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)

MajorityNov 9, 1953 · October Term 1953
Voris, Deputy Commissioner, v. Eikel et Al., Doing Business As Southern Stevedoring & Contracting Co., et al.
MajorityOct 12, 1953 · October Term 1953
Lemke v. United States
MajorityOct 12, 1953 · October Term 1953
Federal Trade Commission v. Carter Products, Inc.
DissentJun 19, 1953 · October Term 1952
Rosenberg et al. v. United States.
DissentJun 19, 1953 · October Term 1952
Rosenberg et al. v. United States
DissentJun 19, 1953 · October Term 1952
Rosenberg et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
Bridges et al. v. United States
DissentJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
Burns et al. v. Wilson, Secretary of Defense, et al.
DissentJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
Stein v. New York
DissentJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
Rosenberg et al. v. Denno, Warden
MajorityJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
Shelton v. United States
MajorityJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
Barrows et al. v. Jackson
DissentJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Grainger
DissentJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
Dalehite et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. v. Nothnagle et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
Securities & Exchange Commission v. Ralston Purina Co.
MajorityJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co., Inc.
ConcurrenceJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
Federal Communications Commission v. Rca Communications, Inc.
DissentJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
Automatic Canteen Company of America v. Federal Trade Commission
DissentJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Nugent
MajorityJun 1, 1953 · October Term 1952
Levinson et al. v. Deupree, Ancillary Administrator
ConcurrenceJun 1, 1953 · October Term 1952
Polizzi v. Cowles Magazines, Inc.
MajorityJun 1, 1953 · October Term 1952
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. Koppal
Did not participateJun 1, 1953 · October Term 1952
Central Bank v. United States
ConcurrenceMay 25, 1953 · October Term 1952
Avery v. Georgia
DissentMay 25, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. W. T. Grant Co. et al.
DissentMay 25, 1953 · October Term 1952
Times-Picayune Publishing Co. et al. v. United States
DissentMay 25, 1953 · October Term 1952
Lauritzen v. Larsen
MajorityMay 25, 1953 · October Term 1952
Tinder v. United States
DissentMay 18, 1953 · October Term 1952
Wells, Administratrix, v. Simonds Abrasive Co.
MajorityMay 18, 1953 · October Term 1952
Watson et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityMay 18, 1953 · October Term 1952
May v. Anderson
MajorityMay 4, 1953 · October Term 1952
Terry et al. v. Adams et al.
ConcurrenceMay 4, 1953 · October Term 1952
Callanan Road Improvement Co. v. United States et al.
MajorityMay 4, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. International Building Co.
DissentMay 4, 1953 · October Term 1952
Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Evans, Commissioner of Finance and Taxation, et al.
ConcurrenceApr 27, 1953 · October Term 1952
Pope et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
MajorityApr 27, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Carroll
MajorityApr 27, 1953 · October Term 1952
Calmar Steamship Corp. v. United States
MajorityApr 27, 1953 · October Term 1952
Calmar Steamship Corp. v. Scott et al.
DissentApr 27, 1953 · October Term 1952
Poulos v. New Hampshire
MajorityApr 13, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Jones
MajorityApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
Healy et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Gilbert Associates, Inc.
MajorityApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Certain Parcels of Land in the County of Fairfax, Virginia, et al.
MajorityApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman et al.
DissentApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
Dameron v. Brodhead, Manager of Revenue & Ex-Officio Treasurer of the City & County of Denver
ConcurrenceApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Public Utilities Commission of California et al.
DissentApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
In Re Disbarment of Isserman
MajorityApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
Western Pacific Railroad Corp. et al. v. Western Pacific Railroad Co. et al.