The Oyez Project: 1956 Term

Achilli v. United States (No. 430)

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Alberts v. California (No. 61)

Alberts conducted a mail-order business which sold sexually explicit materials. He was convicted in a Municipal Court in California on a misdemeanor complaint which found him guilty of selling lewd and obscene books and of composing and publishing an obscene advertisement for his products.

Alleghany Corp. v. Breswick & Co. (No. 36)

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Arnold v. Panhandle & S. F. R. Co. (No. 240)

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Automobile Club v. Commissioner (No. 89)

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Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. Jackson (No. 370)

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Bank Of America v. Parnell (No. 21)

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Benz v. Compania Naviera Hidalgo (No. 204)

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Blackburn v. Alabama (No. 426)

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Breithaupt v. Abram (No. 69)

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British Transport Comm'n v. U.S. (No. 247)

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Brown v. United States (No. 43)

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Brownell v. Chase National Bank (No. 24)

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Brownell v. Tom We Shung (No. 43)

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Butler v. Michigan (No. 16)

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California v. Taylor (No. 385)

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Carroll v. United States (No. 571)

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Ceballos v. Shaughnessy (No. 71)

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Chessman v. Teets (No. 893)

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Civil Aeronautics Board v. Hermann (No. 540)

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Curcio v. United States (No. 260)

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Delli Paoli v. United States (No. 33)

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F. T. C. v. National Lead Co. (No. 63)

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Ferguson v. Moore-Mccormack Lines (No. 59)

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Fikes v. Alabama (No. 53)

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Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra Corp. (No. 310)

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Fowler v. Wilkinson (No. 620)

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General Electric Co. v. Local 205 (No. 276)

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Gold v. United States (No. 137)

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Goodall-Sanford v. Textile Workers (No. 262)

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Government Employees v. Windsor (No. 423)

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Green v. United States (No. 46)

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Grunewald v. United States (No. 183)

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Guss v. Utah Labor Board (No. 280)

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Haynes v. United States (No. 257)

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Herdman v. Pennsylvania R. Co. (No. 46)

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Hintopoulos v. Shaughnessy (No. 205)

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In Re Groban (No. 14)

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Jackson v. Taylor (No. 619)

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Jaffke v. Dunham (No. 60)

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Jencks v. United States (No. 23)

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Johnson v. United States (No. 531 MISC)

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Kingsley Books, Inc. v. Brown (No. 107)

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Konigsberg v. State Bar (No. 5)

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Kremen v. United States (No. 162)

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La Buy v. Howes Leather Co. (No. 27)

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Labor Board v. Lion Oil Co. (No. 4)

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Labor Board v. Truck Drivers Union (No. 103)

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Lake Tankers Corp. v. Henn (No. 445)

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Lambert v. California (No. 47)

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Leedom v. International Union (No. 57)

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Lehmann v. Carson (No. 72)

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Leiter Minerals, Inc., v. United States (No. 26)

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Leslie Miller, Inc., v. Arkansas (No. 51)

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Libson Shops, Inc. v. Koehler (No. 64)

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Lightfoot v. United States (No. 4)

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Mallory v. United States (No. 521)

Andrew Mallory was arrested by federal officers on charges of rape. Upon arresting Mallory, the officers questioned him until he confessed roughly seven hours later. After the confession, the police officers sought to reach a United States Commissioner for the purpose of arraigning Mallory.

Massachusetts Bonding Co. v. U.S. (No. 31)

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Meat Cutters v. Fairlawn Meats (No. 41)

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Meat Cutters v. Labor Board (No. 40)

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Mesarosh v. United States (No. 20)

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Morey v. Doud (No. 475)

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Mulcahey v. Catalanotte (No. 435)

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National Lead Co. v. Commissioner (No. 124)

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Nelson v. New York City (No. 30)

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Nilva v. United States (No. 37)

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Nishikawa v. Dulles (No. 19)

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Office Employes v. Labor Board (No. 422)

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Pan-Atlantic Corp. v. Atl. Coast Line (No. 408)

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Peak v. United States (No. 491)

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Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Rychlik (No. 56)

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Pennsylvania v. Board Of Trusts (No. 769)

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Perez v. Brownell (No. 44)

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Pollard v. United States (No. 38)

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Prince v. United States (No. 132)

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Putnam v. Commissioner (No. 25)

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Rabang v. Boyd (No. 403)

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Radovich v. Nat. Football League (No. 94)

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Rayonier, Inc., v. United States (No. 45)

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Rogers v. Missouri Pacific R. Co. (No. 28)

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Roth v. United States (No. 582)

Roth operated a book-selling business in New York and was convicted of mailing obscene circulars and an obscene book in violation of a federal obscenity statute. Roth's case was combined with Alberts v. California, in which a California obscenity law was challenged by Alberts after his similar conviction for selling lewd and obscene books in addition to composing and publishing obscene advertisements for his products.

Roviaro v. United States (No. 58)

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Rowoldt v. Perfetto (No. 5)

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S. E. C. v. Louisiana Pub. Ser v. Comm'n (No. 466)

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San Diego Unions v. Garmon (No. 50)

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Scales v. United States (No. 3)

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Schware v. Board Of Bar Examiners (No. 92)

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Senko v. Lacrosse Dredging Corp. (No. 62)

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Service v. Dulles (No. 407)

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Smith v. Sperling (No. 316)

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Soriano v. United States (No. 49)

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Swanson v. Traer (No. 149)

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Sweezy v. New Hampshire (No. 175)

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Teamsters Union v. Vogt, Inc. (No. 79)

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Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills (No. 211)

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Theard v. United States (No. 68)

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Thompson v. Coastal Oil Co. (none) (No. 20)

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Trainmen v. Chicago R. & I. R. Co. (No. 313)

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Trop v. Dulles (No. 70)

In 1944, United States Army private Albert Trop escaped from a military stockade at Casablanca, Morocco, following his confinement for a disciplinary violation. A day later, Trop willingly surrendered to an army truck headed back to Casablanca. Despite testifying that he "decided to return to the stockade" when he was picked up, a general court martial convicted Trop of desertion and sentenced him to three years at hard labor, loss of all pay and allowances, and a dishonorable discharge. In 1952, Trop applied for a passport. His application was rejected under Section 401(g) of the amended 1940 Nationality Act, on the ground that he lost his citizenship due to his conviction and dishonorable discharge for wartime desertion. After failing to obtain a declaratory judgment that he was a US citizen, from both a district and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Trop appealed to the Supreme Court, which granted certiorari.

U.S. Gypsum Co. v. Nat. Gypsum Co. (No. 11)

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United States v. Allen-Bradley Co. (No. 78)

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United States v. Auto. Workers (No. 44)

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United States v. Bergh (No. 17)

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United States v. Calamaro (No. 304)

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United States v. Carter (No. 48)

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United States v. Chesapeake & O. R. Co. (No. 19)

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United States v. Du Pont & Co. (No. 3)

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United States v. Howard (No. 52)

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United States v. I. C. C. (No. 12)

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United States v. Korpan (No. 596)

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United States v. Louisiana (No. 11 ORIG)

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United States v. Plesha (No. 39)

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United States v. Turley (No. 289)

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United States v. Union Pacific R. Co. (No. 97)

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United States v. Western Pac. R. Co. (No. 18)

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United States v. Witkovich (No. 295)

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Vanderbilt v. Vanderbilt (No. 302)

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Walker v. Hutchinson City (No. 13)

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Watkins v. United States (No. 261)

In 1954, John Watkins, a labor organizer, was called upon to testify in hearings conducted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Watkins agreed to describe his alleged connections with the Communist Party and to identify current members of the Party. Watkins refused to give information concerning individuals who had left the Communist Party. Watkins argued that such questions were beyond the authority of the Committee.

Webb v. Illinois Central R. Co. (No. 42)

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West Point Grocery Co. v. Opelika (No. 478)

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Yates v. United States (No. 6)

Fourteen leaders of the Communist Party in the state of California were tried and convicted under the Smith Act. That Act prohibited willfully and knowingly conspiring to teach and advocate the overthrow of the government by force. This case was decided in conjunction with Richmond v. United States and Schneiderman v. United States.

Yates v. United States (No. 2)

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