Cases - 1950-1959 term

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Brown v. Board of Education (I) 1 12/09/1952 05/17/1954 Earl Warren 9-0
Aquilino v. United States 1 10/15/1959 06/20/1960 Earl Warren 7-2
Brown v. Board of Education (II) 1 04/11/1955 05/31/1955 Earl Warren 9-0
Cooper v. Aaron 1 08/28/1958 09/12/1958 9-0
Scales v. United States 1 04/29/1959 06/05/1961 John M. Harlan 5-4
Bartkus v. Illinois 1 11/19/1957 03/30/1959 Felix Frankfurter 5-4
United States v. Shotwell Mfg. Co. 1 10/17/1957 12/16/1957 John M. Harlan 6-3
Thompson v. Coastal Oil Co. 1 01/24/1956 10/15/1956 5-4
United States v. Seaboard A. L. R. Co. 10 10/19/1959 11/09/1959 William O. Douglas 9-0
Pennsylvania v. Nelson 10 11/15/1955 04/02/1956 Earl Warren 6-3
Allied Stores Of Ohio v. Bowers 10 11/12/1958 02/24/1959 Charles E. Whittaker 8-0
United States v. Louisiana 10 ORIG 10/12/1959 05/31/1960 John M. Harlan 6-1
United States v. Florida 10 ORIG 10/12/1959 05/31/1960 Hugo L. Black 6-1
Arizona v. California 10 ORIG 12/08/1955 12/12/1955 5-3
Telegraphers v. Chicago & N. W. R. Co. 100 03/01/1960 04/18/1960 Hugo L. Black 5-4
Green v. United States 100 10/21/1957 03/31/1958 John M. Harlan 5-4
Vitarelli v. Seaton 101 04/01/1959 06/01/1959 John M. Harlan 5-4
U.S. v. Contract Steel Carriers 102 02/29/1956 03/12/1956 7-2
United States v. Dow 102 03/05/1958 06/09/1958 John M. Harlan 9-0
Labor Board v. Truck Drivers Union 103 01/17/1957 04/01/1957 William J. Brennan, Jr. 8-0
Chicago v. Atchison, T. & S. F. R. Co. 103 03/05/1958 06/16/1958 Hugo L. Black 6-3
Leng May Ma v. Barber 105 05/20/1958 06/16/1958 Tom C. Clark 5-4
Denver Stock Yard v. Livestock Assn. 106 03/10/1958 04/28/1958 William O. Douglas 6-3
Kingsley Books, Inc. v. Brown 107 04/22/1957 06/24/1957 Felix Frankfurter 5-4
Hanson v. Denckla 107 03/10/1958 06/23/1958 Earl Warren 5-4
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue v. P. G. Lake, Inc. 108 03/11/1958 04/14/1958 William O. Douglas 9-0
Tank Truck Rentals v. Commissioner 109 01/29/1958 03/17/1958 Tom C. Clark 9-0
West v. United States 11 11/12/1959 12/07/1959 Tom C. Clark 9-0
Harris v. United States 11 01/13/1959 03/02/1959 Tom C. Clark 7-2
U.S. Gypsum Co. v. Nat. Gypsum Co. 11 11/05/1956 02/25/1957 John M. Harlan 5-3
Youngdahl v. Rainfair, Inc. 11 10/15/1957 12/09/1957 Harold Burton 6-3
Mississippi v. Louisiana 11 ORIG 10/11/1955 10/17/1955 9-0
United States v. Louisiana 11 ORIG 04/08/1957 06/24/1957 7-0
Cammer v. United States 110 01/24/1956 03/12/1956 Hugo L. Black 8-0
Tak Shan Fong v. United States 110 02/24/1959 03/23/1959 William J. Brennan, Jr. 6-3
Wilson v. Girard 1103 07/08/1957 07/11/1957
Schaffer v. United States 111 03/24/1960 05/16/1960 Tom C. Clark 5-4
Gonzales v. Landon 111 12/07/1955 12/12/1955 9-0
Reece v. Georgia 112 11/09/1955 12/05/1955 Tom C. Clark 9-0
Kern-Limerick, Inc. v. Scurlock 115 01/04/1954 02/08/1954 Stanley Reed 6-3
Denver & R. G. W. R. Co. v. Union P. R. Co. 117 04/23/1956 06/11/1956 Hugo L. Black 7-2
Beauharnais v. Illinois 118 11/28/1951 04/28/1952
Wyatt v. United States 119 01/13/1960 05/16/1960 John M. Harlan 6-3
Commissioner v. Sullivan 119 01/30/1958 03/17/1958 William O. Douglas 9-0
Minneapolis & St. Louis R. Co. v. U.S. 12 11/16/1959 12/14/1959 Charles E. Whittaker 8-1
Northwestern States Cement Co. v. Minnesota 12 10/14/1958 02/24/1959 Tom C. Clark 6-3
United States v. I. C. C. 12 10/11/1956 12/17/1956 Stanley Reed 6-2
Chicago, M., St. P. & P. R. Co. v. Illinois 12 11/12/1957 01/13/1958 William J. Brennan, Jr. 9-0
Irvine v. California 12 11/30/1953 02/08/1954
California v. Washington 12 ORIG 10/15/1958 11/10/1958 9-0
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