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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)

DissentDec 12, 1949 · October Term 1949
United States v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
MajorityDec 5, 1949 · October Term 1949
Parker et al. v. County of Los Angeles et al.
DissentDec 5, 1949 · October Term 1949
United States v. Yellow Cab Co. et al.
MajorityDec 5, 1949 · October Term 1949
Cole et al. v. Arkansas
MajorityDec 5, 1949 · October Term 1949
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co. v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
MajorityNov 21, 1949 · October Term 1949
Brown v. Western Railway of Alabama
DissentNov 21, 1949 · October Term 1949
Manufacturers Trust Co., Trustee, v. Becker et al.
MajorityNov 21, 1949 · October Term 1949
Kingsland, Commissioner of Patents, v. Dorsey
MajorityNov 14, 1949 · October Term 1949
Reilly, Postmaster, v. Pinkus, Trading As American Health Aids Co., Also Known As Energy Food Center
MajorityNov 14, 1949 · October Term 1949
Oakley v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.
MajorityNov 14, 1949 · October Term 1949
United States et al. v. Capital Transit Company et al.
MajorityNov 7, 1949 · October Term 1949
United States v. Spelar, Administratrix
MajorityNov 7, 1949 · October Term 1949
Roth, Attorney General of Michigan, v. Delano, Comptroller of the Currency, et al.
MajorityNov 7, 1949 · October Term 1949
Graham et al. v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
MajorityNov 7, 1949 · October Term 1949
McGrath, Attorney General, As Successor To the Alien Property Custodian, v. Manufacturers Trust Co.
DissentNov 7, 1949 · October Term 1949
Treichler, Executor, v. Wisconsin
MajorityNov 7, 1949 · October Term 1949
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Connelly et Ux.
MajorityNov 7, 1949 · October Term 1949
Boyd v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
DissentNov 7, 1949 · October Term 1949
Faulkner v. Gibbs
MajorityJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Larson, War Assets Administrator and Surplus Property Administrator, v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Culbertson et Ux.
MajorityJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. McComb, Wage & Hour Administrator
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Gibbs v. Burke, Warden
DissentJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllister
DissentJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Weade et al. v. Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc.
DissentJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Fink v. Shepard Steamship Co.
DissentJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Wolf v. Colorado
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Watts v. Indiana
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Turner v. Pennsylvania
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Harris v. South Carolina
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Lustig v. United States
MajorityJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Christoffel v. United States
MajorityJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Central-Illinois Securities Corp. et al.
MajorityJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Brinegar v. United States
MajorityJun 27, 1949 · October Term 1948
Eisler v. United States
MajorityJun 20, 1949 · October Term 1948
United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1949 · October Term 1948
Propper, Receiver, v. Clark, Attorney General, As Successor To the Alien Property Custodian, et al.
DissentJun 20, 1949 · October Term 1948
Federal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1949 · October Term 1948
Aeronautical Industrial District Lodge 727 v. Campbell et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1949 · October Term 1948
Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co.
MajorityJun 20, 1949 · October Term 1948
Woods v. Interstate Realty Co.
MajorityJun 20, 1949 · October Term 1948
Cohen, Executrix, et al. v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. et al.
DissentJun 20, 1949 · October Term 1948
Wheeling Steel Corp. v. Glander, Tax Commissioner of Ohio
MajorityJun 20, 1949 · October Term 1948
National Mutual Insurance Co. v. Tidewater Transfer Co., Inc.
MajorityJun 20, 1949 · October Term 1948
National Labor Relations Board v. Pittsburgh Steamship Co.
MajorityJun 20, 1949 · October Term 1948
Interstate Oil Pipe Line Co. v. Stone, Chairman State Tax Commission
MajorityJun 13, 1949 · October Term 1948
United States v. Wittek
MajorityJun 13, 1949 · October Term 1948
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Wodehouse
Did not participateFeb 7, 1949 · October Term 1948
Taylor v. Dennis, Warden.