Supreme Court of the United States

Opinions of October Term 1956

The 126 opinions the Supreme Court issued in the term that opened in October 1956: 100 signed by a Justice and 26 per curiam.

Decided	Case	Opinion by	Citation	Cited
July 11, 1957	Wilson, Secretary of Defense, et al. v. Girard	Per curiam	354 U.S. 524 (1957)	–
June 24, 1957	McBride v. Toledo Terminal Railroad Co.	Per curiam	354 U.S. 517 (1957)	–
June 24, 1957	Farley v. United States	Per curiam	354 U.S. 521 (1957)	–
June 24, 1957	United States v. Louisiana	Per curiam	354 U.S. 515 (1957)	–
June 24, 1957	Roth v. United States	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	354 U.S. 476 (1957)	3255
June 24, 1957	Morey, Auditor of Public Accounts of Illinois, et al. v. Doud et al., Doing Business as Bondified Systems, et al.	Harold Hitz Burton	354 U.S. 457 (1957)	570
June 24, 1957	Mallory v. United States	Felix Frankfurter	354 U.S. 449 (1957)	1364
June 24, 1957	Kingsley Books, Inc., et al. v. Brown, Corporation Counsel	Felix Frankfurter	354 U.S. 436 (1957)	484
June 24, 1957	Vanderbilt v. Vanderbilt et al.	Hugo Lafayette Black	354 U.S. 416 (1957)	348
June 24, 1957	Carroll et al. v. United States	Earl Warren	354 U.S. 394 (1957)	328
June 17, 1957	Blackburn v. Alabama	Per curiam	354 U.S. 393 (1957)	–
June 17, 1957	West Point Wholesale Grocery Co. v. City of Opelika, Alabama	John Marshall Harlan	354 U.S. 390 (1957)	–
June 17, 1957	Service v. Dulles et al.	John Marshall Harlan	354 U.S. 363 (1957)	860
June 17, 1957	United States v. Calamaro	John Marshall Harlan	354 U.S. 351 (1957)	202
June 17, 1957	Yates et al. v. United States	John Marshall Harlan	354 U.S. 298 (1957)	1277
June 17, 1957	International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 695, a. F. L., et al. v. Vogt, Inc.	Felix Frankfurter	354 U.S. 284 (1957)	229
June 17, 1957	Theard v. United States	Felix Frankfurter	354 U.S. 278 (1957)	358
June 17, 1957	United States v. Korpan	Hugo Lafayette Black	354 U.S. 271 (1957)	–
June 17, 1957	Sweezy v. New Hampshire, by Wyman, Attorney General	Earl Warren	354 U.S. 234 (1957)	781
June 17, 1957	Watkins v. United States	Earl Warren	354 U.S. 178 (1957)	466
June 10, 1957	Chessman v. Teets, Warden	John Marshall Harlan	354 U.S. 156 (1957)	171
June 10, 1957	Lake Tankers Corp. v. Henn, Administratrix	Tom C. Clark	354 U.S. 147 (1957)	188
June 10, 1957	British Transport Commission v. United States et al.	Tom C. Clark	354 U.S. 129 (1957)	100
June 10, 1957	Curcio v. United States	Harold Hitz Burton	354 U.S. 118 (1957)	349
June 10, 1957	Swanson et al. v. Traer et al.	William Orville Douglas	354 U.S. 114 (1957)	–
June 10, 1957	Smith, Special Administrator, v. Sperling et al.	William Orville Douglas	354 U.S. 91 (1957)	488
June 10, 1957	Reid, Superintendent, District of Columbia Jail, v. Covert	Hugo Lafayette Black	354 U.S. 1 (1957)	828
June 3, 1957	Mulcahey, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Catalanotte	Charles Evans Whittaker	353 U.S. 692 (1957)	–
June 3, 1957	Lehmann, Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. United States Ex Rel. Carson Or Carasaniti	Charles Evans Whittaker	353 U.S. 685 (1957)	–
June 3, 1957	Jencks v. United States	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	353 U.S. 657 (1957)	1195
June 3, 1957	United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	353 U.S. 586 (1957)	418
June 3, 1957	Fowler v. Wilkinson, Warden	Tom C. Clark	353 U.S. 583 (1957)	–
June 3, 1957	Jackson v. Taylor, Acting Warden	Tom C. Clark	353 U.S. 569 (1957)	112
June 3, 1957	California v. Taylor et al.	Harold Hitz Burton	353 U.S. 553 (1957)	153
June 3, 1957	Goodall-Sanford, Inc., v. United Textile Workers of America, a. F. L. Local 1802, et al.	William Orville Douglas	353 U.S. 550 (1957)	117
June 3, 1957	Textile Workers Union of America v. Lincoln Mills of Alabama	William Orville Douglas	353 U.S. 448 (1957)	2816
June 3, 1957	Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. et al.	William Orville Douglas	353 U.S. 436 (1957)	–
June 2, 1957	General Electric Co. v. Local 205, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (u. E.)	William Orville Douglas	353 U.S. 547 (1957)	141
May 27, 1957	Rabang v. Boyd, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	353 U.S. 427 (1957)	–
May 27, 1957	Grunewald v. United States	John Marshall Harlan	353 U.S. 391 (1957)	1102
May 27, 1957	Libson Shops, Inc., v. Koehler, District Director of Internal Revenue	Harold Hitz Burton	353 U.S. 382 (1957)	242
May 27, 1957	Achilli v. United States	Felix Frankfurter	353 U.S. 373 (1957)	–
May 13, 1957	Securities and Exchange Commission v. Louisiana Public Service Commission et al.	Per curiam	353 U.S. 368 (1957)	–
May 13, 1957	Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee, CIO, et al. v. Windsor et al.	Per curiam	353 U.S. 364 (1957)	168
May 13, 1957	Arnold v. Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co.	Per curiam	353 U.S. 360 (1957)	–
May 13, 1957	Kremen et al. v. United States	Per curiam	353 U.S. 346 (1957)	–
May 13, 1957	Baltimore & Ohio Railway Co. v. Jackson	Tom C. Clark	353 U.S. 325 (1957)	–
May 6, 1957	Civil Aeronautics Board v. Hermann et al.	Per curiam	353 U.S. 322 (1957)	–
May 6, 1957	Office Employes International Union, Local No. 11, Afl-Cio, v. National Labor Relations Board	Tom C. Clark	353 U.S. 313 (1957)	–
May 6, 1957	Konigsberg v. State Bar of California et al.	Hugo Lafayette Black	353 U.S. 252 (1957)	333
May 6, 1957	Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of New Mexico	Hugo Lafayette Black	353 U.S. 232 (1957)	1276
April 29, 1957	Pennsylvania et al. v. Board of Directors of City Trusts of the City of Philadelphia	Per curiam	353 U.S. 230 (1957)	190
April 29, 1957	Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra Products Corp. et al.	Charles Evans Whittaker	353 U.S. 222 (1957)	584
April 29, 1957	United States for the Benefit of Sherman et al., Trustees, v. Carter et al., Doing Business as Carter Construction Co., et al.	Harold Hitz Burton	353 U.S. 210 (1957)	314
April 29, 1957	United States v. Witkovich	Felix Frankfurter	353 U.S. 194 (1957)	128
April 22, 1957	Automobile Club of Michigan v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	353 U.S. 180 (1957)	870
April 22, 1957	Alleghany Corporation et al. v. Breswick & Co. et al.	Felix Frankfurter	353 U.S. 151 (1957)	–
April 8, 1957	Thomson v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.	Per curiam	353 U.S. 926 (1957)	–
April 8, 1957	Deen v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.	Per curiam	353 U.S. 925 (1957)	–
April 8, 1957	Benz et al. v. Compania Naviera Hidalgo, S. a.	Tom C. Clark	353 U.S. 138 (1957)	212
April 8, 1957	United States v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.	William Orville Douglas	353 U.S. 112 (1957)	130
April 1, 1957	United States v. Ohio Power Co.	Per curiam	353 U.S. 98 (1957)	–
April 1, 1957	National Labor Relations Board v. Truck Drivers Local Union No. 449, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, a. F. L.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	353 U.S. 87 (1957)	318
April 1, 1957	Haynes et Ux. v. United States	Hugo Lafayette Black	353 U.S. 81 (1957)	–
March 25, 1957	United States Ex Rel. Hintopoulos et Ux. v. Shaughnessy, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service	John Marshall Harlan	353 U.S. 72 (1957)	158
March 25, 1957	Roviaro v. United States	Harold Hitz Burton	353 U.S. 53 (1957)	3599
March 25, 1957	Peak v. United States	William Orville Douglas	353 U.S. 43 (1957)	–
March 25, 1957	Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen et al. v. Chicago River & Indiana Railroad Co. et al.	Earl Warren	353 U.S. 30 (1957)	623
March 25, 1957	San Diego Building Trades Council et al. v. Garmon et al.	Earl Warren	353 U.S. 26 (1957)	131
March 25, 1957	Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America, Local No. 427, AFL, et al. v. Fairlawn Meats, Inc.	Earl Warren	353 U.S. 20 (1957)	151
March 25, 1957	Guss, Doing Business as Photo Sound Products Manufacturing Co., v. Utah Labor Relations Board	Earl Warren	353 U.S. 1 (1957)	313
March 11, 1957	Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railway Co. et al. v. Amarillo-Borger Express, Inc., et al	Per curiam	352 U.S. 1028 (1957)	–
March 11, 1957	Lasky et Vir v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.	Per curiam	352 U.S. 1027 (1957)	–
March 11, 1957	Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, v. Bekins Van & Storage Co.	Per curiam	352 U.S. 1027 (1957)	–
March 11, 1957	Ceballos (y Arboleda) v. Shaughnessy, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	352 U.S. 599 (1957)	–
March 11, 1957	United States v. International Union United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (uaw-Cio)	Felix Frankfurter	352 U.S. 567 (1957)	257
March 4, 1957	Johnson v. United States	Per curiam	352 U.S. 565 (1957)	190
February 28, 1957	Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board.	Per curiam	352 U.S. 1020 (1957)	–
February 25, 1957	Ferguson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.	William Orville Douglas	352 U.S. 521 (1957)	288
February 25, 1957	Herdman v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	352 U.S. 518 (1957)	–
February 25, 1957	Webb v. Illinois Central Railroad Co.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	352 U.S. 512 (1957)	113
February 25, 1957	Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	352 U.S. 500 (1957)	1718
February 25, 1957	Pennsylvania Railroad Co. et al. v. Rychlik	John Marshall Harlan	352 U.S. 480 (1957)	–
February 25, 1957	United States Gypsum Co. v. National Gypsum Co. et al.	John Marshall Harlan	352 U.S. 457 (1957)	–
February 25, 1957	Radovich v. National Football League et al.	Tom C. Clark	352 U.S. 445 (1957)	350
February 25, 1957	Breithaupt v. Abram, Warden	Tom C. Clark	352 U.S. 432 (1957)	760
February 25, 1957	Federal Trade Commission v. National Lead Co. et al.	Tom C. Clark	352 U.S. 419 (1957)	204
February 25, 1957	United States v. Turley	Harold Hitz Burton	352 U.S. 407 (1957)	418
February 25, 1957	Nilva v. United States	Harold Hitz Burton	352 U.S. 385 (1957)	182
February 25, 1957	Butler v. Michigan	Felix Frankfurter	352 U.S. 380 (1957)	344
February 25, 1957	Senko v. Lacrosse Dredging Corp.	Stanley Forman Reed	352 U.S. 370 (1957)	195
February 25, 1957	Pollard v. United States	Stanley Forman Reed	352 U.S. 354 (1957)	744
February 25, 1957	In Re Groban et al.	Stanley Forman Reed	352 U.S. 330 (1957)	279
February 25, 1957	Prince v. United States	Earl Warren	352 U.S. 322 (1957)	559
January 28, 1957	Gold v. United States	Per curiam	352 U.S. 985 (1957)	–
January 28, 1957	Rayonier Incorporated v. United States	Hugo Lafayette Black	352 U.S. 315 (1957)	493
January 22, 1957	National Lead Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	Hugo Lafayette Black	352 U.S. 313 (1957)	–
January 22, 1957	United States v. Allen-Bradley Co.	Hugo Lafayette Black	352 U.S. 306 (1957)	–
January 22, 1957	National Labor Relations Board v. Lion Oil Co. et al.	Earl Warren	352 U.S. 282 (1957)	223
January 21, 1957	United States v. Schneer'S Atlanta, Inc.	Per curiam	352 U.S. 978 (1957)	–
January 14, 1957	Jaffke v. Dunham, Trustee in Bankruptcy	Per curiam	352 U.S. 280 (1957)	252
January 14, 1957	Soriano v. United States	Tom C. Clark	352 U.S. 270 (1957)	693
January 14, 1957	La Buy, United States District Judge, v. Howes Leather Co., Inc., et al.	Tom C. Clark	352 U.S. 249 (1957)	664
January 14, 1957	Delli Paoli v. United States	Harold Hitz Burton	352 U.S. 232 (1957)	642
January 14, 1957	Leiter Minerals, Inc., v. United States et al.	Felix Frankfurter	352 U.S. 220 (1957)	299
January 14, 1957	United States v. Howard, Trading as Stokes Fish Co.	Stanley Forman Reed	352 U.S. 212 (1957)	–
January 14, 1957	United States v. Plesha et al.	Hugo Lafayette Black	352 U.S. 202 (1957)	–
January 14, 1957	Fikes v. Alabama	Earl Warren	352 U.S. 191 (1957)	507
December 17, 1956	Leslie Miller, Inc., v. Arkansas	Per curiam	352 U.S. 187 (1956)	112
December 17, 1956	Brownell, Attorney General, v. Tom We Shung	Tom C. Clark	352 U.S. 180 (1956)	153
December 17, 1956	United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission et al.	Stanley Forman Reed	352 U.S. 158 (1956)	–
December 10, 1956	Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America, Afl-Cio, v. National Labor Relations Board et al.	William Orville Douglas	352 U.S. 153 (1956)	–
December 10, 1956	Leedom et al., Members of the National Labor Relations Board v. International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers	William Orville Douglas	352 U.S. 145 (1956)	–
December 10, 1956	Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Co. et al. v. United States	William Orville Douglas	352 U.S. 128 (1956)	–
December 10, 1956	Walker v. City of Hutchinson et al.	Hugo Lafayette Black	352 U.S. 112 (1956)	459
December 10, 1956	Nelson et al., Successor Trustees, et al. v. City of New York	Earl Warren	352 U.S. 103 (1956)	164
December 3, 1956	Putnam et Ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	352 U.S. 82 (1956)	419
December 3, 1956	United States v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.	John Marshall Harlan	352 U.S. 77 (1956)	–
December 3, 1956	United States v. Western Pacific Railroad Co. et al.	John Marshall Harlan	352 U.S. 59 (1956)	1533
November 19, 1956	United States v. Bergh et al.	Tom C. Clark	352 U.S. 40 (1956)	–
November 19, 1956	Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Chase National Bank of New York, Trustee, et al.	William Orville Douglas	352 U.S. 36 (1956)	–
November 13, 1956	Holophane Co., Inc., v. United States.	Per curiam	352 U.S. 903 (1956)	–
November 13, 1956	Bank of America National Trust & Savings Association v. Parnell	Felix Frankfurter	352 U.S. 29 (1956)	168
November 5, 1956	Mesarosh, Alias Nelson, et al. v. United States	Earl Warren	352 U.S. 1 (1956)	354
October 15, 1956	Thompson v. Coastal Oil Co.	Per curiam	352 U.S. 862 (1956)	–
October 10, 1956	Mesarosh, Alias Nelson, et al. v. United States.	Per curiam	352 U.S. 862 (1956)	–

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Source: opinions from October Term 1956, 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.