Cases - 1950-1959 term

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Case Docket No. Argued Decided Majority Author Vote
Abbate v. United States 7 10/22/1958 03/30/1959 William J. Brennan, Jr. 6-3
Abel v. United States 2 02/24/1959 03/28/1960 Felix Frankfurter 5-4
Accardi v. Shaughnessy 366 02/02/1954 03/15/1954 Tom C. Clark 5-4
Achilli v. United States 430 05/02/1957 05/27/1957 Felix Frankfurter 7-2
Affronti v. United States 71 11/15/1955 12/05/1955 Stanley Reed 9-0
Alaska Ind. Bd. v. Chugach Assn. 303 04/08/1958 04/28/1958 William O. Douglas 8-1
Alaska v. American Can Co. 40 12/09/1958 01/12/1959 William O. Douglas 7-0
Alberts v. California 61 04/22/1957 06/24/1957
Alcorta v. Texas 139 10/23/1957 11/12/1957 9-0
Alleghany Corp. v. Breswick & Co. 36 01/23/1957 04/22/1957 Felix Frankfurter 5-3
Allegheny County v. Mashuda Co. 347 04/02/1959 06/08/1959 William J. Brennan, Jr. 5-4
Allied Stores Of Ohio v. Bowers 10 11/12/1958 02/24/1959 Charles E. Whittaker 8-0
American Airlines v. North American 410 03/06/1956 04/23/1956 Sherman Minton 7-2
American Airlines v. North American 55 01/30/1958 02/03/1958 8-1
American Motors Corp. v. Kenosha 343 03/10/1958 5-4
American Trucking Assns. v. Frisco Co. 15 10/13/1958 12/15/1958 Earl Warren 7-1
American Trucking Assns. v. U.S. 74 05/19/1960 06/27/1960 Earl Warren 9-0
American Trucking Assns. v. U.S. 6 10/23/1957 12/09/1957 Tom C. Clark 8-1
Anonymous v. Baker 378 03/25/1959 06/15/1959 John M. Harlan 5-4
Aquilino v. United States 1 10/15/1959 06/20/1960 Earl Warren 7-2
Archawski v. Hanioti 351 03/05/1956 04/09/1956 William O. Douglas 9-0
Arizona v. California 10 ORIG 12/08/1955 12/12/1955 5-3
Armstrong v. Armstrong 38 11/15/1955 04/09/1956 Sherman Minton 9-0
Armstrong v. United States 270 03/28/1960 06/27/1960 Hugo L. Black 6-3
Arnold v. Ben Kanowsky, Inc. 60 01/11/1960 02/23/1960 Earl Warren 8-1
Arnold v. Panhandle & S. F. R. Co. 240 04/24/1957 05/13/1957 5-3
Arroyo v. United States 246 03/02/1959 05/04/1959 Potter Stewart 5-4
Ashdown v. Utah 158 04/01/1958 06/30/1958 Harold Burton 7-2
Atlantic Rfg. Co. v. Pub. Ser v. Comm'n 518 05/20/1959 06/22/1959 Tom C. Clark 9-0
Auto Workers v. Wisconsin Board 530 04/24/1956 06/04/1956 Stanley Reed 6-3
Automobile Club v. Commissioner 89 03/06/1957 04/22/1957 William J. Brennan, Jr. 5-3
Automobile Workers v. Russell 21 12/11/1957 05/26/1958 Harold Burton 6-2
Baker v. Texas & P. R. Co. 363 03/25/1959 04/06/1959 8-0
Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. Jackson 370 03/28/1957 05/13/1957 Tom C. Clark 5-4
Bank Of America v. Parnell 21 10/18/1956 11/13/1956 Felix Frankfurter 7-2
Barenblatt v. United States 35 11/18/1958 06/08/1959 John M. Harlan 5-4
Barr v. Matteo 350 04/20/1959 06/29/1959 John M. Harlan 5-4
Bartkus v. Illinois 1 11/19/1957 03/30/1959 Felix Frankfurter 5-4
Bartkus v. Illinois 39 11/19/1957 01/06/1958 4-4
Bates v. Little Rock 41 11/18/1959 02/23/1960 Potter Stewart 9-0
Beacon Theatres v. Westover 45 12/10/1958 05/25/1959 Hugo L. Black 5-3
Beauharnais v. Illinois 118 11/28/1951 04/28/1952
Beilan v. Board Of Education 63 03/04/1958 06/30/1958 Harold Burton 5-4
Benanti v. United States 231 10/29/1957 12/09/1957 Earl Warren 9-0
Benz v. Compania Naviera Hidalgo 204 03/06/1957 04/08/1957 Tom C. Clark 7-1
Berman v. Parker 22 10/19/1954 11/22/1954 William O. Douglas 8-0
Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. 49 12/05/1955 01/06/1956 William O. Douglas 6-3
Berra v. United States 60 03/26/1956 04/30/1956 John M. Harlan 7-2
Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines Inc. 94 03/30/1959 05/25/1959 William O. Douglas 9-0
Black v. Amen 13 11/12/1957 03/03/1958 9-0