A public record of U.S. government and large ownership

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)

MajorityJan 9, 1956 · October Term 1955
Rex Trailer Co., Inc. v. United States
MajorityJan 9, 1956 · October Term 1955
Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Herman v. Claudy, Warden
MajorityJan 6, 1956 · October Term 1955
Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Company of America, Inc.
MajorityDec 12, 1955 · October Term 1955
Arizona v. California et al.
MajorityDec 12, 1955 · October Term 1955
Gonzales v. Landon, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al.
MajorityDec 12, 1955 · October Term 1955
National Labor Relations Board v. Warren Company, Inc.
MajorityDec 5, 1955 · October Term 1955
Affronti v. United States
MajorityDec 5, 1955 · October Term 1955
Reece v. Georgia
DissentDec 5, 1955 · October Term 1955
Michel v. Louisiana
MajorityNov 21, 1955 · October Term 1955
Neese, Administrator, v. Southern Railway Co.
MajorityNov 21, 1955 · October Term 1955
Indian Towing Co., Inc., et al. v. United States
MajorityNov 14, 1955 · October Term 1955
Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, v. Myrtle Grove Packing Co.
MajorityNov 7, 1955 · October Term 1955
United States v. Anderson, Clayton & Co.
MajorityNov 7, 1955 · October Term 1955
United States Ex Rel. Toth v. Quarles, Secretary of the Air Force
MajorityNov 7, 1955 · October Term 1955
Corn Products Refining Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityOct 24, 1955 · October Term 1955
Liquid Carbonic Corp. v. United States
MajorityOct 24, 1955 · October Term 1955
Nukk et al. v. Shaughnessy, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
MajorityOct 24, 1955 · October Term 1955
Walton v. California.
MajorityOct 17, 1955 · October Term 1955
Chessman v. Teets, Warden
MajorityOct 17, 1955 · October Term 1955
Williams v. United States.
MajorityOct 17, 1955 · October Term 1955
Mississippi v. Louisiana
MajorityOct 10, 1955 · October Term 1955
Lucy et al. v. Adams, Dean of Admissions, University of Alabama
MajorityJun 6, 1955 · October Term 1954
Lawlor et Al., Trading As Independent Poster Exchange, v. National Screen Service Corp. et al.
Did not participateJun 6, 1955 · October Term 1954
Federal Communications Commission v. Allentown Broadcasting Corp.
ConcurrenceJun 6, 1955 · October Term 1954
Peters v. Hobby et al.
DissentJun 6, 1955 · October Term 1954
Ellis v. Dixon et Al., Members of the Board of Education of the City of Yonkers
MajorityJun 6, 1955 · October Term 1954
Federal Power Commission v. Oregon et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1955 · October Term 1954
Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, v. C. W. Vollmer & Co., Inc.
MajorityJun 6, 1955 · October Term 1954
Carroll et al. v. Lanza, Doing Business As Lake Charles Electric Co.
MajorityJun 6, 1955 · October Term 1954
Williams v. Georgia
MajorityJun 6, 1955 · October Term 1954
Whitehouse et al. v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. et al.
MajorityMay 31, 1955 · October Term 1954
Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al.
DissentMay 31, 1955 · October Term 1954
Marcello v. Bonds, Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service
MajorityMay 23, 1955 · October Term 1954
Bart v. United States
MajorityMay 23, 1955 · October Term 1954
Quinn v. United States
DissentMay 23, 1955 · October Term 1954
Shaughnessy, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. United States Ex Rel. Accardi
MajorityMay 23, 1955 · October Term 1954
Maneja et al. v. Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.
MajorityMay 23, 1955 · October Term 1954
Lewyt Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityMay 23, 1955 · October Term 1954
United States v. Olympic Radio & Television, Inc.
MajorityMay 23, 1955 · October Term 1954
Emspak v. United States
MajorityMay 16, 1955 · October Term 1954
Society for Savings in the City of Cleveland v. Bowers, Tax Commissioner of Ohio
MajorityMay 16, 1955 · October Term 1954
In Re Murchison et al.
MajorityMay 16, 1955 · October Term 1954
United States, As Owner of the Christopher Gale, v. Nielson et Al., Trading As Dauntless Towing Line
MajorityMay 16, 1955 · October Term 1954
Boston Metals Co. v. the Winding Gulf et al.
MajorityMay 16, 1955 · October Term 1954
Bisso, Receiver, v. Inland Waterways Corporation
MajorityMay 9, 1955 · October Term 1954
Bell v. United States
DissentMay 9, 1955 · October Term 1954
Rice v. Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery, Inc. et al.
MajorityApr 25, 1955 · October Term 1954
Shaughnessy, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization, v. Pedreiro
DissentApr 25, 1955 · October Term 1954
Regan v. New York
DissentApr 11, 1955 · October Term 1954
Granville-Smith v. Granville-Smith