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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)

MajorityMay 27, 1963 · October Term 1962
Sperry v. Florida Ex Rel. Florida Bar
MajorityMay 27, 1963 · October Term 1962
United States v. Braverman
MajorityMay 27, 1963 · October Term 1962
Reed v. the Yaka et al.
MajorityMay 27, 1963 · October Term 1962
Norvell v. Illinois
MajorityMay 27, 1963 · October Term 1962
Lopez v. United States
MajorityMay 27, 1963 · October Term 1962
Boesche, Administrator, v. Udall, Secretary of the Interior
MajorityMay 27, 1963 · October Term 1962
Campbell et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 20, 1963 · October Term 1962
Peterson et al. v. City of Greenville
MajorityMay 20, 1963 · October Term 1962
Shuttlesworth et al. v. City of Birmingham
MajorityMay 20, 1963 · October Term 1962
Lombard et al. v. Louisiana
MajorityMay 20, 1963 · October Term 1962
Wright et al. v. Georgia
DissentMay 20, 1963 · October Term 1962
Wisconsin et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1963 · October Term 1962
Andrews v. United States
MajorityMay 20, 1963 · October Term 1962
Silver, Doing Business As Municipal Securities Co., et al. v. New York Stock Exchange
MajorityMay 20, 1963 · October Term 1962
Gober et al. v. City of Birmingham
MajorityMay 20, 1963 · October Term 1962
Avent et al. v. North Carolina.
DissentMay 13, 1963 · October Term 1962
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Reily, Collector of Revenue of Louisiana
DissentMay 13, 1963 · October Term 1962
Brady v. Maryland
MajorityMay 13, 1963 · October Term 1962
Willner v. Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Judicial Department
ConcurrenceMay 13, 1963 · October Term 1962
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes et al. v. Allen et al.
DissentMay 13, 1963 · October Term 1962
Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc., et al. v. Paul, Director of the Department of Agriculture of California, et al.
DissentMay 13, 1963 · October Term 1962
Namet v. United States
MajorityMay 13, 1963 · October Term 1962
Whipple et Ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityMay 13, 1963 · October Term 1962
Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
MajorityMay 13, 1963 · October Term 1962
National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Resistor Corp. et al.
MajorityMay 13, 1963 · October Term 1962
Smith v. Mississippi
MajorityMay 13, 1963 · October Term 1962
Boyes v. United States.
MajorityMay 13, 1963 · October Term 1962
Baker v. United States.
MajorityApr 29, 1963 · October Term 1962
Sanders v. United States
DissentApr 29, 1963 · October Term 1962
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
MajorityApr 29, 1963 · October Term 1962
Maximov, Trustee, v. United States
MajorityApr 29, 1963 · October Term 1962
Hawaii v. Gordon
MajorityApr 29, 1963 · October Term 1962
White v. Maryland
MajorityApr 29, 1963 · October Term 1962
Johnson v. Virginia
MajorityApr 22, 1963 · October Term 1962
Colorado Anti-Discrimination Commission et al. v. Continental Air Lines, Inc.
MajorityApr 22, 1963 · October Term 1962
Ferguson, Attorney General of Kansas, et al. v. Skrupa, Doing Business As Credit Advisors
MajorityApr 22, 1963 · October Term 1962
Downum v. United States
MajorityApr 22, 1963 · October Term 1962
Interstate Commerce Commission v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. et al.
MajorityApr 22, 1963 · October Term 1962
Tiller v. California et al.
MajorityApr 15, 1963 · October Term 1962
City of Fresno v. California et al.
MajorityApr 15, 1963 · October Term 1962
Wolf et al. v. Weinstein et al.
DissentApr 15, 1963 · October Term 1962
Arrow Transportation Co. et al. v. Southern Railway Co. et al.
MajorityApr 15, 1963 · October Term 1962
International Association of Machinists, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Central Airlines, Inc.
MajorityApr 15, 1963 · October Term 1962
Dixilyn Drilling Corp. v. Crescent Towing & Salvage Co.
MajorityApr 15, 1963 · October Term 1962
Basham v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
MajorityApr 15, 1963 · October Term 1962
Luckman v. Dunbar, Corrections Director, et al.
MajorityApr 15, 1963 · October Term 1962
Holmes v. California et al.
MajorityApr 15, 1963 · October Term 1962
Symons v. California
MajorityApr 15, 1963 · October Term 1962
Williams v. California et al.
MajorityApr 15, 1963 · October Term 1962
Collins v. California.