Justice Wiley B. Rutledge

Voting and opinion record for Wiley B. Rutledge in the Supreme Court Database, covering the 1946 through 1948 Terms (data begins with the 1946 Term).

Court eras served in this data: Vinson 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 (28)

• Securities and Exchange Commission v. Central-Illinois Securities Corp.
  338 U.S. 96Decided June 27, 19497–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Brinegar v. United States
  338 U.S. 160Decided June 27, 19496–3Wiley B. Rutledge
• National Labor Relations Board v. Pittsburgh Steamship Co.
  337 U.S. 656Decided June 20, 19499–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Interstate Oil Pipe Line Co. v. Stone
  337 U.S. 662Decided June 20, 19495–4Wiley B. Rutledge
• Federal Communications Commission v. WJR
  337 U.S. 265Decided June 6, 19498–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Urie v. Thompson
  337 U.S. 163Decided May 31, 19499–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• United States v. Jones
  336 U.S. 641Decided April 18, 19497–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Texas CompanyAltered precedent
  336 U.S. 342Decided March 7, 19499–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Frazier v. United States
  335 U.S. 497Decided December 20, 19485–4Wiley B. Rutledge
• United States v. National City Lines, Inc.
  334 U.S. 573Decided June 7, 19487–2Wiley B. Rutledge
• Mandeville Island Farms, Inc. v. American Crystal Sugar Co.
  334 U.S. 219Decided May 10, 19487–2Wiley B. Rutledge
• United States v. Scophony Corporation of America
  333 U.S. 795Decided April 26, 19489–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Massachusetts v. United States
  333 U.S. 611Decided April 19, 19485–4Wiley B. Rutledge
• United States v. Evans
  333 U.S. 483Decided March 15, 19489–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• United States v. Brown
  333 U.S. 18Decided February 2, 19487–2Wiley B. Rutledge
• Bob-Lo Excursion Co. v. Michigan
  333 U.S. 28Decided February 2, 19487–2Wiley B. Rutledge
• Blumenthal v. United States
  332 U.S. 539Decided December 22, 19479–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service Commission of Indiana
  332 U.S. 507Decided December 15, 19478–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Aero Mayflower Transit Co. v. Board of Railroad Commissioners of Montana
  332 U.S. 495Decided December 8, 19479–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• United States v. Standard Oil Company of California
  332 U.S. 301Decided June 23, 19478–1Wiley B. Rutledge
• Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. Hirsch
  331 U.S. 752Decided June 16, 19478–1Wiley B. Rutledge
• Gospel Army v. Los Angeles
  331 U.S. 543Decided June 9, 19479–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles
  331 U.S. 549Decided June 9, 19477–2Wiley B. Rutledge
• Trailmobile Company v. Whirls
  331 U.S. 40Decided April 14, 19477–2Wiley B. Rutledge
• Independent Warehouses, Inc. v. Scheele
  331 U.S. 70Decided April 14, 19477–2Wiley B. Rutledge
• Gibson v. United States
  329 U.S. 338Decided December 23, 19469–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Illinois ex Rel. Gordon v. Campbell
  329 U.S. 362Decided December 23, 19467–2Wiley B. Rutledge
• United States v. Sheridan
  329 U.S. 379Decided December 23, 19467–2Wiley B. Rutledge

Dissents in argued cases (most recent 30 of 91)

• Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllisterAltered precedent
  337 U.S. 783Decided June 27, 19495–4Stanley F. Reed
• Weade v. Dichmann
  337 U.S. 801Decided June 27, 19495–4Stanley F. Reed
• Fink v. Shepard Steamship Co.
  337 U.S. 810Decided June 27, 19495–4Stanley F. Reed
• Wolf v. Colorado
  338 U.S. 25Decided June 27, 19496–3Felix Frankfurter
• Federal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.
  337 U.S. 498Decided June 20, 19495–3Stanley F. Reed
• Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co.
  337 U.S. 530Decided June 20, 19498–1William O. Douglas
• Woods v. Interstate Realty Co.
  337 U.S. 535Decided June 20, 19496–3William O. Douglas
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.
  337 U.S. 541Decided June 20, 19496–3Robert H. Jackson
• Williams v. New York
  337 U.S. 241Decided June 6, 19497–2Hugo L. Black
• City of Morgantown v. Royal Insurance Co., Ltd.
  337 U.S. 254Decided June 6, 19497–2Frank Murphy
• Hynes v. Grimes Packing Co.
  337 U.S. 86Decided May 31, 19495–4Stanley F. Reed
• Union National Bank v. LambLaw held unconstitutional
  337 U.S. 38Decided May 16, 19496–3William O. Douglas
• Wade v. Hunter
  336 U.S. 684Decided April 25, 19496–3Hugo L. Black
• Humphrey v. Smith
  336 U.S. 695Decided April 25, 19496–3Hugo L. Black
• Griffin v. United States
  336 U.S. 704Decided April 25, 19495–4Felix Frankfurter
• Nye & Nissen v. United States
  336 U.S. 613Decided April 18, 19495–4William O. Douglas
• Rice v. Rice
  336 U.S. 674Decided April 18, 19495–4Per curiam
• Chicago v. Acme Fast Freight, Inc.
  336 U.S. 465Decided April 4, 19496–3Fred M. Vinson
• Farrell v. United States
  336 U.S. 511Decided April 4, 19495–4Robert H. Jackson
• H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du MondLaw held unconstitutional
  336 U.S. 525Decided April 4, 19495–4Robert H. Jackson
• Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. Robert Stewart & Sons, Ltd.
  336 U.S. 386Decided March 14, 19495–4Felix Frankfurter
• International Union, U. A. W. A., A. F. of L. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
  336 U.S. 245Decided February 28, 19495–4Robert H. Jackson
• Reynolds v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
  336 U.S. 207Decided February 14, 19495–4Per curiam
• Callaway v. Benton
  336 U.S. 132Decided February 7, 19497–2Fred M. Vinson
• Fisher v. Pace
  336 U.S. 155Decided February 7, 19495–4Stanley F. Reed
• Kovacs v. Cooper
  336 U.S. 77Decided January 31, 19495–4Stanley F. Reed
• Goesaert v. Cleary
  335 U.S. 464Decided December 20, 19486–3Felix Frankfurter
• Michelson v. United States
  335 U.S. 469Decided December 20, 19487–2Robert H. Jackson
• Grand River Dam Authority v. Grand-Hydro
  335 U.S. 359Decided November 22, 19485–4Harold H. Burton
• Ford Motor Co. v. United States
  335 U.S. 303Decided November 15, 19484–3Felix Frankfurter

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