Justice Frank Murphy

Voting and opinion record for Frank Murphy 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 (35)

• Christoffel v. United States
  338 U.S. 84Decided June 27, 19495–4Frank Murphy
• City of Morgantown v. Royal Insurance Co., Ltd.
  337 U.S. 254Decided June 6, 19497–2Frank Murphy
• Brooks v. United States
  337 U.S. 49Decided May 16, 19497–2Frank Murphy
• California v. Zook
  336 U.S. 725Decided April 25, 19495–4Frank Murphy
• Defense Supplies Corp. v. Lawrence Warehouse Co.
  336 U.S. 631Decided April 18, 19499–0Frank Murphy
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Phipps
  336 U.S. 410Decided March 14, 19499–0Frank Murphy
• Daniel v. Family Security Life Insurance Co.
  336 U.S. 220Decided February 28, 19499–0Frank Murphy
• National Labor Relations Board v. Stowe Spinning Co.
  336 U.S. 226Decided February 28, 19496–3Frank Murphy
• Lawson v. Suwannee Fruit & Steamship Co.
  336 U.S. 198Decided February 14, 19498–1Frank Murphy
• 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
• Price v. Johnston
  334 U.S. 266Decided May 24, 19485–4Frank Murphy
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Sunnen
  333 U.S. 591Decided April 5, 19489–0Frank Murphy
• Mitchell v. Cohen
  333 U.S. 411Decided March 8, 19488–1Frank Murphy
• Lee v. Mississippi
  332 U.S. 742Decided January 19, 19489–0Frank Murphy
• 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
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation
  332 U.S. 194Decided June 23, 19475–2Frank Murphy
• United States v. Yellow Cab Co.
  332 U.S. 218Decided June 23, 19477–1Frank Murphy
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
  331 U.S. 519Decided June 9, 19479–0Frank Murphy
• National Labor Relations Board v. E. C. Atkins & Co.
  331 U.S. 398Decided May 19, 19476–3Frank Murphy
• National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
  331 U.S. 416Decided May 19, 19475–4Frank Murphy
• United States v. Walsh
  331 U.S. 432Decided May 19, 19478–1Frank Murphy
• Ayrshire Collieries Corp. v. United States
  331 U.S. 132Decided April 28, 19478–1Frank Murphy
• United States National Bank v. Chase National Bank
  331 U.S. 28Decided April 14, 19478–1Frank Murphy
• Industrial Commission of Wisconsin v. McCartin
  330 U.S. 622Decided March 31, 19479–0Frank Murphy
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Remund
  330 U.S. 539Decided March 17, 19478–1Frank Murphy
• Cardillo v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
  330 U.S. 469Decided March 10, 19477–2Frank Murphy
• United States v. N. Y. Rayon Importing Co., Inc.
  329 U.S. 654Decided February 3, 19479–0Frank Murphy
• United States v. Thayer-West Point Hotel Co.
  329 U.S. 585Decided January 20, 19479–0Frank Murphy
• Hickman v. Taylor
  329 U.S. 495Decided January 13, 19479–0Frank Murphy
• Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Swan
  329 U.S. 520Decided January 13, 19478–1Frank Murphy
• National Labor Relations Board v. A. J. Tower Co.
  329 U.S. 324Decided December 23, 19468–1Frank Murphy
• American Power & Light Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission
  329 U.S. 90Decided November 25, 19466–0Frank Murphy

Dissents in argued cases (most recent 30 of 84)

• 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
• Brinegar v. United States
  338 U.S. 160Decided June 27, 19496–3Wiley B. Rutledge
• Eisler v. United States
  338 U.S. 189Decided June 27, 19495–4Per curiam
• Joy Oil Co., Ltd. v. State Tax Commission
  337 U.S. 286Decided June 13, 19496–3Felix Frankfurter
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Wodehouse
  337 U.S. 369Decided June 13, 19495–3Harold H. Burton
• Williams v. New York
  337 U.S. 241Decided June 6, 19497–2Hugo L. Black
• Hynes v. Grimes Packing Co.
  337 U.S. 86Decided May 31, 19495–4Stanley F. Reed
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• American Federation of Labor v. American Sash & Door Co.
  335 U.S. 538Decided January 3, 19498–1Hugo L. Black
• 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
• Frazier v. United States
  335 U.S. 497Decided December 20, 19485–4Wiley B. Rutledge
• Kordel v. United States
  335 U.S. 345Decided November 22, 19485–4William O. Douglas
• United States v. Urbuteit
  335 U.S. 355Decided November 22, 19485–4William O. Douglas
• Grand River Dam Authority v. Grand-Hydro
  335 U.S. 359Decided November 22, 19485–4Harold H. Burton
• Eckenrode v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
  335 U.S. 329Decided November 15, 19485–4Per curiam
• Macdougall v. Green
  335 U.S. 281Decided October 21, 19486–3Per curiam
• Shapiro v. United States
  335 U.S. 1Decided June 21, 19485–4Fred M. Vinson

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