Justice Abe Fortas

Voting and opinion record for Abe Fortas in the Supreme Court Database, covering the 1965 through 1968 Terms.

Court eras served in this data: Warren Court.

Majority opinions by issue area

“Same side” means both Justices were in the majority, or both in dissent, in decisions where both voted; pairs with fewer than 50 shared decisions are left out.

Majority opinions written (40)

• National Labor Relations Board v. Wyman-Gordon Co.
  394 U.S. 759Decided April 23, 19697–2Abe Fortas
• Foster v. California
  394 U.S. 440Decided April 1, 19695–4Abe Fortas
• Harris, U.S. District Judge (Walker v. Nelson
  394 U.S. 286Decided March 24, 19695–4Abe Fortas
• Dunbar-Stanley Studios, Inc. v. Alabama
  393 U.S. 537Decided February 25, 19699–0Abe Fortas
• Johnson v. Avery
  393 U.S. 483Decided February 24, 19697–2Abe Fortas
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
  393 U.S. 503Decided February 24, 19697–2Abe Fortas
• Carroll v. President and Commissioners of Princess Anne
  393 U.S. 175Decided November 19, 19689–0Abe Fortas
• Epperson v. ArkansasLaw held unconstitutional
  393 U.S. 97Decided November 17, 19689–0Abe Fortas
• Gardner v. Broderick
  392 U.S. 273Decided June 10, 19689–0Abe Fortas
• Uniformed Sanitation Men Assn., Inc. v. Commissioner of Sanitation of the City of New York
  392 U.S. 280Decided June 10, 19689–0Abe Fortas
• George Campbell Painting Corp. v. Reid
  392 U.S. 286Decided June 10, 19687–2Abe Fortas
• Carafas v. LavalleeAltered precedent
  391 U.S. 234Decided May 20, 19688–0Abe Fortas
• United States v. United Shoe Machinery Corp.
  391 U.S. 244Decided May 20, 19688–0Abe Fortas
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Missouri State Tax Commission
  390 U.S. 317Decided March 11, 19688–1Abe Fortas
• United States v. Habig
  390 U.S. 222Decided March 5, 19688–0Abe Fortas
• United States v. Neifert-White Co.
  390 U.S. 228Decided March 5, 19688–0Abe Fortas
• City of Pottsville v. United States
  389 U.S. 486Decided January 15, 19687–1Abe Fortas
• National Labor Relations Board v. Fleetwood Trailer Co., Inc.
  389 U.S. 375Decided December 18, 19678–0Abe Fortas
• Wyandotte Transportation Co. v. United States
  389 U.S. 191Decided December 4, 19678–0Abe Fortas
• United States v. Sealy, Inc.
  388 U.S. 350Decided June 12, 19676–1Abe Fortas
• United States v. Arnold
  388 U.S. 365Decided June 12, 19675–2Abe Fortas
• Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co.
  388 U.S. 395Decided June 12, 19676–3Abe Fortas
• American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Atchison
  387 U.S. 397Decided May 29, 19676–3Abe Fortas
• Northeastern Pennsylvania National Bank & Trust Co. v. United States
  387 U.S. 213Decided May 22, 19676–3Abe Fortas
• In re Gault
  387 U.S. 1Decided May 15, 19678–1Abe Fortas
• Clewis v. Texas
  386 U.S. 707Decided April 24, 19679–0Abe Fortas
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Tashire
  386 U.S. 523Decided April 10, 19678–1Abe Fortas
• United States v. Laub
  385 U.S. 475Decided January 10, 19679–0Abe Fortas
• Travis v. United States
  385 U.S. 491Decided January 10, 19679–0Abe Fortas
• Department of Employment v. United States
  385 U.S. 355Decided December 12, 19669–0Abe Fortas
• Dennis v. United States
  384 U.S. 855Decided June 20, 19667–2Abe Fortas
• Gojack v. United States
  384 U.S. 702Decided June 13, 19669–0Abe Fortas
• United States v. General Motors Corp.
  384 U.S. 127Decided April 28, 19669–0Abe Fortas
• United States v. Price
  383 U.S. 787Decided March 28, 19669–0Abe Fortas
• Brenner v. Manson
  383 U.S. 519Decided March 21, 19667–2Abe Fortas
• Kent v. United States
  383 U.S. 541Decided March 21, 19665–4Abe Fortas
• Brown v. Louisiana
  383 U.S. 131Decided February 23, 19665–4Abe Fortas
• United States v. Yazell
  382 U.S. 341Decided January 17, 19666–3Abe Fortas
• United States v. Speers
  382 U.S. 266Decided December 13, 19658–1Abe Fortas
• United Steelworkers of America v. R. H. Bouligny, Inc.
  382 U.S. 145Decided November 22, 19659–0Abe Fortas

Dissents in argued cases (most recent 30 of 51)

• Street v. New YorkLaw held unconstitutional
  394 U.S. 576Decided April 21, 19695–4John M. Harlan II
• Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp.
  394 U.S. 495Decided April 7, 19695–4Hugo L. Black
• Snyder v. Harris
  394 U.S. 332Decided March 25, 19697–2Hugo L. Black
• Desist v. United States
  394 U.S. 244Decided March 24, 19695–3Potter Stewart
• Kaiser v. New York
  394 U.S. 280Decided March 24, 19696–3Potter Stewart
• Alderman v. United States
  394 U.S. 165Decided March 10, 19695–3Byron R. White
• Spinelli v. United States
  393 U.S. 410Decided January 27, 19695–3John M. Harlan II
• Commonwealth Coatings Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co.
  393 U.S. 145Decided November 18, 19686–3Hugo L. Black
• Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.
  392 U.S. 390Decided June 17, 19685–1Potter Stewart
• Powell v. Texas
  392 U.S. 514Decided June 17, 19685–4Thurgood Marshall
• Board of Education of Central School District No. 1 v. Allen
  392 U.S. 236Decided June 10, 19686–3Byron R. White
• Joint Industry Board of the Electrical Industry v. United States
  391 U.S. 224Decided May 20, 19686–3Byron R. White
• St. Amant v. Thompson
  390 U.S. 727Decided April 29, 19688–1Byron R. White
• Cameron v. Johnson
  390 U.S. 611Decided April 22, 19687–2William J. Brennan Jr.
• Ginsberg v. New York
  390 U.S. 629Decided April 22, 19686–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• Avery v. Midland CountyLaw held unconstitutional
  390 U.S. 474Decided April 1, 19685–3Byron R. White
• Johnson v. Massachusetts
  390 U.S. 511Decided April 1, 19686–3Per curiam
• Protective Committee for Independent Stockholders of TMT Trailer Ferry, Inc. v. Anderson
  390 U.S. 414Decided March 25, 19685–3Byron R. White
• United States v. Correll et Ux.
  389 U.S. 299Decided December 11, 19675–3Potter Stewart
• Stovall v. Denno
  388 U.S. 293Decided June 12, 19676–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• Walker v. City of Birmingham
  388 U.S. 307Decided June 12, 19675–4Potter Stewart
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate of Bosch
  387 U.S. 456Decided June 5, 19676–3Tom C. Clark
• Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
  387 U.S. 556Decided June 5, 19676–3Byron R. White
• Warden v. HaydenAltered precedent
  387 U.S. 294Decided May 29, 19676–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• Boutilier v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  387 U.S. 118Decided May 22, 19676–3Tom C. Clark
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner
  387 U.S. 136Decided May 22, 19675–3John M. Harlan II
• Gardner v. Toilet Goods Association, Inc.
  387 U.S. 167Decided May 22, 19675–3John M. Harlan II
• National Bellas Hess, Inc. v. Department of Revenue of the State of IllinoisLaw held unconstitutional
  386 U.S. 753Decided May 8, 19676–3Potter Stewart
• Turner v. New York
  386 U.S. 773Decided May 8, 19677–2Per curiam
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. United States
  386 U.S. 372Decided March 27, 19675–4Tom C. Clark

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