Abe Fortas
1910–1982 · Memphis, TN
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supreme Court of the United States | Associate Justice | Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) | Aug 11, 1965 | Resignation, May 14, 1969 |
Education
- Southwestern College (now Rhodes College), A.B., 1930
- Yale Law School, LL.B., 1933
Professional Career
Assistant chief, Legal Division, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-1934; Assistant professor of law, Yale Law School, 1934-1939; Assistant director, Corporate Reorganization Study, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-1937; Assistant director, Public Utilities Division, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-1939; General counsel, Bituminous Coal Division, Public Works Administration, 1939-1941; Director, Division of Power, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1941-1942; Undersecretary of the interior, 1942-1946; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1946-1965, 1969-1982
Opinions on This Site
Showing 100 of 209 opinions from 1965 to 1969
- Desist v. United States 1969
- Kaufer v. United States 1969
- Kirkpatrick v. Preisler 1969
- Kaiser v. New York 1969
- Harris v. Nelson 1969
- Snyder v. Harris 1969
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Jacksonville Terminal Co. 1969
- Kramer v. Caribbean Mills, Inc. 1969
- Hanna v. United States 1969
- Utah Public Service Commission v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. 1969
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Jacksonville Terminal Co. 1969
- National Labor Relations Board v. Wyman-Gordon Co. 1969
- Davis v. Mississippi 1969
- Frazier v. Cupp 1969
- Street v. New York 1969
- Norfolk Monument Co. v. Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Inc. 1969
- Watts v. United States 1969
- Balistrieri v. United States 1969
- Utah Public Service Commission v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. 1969
- Motorists Mutual Insurance v. Simpson 1969
- Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. 1969
- Wells v. Rockefeller 1969
- Boulden v. Holman 1969
- Cardinale v. Louisiana 1969
- Foster v. California 1969
- Coulter v. Nelson 1969
- Heath v. Patterson 1969
- De la Cruz-Martinez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service 1969
- Orozco v. Texas 1969
- Alderman v. United States 1969
- Citizen Publishing Co. v. United States 1969
- Barker v. Hardway 1969
- Commonwealth Coatings Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co. 1969
- Johnson v. Avery 1969
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District 1969
- Dickinson v. First National Bank of Homestead 1969
- Spinelli v. United States 1969
- Gorun v. Fall 1969
- United States v. Container Corporation of America 1969
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad 1969
- Carroll v. President & Commissioners of Princess Anne 1968
- Epperson v. Arkansas 1968
- Holt v. Kirby 1968
- Smith v. Kirby 1968
- Paulekas v. Clark 1968
- Federal Power Commission v. United Gas Pipe Line Co. 1968
- Dunbar-Stanley Studios, Inc. v. Alabama 1968
- Larkin v. Platt Contracting Co. 1968
- First Agricultural National Bank of Berkshire County v. State Tax Commission 1968
- Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc. 1968
- Wainwright v. City of New Orleans 1968
- Clark Walter & Sons, Inc. v. United States 1968
- Sibron v. New York 1968
- Flast v. Cohen 1968
- Perma Life Mufflers, Inc. v. International Parts Corp. 1968
- Board of Ed. of Central School Dist. No. 1 v. Allen 1968
- Gardner v. Broderick 1968
- Uniformed Sanitation Men Ass'n v. Commissioner of Sanitation of New York 1968
- George Campbell Painting Corp. v. Reid 1968
- Cameron v. Johnson 1968
- Ginsberg v. New York 1968
- Ioannou v. New York 1968
- Duncan v. Louisiana 1968
- Bloom v. Illinois 1968
- Joint Industry Board of Electrical Industry v. United States 1968
- Carafas v. LaVallee 1968
- United States v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp. 1968
- Protective Committee for Independent Stockholders of TMT Trailer Ferry, Inc. v. Anderson 1968
- Wilson v. Wiman 1968
- Ioannou v. New York 1968
- Avery v. Midland County 1968
- Johnson v. Massachusetts 1968
- Federal Trade Commission v. Fred Meyer, Inc. 1968
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Missouri State Tax Commission 1968
- Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Federal Maritime Commission 1968
- United States v. Habig 1968
- United States v. Neifert-White Co. 1968
- Las Vegas Local Joint Executive Board of Culinary Workers & Bartenders v. Las Vegas Hacienda, Inc. 1968
- Fischer v. United States 1968
- Bennett v. Myers 1968
- Schneider v. Smith 1968
- Massachusetts v. Painten 1968
- National Labor Relations Board v. Fleetwood Trailer Co. 1967
- United States v. Correll 1967
- United National Life Insurance Co. v. California 1967
- Pinto v. Pierce 1967
- Wyandotte Transportation Co. v. United States 1967
- Penn-Central Merger & N & W Inclusion Cases 1967
- Heller v. Connecticut 1967
- Reese v. Louisiana 1967
- White v. Florida 1967
- Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen v. Southern Railway Co. 1967
- Beckley Newspapers Corp. v. Hanks 1967
- Hayes v. City of Columbus 1967
- Carp v. Texas State Board of Examiners in Optometry 1967
- Hamilton v. California 1967
- Nash v. Illinois 1967
- American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. 1967
- United States v. Third National Bank 1967
- Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp. v. United States 1967