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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 18, 1964 · October Term 1963
Schneider v. Rusk, Secretary of State
MajorityMay 18, 1964 · October Term 1963
Clay v. Sun Insurance Office, Ltd.
MajorityMay 18, 1964 · October Term 1963
Parden et al. v. Terminal Railway of the Alabama State Docks Department et al.
MajorityMay 18, 1964 · October Term 1963
Massiah v. United States
MajorityMay 4, 1964 · October Term 1963
Coleman v. Alabama
DissentMay 4, 1964 · October Term 1963
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Elmore & Stahl
MajorityMay 4, 1964 · October Term 1963
Mercer v. Theriot
MajorityMay 4, 1964 · October Term 1963
Willis Shaw Frozen Express, Inc., v. United States et al.
MajorityMay 4, 1964 · October Term 1963
Clinton v. Virginia
MajorityMay 4, 1964 · October Term 1963
United States v. Continental Oil Co.
MajorityApr 27, 1964 · October Term 1963
Hattiesburg Building & Trades Council et al. v. Broome, Doing Business As Broome Construction & Maintenance Co., et al.
MajorityApr 20, 1964 · October Term 1963
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Virginia Ex Rel. Virginia State Bar
MajorityApr 20, 1964 · October Term 1963
Simpson v. Union Oil Co. of California
MajorityApr 20, 1964 · October Term 1963
Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc. et al.
MajorityApr 20, 1964 · October Term 1963
National Labor Relations Board v. Servette, Inc.
ConcurrenceApr 20, 1964 · October Term 1963
National Labor Relations Board v. Fruit & Vegetable Packers & Warehousemen, Local 760, et al.
DissentApr 20, 1964 · October Term 1963
United States v. Welden
MajorityApr 6, 1964 · October Term 1963
United States v. First National Bank & Trust Co. of Lexington et al.
MajorityApr 6, 1964 · October Term 1963
United States v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. et al.
DissentApr 6, 1964 · October Term 1963
United States v. Barnett et al.
MajorityApr 6, 1964 · October Term 1963
Arnold et al. v. North Carolina
MajorityApr 6, 1964 · October Term 1963
Henry et al. v. City of Rock Hill
MajorityApr 6, 1964 · October Term 1963
Publishers' Association of New York City v. New York Mailers' Union Number Six
MajorityMar 30, 1964 · October Term 1963
Federal Power Commission v. Hunt et al.
MajorityMar 30, 1964 · October Term 1963
Rugendorf v. United States
MajorityMar 30, 1964 · October Term 1963
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., v. Livingston, President of District 65, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, AFL-CIO
DissentMar 30, 1964 · October Term 1963
Mrvica v. Esperdy, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service
DissentMar 30, 1964 · October Term 1963
Ungar v. Sarafite, Judge of the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York
MajorityMar 30, 1964 · October Term 1963
Rabinowitz et al. v. Kennedy, Attorney General
ConcurrenceMar 30, 1964 · October Term 1963
Van Dusen, U.S. District Judge, et al. v. Barrack, Administratrix, et al.
ConcurrenceMar 30, 1964 · October Term 1963
Hamilton v. Alabama
MajorityMar 23, 1964 · October Term 1963
Bruning v. United States
MajorityMar 23, 1964 · October Term 1963
Preston v. United States
MajorityMar 23, 1964 · October Term 1963
Humble Pipe Line Co. v. Waggonner, Sheriff
MajorityMar 23, 1964 · October Term 1963
A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Inc., et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityMar 23, 1964 · October Term 1963
United States et al. v. J. B. Montgomery, Inc.
MajorityMar 23, 1964 · October Term 1963
Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino, Receiver, et al.
MajorityMar 23, 1964 · October Term 1963
Boire, Regional Director, Twelfth Region, National Labor Relations Board, v. Greyhound Corporation
MajorityMar 23, 1964 · October Term 1963
Stoner v. California
MajorityMar 23, 1964 · October Term 1963
United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
MajorityMar 23, 1964 · October Term 1963
Jackson et al. v. United States
ConcurrenceMar 9, 1964 · October Term 1963
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
MajorityMar 9, 1964 · October Term 1963
Yiatchos v. Yiatchos, Executrix, et al.
DissentMar 9, 1964 · October Term 1963
Italia Societa Per Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co., Inc.
MajorityMar 9, 1964 · October Term 1963
United States v. Ward Baking Co. et al.
MajorityMar 9, 1964 · October Term 1963
Arceneaux v. Louisiana
MajorityMar 9, 1964 · October Term 1963
Smith v. Pennsylvania
MajorityMar 9, 1964 · October Term 1963
Michaels Enterprises, Inc., et al. v. United States
MajorityMar 9, 1964 · October Term 1963
Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham.
MajorityJun 3, 1963 · October Term 1963
Arizona v. California et al.