Supreme Court decisions of October Term 1965
The Court’s 1965 Term began in October 1965. These are the 141 decisions SCDB records for it, decided between October 11, 1965 and June 20, 1966, during the Warren Court.
141decisions
72%favorable to the petitioner
43%unanimous
13altered precedent or struck a law
By issue area
Most majority opinions
Decided by one vote (16)
- Harris v. United StatesAltered precedent
- Rogers v. Paul
- Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America
- Brown v. Louisiana
- Ginzburg v. United States
- Kent v. United States
- Elfbrandt v. RussellLaw held unconstitutional
- Holt v. Alleghany Corp.
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Overstreet
- Riggan v. Virginia
- Miranda v. ArizonaAltered precedent
- Federal Trade Commission v. Dean Foods Co.
- Schmerber v. California
- City of Greenwood v. Peacock
- Baines v. City of Danville
- Wallace v. Virginia
All decisions, in order
- Wmca, Inc. v. Lomenzo
- Fairfax Family Fund, Inc. v. California
- Gondeck v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.
- Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. Gridiron Steel Co.
- First Security National Bank & Trust Co. of Lexington v. United States
- James v. Louisiana
- Federal Trade Commission v. Mary Carter Paint Co.
- Leh v. General Petroleum Corp.
- Richmond Television Corp. v. United States
- Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control BoardLaw held unconstitutional
- Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham
- Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond
- Swift & Co., Inc. v. WickhamAltered precedent
- United States v. RomanoLaw held unconstitutional
- United Steelworkers of America v. R. H. Bouligny, Inc.
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. v. United States
- United States v. Maryland for the Use of Meyer
- Maryland for the Use of Levin v. United States
- Harris v. United StatesAltered precedent
- Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food Machinery & Chemical Corp.
- Hanna Mining Co. v. District 2
- Rogers v. Paul
- United States v. Huck Manufacturing Co.
- Solomon v. South Carolina
- United Gas Improvement Co. v. Callery Properties, Inc.
- Western Pacific Railroad Co. v. United States
- Hazeltine Research, Inc. v. Brenner
- Gunther v. San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Co.
- United States v. Speers
- Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
- Albanese v. Nv Nederl. Amerik Stoomv Maats
- Soric v. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
- United States v. Louisiana
- International Union v. Scofield
- Evans v. Newton
- Katchen v. Landy
- United States v. Yazell
- Koehring Co. v. Hyde Construction Co., Inc.
- Segal v. Rochelle
- California v. Buzard
- Snapp v. Neal
- Giaccio v. PennsylvaniaLaw held unconstitutional
- Tehan v. United States ex Rel. Shott
- Chandler, U.S. District Judge v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit of the United States.
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Chicago
- United States v. California
- Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City
- United States v. Adams
- Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America
- Rosenblatt v. Baer
- Baxstrom v. HeroldLaw held unconstitutional
- United States v. Ewell
- Brown v. Louisiana
- United States v. Johnson
- Idaho Sheet Metal Works, Inc. v. Wirtz
- Swann v. Adams
- Carnation Co. v. Pacific Westbound Conference
- Accardi v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
- Stevens v. Marks
- Levine v. United States
- Hopson v. Texaco, Inc.
- Arizona v. California
- Fribourg Navigation Co., Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- South Carolina v. Katzenbach
- Surowitz v. Hilton Hotels Corp.
- Pate v. Robinson
- Perry v. Commerce Loan Co.
- A Book Named 'john Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure' v. Attorney General of Massachusetts
- Ginzburg v. United States
- Mishkin v. New York
- Brenner v. Manson
- Kent v. United States
- Malat et Ux. v. Riddell
- Motorlease Corp. v. United States.
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
- Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission
- United States v. O'Malley
- Federal Trade Commission v. Borden Co.
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsAltered precedentLaw held unconstitutional
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Tellier et Ux.
- International Union v. Hoosier Cardinal Corp.
- United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
- United States v. Guest
- United States v. Price
- Clayton Chemical & Packaging Co. v. United States
- Degregory v. Attorney General of New Hampshire
- Brookhart v. Janis
- Elfbrandt v. RussellLaw held unconstitutional
- Louisiana v. Mississippi
- Holt v. Alleghany Corp.
- Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. Hostetter
- Collier v. United States
- Wallis v. Pan American Petroleum Corp.
- Burns v. Richardson
- United States v. Catto
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Overstreet
- United States v. General Motors Corp.
- Westbrook v. Arizona
- Riggan v. Virginia
- Texas v. United StatesLaw held unconstitutional
- Amell v. United States
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. New England Electric System
- Ashton v. Kentucky
- Pure Oil Co. v. Suarez
- Mills v. AlabamaLaw held unconstitutional
- United States v. Standard Oil Co.
- Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.
- United States v. Blue
- United States v. Cook
- Redmond et Ux. v. United States
- Greer v. Beto
- United States v. Von's Grocery Co.
- Rinaldi v. YeagerLaw held unconstitutional
- Rees v. Peyton
- Federal Trade Commission v. Brown Shoe Co., Inc.
- United States v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
- Sheppard v. Maxwell
- Shillitani v. United States
- Cheff v. Schnackenberg, U.S. Circuit Judge
- United States v. Utah Construction & Mining Co.
- United States v. Anthony Grace & Sons, Inc.
- Miranda v. ArizonaAltered precedent
- United States v. Pabst Brewing Co.
- United States v. Grinnell Corp.
- Federal Trade Commission v. Dean Foods Co.
- Katzenbach v. Morgan et Ux.
- Cardona v. Power
- Nicholas v. United States
- Gojack v. United States
- Johnson v. New Jersey
- Davis v. North Carolina
- Schmerber v. California
- Georgia v. Rachel
- City of Greenwood v. Peacock
- Dennis v. United States
- Lomenzo v. Wmca, Inc.
- Castaldi v. United States
- New Jersey v. Russo
- Baines v. City of Danville
- Wallace v. Virginia
- Whisman v. Georgia
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