
MajorityDec 7, 1953 · October Term 1953
Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn et al.
MajorityDec 7, 1953 · October Term 1953
Wilko v. Swan et Al., Doing Business As Hayden, Stone & Co., et al.
ConcurrenceDec 7, 1953 · October Term 1953
United States v. Five Gambling Devices Etc.
DissentDec 7, 1953 · October Term 1953
National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 1229, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
MajorityDec 7, 1953 · October Term 1953
Nevada and New York v. Stacher.
DissentDec 7, 1953 · October Term 1953
Tom We Shung v. Brownell, Attorney General, et al.
MajorityNov 30, 1953 · October Term 1953
Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland, Chief Judge, et al.
MajorityNov 30, 1953 · October Term 1953
Dickinson v. United States
MajorityNov 30, 1953 · October Term 1953
Public Utilities Commission of California et al. v. United Air Lines, Inc. et al.