Supreme Court of the United States

Opinions of October Term 1951

The 95 opinions the Supreme Court issued in the term that opened in October 1951: 83 signed by a Justice and 12 per curiam.

Decided	Case	Opinion by	Citation	Cited
June 9, 1952	Casey et al. v. United States	Per curiam	343 U.S. 808 (1952)	–
June 9, 1952	Leland v. Oregon	Tom C. Clark	343 U.S. 790 (1952)	1010
June 9, 1952	Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. v. Johnson	Harold Hitz Burton	343 U.S. 779 (1952)	304
June 9, 1952	Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen et al. v. Howard et al.	Hugo Lafayette Black	343 U.S. 768 (1952)	285
June 2, 1952	On Lee v. United States	Robert Houghwout Jackson	343 U.S. 747 (1952)	644
June 2, 1952	Kawakita v. United States	William Orville Douglas	343 U.S. 717 (1952)	140
June 2, 1952	Robertson v. United States	William Orville Douglas	343 U.S. 711 (1952)	168
June 2, 1952	Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. et al. v. Sawyer	Hugo Lafayette Black	343 U.S. 579 (1952)	1646
June 2, 1952	United States et al. v. Great Northern Railway Co.	Frederick Moore Vinson	343 U.S. 562 (1952)	–
June 2, 1952	Thompson, Trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. United States et al.	Frederick Moore Vinson	343 U.S. 549 (1952)	–
May 26, 1952	Stembridge v. Georgia	Sherman Minton	343 U.S. 541 (1952)	–
May 26, 1952	Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, Commissioner of Education of New York, et al.	Tom C. Clark	343 U.S. 495 (1952)	874
May 26, 1952	Federal Trade Commission v. Ruberoid Co.	Tom C. Clark	343 U.S. 470 (1952)	235
May 26, 1952	Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia et al. v. Pollak et al.	Harold Hitz Burton	343 U.S. 451 (1952)	544
May 26, 1952	Besser Manufacturing Co. et al. v. United States	Robert Houghwout Jackson	343 U.S. 444 (1952)	–
May 26, 1952	Johansen v. United States	Stanley Forman Reed	343 U.S. 427 (1952)	179
May 26, 1952	Pennsylvania Water & Power Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.	Hugo Lafayette Black	343 U.S. 414 (1952)	–
May 26, 1952	National Labor Relations Board v. American National Insurance Co.	Frederick Moore Vinson	343 U.S. 395 (1952)	401
May 12, 1952	Dixon v. Duffy, Warden	Per curiam	343 U.S. 393 (1952)	–
May 12, 1952	Palmer Oil Corp. et al. v. Amerada Petroleum Corp. et al.	Per curiam	343 U.S. 390 (1952)	–
May 5, 1952	Swift & Company v. United States et al.	Sherman Minton	343 U.S. 373 (1952)	–
April 28, 1952	Madsen v. Kinsella, Warden	Harold Hitz Burton	343 U.S. 341 (1952)	–
April 28, 1952	United States v. Oregon State Medical Society et al.	Robert Houghwout Jackson	343 U.S. 326 (1952)	578
April 28, 1952	Zorach et al. v. Clauson et al., Constituting the Board of Education of the City of New York, et al.	William Orville Douglas	343 U.S. 306 (1952)	831
April 28, 1952	Beauharnais v. Illinois	Felix Frankfurter	343 U.S. 250 (1952)	480
April 21, 1952	United States v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. et al.	Hugo Lafayette Black	343 U.S. 236 (1952)	–
April 15, 1952	Ray, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama, v. Blair	Stanley Forman Reed	343 U.S. 214 (1952)	107
April 7, 1952	Uebersee Finanz-Korporation, a. G., v. McGrath, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian	Sherman Minton	343 U.S. 205 (1952)	–
April 7, 1952	Stroble v. California	Tom C. Clark	343 U.S. 181 (1952)	444
April 7, 1952	United States v. Spector	William Orville Douglas	343 U.S. 169 (1952)	–
April 7, 1952	Kaufman et al. v. Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles et Commerciales, S. a., et al.	Hugo Lafayette Black	343 U.S. 156 (1952)	–
April 3, 1952	Ray, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama, v. Blair	Per curiam	343 U.S. 154 (1952)	–
March 31, 1952	United States v. Hood et al.	Felix Frankfurter	343 U.S. 148 (1952)	–
March 24, 1952	Rutkin v. United States	Harold Hitz Burton	343 U.S. 130 (1952)	360
March 24, 1952	Lykes v. United States	Harold Hitz Burton	343 U.S. 118 (1952)	177
March 24, 1952	Bruner v. United States	Frederick Moore Vinson	343 U.S. 112 (1952)	174
March 10, 1952	Buck et al. v. California	Sherman Minton	343 U.S. 99 (1952)	–
March 10, 1952	Lilly et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	Harold Hitz Burton	343 U.S. 90 (1952)	186
March 10, 1952	Sacher et al. v. United States	Robert Houghwout Jackson	343 U.S. 1 (1952)	462
March 10, 1952	Harisiades v. Shaughnessy, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization	Robert Houghwout Jackson	342 U.S. 580 (1952)	849
March 10, 1952	Far East Conference et al. v. United States et al.	Felix Frankfurter	342 U.S. 570 (1952)	767
March 10, 1952	Carlson et al. v. Landon, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service	Stanley Forman Reed	342 U.S. 524 (1952)	717
March 10, 1952	Frisbie, Warden, v. Collins	Hugo Lafayette Black	342 U.S. 519 (1952)	993
March 3, 1952	Gray et al. v. Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee et al.	Per curiam	342 U.S. 517 (1952)	–
March 3, 1952	Blackmar v. Guerre, Regional Manager, Veterans' Administration, et al.	Sherman Minton	342 U.S. 512 (1952)	361
March 3, 1952	Adler et al. v. Board of Education of the City of New York	Sherman Minton	342 U.S. 485 (1952)	385
March 3, 1952	Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture, v. Stark et al.	Tom C. Clark	342 U.S. 451 (1952)	–
March 3, 1952	Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. et al.	Harold Hitz Burton	342 U.S. 437 (1952)	1544
March 3, 1952	Doremus et al. v. Board of Education of the Borough of Hawthorne et al.	Robert Houghwout Jackson	342 U.S. 429 (1952)	512
March 3, 1952	Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. v. Missouri	William Orville Douglas	342 U.S. 421 (1952)	333
March 3, 1952	Mullaney, Commissioner of Taxation of the Territory of Alaska, v. Anderson et al.	Felix Frankfurter	342 U.S. 415 (1952)	219
March 3, 1952	Sutton v. Leib	Stanley Forman Reed	342 U.S. 402 (1952)	117
March 3, 1952	First National Bank of Chicago, Executor, v. United Air Lines, Inc.	Hugo Lafayette Black	342 U.S. 396 (1952)	–
March 3, 1952	Memphis Steam Laundry Cleaner, Inc. v. Stone, Chairman, State Tax Commission	Frederick Moore Vinson	342 U.S. 389 (1952)	–
February 4, 1952	Standard Oil Co. v. Peck, Tax Commissioner, et al.	William Orville Douglas	342 U.S. 382 (1952)	–
February 4, 1952	United States v. New Wrinkle, Inc. et al.	Stanley Forman Reed	342 U.S. 371 (1952)	–
February 4, 1952	Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Co.	Hugo Lafayette Black	342 U.S. 359 (1952)	512
February 4, 1952	Hughes v. United States	Hugo Lafayette Black	342 U.S. 353 (1952)	–
January 28, 1952	Briggs et al. v. Elliott et al.	Per curiam	342 U.S. 350 (1952)	–
January 28, 1952	United States Ex Rel. Jaegeler v. Carusi, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, et al.	Per curiam	342 U.S. 347 (1952)	–
January 28, 1952	Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States	Tom C. Clark	342 U.S. 337 (1952)	770
January 28, 1952	Cities Service Co. et al. v. McGrath, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian	Tom C. Clark	342 U.S. 330 (1952)	–
January 28, 1952	Guessefeldt v. McGrath, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, et al.	Felix Frankfurter	342 U.S. 308 (1952)	–
January 28, 1952	Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Redwine, State Revenue Commissioner	Frederick Moore Vinson	342 U.S. 299 (1952)	140
January 14, 1952	United States v. Shannon et al.	Tom C. Clark	342 U.S. 288 (1952)	110
January 14, 1952	Halcyon Lines et al. v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.	Hugo Lafayette Black	342 U.S. 282 (1952)	414
January 7, 1952	United States v. Halseth	Sherman Minton	342 U.S. 277 (1952)	–
January 7, 1952	Morissette v. United States	Robert Houghwout Jackson	342 U.S. 246 (1952)	3056
January 7, 1952	International Longshoremen'S & Warehousemen'S Union et al. v. Juneau Spruce Corp.	William Orville Douglas	342 U.S. 237 (1952)	168
January 7, 1952	Carson, Commissioner of Finance & Taxation, v. Roane-Anderson Company et al.	William Orville Douglas	342 U.S. 232 (1952)	–
January 7, 1952	United States v. Smith	William Orville Douglas	342 U.S. 225 (1952)	–
January 7, 1952	United States v. Hayman	Frederick Moore Vinson	342 U.S. 205 (1952)	1034
January 2, 1952	Pillsbury et al., Deputy Commissioners, v. United Engineering Co. et al.	Sherman Minton	342 U.S. 197 (1952)	–
January 2, 1952	United States v. Kelly et al.	Sherman Minton	342 U.S. 193 (1952)	–
January 2, 1952	Desper, Administratrix, v. Starved Rock Ferry Co.	Robert Houghwout Jackson	342 U.S. 187 (1952)	136
January 2, 1952	Kerotest Manufacturing Co. v. C-O-Two Fire Equipment Co.	Felix Frankfurter	342 U.S. 180 (1952)	972
January 2, 1952	Rochin v. California	Felix Frankfurter	342 U.S. 165 (1952)	3286
December 11, 1951	Ex Parte Cogdell et al.	Per curiam	342 U.S. 163 (1951)	–
December 11, 1951	United States v. Fortier et al.	Per curiam	342 U.S. 160 (1951)	–
December 11, 1951	Lorain Journal Co. et al. v. United States	Harold Hitz Burton	342 U.S. 143 (1951)	413
December 11, 1951	Palmer v. Ashe, Warden	Hugo Lafayette Black	342 U.S. 134 (1951)	105
December 3, 1951	Cook v. Cook	William Orville Douglas	342 U.S. 126 (1951)	187
December 3, 1951	Stefanelli et al. v. Minard et al.	Felix Frankfurter	342 U.S. 117 (1951)	464
December 3, 1951	Jennings v. Illinois	Frederick Moore Vinson	342 U.S. 104 (1951)	–
November 26, 1951	United States v. Wunderlich et al.	Sherman Minton	342 U.S. 98 (1951)	208
November 26, 1951	Bindczyck v. Finucane, Chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals, et al.	Felix Frankfurter	342 U.S. 76 (1951)	–
November 26, 1951	Gallegos v. Nebraska	Stanley Forman Reed	342 U.S. 55 (1951)	272
November 13, 1951	United States v. Jeffers	Tom C. Clark	342 U.S. 48 (1951)	1320
November 13, 1951	United States v. Carignan	Stanley Forman Reed	342 U.S. 36 (1951)	221
November 5, 1951	Palmer Oil Corp. et al. v. Amerada Petroleum Corp. et al.	Per curiam	342 U.S. 35 (1951)	–
November 5, 1951	Dixon v. Duffy, Warden	Per curiam	342 U.S. 33 (1951)	–
November 5, 1951	Gardner v. Panama Railroad Co.	Per curiam	342 U.S. 29 (1951)	295
November 5, 1951	McMahon v. United States et al.	Robert Houghwout Jackson	342 U.S. 25 (1951)	348
November 5, 1951	Sutphen Estates, Inc. v. United States et al.	William Orville Douglas	342 U.S. 19 (1951)	–
November 5, 1951	Stack et al. v. Boyle, United States Marshal	Frederick Moore Vinson	342 U.S. 1 (1951)	1157

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Source: opinions from October Term 1951, the U.S. Reports (via govinfo.gov / supremecourt.gov), with authoring Justice and vote from the Supreme Court Database (Washington University) or the Court’s syllabus. Citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying.