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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)

MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States et al. v. City of Detroit
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States v. Township of Muskegon et al.
MajorityFeb 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Kernan, Administrator, v. American Dredging Co.
MajorityFeb 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
National Labor Relations Board v. District 50, United Mine Workers of America, et al.
MajorityFeb 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
American Airlines, Inc., v. North American Airlines, Inc., et al.
DissentJan 27, 1958 · October Term 1957
Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Oil Co.
MajorityJan 27, 1958 · October Term 1957
Moog Industries, Inc., v. Federal Trade Commission
DissentJan 27, 1958 · October Term 1957
Alleghany Corporation v. Breswick & Co. et al.
MajorityJan 27, 1958 · October Term 1957
Honeycutt v. Wabash Railway Co.
DissentJan 20, 1958 · October Term 1957
Nashville Milk Co. v. Carnation Company
DissentJan 20, 1958 · October Term 1957
Safeway Stores, Inc., v. Vance, Trustee in Bankruptcy
MajorityJan 20, 1958 · October Term 1957
Cities Service Gas Co. v. State Corporation Commission of Kansas et al.
MajorityJan 20, 1958 · October Term 1957
Zavada v. United States
DissentJan 20, 1958 · October Term 1957
Karadzole, Consul General of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, et al. v. Artukovic
DissentJan 13, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States v. Sharpnack
MajorityJan 13, 1958 · October Term 1957
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. v. Illinois et al.
MajorityJan 13, 1958 · October Term 1957
Staub v. City of Baxley
MajorityJan 13, 1958 · October Term 1957
Lawn v. United States
MajorityJan 13, 1958 · October Term 1957
Reeves v. Alabama.
MajorityJan 13, 1958 · October Term 1957
Gordon v. Texas.
MajorityJan 6, 1958 · October Term 1957
Heikkinen v. United States
MajorityDec 16, 1957 · October Term 1957
Green v. United States
MajorityDec 16, 1957 · October Term 1957
McGee v. International Life Insurance Co.
MajorityDec 16, 1957 · October Term 1957
Lambert v. California
DissentDec 16, 1957 · October Term 1957
United States v. Shotwell Manufacturing Co. et al.
MajorityDec 16, 1957 · October Term 1957
United States v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.
MajorityDec 16, 1957 · October Term 1957
Virginia v. Maryland
MajorityDec 16, 1957 · October Term 1957
Nelson et al. v. Tennessee.
MajorityDec 9, 1957 · October Term 1957
Schaffer Transportation Co. et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityDec 9, 1957 · October Term 1957
Benanti v. United States
MajorityDec 9, 1957 · October Term 1957
Rathbun v. United States
MajorityDec 9, 1957 · October Term 1957
Rowoldt v. Perfetto, Acting Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service
DissentDec 9, 1957 · October Term 1957
Youngdahl et al. v. Rainfair, Inc.
MajorityDec 9, 1957 · October Term 1957
American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityDec 9, 1957 · October Term 1957
Moore v. Michigan
MajorityDec 9, 1957 · October Term 1957
United States Ex Rel. Lee Kum Hoy et al. v. Murff, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service
ConcurrenceDec 9, 1957 · October Term 1957
Barr v. Matteo et al.
DissentDec 9, 1957 · October Term 1957
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. et al.
DissentNov 25, 1957 · October Term 1957
Yates v. United States
MajorityNov 25, 1957 · October Term 1957
Rosenbloom v. United States
MajorityNov 18, 1957 · October Term 1957
Conley et Al.v. Gibson et al.
MajorityNov 18, 1957 · October Term 1957
Williams, Governor of Michigan, et al. v. Simons, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, et al.
MajorityNov 18, 1957 · October Term 1957
Stinson, Administratrix, v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
MajorityNov 12, 1957 · October Term 1957
Black, Assistant Regional Commissioner, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, Internal Revenue Service, v. Magnolia Liquor Co., Inc.
MajorityNov 12, 1957 · October Term 1957
Alcorta v. Texas
MajorityOct 21, 1957 · October Term 1957
Gibson v. Thompson, Trustee
MajorityOct 21, 1957 · October Term 1957
Palermo v. Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc.
MajorityOct 14, 1957 · October Term 1957
Scales v. United States.
MajorityOct 14, 1957 · October Term 1957
Lightfoot v. United States.
MajorityJul 11, 1957 · October Term 1956
Wilson, Secretary of Defense, et al. v. Girard