Cases - 1956 term

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Case Docket No. Argued Decided Majority Author Vote
Achilli v. United States 430 05/02/1957 05/27/1957 Felix Frankfurter 7-2
Alberts v. California 61 04/22/1957 06/24/1957
Alleghany Corp. v. Breswick & Co. 36 01/23/1957 04/22/1957 Felix Frankfurter 5-3
Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railway v. Amarillo-Borger Express 125 03/04/1957 03/11/1957 7-2
Arnold v. Panhandle & S. F. R. Co. 240 04/24/1957 05/13/1957 5-3
Automobile Club v. Commissioner 89 03/06/1957 04/22/1957 William J. Brennan, Jr. 5-3
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
Benz v. Compania Naviera Hidalgo 204 03/06/1957 04/08/1957 Tom C. Clark 7-1
Blackburn v. Alabama 426 05/02/1957 06/17/1957 6-3
Breithaupt v. Abram 69 12/12/1956 02/25/1957 Tom C. Clark 6-3
British Transport Comm'n v. U.S. 247 04/29/1957 06/10/1957 Tom C. Clark 6-3
Brown v. United States 43 04/04/1957 03/31/1958 Felix Frankfurter 5-4
Brownell v. Chase National Bank 24 10/16/1956 11/19/1956 William O. Douglas 7-0
Brownell v. Tom We Shung 43 11/13/1956 12/17/1956 Tom C. Clark 9-0
Butler v. Michigan 16 10/16/1956 02/25/1957 Felix Frankfurter 9-0
California v. Taylor 385 04/02/1957 06/03/1957 Harold Burton 8-0
Carroll v. United States 571 04/04/1957 06/24/1957 Earl Warren 9-0
Ceballos v. Shaughnessy 71 01/16/1957 03/11/1957 William J. Brennan, Jr. 8-0
Chessman v. Teets 893 05/13/1957 06/10/1957 John M. Harlan 5-3
Civil Aeronautics Board v. Hermann 540 04/25/1957 05/06/1957 9-0
Curcio v. United States 260 03/28/1957 06/10/1957 Harold Burton 9-0
Deen v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. 199 04/01/1957 04/08/1957 5-4
Delli Paoli v. United States 33 10/18/1956 01/14/1957 Harold Burton 5-4
F. T. C. v. National Lead Co. 63 12/12/1956 02/25/1957 Tom C. Clark 9-0
Ferguson v. Moore-Mccormack Lines 59 12/10/1956 02/25/1957 William O. Douglas 5-2
Fikes v. Alabama 53 12/06/1956 01/14/1957 Earl Warren 6-3
Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra Corp. 310 04/02/1957 04/29/1957 Charles E. Whittaker 8-1
Fowler v. Wilkinson 620 04/30/1957 06/03/1957 Tom C. Clark 5-4
General Electric Co. v. Local 205 276 03/26/1957 06/02/1957 William O. Douglas 7-1
Gold v. United States 137 01/22/1957 01/28/1957 6-3
Goodall-Sanford v. Textile Workers 262 03/25/1957 06/03/1957 William O. Douglas 7-1
Government Employees v. Windsor 423 04/29/1957 05/13/1957 8-0
Green v. United States 46 04/25/1957 12/16/1957 Hugo L. Black 5-4
Grunewald v. United States 183 04/03/1957 05/27/1957 John M. Harlan 9-0
Guss v. Utah Labor Board 280 01/16/1957 03/25/1957 Earl Warren 6-2
Haynes v. United States 257 03/05/1957 04/01/1957 Hugo L. Black 6-2
Herdman v. Pennsylvania R. Co. 46 12/04/1956 02/25/1957 William J. Brennan, Jr. 8-0
Hintopoulos v. Shaughnessy 205 03/04/1957 03/25/1957 John M. Harlan 6-2
Holophane v. United States 2 11/05/1956 11/13/1956 9-0
In Re Groban 14 11/06/1956 02/25/1957 Stanley Reed 5-4
Jackson v. Taylor 619 04/30/1957 06/03/1957 Tom C. Clark 5-4
Jaffke v. Dunham 60 12/12/1956 01/14/1957 9-0
Jencks v. United States 23 10/17/1956 06/03/1957 William J. Brennan, Jr. 7-1
Johnson v. United States 531 MISC 03/04/1957 8-0
Kingsley Books, Inc. v. Brown 107 04/22/1957 06/24/1957 Felix Frankfurter 5-4
Konigsberg v. State Bar 5 01/14/1957 05/06/1957 Hugo L. Black 5-3
Kremen v. United States 162 03/06/1957 05/13/1957 6-2
La Buy v. Howes Leather Co. 27 10/17/1956 01/14/1957 Tom C. Clark 5-4
Labor Board v. Lion Oil Co. 4 10/08/1956 01/22/1957 Earl Warren 6-2
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