Supreme Court decisions of October Term 1949

The Court’s 1949 Term began in October 1949. These are the 100 decisions SCDB records for it, decided between November 7, 1949 and June 5, 1950, during the Vinson Court.

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Decided by one vote (6)

• United States ex Rel. Eichenlaub v. Shaughnessy
  338 U.S. 521Decided January 16, 19504–3Harold H. Burton
• United States ex Rel. Knauff v. Shaughnessy
  338 U.S. 537Decided January 16, 19504–3Sherman Minton
• Railway Labor Executives' Association v. United States
  339 U.S. 142Decided March 27, 19504–3Harold H. Burton
• Travelers Health Association v. Virginia ex Rel. State Corporation Commission
  339 U.S. 643Decided June 5, 19505–4Hugo L. Black
• United States v. Kansas City Life Insurance Co.
  339 U.S. 799Decided June 5, 19505–4Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Texas
  339 U.S. 707Decided June 5, 19504–3William O. Douglas

All decisions, in order

• United States v. Spelar
  338 U.S. 217Decided November 7, 19498–0Stanley F. Reed
• Roth v. Delano
  338 U.S. 226Decided November 7, 19498–0Robert H. Jackson
• Graham v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
  338 U.S. 232Decided November 7, 19497–0Robert H. Jackson
• McGrath v. Manufacturers Trust Co.
  338 U.S. 241Decided November 7, 19497–0Harold H. Burton
• Treichler v. WisconsinLaw held unconstitutional
  338 U.S. 251Decided November 7, 19497–1Tom C. Clark
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Connelly et Ux.
  338 U.S. 258Decided November 7, 19497–0Sherman Minton
• Boyd v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
  338 U.S. 263Decided November 7, 19497–0Per curiam
• Faulkner v. Gibbs
  338 U.S. 267Decided November 7, 19497–1Per curiam
• Reilly v. Pinkus
  338 U.S. 269Decided November 14, 19498–0Hugo L. Black
• Oakley v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
  338 U.S. 278Decided November 14, 19498–0Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Capital Transit Company
  338 U.S. 286Decided November 14, 19495–3Per curiam
• Brown v. Western Railway of Alabama
  338 U.S. 294Decided November 21, 19496–2Hugo L. Black
• Manufacturers Trust Co. v. Becker
  338 U.S. 304Decided November 21, 19496–2Tom C. Clark
• Kingsland v. Dorsey
  338 U.S. 318Decided November 21, 19496–2Per curiam
• Parker v. County of Los Angeles
  338 U.S. 327Decided December 5, 19498–0Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Yellow Cab Co.
  338 U.S. 338Decided December 5, 19495–2Robert H. Jackson
• Cole v. Arkansas
  338 U.S. 345Decided December 5, 19498–0Robert H. Jackson
• Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  338 U.S. 355Decided December 5, 19496–2Sherman Minton
• United States v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  338 U.S. 366Decided December 12, 19497–1Fred M. Vinson
• O'Donnell v. Elgin
  338 U.S. 384Decided December 12, 19494–2Robert H. Jackson
• United States v. Toronto
  338 U.S. 396Decided December 12, 19498–0Tom C. Clark
• Wilmette Park District v. Campbell
  338 U.S. 411Decided December 12, 19497–0Tom C. Clark
• Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc. v. United States
  338 U.S. 421Decided December 19, 19496–2Stanley F. Reed
• Carter v. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Co.
  338 U.S. 430Decided December 19, 19496–2Tom C. Clark
• Hubsch v. United States
  338 U.S. 440Decided December 19, 19498–0Per curiam
• Reo Motors, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  338 U.S. 442Decided January 9, 19508–0Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Cumberland Public Service Co.
  338 U.S. 451Decided January 9, 19508–0Hugo L. Black
• United States v. Moorman
  338 U.S. 457Decided January 9, 19508–0Hugo L. Black
• Federal Power Commission v. East Ohio Gas Co.
  338 U.S. 464Decided January 9, 19505–2Hugo L. Black
• Savorgnan v. United States
  338 U.S. 491Decided January 9, 19506–2Harold H. Burton
• Dickinson v. Petroleum Conversion Corp.
  338 U.S. 507Decided January 16, 19507–1Robert H. Jackson
• United States ex Rel. Eichenlaub v. Shaughnessy
  338 U.S. 521Decided January 16, 19504–3Harold H. Burton
• 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
• Manning v. Seeley Tube & Box Co.
  338 U.S. 561Decided February 6, 19508–0Fred M. Vinson
• Civil Aeronautics Board v. State Airlines, Inc.
  338 U.S. 572Decided February 6, 19506–2Hugo L. Black
• Regents of the University System of Georgia v. Carroll
  338 U.S. 586Decided February 6, 19507–0Stanley F. Reed
• Secretary of Agriculture v. Central Roig Refining Co.
  338 U.S. 604Decided February 6, 19507–1Felix Frankfurter
• Chapman v. Sheridan-Wyoming Coal Co., Inc.
  338 U.S. 621Decided February 6, 19508–0Robert H. Jackson
• United States v. Morton Salt Co.
  338 U.S. 632Decided February 6, 19507–0Robert H. Jackson
• Wissner v. Wissner
  338 U.S. 655Decided February 6, 19505–3Tom C. Clark
• New Jersey Realty Title Insurance Co. v. Division of Tax Appeals of New Jersey
  338 U.S. 665Decided February 6, 19507–1Tom C. Clark
• United States v. Alpers
  338 U.S. 680Decided February 6, 19505–3Sherman Minton
• United States v. Pacific Coast Wholesalers' Association
  338 U.S. 689Decided February 6, 19508–0Per curiam
• United States v. Benedict
  338 U.S. 692Decided February 13, 19505–3Harold H. Burton
• District of Columbia v. Little
  339 U.S. 1Decided February 20, 19506–2Hugo L. Black
• Solesbee v. Balkcom
  339 U.S. 9Decided February 20, 19507–1Hugo L. Black
• Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath
  339 U.S. 33Decided February 20, 19506–1Robert H. Jackson
• United States v. RabinowitzAltered precedent
  339 U.S. 56Decided February 20, 19505–3Sherman Minton
• United States v. Burnison
  339 U.S. 87Decided March 13, 19507–1Stanley F. Reed
• Affolder v. New York
  339 U.S. 96Decided March 13, 19505–3Tom C. Clark
• Hiatt v. Brown
  339 U.S. 103Decided March 13, 19508–0Tom C. Clark
• Reider v. Thompson
  339 U.S. 113Decided March 13, 19506–1Sherman Minton
• United States v. Commodities Trading Corp.
  339 U.S. 121Decided March 27, 19506–2Hugo L. Black
• Railway Labor Executives' Association v. United States
  339 U.S. 142Decided March 27, 19504–3Harold H. Burton
• 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
• Darr v. BurfordAltered precedent
  339 U.S. 200Decided April 3, 19505–3Stanley F. Reed
• Slocum v. Delaware
  339 U.S. 239Decided April 10, 19507–1Hugo L. Black
• Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Southern Railway Co.
  339 U.S. 255Decided April 10, 19507–1Hugo L. Black
• Morford v. United States
  339 U.S. 258Decided April 10, 19508–0Per curiam
• United States v. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
  339 U.S. 261Decided April 17, 19507–1Felix Frankfurter
• South v. Peters
  339 U.S. 276Decided April 17, 19507–2Per curiam
• Cassell v. Texas
  339 U.S. 282Decided April 24, 19507–1Stanley F. Reed
• Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Law held unconstitutional
  339 U.S. 306Decided April 24, 19507–1Robert H. Jackson
• Shipman v. Dupre
  339 U.S. 321Decided April 24, 19508–1Per curiam
• United States v. Cotton Valley Operators Committee
  339 U.S. 940Decided April 24, 19504–4
• United States v. Bryan
  339 U.S. 323Decided May 8, 19505–2Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Fleischman
  339 U.S. 349Decided May 8, 19505–2Fred M. Vinson
• American Communications Assn., C. I. O. v. Douds
  339 U.S. 382Decided May 8, 19505–1Fred M. Vinson
• International Union of United Automobile, Etc. Workers of America, C. I. O. v. O'Brien
  339 U.S. 454Decided May 8, 19509–0Fred M. Vinson
• Hughes v. Superior Court of California for Contra Costa County
  339 U.S. 460Decided May 8, 19508–0Felix Frankfurter
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Etc. Union v. Hanke
  339 U.S. 470Decided May 8, 19505–3Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. National Association of Real Estate Boards
  339 U.S. 485Decided May 8, 19506–1William O. Douglas
• Powell v. United States Cartridge Co.
  339 U.S. 497Decided May 8, 19505–2Harold H. Burton
• Building Service Employees International Union v. Gazzam
  339 U.S. 532Decided May 8, 19508–0Sherman Minton
• Capitol Greyhound Lines v. Brice
  339 U.S. 542Decided May 15, 19506–2Hugo L. Black
• National Labor Relations Board v. Mexia Textile Mills, Inc.
  339 U.S. 563Decided May 15, 19507–2Tom C. Clark
• National Labor Relations Board v. Pool Manufacturing Co.
  339 U.S. 577Decided May 15, 19507–2Tom C. Clark
• Brown Shoe Co., Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  339 U.S. 583Decided May 15, 19508–1Tom C. Clark
• Ewing v. Mytinger & Casselberry, Inc.
  339 U.S. 594Decided May 29, 19506–2William O. Douglas
• Graver Tank & Mfg. Co., Inc. v. Linde Air Products Co.
  339 U.S. 605Decided May 29, 19506–2Robert H. Jackson
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Korell
  339 U.S. 619Decided June 5, 19506–1Fred M. Vinson
• Sweatt v. PainterLaw held unconstitutional
  339 U.S. 629Decided June 5, 19509–0Fred M. Vinson
• McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher EducationLaw held unconstitutional
  339 U.S. 637Decided June 5, 19509–0Fred M. Vinson
• Travelers Health Association v. Virginia ex Rel. State Corporation Commission
  339 U.S. 643Decided June 5, 19505–4Hugo L. Black
• Quicksall v. Michigan
  339 U.S. 660Decided June 5, 19507–1Felix Frankfurter
• Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
  339 U.S. 667Decided June 5, 19505–3Felix Frankfurter
• Swift & Company Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.
  339 U.S. 684Decided June 5, 19508–0Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Gerlach Live Stock Co.
  339 U.S. 725Decided June 5, 19509–0Robert H. Jackson
• Johnson v. Eisentrager
  339 U.S. 763Decided June 5, 19506–3Robert H. Jackson
• United States v. Kansas City Life Insurance Co.
  339 U.S. 799Decided June 5, 19505–4Harold H. Burton
• Henderson v. United States
  339 U.S. 816Decided June 5, 19508–0Harold H. Burton
• Automatic Radio Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.
  339 U.S. 827Decided June 5, 19506–2Sherman Minton
• Lyon v. Singer
  339 U.S. 841Decided June 5, 19508–1Per curiam
• Roberts v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California
  339 U.S. 844Decided June 5, 19508–1Per curiam
• Osman v. Douds
  339 U.S. 846Decided June 5, 19504–4Per curiam
• United States v. Florida
  339 U.S. 699Decided June 5, 19506–1William O. Douglas
• United States v. Texas
  339 U.S. 707Decided June 5, 19504–3William O. Douglas

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