Justice Felix Frankfurter

Voting and opinion record for Felix Frankfurter in the Supreme Court Database, covering the 1946 through 1961 Terms (data begins with the 1946 Term).

Court eras served in this data: Vinson Court, 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 (153)

• Kesler v. Department of Public Safety of Utah
  369 U.S. 153Decided March 26, 19625–3Felix Frankfurter
• Dibella v. United States
  369 U.S. 121Decided March 19, 19628–0Felix Frankfurter
• Metlakatla Indian Community v. Egan
  369 U.S. 45Decided March 5, 19629–0Felix Frankfurter
• Organized Village of Kake v. Egan
  369 U.S. 60Decided March 5, 19628–1Felix Frankfurter
• Poe v. Ullman
  367 U.S. 497Decided June 19, 19615–4Felix Frankfurter
• Piemonte v. United States
  367 U.S. 556Decided June 19, 19616–3Felix Frankfurter
• Culombe v. Connecticut
  367 U.S. 568Decided June 19, 19616–3Felix Frankfurter
• Gori v. United States
  367 U.S. 364Decided June 12, 19615–4Felix Frankfurter
• Communist Party of the United States v. Subversive Activities Control Board
  367 U.S. 1Decided June 5, 19615–4Felix Frankfurter
• Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Superior Court of Delaware for New Castle County
  366 U.S. 656Decided May 29, 19619–0Felix Frankfurter
• Local 761 v. National Labor Relations Board
  366 U.S. 667Decided May 29, 19618–1Felix Frankfurter
• Rogers v. Richmond
  365 U.S. 534Decided March 20, 19617–2Felix Frankfurter
• Green v. United States
  365 U.S. 301Decided February 27, 19615–4Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Fruehauf
  365 U.S. 146Decided February 20, 19618–1Felix Frankfurter
• Callanan v. United States
  364 U.S. 587Decided January 9, 19615–4Felix Frankfurter
• Gomillion v. LightfootLaw held unconstitutional
  364 U.S. 339Decided November 14, 19609–0Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Dege et Vir.
  364 U.S. 51Decided June 27, 19606–3Felix Frankfurter
• Metlakatla Indian Community v. Egan
  363 U.S. 555Decided June 20, 19606–3Felix Frankfurter
• Clay v. Sun Insurance Office Limited
  363 U.S. 207Decided June 13, 19606–3Felix Frankfurter
• De Veau v. Braisted
  363 U.S. 144Decided June 6, 19605–3Felix Frankfurter
• Levine v. United States
  362 U.S. 610Decided May 23, 19605–4Felix Frankfurter
• Mitchell v. H. B. Zachry Co.
  362 U.S. 310Decided April 4, 19605–4Felix Frankfurter
• Abel v. United States
  362 U.S. 217Decided March 28, 19605–4Felix Frankfurter
• Jones v. United States
  362 U.S. 257Decided March 28, 19608–1Felix Frankfurter
• Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. Day
  360 U.S. 548Decided June 29, 19596–3Felix Frankfurter
• Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Oklahoma Retail Grocers Association, Inc.
  360 U.S. 334Decided June 22, 19598–0Felix Frankfurter
• Palermo v. United States
  360 U.S. 343Decided June 22, 19599–0Felix Frankfurter
• Rosenberg v. United States
  360 U.S. 367Decided June 22, 19595–4Felix Frankfurter
• Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux
  360 U.S. 25Decided June 8, 19596–3Felix Frankfurter
• Frank v. Maryland
  359 U.S. 360Decided May 4, 19595–4Felix Frankfurter
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon
  359 U.S. 236Decided April 20, 19595–4Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Shirey
  359 U.S. 255Decided April 20, 19595–4Felix Frankfurter
• Bartkus v. Illinois
  359 U.S. 121Decided March 30, 19595–4Felix Frankfurter
• New York v. O'Neill
  359 U.S. 1Decided March 2, 19597–2Felix Frankfurter
• Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.
  358 U.S. 354Decided February 24, 19597–2Felix Frankfurter
• Wiener v. United States
  357 U.S. 349Decided June 30, 19589–0Felix Frankfurter
• National Labor Relations Board v. United Steelworkers of America
  357 U.S. 357Decided June 30, 19587–2Felix Frankfurter
• Knapp v. Schweitzer
  357 U.S. 371Decided June 30, 19586–3Felix Frankfurter
• Gore v. United States
  357 U.S. 386Decided June 30, 19585–4Felix Frankfurter
• McKinney v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co.
  357 U.S. 265Decided June 23, 19587–2Felix Frankfurter
• Local 1976 v. National Labor Relations Board
  357 U.S. 93Decided June 16, 19586–3Felix Frankfurter
• International Association of Machinists v. Gonzales
  356 U.S. 617Decided May 26, 19586–2Felix Frankfurter
• Brown v. United States
  356 U.S. 148Decided March 31, 19585–4Felix Frankfurter
• Perez v. Brownell
  356 U.S. 44Decided March 31, 19585–4Felix Frankfurter
• Rowoldt v. Perfetto
  355 U.S. 115Decided December 9, 19575–4Felix Frankfurter
• Kingsley Books, Inc. v. Brown
  354 U.S. 436Decided June 24, 19575–4Felix Frankfurter
• Mallory v. United States
  354 U.S. 449Decided June 24, 19579–0Felix Frankfurter
• Theard v. United States
  354 U.S. 278Decided June 17, 19578–0Felix Frankfurter
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Vogt, Inc.
  354 U.S. 284Decided June 17, 19575–3Felix Frankfurter
• Achilli v. United States
  353 U.S. 373Decided May 27, 19577–2Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Witkovich
  353 U.S. 194Decided April 29, 19576–2Felix Frankfurter
• Alleghany Corporation v. Breswick & Co.
  353 U.S. 151Decided April 22, 19575–3Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. International Union United Automobile
  352 U.S. 567Decided March 11, 19575–3Felix Frankfurter
• Butler v. MichiganLaw held unconstitutional
  352 U.S. 380Decided February 25, 19579–0Felix Frankfurter
• Leiter Minerals, Inc. v. United States
  352 U.S. 220Decided January 14, 19578–1Felix Frankfurter
• Bank of America National Trust & Savings Association v. Parnell
  352 U.S. 29Decided November 13, 19567–2Felix Frankfurter
• Offutt Housing Co. v. County of Sarpy
  351 U.S. 253Decided May 28, 19565–4Felix Frankfurter
• Communist Party of the United States v. Subversive Activities Control Board
  351 U.S. 115Decided April 30, 19566–3Felix Frankfurter
• Collins v. American Buslines, Inc.
  350 U.S. 528Decided April 9, 19569–0Felix Frankfurter
• Ullmann v. United States
  350 U.S. 422Decided March 26, 19567–2Felix Frankfurter
• Millinery Center Building Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  350 U.S. 456Decided March 26, 19569–0Felix Frankfurter
• Greenwood v. United States
  350 U.S. 366Decided March 5, 19568–0Felix Frankfurter
• National Labor Relations Board v. Cocacola Bottling Co. of Louisville, Inc.
  350 U.S. 264Decided February 27, 19568–0Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Minker
  350 U.S. 179Decided January 16, 19569–0Felix Frankfurter
• Indian Towing Co., Inc. v. United States
  350 U.S. 61Decided November 21, 19555–4Felix Frankfurter
• Whitehouse v. Illinois Central Railroad Co.
  349 U.S. 366Decided June 6, 19555–3Felix Frankfurter
• Williams v. Georgia
  349 U.S. 375Decided June 6, 19556–3Felix Frankfurter
• Rice v. Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery, Inc.
  349 U.S. 70Decided May 9, 19555–3Felix Frankfurter
• Bell v. United States
  349 U.S. 81Decided May 9, 19556–3Felix Frankfurter
• Granville-Smith v. Granville-Smith
  349 U.S. 1Decided April 11, 19555–3Felix Frankfurter
• Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America v. Richman Brothers Co.
  348 U.S. 511Decided April 4, 19555–3Felix Frankfurter
• Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
  348 U.S. 437Decided March 28, 19556–2Felix Frankfurter
• Weber v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
  348 U.S. 468Decided March 28, 19558–0Felix Frankfurter
• National City Bank of New York v. Republic of China
  348 U.S. 356Decided March 7, 19554–3Felix Frankfurter
• Brooks v. National Labor Relations Board
  348 U.S. 96Decided December 6, 19548–0Felix Frankfurter
• Offutt v. United States
  348 U.S. 11Decided November 8, 19545–3Felix Frankfurter
• Secretary of Agriculture v. United States
  347 U.S. 645Decided June 7, 19545–3Felix Frankfurter
• Galvan v. Press
  347 U.S. 522Decided May 24, 19547–2Felix Frankfurter
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Cushing
  347 U.S. 409Decided April 12, 19545–4Felix Frankfurter
• St. Joe Paper Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
  347 U.S. 298Decided April 5, 19544–3Felix Frankfurter
• Thompson v. Lawson
  347 U.S. 334Decided April 5, 19546–3Felix Frankfurter
• International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union v. Boyd
  347 U.S. 222Decided March 8, 19547–2Felix Frankfurter
• Walder v. United States
  347 U.S. 62Decided February 1, 19547–2Felix Frankfurter
• Olberding v. Illinois Central Railroad Co., Inc.
  346 U.S. 338Decided November 9, 19537–2Felix Frankfurter
• Automatic Canteen Company of America v. Federal Trade Commission
  346 U.S. 61Decided June 8, 19536–3Felix Frankfurter
• Federal Communications Commission v. RCA Communications, Inc.
  346 U.S. 86Decided June 8, 19536–1Felix Frankfurter
• Levinson v. Deupree
  345 U.S. 648Decided June 1, 19539–0Felix Frankfurter
• Calmar Steamship Corp. v. Scott
  345 U.S. 427Decided April 27, 19536–3Felix Frankfurter
• Calmar Steamship Corp. v. United States
  345 U.S. 446Decided April 27, 19539–0Felix Frankfurter
• United States ex Rel. Chapman v. Federal Power Commission
  345 U.S. 153Decided March 16, 19536–3Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Rumely
  345 U.S. 41Decided March 9, 19537–0Felix Frankfurter
• City of Chicago v. Willett Company
  344 U.S. 574Decided February 9, 19538–1Felix Frankfurter
• De La Rama Steamship Co., Inc. v. United States
  344 U.S. 386Decided February 2, 19539–0Felix Frankfurter
• National Labor Relations Board v. Seven-Up Bottling Company of Miami, Inc.
  344 U.S. 344Decided January 12, 19538–1Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corporation
  344 U.S. 218Decided December 22, 19528–1Felix Frankfurter
• Beauharnais v. Illinois
  343 U.S. 250Decided April 28, 19525–4Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Hood
  343 U.S. 148Decided March 31, 19525–4Felix Frankfurter
• Far East Conference v. United States
  342 U.S. 570Decided March 10, 19526–2Felix Frankfurter
• Mullaney v. AndersonLaw held unconstitutional
  342 U.S. 415Decided March 3, 19526–3Felix Frankfurter
• Guessefeldt v. McGrath
  342 U.S. 308Decided January 28, 19525–3Felix Frankfurter
• Rochin v. California
  342 U.S. 165Decided January 2, 19528–0Felix Frankfurter
• Kerotest Manufacturing Co. v. C-O-Two Fire Equipment Co.
  342 U.S. 180Decided January 2, 19527–2Felix Frankfurter
• Stefanelli v. Minard
  342 U.S. 117Decided December 3, 19517–1Felix Frankfurter
• Bindczyck v. Finucane
  342 U.S. 76Decided November 26, 19515–2Felix Frankfurter
• Tenney v. Brandhove
  341 U.S. 367Decided May 21, 19518–1Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Williams
  341 U.S. 70Decided April 23, 19515–4Felix Frankfurter
• West Virginia ex Rel. Dyer v. Sims
  341 U.S. 22Decided April 9, 19519–0Felix Frankfurter
• 62 Cases of Jam v. United States
  340 U.S. 593Decided March 26, 19517–2Felix Frankfurter
• Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
  340 U.S. 474Decided February 26, 19517–2Felix Frankfurter
• National Labor Relations Board v. Pittsburgh Steamship Co.
  340 U.S. 498Decided February 26, 19519–0Felix Frankfurter
• O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc.
  340 U.S. 504Decided February 26, 19516–3Felix Frankfurter
• Missouri ex Rel. Southern Railway Co. v. Mayfield
  340 U.S. 1Decided November 6, 19505–4Felix Frankfurter
• Quicksall v. Michigan
  339 U.S. 660Decided June 5, 19507–1Felix Frankfurter
• Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
  339 U.S. 667Decided June 5, 19505–3Felix Frankfurter
• Swift & Company Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.
  339 U.S. 684Decided June 5, 19508–0Felix Frankfurter
• Hughes v. Superior Court of California for Contra Costa County
  339 U.S. 460Decided May 8, 19508–0Felix Frankfurter
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Etc. Union v. Hanke
  339 U.S. 470Decided May 8, 19505–3Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
  339 U.S. 261Decided April 17, 19507–1Felix Frankfurter
• Secretary of Agriculture v. Central Roig Refining Co.
  338 U.S. 604Decided February 6, 19507–1Felix Frankfurter
• Parker v. County of Los Angeles
  338 U.S. 327Decided December 5, 19498–0Felix Frankfurter
• Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States
  338 U.S. 1Decided June 27, 19495–4Felix Frankfurter
• Wolf v. Colorado
  338 U.S. 25Decided June 27, 19496–3Felix Frankfurter
• Watts v. Indiana
  338 U.S. 49Decided June 27, 19496–3Felix Frankfurter
• Turner v. Pennsylvania
  338 U.S. 62Decided June 27, 19495–4Felix Frankfurter
• Harris v. South Carolina
  338 U.S. 68Decided June 27, 19495–4Felix Frankfurter
• Lustig v. United States
  338 U.S. 74Decided June 27, 19495–4Felix Frankfurter
• Aeronautical Industrial District Lodge 727 v. Campbell
  337 U.S. 521Decided June 20, 19499–0Felix Frankfurter
• Joy Oil Co., Ltd. v. State Tax Commission
  337 U.S. 286Decided June 13, 19496–3Felix Frankfurter
• Standard Oil Company of California v. United States
  337 U.S. 293Decided June 13, 19496–3Felix Frankfurter
• Griffin v. United States
  336 U.S. 704Decided April 25, 19495–4Felix Frankfurter
• Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. Robert Stewart & Sons, Ltd.
  336 U.S. 386Decided March 14, 19495–4Felix Frankfurter
• Algoma Plywood & Veneer Co. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
  336 U.S. 301Decided March 7, 19497–2Felix Frankfurter
• Goesaert v. Cleary
  335 U.S. 464Decided December 20, 19486–3Felix Frankfurter
• Ford Motor Co. v. United States
  335 U.S. 303Decided November 15, 19484–3Felix Frankfurter
• Ludecke v. Watkins
  335 U.S. 160Decided June 21, 19485–4Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. John J. Felin & Co., Inc.
  334 U.S. 624Decided June 14, 19487–2Felix Frankfurter
• Central Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. MealeyLaw held unconstitutional
  334 U.S. 653Decided June 14, 19486–3Felix Frankfurter
• Republic Natural Gas Co. v. Oklahoma
  334 U.S. 62Decided May 3, 19485–4Felix Frankfurter
• Eccles v. Peoples Bank of Lakewood Village
  333 U.S. 426Decided March 15, 19485–2Felix Frankfurter
• Bakery Sales Drivers Local Union No. 33 v. Wagshal
  333 U.S. 437Decided March 15, 19485–3Felix Frankfurter
• Federal Crop Insurance Corp. v. Merrill
  332 U.S. 380Decided November 10, 19475–4Felix Frankfurter
• Foster v. Illinois
  332 U.S. 134Decided June 23, 19475–4Felix Frankfurter
• Gayes v. New York
  332 U.S. 145Decided June 23, 19475–4Felix Frankfurter
• Caldarola v. Eckert
  332 U.S. 155Decided June 23, 19475–4Felix Frankfurter
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Phillips
  332 U.S. 168Decided June 23, 19479–0Felix Frankfurter
• Mexican Light & Power Co., Ltd. v. Texas Mexican Railway Co.
  331 U.S. 731Decided June 16, 19477–2Felix Frankfurter
• Bazley v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  331 U.S. 737Decided June 16, 19477–2Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Dickinson
  331 U.S. 745Decided June 16, 19479–0Felix Frankfurter
• National Labor Relations Board v. Donnelly Garment Co.
  330 U.S. 219Decided March 3, 19479–0Felix Frankfurter
• Angel v. BullingtonAltered precedent
  330 U.S. 183Decided February 17, 19476–3Felix Frankfurter
• Freeman v. HewitLaw held unconstitutional
  329 U.S. 249Decided December 16, 19466–3Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Ruzicka
  329 U.S. 287Decided December 16, 19469–0Felix Frankfurter
• Carter v. Illinois
  329 U.S. 173Decided December 9, 19465–4Felix Frankfurter

Dissents in argued cases (most recent 30 of 401)

• National Labor Relations Board v. Walton Manufacturing Co.
  369 U.S. 404Decided April 9, 19626–2Per curiam
• Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.
  369 U.S. 355Decided April 2, 19626–2William O. Douglas
• Rusk v. Cort
  369 U.S. 367Decided April 2, 19625–3Potter Stewart
• Baker v. CarrAltered precedent
  369 U.S. 186Decided March 26, 19626–2William J. Brennan Jr.
• Simonson v. Granquist
  369 U.S. 38Decided March 5, 19627–2Hugo L. Black
• Griggs v. Allegheny County
  369 U.S. 84Decided March 5, 19627–2William O. Douglas
• Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
  368 U.S. 464Decided February 19, 19625–4Tom C. Clark
• Machibroda v. United States
  368 U.S. 487Decided February 19, 19626–3Potter Stewart
• Federal Trade Commission v. Henry Broch & Co.
  368 U.S. 360Decided January 15, 19626–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• Campbell v. Hussey
  368 U.S. 297Decided December 18, 19616–3William O. Douglas
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. J-T Transport Co., Inc.
  368 U.S. 81Decided December 4, 19616–3William O. Douglas
• Mapp v. OhioAltered precedent
  367 U.S. 643Decided June 19, 19616–3Tom C. Clark
• Civil Aeronautics Board v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  367 U.S. 316Decided June 12, 19616–3Earl Warren
• Lott v. United States
  367 U.S. 421Decided June 12, 19615–4Charles E. Whittaker
• Deutch v. United States
  367 U.S. 456Decided June 12, 19615–4Potter Stewart
• Braunfeld v. Brown
  366 U.S. 599Decided May 29, 19615–4Earl Warren
• Lurk v. United States
  366 U.S. 712Decided May 29, 19616–3Per curiam
• Eli Lilly & Co. v. Sav-On-Drugs, Inc.
  366 U.S. 276Decided May 22, 19615–4Hugo L. Black
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co.
  366 U.S. 316Decided May 22, 19614–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• Bushnell v. Ellis
  366 U.S. 418Decided May 22, 19615–3Per curiam
• James v. United StatesAltered precedent
  366 U.S. 213Decided May 15, 19616–3Earl Warren
• Stewart v. United States
  366 U.S. 1Decided April 24, 19615–4Hugo L. Black
• Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority
  365 U.S. 715Decided April 17, 19616–3Tom C. Clark
• Kossick v. United Fruit Co.
  365 U.S. 731Decided April 17, 19616–3John M. Harlan II
• Milanovich et Ux. v. United States
  365 U.S. 551Decided March 20, 19615–4Potter Stewart
• Clancy v. United States
  365 U.S. 312Decided February 27, 19616–3William O. Douglas
• Aro Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co., Inc.
  365 U.S. 336Decided February 27, 19616–3Charles E. Whittaker
• Maynard v. Durham & Southern Railway Co.
  365 U.S. 160Decided February 20, 19616–3William O. Douglas
• Monroe v. Pape
  365 U.S. 167Decided February 20, 19618–1William O. Douglas
• Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.
  365 U.S. 1Decided January 23, 19616–3Earl Warren

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