Supreme Court of the United States

Opinions of October Term 1954

The 95 opinions the Supreme Court issued in the term that opened in October 1954: 78 signed by a Justice and 17 per curiam.

Decided	Case	Opinion by	Citation	Cited
June 6, 1955	Ellis v. Dixon et al., Members of the Board of Education of the City of Yonkers	John Marshall Harlan	349 U.S. 458 (1955)	–
June 6, 1955	Federal Power Commission v. Oregon et al.	Harold Hitz Burton	349 U.S. 435 (1955)	–
June 6, 1955	Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, v. C. W. Vollmer & Co., Inc.	William Orville Douglas	349 U.S. 427 (1955)	214
June 6, 1955	Carroll et al. v. Lanza, Doing Business as Lake Charles Electric Co.	William Orville Douglas	349 U.S. 408 (1955)	162
June 6, 1955	Williams v. Georgia	Felix Frankfurter	349 U.S. 375 (1955)	156
June 6, 1955	Whitehouse et al. v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. et al.	Felix Frankfurter	349 U.S. 366 (1955)	130
June 6, 1955	Federal Communications Commission v. Allentown Broadcasting Corp.	Stanley Forman Reed	349 U.S. 358 (1955)	122
June 6, 1955	Peters v. Hobby et al.	Earl Warren	349 U.S. 331 (1955)	238
June 6, 1955	Lawlor et al., Trading as Independent Poster Exchange, v. National Screen Service Corp. et al.	Earl Warren	349 U.S. 322 (1955)	1049
May 31, 1955	Marcello v. Bonds, Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service	Tom C. Clark	349 U.S. 302 (1955)	358
May 31, 1955	Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al.	Earl Warren	349 U.S. 294 (1955)	1420
May 23, 1955	Shaughnessy, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. United States Ex Rel. Accardi	Tom C. Clark	349 U.S. 280 (1955)	–
May 23, 1955	Maneja et al. v. Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.	Tom C. Clark	349 U.S. 254 (1955)	104
May 23, 1955	Lewyt Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	William Orville Douglas	349 U.S. 237 (1955)	158
May 23, 1955	United States v. Olympic Radio & Television, Inc.	William Orville Douglas	349 U.S. 232 (1955)	226
May 23, 1955	Bart v. United States	Earl Warren	349 U.S. 219 (1955)	–
May 23, 1955	Emspak v. United States	Earl Warren	349 U.S. 190 (1955)	244
May 23, 1955	Quinn v. United States	Earl Warren	349 U.S. 155 (1955)	357
May 16, 1955	Society for Savings in the City of Cleveland v. Bowers, Tax Commissioner of Ohio	John Marshall Harlan	349 U.S. 143 (1955)	–
May 16, 1955	In Re Murchison et al.	Hugo Lafayette Black	349 U.S. 133 (1955)	2510
May 16, 1955	United States, as Owner of the Christopher Gale, v. Nielson et al., Trading as Dauntless Towing Line	Hugo Lafayette Black	349 U.S. 129 (1955)	–
May 16, 1955	Boston Metals Co. v. the Winding Gulf et al.	Hugo Lafayette Black	349 U.S. 122 (1955)	–
May 16, 1955	Bisso, Receiver, v. Inland Waterways Corporation	Hugo Lafayette Black	349 U.S. 85 (1955)	260
May 9, 1955	Bell v. United States	Felix Frankfurter	349 U.S. 81 (1955)	1300
May 9, 1955	Rice v. Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery, Inc. et al.	Felix Frankfurter	349 U.S. 70 (1955)	–
April 25, 1955	Regan v. New York	Stanley Forman Reed	349 U.S. 58 (1955)	–
April 25, 1955	Shaughnessy, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization, v. Pedreiro	Hugo Lafayette Black	349 U.S. 48 (1955)	330
April 11, 1955	Pino v. Landon, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service.	Per curiam	349 U.S. 901 (1955)	–
April 11, 1955	Parissi v. Telechron, Inc. et al.	Per curiam	349 U.S. 46 (1955)	119
April 11, 1955	Natural Gas Pipeline Co. v. Panoma Corporation et al.	Per curiam	349 U.S. 44 (1955)	–
April 11, 1955	Norwood et al. v. Kirkpatrick, U.S. District Judge	Sherman Minton	349 U.S. 29 (1955)	752
April 11, 1955	Granville-Smith v. Granville-Smith	Felix Frankfurter	349 U.S. 1 (1955)	–
April 4, 1955	In Re Levy.	Per curiam	348 U.S. 978 (1955)	–
April 4, 1955	General Drivers, Warehousemen, and Helpers, Local Union No. 89, et al. v. American Tobacco Co., Inc.	Per curiam	348 U.S. 978 (1955)	–
April 4, 1955	Shomberg v. United States	Tom C. Clark	348 U.S. 540 (1955)	–
April 4, 1955	United States v. Menasche	Tom C. Clark	348 U.S. 528 (1955)	1032
April 4, 1955	Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America et al. v. Richman Brothers Co.	Felix Frankfurter	348 U.S. 511 (1955)	280
April 4, 1955	United States v. Bramblett	Stanley Forman Reed	348 U.S. 503 (1955)	253
March 28, 1955	Federal Power Commission v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co.	Harold Hitz Burton	348 U.S. 492 (1955)	170
March 28, 1955	Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, et al. v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. et al.	William Orville Douglas	348 U.S. 483 (1955)	2938
March 28, 1955	Weber et al. v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.	Felix Frankfurter	348 U.S. 468 (1955)	413
March 28, 1955	Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.	Felix Frankfurter	348 U.S. 437 (1955)	350
March 28, 1955	General American Investors Co., Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	Earl Warren	348 U.S. 434 (1955)	122
March 28, 1955	Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Glenshaw Glass Co.	Earl Warren	348 U.S. 426 (1955)	1324
March 14, 1955	Diehl v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. et al.	Per curiam	348 U.S. 960 (1955)	–
March 14, 1955	Lewis v. United States	Sherman Minton	348 U.S. 419 (1955)	166
March 14, 1955	Gonzales v. United States	Tom C. Clark	348 U.S. 407 (1955)	220
March 14, 1955	Simmons v. United States	Tom C. Clark	348 U.S. 397 (1955)	140
March 14, 1955	Sicurella v. United States	Tom C. Clark	348 U.S. 385 (1955)	156
March 14, 1955	Witmer v. United States	Tom C. Clark	348 U.S. 375 (1955)	485
March 7, 1955	Marcelle v. Estate of Lupia et al.	Per curiam	348 U.S. 956 (1955)	–
March 7, 1955	O'Neill v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.	Per curiam	348 U.S. 956 (1955)	–
March 7, 1955	Sapir v. United States	Per curiam	348 U.S. 373 (1955)	114
March 7, 1955	National City Bank of New York v. Republic of China et al.	Felix Frankfurter	348 U.S. 356 (1955)	201
March 7, 1955	United States et al. v. California Eastern Line, Inc.	Hugo Lafayette Black	348 U.S. 351 (1955)	–
February 28, 1955	Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, v. Joyce Agency, Inc.	Per curiam	348 U.S. 945 (1955)	–
February 28, 1955	Securities and Exchange Commission v. Drexel & Co.	William Orville Douglas	348 U.S. 341 (1955)	–
February 28, 1955	Boudoin v. Lykes Brothers Steamship Co., Inc.	William Orville Douglas	348 U.S. 336 (1955)	287
February 28, 1955	Wilburn Boat Co. et al. v. Fireman'S Fund Insurance Co.	Hugo Lafayette Black	348 U.S. 310 (1955)	605
February 14, 1955	Harsh v. Illinois Terminal Railroad Co.	Per curiam	348 U.S. 940 (1955)	–
February 14, 1955	Federal Trade Commission v. Rhodes Pharmacal Co., Inc. et al.	Per curiam	348 U.S. 940 (1955)	–
February 7, 1955	Courtney et al. v. Schroeder.	Per curiam	348 U.S. 933 (1955)	–
February 7, 1955	Indiana Department of State Revenue, Gross Income Tax Division, v. Nebeker.	Per curiam	348 U.S. 933 (1955)	–
February 7, 1955	California Ex Rel. Brown, Attorney General, et al. v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.	Per curiam	348 U.S. 932 (1955)	–
February 7, 1955	United States v. Guy W. Capps, Inc.	Harold Hitz Burton	348 U.S. 296 (1955)	–
February 7, 1955	Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States	Stanley Forman Reed	348 U.S. 272 (1955)	151
January 31, 1955	United States v. Koppers Company, Inc.	Harold Hitz Burton	348 U.S. 254 (1955)	–
January 31, 1955	United States v. International Boxing Club of New York, Inc. et al.	Earl Warren	348 U.S. 236 (1955)	103
January 31, 1955	United States v. Shubert et al.	Earl Warren	348 U.S. 222 (1955)	–
January 10, 1955	United States v. Scovil et al.	Sherman Minton	348 U.S. 218 (1955)	175
January 10, 1955	United States v. Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co., Ltd. et al.	Sherman Minton	348 U.S. 215 (1955)	183
January 10, 1955	United States v. Acri et al.	Sherman Minton	348 U.S. 211 (1955)	260
January 10, 1955	Cox et al., Administrators, et al. v. Roth, Administrator	Tom C. Clark	348 U.S. 207 (1955)	108
January 10, 1955	Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate of Sternberger, Chase National Bank of New York, Executor	Harold Hitz Burton	348 U.S. 187 (1955)	167
January 10, 1955	Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. Bodinger	Stanley Forman Reed	348 U.S. 176 (1955)	462
December 6, 1954	Reeves v. Alabama.	Per curiam	348 U.S. 891 (1954)	–
December 6, 1954	Sullivan v. United States	Sherman Minton	348 U.S. 170 (1954)	101
December 6, 1954	United States v. Calderon	Tom C. Clark	348 U.S. 160 (1954)	273
December 6, 1954	Smith v. United States	Tom C. Clark	348 U.S. 147 (1954)	719
December 6, 1954	Friedberg v. United States	Tom C. Clark	348 U.S. 142 (1954)	–
December 6, 1954	Holland et Ux. v. United States	Tom C. Clark	348 U.S. 121 (1954)	3238
December 6, 1954	Moore v. Mead'S Fine Bread Co.	William Orville Douglas	348 U.S. 115 (1954)	127
December 6, 1954	United States v. Brown	William Orville Douglas	348 U.S. 110 (1954)	440
December 6, 1954	Massey v. Moore, Warden	William Orville Douglas	348 U.S. 105 (1954)	149
December 6, 1954	Brooks v. National Labor Relations Board	Felix Frankfurter	348 U.S. 96 (1954)	424
December 6, 1954	Opper v. United States	Stanley Forman Reed	348 U.S. 84 (1954)	1280
December 6, 1954	Watson et Ux. v. Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd. et al.	Hugo Lafayette Black	348 U.S. 66 (1954)	229
December 6, 1954	Castle, Attorney General, et al. v. Hayes Freight Lines, Inc.	Hugo Lafayette Black	348 U.S. 61 (1954)	–
December 6, 1954	Lumbermen'S Mutual Casualty Co. v. Elbert	Earl Warren	348 U.S. 48 (1954)	152
November 22, 1954	National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards v. Arnold et al.	Harold Hitz Burton	348 U.S. 37 (1954)	–
November 22, 1954	Berman et al., Executors, v. Parker et al.	William Orville Douglas	348 U.S. 26 (1954)	1131
November 8, 1954	McAllister v. United States	Sherman Minton	348 U.S. 19 (1954)	1049
November 8, 1954	Offutt v. United States	Felix Frankfurter	348 U.S. 11 (1954)	1331
November 8, 1954	Chandler v. Warden Fretag	Earl Warren	348 U.S. 3 (1954)	480
October 14, 1954	In Re Disbarment of Isserman	Per curiam	348 U.S. 1 (1954)	–

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Source: opinions from October Term 1954, 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.