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Sherman Minton

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Harry S. Truman
Senate confirmation:: Oct 4, 1949
Recorded service:: Nov 7, 1949 – Oct 15, 1956
Lived:: Oct 20, 1890 – Apr 9, 1965

In plain language

Sherman Minton, associate justice.
Appointed by Harry S. Truman; confirmed October 4, 1949.
Court service November 7, 1949 to October 15, 1956.

Decisions on record (696)

MajorityMar 10, 1952 · October Term 1951
Frisbie, Warden, v. Collins
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Memphis Steam Laundry Cleaner, Inc. v. Stone, Chairman, State Tax Commission
ConcurrenceMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
First National Bank of Chicago, Executor, v. United Air Lines, Inc.
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Sutton v. Leib
DissentMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Mullaney, Commissioner of Taxation of the Territory of Alaska, v. Anderson et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. v. Missouri
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Doremus et al. v. Board of Education of the Borough of Hawthorne et al.
DissentMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. et al.
Did not participateMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture, v. Stark et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Adler et al. v. Board of Education of the City of New York
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Blackmar v. Guerre, Regional Manager, Veterans' Administration, et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Gray et al. v. Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee et al.
MajorityFeb 4, 1952 · October Term 1951
Hughes v. United States
MajorityFeb 4, 1952 · October Term 1951
Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Co.
MajorityFeb 4, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. New Wrinkle, Inc. et al.
DissentFeb 4, 1952 · October Term 1951
Standard Oil Co. v. Peck, Tax Commissioner, et al.
MajorityJan 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Redwine, State Revenue Commissioner
DissentJan 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
Guessefeldt v. McGrath, Attorney General, Successor To the Alien Property Custodian, et al.
ConcurrenceJan 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
Cities Service Co. et al. v. McGrath, Attorney General, Successor To the Alien Property Custodian
MajorityJan 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States
MajorityJan 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States Ex Rel. Jaegeler v. Carusi, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, et al.
MajorityJan 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
Briggs et al. v. Elliott et al.
MajorityJan 14, 1952 · October Term 1951
Halcyon Lines et al. v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.
MajorityJan 14, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Shannon et al.
Did not participateJan 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Hayman
DissentJan 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Smith
MajorityJan 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
Carson, Commissioner of Finance & Taxation, v. Roane-Anderson Company et al.
MajorityJan 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union et al. v. Juneau Spruce Corp.
Did not participateJan 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
Morissette v. United States
MajorityJan 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Halseth
Did not participateJan 2, 1952 · October Term 1951
Rochin v. California
MajorityJan 2, 1952 · October Term 1951
Kerotest Manufacturing Co. v. C-O-Two Fire Equipment Co.
MajorityJan 2, 1952 · October Term 1951
Desper, Administratrix, v. Starved Rock Ferry Co.
MajorityJan 2, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Kelly et al.
MajorityJan 2, 1952 · October Term 1951
Pillsbury et Al., Deputy Commissioners, v. United Engineering Co. et al.
DissentDec 11, 1951 · October Term 1951
Palmer v. Ashe, Warden
Did not participateDec 11, 1951 · October Term 1951
Lorain Journal Co. et al. v. United States
Did not participateDec 11, 1951 · October Term 1951
United States v. Fortier et al.
MajorityDec 11, 1951 · October Term 1951
Ex Parte Cogdell et al.
DissentDec 3, 1951 · October Term 1951
Jennings v. Illinois
Did not participateDec 3, 1951 · October Term 1951
Stefanelli et al. v. Minard et al.
MajorityDec 3, 1951 · October Term 1951
Cook v. Cook
Did not participateNov 26, 1951 · October Term 1951
Gallegos v. Nebraska
Did not participateNov 26, 1951 · October Term 1951
Bindczyck v. Finucane, Chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals, et al.
MajorityNov 26, 1951 · October Term 1951
United States v. Wunderlich et al.
Did not participateNov 13, 1951 · October Term 1951
United States v. Carignan
Did not participateNov 13, 1951 · October Term 1951
United States v. Jeffers
Did not participateNov 5, 1951 · October Term 1951
McMahon v. United States et al.
Did not participateNov 5, 1951 · October Term 1951
Gardner v. Panama Railroad Co.
MajorityNov 5, 1951 · October Term 1951
Palmer Oil Corp. et al. v. Amerada Petroleum Corp. et al.