The Oyez Project: 1961 Term

A. & G. Stevedores v. Ellerman Lines (No. 282)

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Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co. (No. 440)

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Bailey v. Patterson (No. 643)

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Beck v. Washington (No. 40)

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Benz v. New York State Thruway (No. 234)

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Blau v. Lehman (No. 66)

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Brown Shoe Co. v. United States (No. 4)

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Calbeck v. Travelers Insurance Co. (No. 532)

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California v. Fed. Power Comm'n (No. 187)

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Campbell v. Hussey (No. 42)

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Carnley v. Cochran (No. 158)

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Central R. Co. v. Pennsylvania (No. 400)

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Chewning v. Cunningham (No. 63)

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Commissioner v. Bilder (No. 384)

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Continental Co. v. Union Carbide (No. 304)

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Coppedge v. United States (No. 157)

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Cramp v. Bd. Of Public Instruction (No. 72)

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Dairy Queen v. Wood (No. 244)

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Dibella v. United States (No. 21)

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Dowd Box Co. v. Courtney (No. 33)

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Drake Bakeries v. Bakery Workers (No. 598)

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Engel v. Vitale (No. 468)

The Board of Regents for the State of New York authorized a short, voluntary prayer for recitation at the start of each school day. This was an attempt to defuse the politically potent issue by taking it out of the hands of local communities. The blandest of invocations read as follows: "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and beg Thy blessings upon us, our teachers, and our country."

Enochs v. Williams Packing Co. (No. 493)

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Fed. Land Bank v. Kiowa County (No. 25)

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Federal Trade Comm'n v. Broch & Co. (No. 74)

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Fong Foo v. United States (No. 64)

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Free v. Bland (No. 205)

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Gallegos v. Colorado (No. 475)

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Garner v. Louisiana (No. 26)

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Gibson v. Florida Legis. Investigation Comm. (No. 6)

In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) received much criticism from state legislators as it pushed ahead with litigation to combat segregation. The State of Florida, in 1959, established a Legislative Investigation Committee to study what were called "subversive organizations." Gibson, president of the Miami branch of the NAACP, was subpoenaed before the committee and asked to produce a membership list of his organization. He refused and was found in contempt.

Gilbert v. United States (No. 478)

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Glidden Company v. Zdanok (No. 242)

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Goldblatt v. Hempstead (No. 78)

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Goldlawr, Inc. v. Heiman (No. 101)

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Griggs v. Allegheny County (No. 81)

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Grumman v. United States (No. 436)

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Guzman v. Pichirilo (No. 358)

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Halliburton Oil Well Co. v. Reily (No. 24)

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Hamilton v. Alabama (No. 32)

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Hanover Bank v. Commissioner (No. 224)

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Hill v. United States (No. 68)

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Hodges v. United States (No. 58)

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Hoyt v. Florida (No. 31)

A Florida statute automatically exempted women from jury duty and did not place women on jury lists. Women could, however, volunteer and register for jury duty. After an all-male jury convicted Mrs. Hoyt for murdering her husband, she appealed the decision to the Florida Supreme Court. The Florida Court upheld the conviction.

Hutcheson v. United States (No. 46)

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I. C. C. v. J-T Transport Co. (No. 17)

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Idlewild Liquor Corp. v. Epstein (No. 138)

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In Re Green (No. 312)

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In Re Mcconnell (No. 498)

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In Re Zipkin (No. 288)

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Kake Village v. Egan (No. 3)

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Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez (No. 2)

Francisco Mendoza-Martinez (Martinez) was an American by birth with dual Mexican citizenship. Martinez admitted that to avoid the draft, in 1942, he left the United States for Mexico and did not return until November, 1946. As a result of his deliberate absence, Martinez entered a guilty plea in 1947 to violating Section 11 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (the "Act") and served 366 days in prison. Five years after his release, Martinez was issued an arrest and deportation warrant premised on a violation of Section 401(j) of the Act which divested draft dodgers of their U.S. citizenship. Following a dismissal of his appeal from the Attorney General's special inquiry decision stripping him of his U.S. citizenship, Martinez challenged the constitutionality of Section 401(j) in District Court but was defeated. On appeal from the Ninth Circuit's opinion upholding the district court decision, the Supreme Court granted certiorari. This case was decided together with Rusk v. Cort.

Kesler v. Dept. Of Public Safety (No. 14)

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Killian v. United States (No. 7)

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Labor Bd. v. Washington Aluminum Co. (No. 464)

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Labor Board v. Katz (No. 222)

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Labor Board v. Ochoa Fertilizer Corp. (No. 37)

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Labor Board v. Walton Mfg. Co. (No. 77)

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Lanza v. New York (No. 236)

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Lehigh Valley Coop. v. United States (No. 79)

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Link v. Wabash Railroad Co. (No. 422)

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Lynch v. Overholser (No. 159)

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Machibroda v. United States (No. 69)

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Malone v. Bowdoin (No. 113)

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Manual Enterprises v. Day (No. 123)

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Marine Engineers v. Interlake Co. (No. 166)

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Martin v. Walton (No. 30)

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Mechling Barge Lines v. U.S. (No. 41)

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Mercantile Nat. Bank v. Langdeau (No. 14)

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Metlakatla Indians v. Egan (No. 2)

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Morales v. City Of Galveston (No. 480)

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NAACP v. Button (No. 5)

The NAACP was prosecuted for violating a Virginia statute which banned "the improper solicitation of any legal or professional business."

Nostrand v. Little (No. 571)

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Oyler v. Boles (No. 56)

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Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting (No. 45)

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Porter v. Aetna Casualty Co. (No. 604)

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Public Affairs Press v. Rickover (No. 36)

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Retail Clerks v. Lion Dry Goods (No. 73)

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Richards v. United States (No. 59)

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Robinson v. California (No. 554)

A California statute made it a criminal offense for a person to "be addicted to the use of narcotics." Lawrence Robinson was convicted under the law, which required a sentence of at least ninety days in jail. A state appellate court affirmed Robinson's conviction on appeal.

Roper v. United States (No. 16)

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Rudolph v. United States (No. 396)

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Rusk v. Cort (No. 20)

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Russell v. United States (No. 8)

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Salem v. United States Lines Co. (No. 283)

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Seymour v. Superintendent (No. 62)

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Silber v. United States (No. 454)

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Simonson v. Granquist (No. 83)

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Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson (No. 434)

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St. Regis Paper Co. v. United States (No. 47)

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State Bd. Of Ins. v. Todd Shipyards (No. 144)

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Still v. Norfolk & Western R. Co. (No. 48)

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Sunkist v. Winckler & Smith Co. (No. 241)

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Teamsters Local v. Lucas Flour Co. (No. 50)

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Teamsters v. Yellow Transit (No. 13)

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Turnbow v. Commissioner (No. 60)

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Turner v. City Of Memphis (No. 84)

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U.S. v. Union Central Life Ins. Co. (No. 52)

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United Gas Co. v. Ideal Cement Co. (No. 61)

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United States v. Borden Co. (No. 439)

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United States v. Davis (No. 190)

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United States v. Diebold, Inc. (No. 286)

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United States v. Drum (No. 23)

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United States v. National Dairy Corp. (No. 18)

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United States v. Patrick (No. 22)

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United States v. Wise (No. 488)

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Vaughan v. Atkinson (No. 323)

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Venus v. United States (No. 75)

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Western Union Co. v. Pennsylvania (No. 15)

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Wood v. Georgia (No. 369)

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