Felix Frankfurter | The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law

Same-sex Marriage Deep Dive

On March 26 and 27, the Supreme Court heard two landmark same-sex marriage cases. Check out our deep dive on the topic to find out more about the cases and issues the Court will consider.

Case	Decision	Decision Date	Vote
Needelman v. United States	Wrote a dissent	May 16, 1960	6-3
De Veau v. Braisted	Wrote the judgment of the Court	June 6, 1960	5-3
Continental Grain Co. v. Barge Fbl-585	Wrote a special concurrence	June 27, 1960	7-2
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue v. Acker	Wrote a dissent	November 16, 1959	6-3
Clay v. Sun Insurance Office	Wrote the majority opinion	June 13, 1960	6-3
United States v. Kaiser	Wrote a special concurrence	June 13, 1960	6-3
Rios v. United States	Wrote a dissent	June 27, 1960	5-4
Levine v. United States	Wrote the majority opinion	May 23, 1960	5-4
Labor Board v. Deena Artware	Wrote a special concurrence	February 23, 1960	8-0
Hannah v. Larche	Wrote a special concurrence	June 20, 1960	7-2
Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.	Wrote a dissent, joined Harlan's dissent	May 16, 1960	6-3
Machinists Local v. Labor Board	Wrote a dissent, joined Whittaker's dissent	April 25, 1960	7-2
Machinists v. Street	Wrote a special concurrence	June 19, 1961	7-2
Sentilles v. Inter-Caribbean Corp.	Wrote a jurisdictional dissent	November 23, 1959	8-0
Labor Board v. Insurance Agents	Wrote a dissent	February 23, 1960	6-3
Florida Lime Growers v. Jacobsen	Wrote a dissent	March 7, 1960	7-2
Scripto v. Carson	Wrote a special concurrence	March 21, 1960	8-1
Cory Corporation v. Sauber	Wrote a jurisdictional dissent	June 20, 1960	5-3
United States v. Louisiana	Wrote a regular concurrence	May 31, 1960	6-1
Sun Oil Co. v. Fed. Power Comm'n	Wrote a dissent, joined Harlan's dissent	June 27, 1960	5-4
Sunray Oil Co. v. F. P. C.	Wrote a dissent, joined Harlan's dissent	June 27, 1960	5-4
Smith v. California	Wrote a special concurrence	December 14, 1959	9-0
United States v. Raines	Wrote a special concurrence	February 29, 1960	9-0
Commissioner v. Duberstein.	Wrote a special concurrence	June 13, 1960	8-1
United States v. Mersky	Wrote a dissent, joined Stewart's dissent	February 23, 1960	6-3
Mackey v. Mendoza-Martinez	Wrote a special concurrence	April 18, 1960	6-3
United States v. Florida	Wrote a regular concurrence	May 31, 1960	6-1
Mitchell v. H. B. Zachry Co.	Wrote the majority opinion	April 4, 1960	5-4
Jones v. United States	Wrote the majority opinion	March 28, 1960	8-1
Ward v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.	Wrote a jurisdictional dissent	April 18, 1960	6-2
United States v. Dege	Wrote the majority opinion	June 27, 1960	6-3
Lewis v. Benedict Coal Corp.	Wrote a dissent	February 23, 1960	7-1
Davis v. Virginian R. Co.	Wrote a jurisdictional dissent	January 25, 1960	6-2
Parr v. United States	Wrote a dissent	June 13, 1960	6-3
Hoffman v. Blaski	Wrote a dissent	June 13, 1960	6-3
Metlakatla Indians v. Egan	Wrote the majority opinion	June 20, 1960	6-3
Inman v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co.	Wrote a regular concurrence	December 14, 1959	5-4
Elkins v. United States	Wrote a dissent	June 27, 1960	5-4

Case

Decision

Decision Date

Vote

Needelman v. United States

Wrote a dissent

May 16, 1960

6-3

De Veau v. Braisted

Wrote the judgment of the Court

June 6, 1960

5-3