Justice Sherman Minton

Voting and opinion record for Sherman Minton in the Supreme Court Database, covering the 1949 through 1956 Terms.

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 (64)

• Southern Pacific Co. v. Gileo
  351 U.S. 493Decided June 11, 19567–2Sherman Minton
• Reed v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
  351 U.S. 502Decided June 11, 19565–4Sherman Minton
• American Airlines, Inc. v. North American Airlines, Inc.
  351 U.S. 79Decided April 23, 19567–2Sherman Minton
• Armstrong v. Armstrong
  350 U.S. 568Decided April 9, 19569–0Sherman Minton
• Doud v. Hodge
  350 U.S. 485Decided March 26, 19569–0Sherman Minton
• Remmer v. United States
  350 U.S. 377Decided March 5, 19567–0Sherman Minton
• Shields v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
  350 U.S. 318Decided February 27, 19565–3Sherman Minton
• Local Union No. 25 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. New York
  350 U.S. 155Decided January 9, 19569–0Sherman Minton
• United States v. Anderson
  350 U.S. 55Decided November 7, 19557–2Sherman Minton
• Norwood v. Kirkpatrick, U.S. District Judge
  349 U.S. 29Decided April 11, 19555–3Sherman Minton
• Lewis v. United States
  348 U.S. 419Decided March 14, 19555–3Sherman Minton
• United States v. Acri
  348 U.S. 211Decided January 10, 19558–0Sherman Minton
• United States v. Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co., Ltd.
  348 U.S. 215Decided January 10, 19558–0Sherman Minton
• United States v. Scovil
  348 U.S. 218Decided January 10, 19558–0Sherman Minton
• Sullivan v. United States
  348 U.S. 170Decided December 6, 19548–0Sherman Minton
• McAllister v. United States
  348 U.S. 19Decided November 8, 19546–2Sherman Minton
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin
  347 U.S. 672Decided June 7, 19545–3Sherman Minton
• Remmer v. United States
  347 U.S. 227Decided March 8, 19548–0Sherman Minton
• United States v. City of New Britain
  347 U.S. 81Decided February 1, 19549–0Sherman Minton
• Chicago v. Stude
  346 U.S. 574Decided January 18, 19547–2Sherman Minton
• United States v. Debrow
  346 U.S. 374Decided November 16, 19538–0Sherman Minton
• Atchison v. Public Utilities Commission of California
  346 U.S. 346Decided November 9, 19538–0Sherman Minton
• Barrows v. Jackson
  346 U.S. 249Decided June 15, 19536–1Sherman Minton
• Polizzi v. Cowles Magazines, Inc.
  345 U.S. 663Decided June 1, 19537–0Sherman Minton
• Callanan Road Improvement Co. v. United States
  345 U.S. 507Decided May 4, 19538–1Sherman Minton
• United States v. Gilbert Associates, Inc.
  345 U.S. 361Decided April 6, 19537–2Sherman Minton
• Ramspeck v. Federal Trial Examiners Conference
  345 U.S. 128Decided March 9, 19536–3Sherman Minton
• Lutwak v. United States
  344 U.S. 604Decided February 9, 19536–3Sherman Minton
• Howard v. Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the City of Louisville
  344 U.S. 624Decided February 9, 19537–2Sherman Minton
• Brock v. North Carolina
  344 U.S. 424Decided February 2, 19536–2Sherman Minton
• Schwartz v. Texas
  344 U.S. 199Decided December 15, 19528–1Sherman Minton
• Montgomery Building & Construction Trades Council v. Ledbetter Erection Co., Inc.
  344 U.S. 178Decided December 8, 19527–2Sherman Minton
• United States v. Beacon Brass Co., Inc.
  344 U.S. 43Decided November 10, 19528–1Sherman Minton
• Stembridge v. Georgia
  343 U.S. 541Decided May 26, 19526–3Sherman Minton
• Swift & Company v. United States
  343 U.S. 373Decided May 5, 19526–3Sherman Minton
• Uebersee Finanz-Korporation, A. G. v. McGrath
  343 U.S. 205Decided April 7, 19528–0Sherman Minton
• Buck v. California
  343 U.S. 99Decided March 10, 19525–4Sherman Minton
• Adler v. Board of Education of the City of New York
  342 U.S. 485Decided March 3, 19526–3Sherman Minton
• Blackmar v. Guerre
  342 U.S. 512Decided March 3, 19528–1Sherman Minton
• United States v. Halseth
  342 U.S. 277Decided January 7, 19527–2Sherman Minton
• United States v. Kelly
  342 U.S. 193Decided January 2, 19526–3Sherman Minton
• Pillsbury v. United Engineering Co.
  342 U.S. 197Decided January 2, 19526–3Sherman Minton
• United States v. Wunderlich
  342 U.S. 98Decided November 26, 19516–3Sherman Minton
• Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Michigan Public Service Commission
  341 U.S. 329Decided May 14, 19517–2Sherman Minton
• Bowman Dairy Co. v. United States
  341 U.S. 214Decided April 30, 19517–1Sherman Minton
• Moser v. United States
  341 U.S. 41Decided April 9, 19519–0Sherman Minton
• Moore v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
  340 U.S. 573Decided February 26, 19515–3Sherman Minton
• National Labor Relations Board v. Gullett Gin Co.
  340 U.S. 361Decided January 15, 19518–0Sherman Minton
• Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. v. United States
  340 U.S. 216Decided January 2, 19518–1Sherman Minton
• Ackermann v. United States
  340 U.S. 193Decided December 11, 19505–3Sherman Minton
• United States v. Security Trust & Savings Bank
  340 U.S. 47Decided November 13, 19509–0Sherman Minton
• Fogarty v. United States
  340 U.S. 8Decided November 6, 19509–0Sherman Minton
• Automatic Radio Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.
  339 U.S. 827Decided June 5, 19506–2Sherman Minton
• Building Service Employees International Union v. Gazzam
  339 U.S. 532Decided May 8, 19508–0Sherman Minton
• Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. v. United States
  339 U.S. 157Decided March 27, 19508–0Sherman Minton
• Dennis v. United States
  339 U.S. 162Decided March 27, 19505–2Sherman Minton
• United States v. United States Smelting Refining & Mining Co.
  339 U.S. 186Decided March 27, 19506–1Sherman Minton
• Reider v. Thompson
  339 U.S. 113Decided March 13, 19506–1Sherman Minton
• United States v. RabinowitzAltered precedent
  339 U.S. 56Decided February 20, 19505–3Sherman Minton
• United States v. Alpers
  338 U.S. 680Decided February 6, 19505–3Sherman Minton
• United States ex Rel. Knauff v. Shaughnessy
  338 U.S. 537Decided January 16, 19504–3Sherman Minton
• Bryan v. United States
  338 U.S. 552Decided January 16, 19508–0Sherman Minton
• Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  338 U.S. 355Decided December 5, 19496–2Sherman Minton
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Connelly et Ux.
  338 U.S. 258Decided November 7, 19497–0Sherman Minton

Dissents in argued cases (most recent 30 of 89)

• Thompson v. Coastal Oil Co.
  352 U.S. 862Decided October 15, 19565–4Per curiam
• Cole v. Young
  351 U.S. 536Decided June 11, 19566–3John M. Harlan II
• United States v. Zucca
  351 U.S. 91Decided April 30, 19565–3Earl Warren
• Communist Party of the United States v. Subversive Activities Control Board
  351 U.S. 115Decided April 30, 19566–3Felix Frankfurter
• Griffin v. IllinoisLaw held unconstitutional
  351 U.S. 12Decided April 23, 19565–4Hugo L. Black
• East Texas Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. Frozen Food Express
  351 U.S. 49Decided April 23, 19565–4William O. Douglas
• Schulz v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
  350 U.S. 523Decided April 9, 19565–4Hugo L. Black
• Slochower v. Board of Higher Education of New York CityLaw held unconstitutional
  350 U.S. 551Decided April 9, 19565–4Tom C. Clark
• Pennsylvania v. Nelson
  350 U.S. 497Decided April 2, 19566–3Earl Warren
• Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
  350 U.S. 270Decided February 27, 19566–3Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Twin City Power Co.
  350 U.S. 222Decided January 23, 19565–4William O. Douglas
• Rea v. United States
  350 U.S. 214Decided January 16, 19565–4William O. Douglas
• Secretary of Agriculture v. United States
  350 U.S. 162Decided January 9, 19566–3John M. Harlan II
• Indian Towing Co., Inc. v. United States
  350 U.S. 61Decided November 21, 19555–4Felix Frankfurter
• United States ex Rel. Toth v. QuarlesLaw held unconstitutional
  350 U.S. 11Decided November 7, 19556–3Hugo L. Black
• 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
• Mitchell v. C. W. Vollmer & Co., Inc.
  349 U.S. 427Decided June 6, 19556–2William O. Douglas
• Emspak v. United States
  349 U.S. 190Decided May 23, 19556–3Earl Warren
• Bart v. United States
  349 U.S. 219Decided May 23, 19556–3Earl Warren
• In re Murchison
  349 U.S. 133Decided May 16, 19556–3Hugo L. Black
• Bell v. United States
  349 U.S. 81Decided May 9, 19556–3Felix Frankfurter
• Shaughnessy v. Pedreiro
  349 U.S. 48Decided April 25, 19556–3Hugo L. Black
• Sicurella v. United States
  348 U.S. 385Decided March 14, 19556–2Tom C. Clark
• Simmons v. United States
  348 U.S. 397Decided March 14, 19556–2Tom C. Clark
• Gonzales v. United States
  348 U.S. 407Decided March 14, 19555–3Tom C. Clark
• United States v. International Boxing Club of New York, Inc.
  348 U.S. 236Decided January 31, 19556–2Earl Warren
• United States v. Brown
  348 U.S. 110Decided December 6, 19545–3William O. Douglas
• Offutt v. United States
  348 U.S. 11Decided November 8, 19545–3Felix Frankfurter
• Barber v. Gonzales
  347 U.S. 637Decided June 7, 19546–3Earl Warren

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