Supreme Court decisions of October Term 1947

The Court’s 1947 Term began in October 1947. These are the 118 decisions SCDB records for it, decided between November 10, 1947 and June 21, 1948, during the Vinson Court.

← 1946 Term · 1948 Term →

Decided by one vote (25)

• Federal Crop Insurance Corp. v. Merrill
  332 U.S. 380Decided November 10, 19475–4Felix Frankfurter
• Priebe & Sons, Inc. v. United States
  332 U.S. 407Decided November 17, 19475–4William O. Douglas
• Morris v. McComb
  332 U.S. 422Decided November 17, 19475–4Harold H. Burton
• Cox v. United States
  332 U.S. 442Decided November 24, 19475–4Stanley F. Reed
• Haley v. Ohio
  332 U.S. 596Decided January 12, 19485–4William O. Douglas
• Callen v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
  332 U.S. 625Decided January 12, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• Johnson v. United States
  333 U.S. 10Decided February 2, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
  333 U.S. 103Decided February 9, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• Moore v. New York
  333 U.S. 565Decided March 29, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• Massachusetts v. United States
  333 U.S. 611Decided April 19, 19485–4Wiley B. Rutledge
• Bute v. Illinois
  333 U.S. 640Decided April 19, 19485–4Harold H. Burton
• United States v. South Buffalo Railway Co.
  333 U.S. 771Decided April 26, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• Republic Natural Gas Co. v. Oklahoma
  334 U.S. 62Decided May 3, 19485–4Felix Frankfurter
• Price v. Johnston
  334 U.S. 266Decided May 24, 19485–4Frank Murphy
• Briggs v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
  334 U.S. 304Decided May 24, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• United States v. Columbia Steel Co.
  334 U.S. 495Decided June 7, 19485–4Stanley F. Reed
• Saia v. New YorkLaw held unconstitutional
  334 U.S. 558Decided June 7, 19485–4William O. Douglas
• Wade v. Mayo
  334 U.S. 672Decided June 14, 19485–4Frank Murphy
• Trupiano v. United States
  334 U.S. 699Decided June 14, 19485–4Frank Murphy
• Gryger v. Burke
  334 U.S. 728Decided June 14, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• Shapiro v. United States
  335 U.S. 1Decided June 21, 19485–4Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Hoffman
  335 U.S. 77Decided June 21, 19485–4Fred M. Vinson
• Memphis Natural Gas Co. v. Stone
  335 U.S. 80Decided June 21, 19485–4Stanley F. Reed
• Ludecke v. Watkins
  335 U.S. 160Decided June 21, 19485–4Felix Frankfurter
• Comstock v. Group of Institutional Investors
  335 U.S. 211Decided June 21, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson

All decisions, in order

• Rodgers v. United States
  332 U.S. 371Decided November 10, 19477–2Hugo L. Black
• Federal Crop Insurance Corp. v. Merrill
  332 U.S. 380Decided November 10, 19475–4Felix Frankfurter
• Delgadillo v. Carmichael
  332 U.S. 388Decided November 10, 19479–0William O. Douglas
• International Salt Co., Inc. v. United States
  332 U.S. 392Decided November 10, 19476–3Robert H. Jackson
• Priebe & Sons, Inc. v. United States
  332 U.S. 407Decided November 17, 19475–4William O. Douglas
• Morris v. McComb
  332 U.S. 422Decided November 17, 19475–4Harold H. Burton
• Cox v. United States
  332 U.S. 442Decided November 24, 19475–4Stanley F. Reed
• Lillie v. Thompson
  332 U.S. 459Decided November 24, 19479–0Per curiam
• Patton v. Mississippi
  332 U.S. 463Decided December 8, 19479–0Hugo L. Black
• Silesian-American Corp. v. Clark
  332 U.S. 469Decided December 8, 19478–0Stanley F. Reed
• Clark v. Uebersee Finanz-Korporation, A. G.
  332 U.S. 480Decided December 8, 19478–0William O. Douglas
• Williams v. Fanning
  332 U.S. 490Decided December 8, 19477–2William O. Douglas
• Aero Mayflower Transit Co. v. Board of Railroad Commissioners of Montana
  332 U.S. 495Decided December 8, 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
• Jones v. Liberty Glass Co.
  332 U.S. 524Decided December 22, 19478–1Frank Murphy
• Kavanagh v. Noble
  332 U.S. 535Decided December 22, 19478–1Frank Murphy
• Blumenthal v. United States
  332 U.S. 539Decided December 22, 19479–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Marino v. Ragen
  332 U.S. 561Decided December 22, 19479–0Per curiam
• Globe Liquor Co., Inc. v. San Roman
  332 U.S. 571Decided January 5, 19489–0Hugo L. Black
• Sealfon v. United States
  332 U.S. 575Decided January 5, 19489–0William O. Douglas
• United States v. Di re
  332 U.S. 581Decided January 5, 19487–2Robert H. Jackson
• Haley v. Ohio
  332 U.S. 596Decided January 12, 19485–4William O. Douglas
• Callen v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
  332 U.S. 625Decided January 12, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of OklahomaLaw held unconstitutional
  332 U.S. 631Decided January 12, 19489–0Per curiam
• Oyama v. CaliforniaLaw held unconstitutional
  332 U.S. 633Decided January 19, 19486–3Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Sullivan
  332 U.S. 689Decided January 19, 19486–3Hugo L. Black
• Von Moltke v. Gillies
  332 U.S. 708Decided January 19, 19486–3Hugo L. Black
• Lee v. Mississippi
  332 U.S. 742Decided January 19, 19489–0Frank Murphy
• Le Maistre v. Leffers
  333 U.S. 1Decided February 2, 19489–0William O. Douglas
• Fong Haw Tan v. Phelan
  333 U.S. 6Decided February 2, 19489–0William O. Douglas
• Johnson v. United States
  333 U.S. 10Decided February 2, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• 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
• Johnson v. United States
  333 U.S. 46Decided February 9, 19486–3William O. Douglas
• Maggio v. Zeitz
  333 U.S. 56Decided February 9, 19487–2Robert H. Jackson
• Musser v. Utah
  333 U.S. 95Decided February 9, 19486–3Robert H. Jackson
• Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
  333 U.S. 103Decided February 9, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. v. Daniel
  333 U.S. 118Decided February 16, 19489–0Hugo L. Black
• Funk Brothers Seed Co. v. Kalo Inoculant Co.
  333 U.S. 127Decided February 16, 19487–2William O. Douglas
• Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Co.
  333 U.S. 138Decided February 16, 19489–0William O. Douglas
• Fisher v. Hurst
  333 U.S. 147Decided February 16, 19487–2Per curiam
• King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
  333 U.S. 153Decided March 8, 19489–0Fred M. Vinson
• Suttle v. Reich Bros. Construction Co.
  333 U.S. 163Decided March 8, 19489–0Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
  333 U.S. 169Decided March 8, 19488–1Hugo L. Black
• Donaldson v. Read Magazine, Inc.
  333 U.S. 178Decided March 8, 19487–2Hugo L. Black
• Cole v. Arkansas
  333 U.S. 196Decided March 8, 19489–0Hugo L. Black
• Illinois ex Rel. McCollum v. Board of Education of School District No. 71
  333 U.S. 203Decided March 8, 19488–1Hugo L. Black
• In re Oliver
  333 U.S. 257Decided March 8, 19487–2Hugo L. Black
• United States v. Line Material Co.
  333 U.S. 287Decided March 8, 19485–3Stanley F. Reed
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co.
  333 U.S. 364Decided March 8, 19488–0Stanley F. Reed
• Mitchell v. Cohen
  333 U.S. 411Decided March 8, 19488–1Frank Murphy
• Mogall v. United States
  333 U.S. 424Decided March 8, 19489–0Per curiam
• 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
• Francis v. Southern Pacific Co.
  333 U.S. 445Decided March 15, 19486–3William O. Douglas
• Woods v. Stone
  333 U.S. 472Decided March 15, 19488–1Robert H. Jackson
• United States v. Evans
  333 U.S. 483Decided March 15, 19489–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. South Texas Lumber Co.
  333 U.S. 496Decided March 29, 19487–2Hugo L. Black
• Winters v. New YorkLaw held unconstitutional
  333 U.S. 507Decided March 29, 19486–3Stanley F. Reed
• Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Moore
  333 U.S. 541Decided March 29, 19486–3Stanley F. Reed
• Moore v. New York
  333 U.S. 565Decided March 29, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• Parker v. Illinois
  333 U.S. 571Decided April 5, 19486–3William O. Douglas
• Shade v. Downing
  333 U.S. 586Decided April 5, 19486–3William O. Douglas
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Sunnen
  333 U.S. 591Decided April 5, 19489–0Frank Murphy
• Massachusetts v. United States
  333 U.S. 611Decided April 19, 19485–4Wiley B. Rutledge
• Bute v. Illinois
  333 U.S. 640Decided April 19, 19485–4Harold H. Burton
• Federal Trade Commission v. Cement Institute
  333 U.S. 683Decided April 26, 19486–1Hugo L. Black
• Andres v. United States
  333 U.S. 740Decided April 26, 19489–0Stanley F. Reed
• United States v. South Buffalo Railway Co.
  333 U.S. 771Decided April 26, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• United States v. Scophony Corporation of America
  333 U.S. 795Decided April 26, 19489–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Anderson v. Atchison
  333 U.S. 821Decided April 26, 19489–0Per curiam
• Shelley et Ux. v. Kraemer et Ux.
  334 U.S. 1Decided May 3, 19486–0Fred M. Vinson
• Hurd et Ux. v. Hodge
  334 U.S. 24Decided May 3, 19486–0Fred M. Vinson
• Federal Trade Commission v. Morton Salt Co.
  334 U.S. 37Decided May 3, 19487–2Hugo L. Black
• Republic Natural Gas Co. v. Oklahoma
  334 U.S. 62Decided May 3, 19485–4Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Griffith
  334 U.S. 100Decided May 3, 19486–1William O. Douglas
• Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. v. United States
  334 U.S. 110Decided May 3, 19487–0William O. Douglas
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
  334 U.S. 131Decided May 3, 19487–1William O. Douglas
• Schwabacher v. United States
  334 U.S. 182Decided May 3, 19485–3Robert H. Jackson
• Woods v. Hills
  334 U.S. 210Decided May 10, 19489–0Fred M. Vinson
• Mandeville Island Farms, Inc. v. American Crystal Sugar Co.
  334 U.S. 219Decided May 10, 19487–2Wiley B. Rutledge
• Kennedy v. Silas Mason Co.
  334 U.S. 249Decided May 17, 19489–0Robert H. Jackson
• Parker v. Illinois
  334 U.S. 816Decided May 17, 19484–4
• United States v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  334 U.S. 258Decided May 24, 19487–0William O. Douglas
• Price v. Johnston
  334 U.S. 266Decided May 24, 19485–4Frank Murphy
• Hunter v. Martin
  334 U.S. 302Decided May 24, 19489–0Robert H. Jackson
• Briggs v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
  334 U.S. 304Decided May 24, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• Paterno v. Lyons
  334 U.S. 314Decided June 1, 19488–1Hugo L. Black
• Hilton v. Sullivan
  334 U.S. 323Decided June 1, 19489–0Hugo L. Black
• Sherrer v. SherrerAltered precedent
  334 U.S. 343Decided June 7, 19487–2Fred M. Vinson
• Coe v. Coe
  334 U.S. 378Decided June 7, 19487–2Fred M. Vinson
• Toomer v. WitsellLaw held unconstitutional
  334 U.S. 385Decided June 7, 19489–0Fred M. Vinson
• Takahashi v. Fish and Game CommissionLaw held unconstitutional
  334 U.S. 410Decided June 7, 19487–2Hugo L. Black
• Phyle v. Duffy
  334 U.S. 431Decided June 7, 19489–0Hugo L. Black
• Bay Ridge Operating Co., Inc. v. Aaron
  334 U.S. 446Decided June 7, 19485–3Stanley F. Reed
• United States v. Columbia Steel Co.
  334 U.S. 495Decided June 7, 19485–4Stanley F. Reed
• Estin v. Estin
  334 U.S. 541Decided June 7, 19487–2William O. Douglas
• Kreiger v. Kreiger
  334 U.S. 555Decided June 7, 19487–2William O. Douglas
• Saia v. New YorkLaw held unconstitutional
  334 U.S. 558Decided June 7, 19485–4William O. Douglas
• United States v. National City Lines, Inc.
  334 U.S. 573Decided June 7, 19487–2Wiley B. Rutledge
• United States v. Zazove
  334 U.S. 602Decided June 14, 19489–0Fred M. Vinson
• 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
• Wade v. Mayo
  334 U.S. 672Decided June 14, 19485–4Frank Murphy
• Trupiano v. United States
  334 U.S. 699Decided June 14, 19485–4Frank Murphy
• West v. Oklahoma Tax Commission
  334 U.S. 717Decided June 14, 19486–3Frank Murphy
• Gryger v. Burke
  334 U.S. 728Decided June 14, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• Townsend v. Burke
  334 U.S. 736Decided June 14, 19486–3Robert H. Jackson
• Lichter v. United States
  334 U.S. 742Decided June 14, 19487–2Harold H. Burton
• Hedgebeth v. North Carolina
  334 U.S. 806Decided June 14, 19487–2Per curiam
• Shapiro v. United States
  335 U.S. 1Decided June 21, 19485–4Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Hoffman
  335 U.S. 77Decided June 21, 19485–4Fred M. Vinson
• Memphis Natural Gas Co. v. Stone
  335 U.S. 80Decided June 21, 19485–4Stanley F. Reed
• United States v. Congress of Industrial Organizations
  335 U.S. 106Decided June 21, 19489–0Stanley F. Reed
• Ludecke v. Watkins
  335 U.S. 160Decided June 21, 19485–4Felix Frankfurter
• Ahrens v. Clark
  335 U.S. 188Decided June 21, 19486–3William O. Douglas
• Comstock v. Group of Institutional Investors
  335 U.S. 211Decided June 21, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• Taylor v. Alabama
  335 U.S. 252Decided June 21, 19485–3Harold H. Burton

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