Justice Harold H. Burton

Voting and opinion record for Harold H. Burton in the Supreme Court Database, covering the 1946 through 1958 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 (90)

• Beilan v. Board of Public Education
  357 U.S. 399Decided June 30, 19585–4Harold H. Burton
• Ashdown v. Utah
  357 U.S. 426Decided June 30, 19587–2Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Central Eureka Mining Co.
  357 U.S. 155Decided June 16, 19587–2Harold H. Burton
• International Union v. Russell
  356 U.S. 634Decided May 26, 19586–2Harold H. Burton
• National Labor Relations Board v. Wooster Division of Borg-Warner Corp.
  356 U.S. 342Decided May 5, 19585–4Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Sharpnack
  355 U.S. 286Decided January 13, 19587–2Harold H. Burton
• Youngdahl v. Rainfair, Inc.
  355 U.S. 131Decided December 9, 19576–3Harold H. Burton
• Morey v. DoudLaw held unconstitutional
  354 U.S. 457Decided June 24, 19576–3Harold H. Burton
• Curcio v. United States
  354 U.S. 118Decided June 10, 19579–0Harold H. Burton
• California v. Taylor
  353 U.S. 553Decided June 3, 19578–0Harold H. Burton
• Libson Shops, Inc. v. Koehler
  353 U.S. 382Decided May 27, 19577–1Harold H. Burton
• United States for the Benefit of Sherman v. Carter
  353 U.S. 210Decided April 29, 19578–0Harold H. Burton
• Roviaro v. United States
  353 U.S. 53Decided March 25, 19576–1Harold H. Burton
• Nilva v. United States
  352 U.S. 385Decided February 25, 19575–4Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Turley
  352 U.S. 407Decided February 25, 19576–3Harold H. Burton
• Delli Paoli v. United States
  352 U.S. 232Decided January 14, 19575–4Harold H. Burton
• Sears v. Mackey
  351 U.S. 427Decided June 11, 19569–0Harold H. Burton
• Cold Metal Process Co. v. United Engineering & Foundry Co.
  351 U.S. 445Decided June 11, 19567–2Harold H. Burton
• United States ex Rel. Darcy v. Handy
  351 U.S. 454Decided June 11, 19566–3Harold H. Burton
• Durley v. Mayo
  351 U.S. 277Decided June 4, 19565–4Harold H. Burton
• United Mine Workers of America v. Arkansas Oak Flooring Co.
  351 U.S. 62Decided April 23, 19567–1Harold H. Burton
• International Harvester Credit Corp. v. Goodrich
  350 U.S. 537Decided April 9, 19566–2Harold H. Burton
• Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
  350 U.S. 270Decided February 27, 19566–3Harold H. Burton
• Ryan Stevedoring Co., Inc. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.
  350 U.S. 124Decided January 9, 19565–4Harold H. Burton
• Federal Power Commission v. Oregon
  349 U.S. 435Decided June 6, 19557–1Harold H. Burton
• Federal Power Commission v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co.
  348 U.S. 492Decided March 28, 19558–0Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Guy W. Capps, Inc.
  348 U.S. 296Decided February 7, 19558–0Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Koppers Company, Inc.
  348 U.S. 254Decided January 31, 19556–2Harold H. Burton
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate of Sternberger
  348 U.S. 187Decided January 10, 19556–2Harold H. Burton
• National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards v. Arnold
  348 U.S. 37Decided November 22, 19546–2Harold H. Burton
• United Construction Workers v. Laburnum Construction Corp.
  347 U.S. 656Decided June 7, 19546–2Harold H. Burton
• Allen v. Grand Central Aircraft Co.
  347 U.S. 535Decided May 24, 19549–0Harold H. Burton
• Barsky v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York
  347 U.S. 442Decided April 26, 19546–3Harold H. Burton
• Federal Power Commission v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
  347 U.S. 239Decided March 15, 19544–3Harold H. Burton
• Salsburg v. Maryland
  346 U.S. 545Decided January 11, 19547–1Harold H. Burton
• National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 1229
  346 U.S. 464Decided December 7, 19536–3Harold H. Burton
• Bridges v. United States
  346 U.S. 209Decided June 15, 19534–3Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Grainger
  346 U.S. 235Decided June 15, 19535–3Harold H. Burton
• Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. Koppal
  345 U.S. 653Decided June 1, 19537–1Harold H. Burton
• May v. Anderson
  345 U.S. 528Decided May 18, 19535–3Harold H. Burton
• Watson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  345 U.S. 544Decided May 18, 19536–3Harold H. Burton
• Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman
  345 U.S. 330Decided April 6, 19539–0Harold H. Burton
• Local Union No. 10 v. Graham
  345 U.S. 192Decided March 16, 19537–2Harold H. Burton
• American Newspaper Publishers Association v. National Labor Relations Board
  345 U.S. 100Decided March 9, 19536–3Harold H. Burton
• National Labor Relations Board v. Gamble Enterprises, Inc.
  345 U.S. 117Decided March 9, 19536–3Harold H. Burton
• Kwong Hai Chew v. Colding
  344 U.S. 590Decided February 9, 19538–1Harold H. Burton
• King v. United States
  344 U.S. 254Decided December 22, 19526–3Harold H. Burton
• Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. v. Johnson
  343 U.S. 779Decided June 9, 19528–1Harold H. Burton
• Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia v. Pollak
  343 U.S. 451Decided May 26, 19526–2Harold H. Burton
• Madsen v. Kinsella
  343 U.S. 341Decided April 28, 19528–1Harold H. Burton
• Lykes v. United States
  343 U.S. 118Decided March 24, 19526–3Harold H. Burton
• Rutkin v. United States
  343 U.S. 130Decided March 24, 19525–4Harold H. Burton
• Lilly v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  343 U.S. 90Decided March 10, 19528–0Harold H. Burton
• Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co.
  342 U.S. 437Decided March 3, 19527–2Harold H. Burton
• Lorain Journal Co. v. United States
  342 U.S. 143Decided December 11, 19517–0Harold H. Burton
• National Labor Relations Board v. International Rice Milling Co., Inc.
  341 U.S. 665Decided June 4, 19519–0Harold H. Burton
• National Labor Relations Board v. Denver Building & Construction Trades Council
  341 U.S. 675Decided June 4, 19516–3Harold H. Burton
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. National Labor Relations Board
  341 U.S. 694Decided June 4, 19516–3Harold H. Burton
• Local 74 v. National Labor Relations Board
  341 U.S. 707Decided June 4, 19516–3Harold H. Burton
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath
  341 U.S. 123Decided April 30, 19515–3Harold H. Burton
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. O'ConnorLaw held unconstitutional
  340 U.S. 602Decided March 26, 19516–3Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Yellow Cab Co.
  340 U.S. 543Decided February 26, 19517–2Harold H. Burton
• Niagara Hudson Power Corp. v. Leventritt
  340 U.S. 336Decided January 15, 19516–2Harold H. Burton
• Standard Oil Co. v. Federal Trade Commission
  340 U.S. 231Decided January 8, 19515–3Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Kansas City Life Insurance Co.
  339 U.S. 799Decided June 5, 19505–4Harold H. Burton
• Henderson v. United States
  339 U.S. 816Decided June 5, 19508–0Harold H. Burton
• Powell v. United States Cartridge Co.
  339 U.S. 497Decided May 8, 19505–2Harold H. Burton
• Railway Labor Executives' Association v. United States
  339 U.S. 142Decided March 27, 19504–3Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Benedict
  338 U.S. 692Decided February 13, 19505–3Harold H. Burton
• United States ex Rel. Eichenlaub v. Shaughnessy
  338 U.S. 521Decided January 16, 19504–3Harold H. Burton
• Savorgnan v. United States
  338 U.S. 491Decided January 9, 19506–2Harold H. Burton
• Oakley v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
  338 U.S. 278Decided November 14, 19498–0Harold H. Burton
• McGrath v. Manufacturers Trust Co.
  338 U.S. 241Decided November 7, 19497–0Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Wittek
  337 U.S. 346Decided June 13, 19499–0Harold H. Burton
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Wodehouse
  337 U.S. 369Decided June 13, 19495–3Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Penn Foundry & Manufacturing Co., Inc.
  337 U.S. 198Decided May 31, 19497–2Harold H. Burton
• National Labor Relations Board v. Crompton-Highland Mills, Inc.
  337 U.S. 217Decided May 31, 19499–0Harold H. Burton
• Goggin v. Division of Labor Law Enforcement of California
  336 U.S. 118Decided January 31, 19499–0Harold H. Burton
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Jacobson
  336 U.S. 28Decided January 17, 19497–2Harold H. Burton
• Grand River Dam Authority v. Grand-Hydro
  335 U.S. 359Decided November 22, 19485–4Harold H. Burton
• Taylor v. Alabama
  335 U.S. 252Decided June 21, 19485–3Harold H. Burton
• Lichter v. United States
  334 U.S. 742Decided June 14, 19487–2Harold H. Burton
• Bute v. Illinois
  333 U.S. 640Decided April 19, 19485–4Harold H. Burton
• Morris v. McComb
  332 U.S. 422Decided November 17, 19475–4Harold H. Burton
• United States v. National Lead Co.
  332 U.S. 319Decided June 23, 19474–3Harold H. Burton
• Order of United Commercial Travelers of America v. WolfeLaw held unconstitutional
  331 U.S. 586Decided June 9, 19475–4Harold H. Burton
• Myers v. Reading Company
  331 U.S. 477Decided June 2, 19479–0Harold H. Burton
• Levinson v. Spector Motor Service
  330 U.S. 649Decided March 31, 19476–3Harold H. Burton
• Pyramid Motor Freight Corp. v. Ispass
  330 U.S. 695Decided March 31, 19479–0Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Carmack
  329 U.S. 230Decided December 9, 19469–0Harold H. Burton

Dissents in argued cases (most recent 30 of 216)

• Giordenello v. United States
  357 U.S. 480Decided June 30, 19586–3John M. Harlan II
• Jones v. United States
  357 U.S. 493Decided June 30, 19587–2John M. Harlan II
• Hanson v. Denckla
  357 U.S. 235Decided June 23, 19585–4Earl Warren
• Miller v. United States
  357 U.S. 301Decided June 23, 19587–2William J. Brennan Jr.
• City of Chicago v. AtchisonLaw held unconstitutional
  357 U.S. 77Decided June 16, 19586–3Hugo L. Black
• Kent v. Dulles
  357 U.S. 116Decided June 16, 19585–4William O. Douglas
• Dayton v. Dulles
  357 U.S. 144Decided June 16, 19585–4William O. Douglas
• United States v. Bess
  357 U.S. 51Decided June 9, 19587–2William J. Brennan Jr.
• United States v. Procter & Gamble Co.
  356 U.S. 677Decided June 2, 19586–3William O. Douglas
• Nowak v. United States
  356 U.S. 660Decided May 26, 19586–3John M. Harlan II
• Maisenberg v. United States
  356 U.S. 670Decided May 26, 19586–3John M. Harlan II
• County of Marin v. United States
  356 U.S. 412Decided May 19, 19585–4Tom C. Clark
• Public Service Commission of Utah v. United States
  356 U.S. 421Decided May 19, 19585–4Tom C. Clark
• Federal Maritime Board v. Isbrandtsen Company, Inc.
  356 U.S. 481Decided May 19, 19586–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• Payne v. Arkansas
  356 U.S. 560Decided May 19, 19587–2Charles E. Whittaker
• Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co. v. Smith
  356 U.S. 274Decided April 28, 19586–3Earl Warren
• Trop v. DullesLaw held unconstitutional
  356 U.S. 86Decided March 31, 19585–4Earl Warren
• United States v. City of Detroit
  355 U.S. 466Decided March 3, 19587–2Hugo L. Black
• United States v. Township of Muskegon
  355 U.S. 484Decided March 3, 19587–2Hugo L. Black
• City of Detroit v. Murray Corporation of America
  355 U.S. 489Decided March 3, 19585–4Hugo L. Black
• Public Utilities Commission of California v. United StatesLaw held unconstitutional
  355 U.S. 534Decided March 3, 19586–3William O. Douglas
• United States v. R. F. Ball Construction Co., Inc.
  355 U.S. 587Decided March 3, 19585–4Per curiam
• Kernan v. American Dredging Co.
  355 U.S. 426Decided February 3, 19585–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Green v. United States
  355 U.S. 184Decided December 16, 19575–4Hugo L. Black
• Lambert v. CaliforniaLaw held unconstitutional
  355 U.S. 225Decided December 16, 19575–4William O. Douglas
• Rowoldt v. Perfetto
  355 U.S. 115Decided December 9, 19575–4Felix Frankfurter
• Moore v. Michigan
  355 U.S. 155Decided December 9, 19575–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Sweezy v. New Hampshire
  354 U.S. 234Decided June 17, 19576–2Earl Warren
• United States v. Calamaro
  354 U.S. 351Decided June 17, 19577–1John M. Harlan II
• Reid v. CovertAltered precedentLaw held unconstitutional
  354 U.S. 1Decided June 10, 19576–2Hugo L. Black

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