Supreme Court / Appointed 1938 / Served to 1957
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Stanley Forman Reed

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938 and confirmed by voice vote, Stanley Forman Reed was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. 105 opinions of the Court ↓ Sources ↓

Lived
1884–1980
Appointed by
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
Kentucky Wesleyan College 1902

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1938Supreme CourtF.D. Roosevelt (D)Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

Columbia Law School
University of Virginia School of Law
Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeB.A.1902
Yale CollegeB.A.1906
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Opinions of the Court

Reed delivered 105 opinions of the Court in the covered window (October Term 1946 – October Term 1956). Most cited: United States v. United States Gypsum Co. et al. (9,383 citations).

YearCaseCitationCited
1957Senko v. Lacrosse Dredging Corp.352 U.S. 370 (1957)195
1957Pollard v. United States352 U.S. 354 (1957)744
1957In Re Groban et al.352 U.S. 330 (1957)279
1957United States v. Howard, Trading as Stokes Fish Co.352 U.S. 212 (1957)
1956United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission et al.352 U.S. 158 (1956)
1956United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.351 U.S. 377 (1956)1304
1956Jay v. Boyd, District Director, Immigration & Naturalization Service351 U.S. 345 (1956)291
1956United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board et al.351 U.S. 266 (1956)181
1956Johnston et al. v. United States351 U.S. 215 (1956)112
1956United States et al. v. Storer Broadcasting Co.351 U.S. 192 (1956)405
1956General Box Co. v. United States351 U.S. 159 (1956)
1956National Labor Relations Board v. Babcock & Wilcox Co.351 U.S. 105 (1956)453
1956United States v. Green et al.350 U.S. 415 (1956)110
1955Affronti v. United States350 U.S. 79 (1955)1308
1955Federal Communications Commission v. Allentown Broadcasting Corp.349 U.S. 358 (1955)122
1955Regan v. New York349 U.S. 58 (1955)
1955United States v. Bramblett348 U.S. 503 (1955)253
1955Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States348 U.S. 272 (1955)151
1955Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. Bodinger348 U.S. 176 (1955)462
1954Opper v. United States348 U.S. 84 (1954)1280
1954Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Nebraska State Board of Equalization and Assessment et al.347 U.S. 590 (1954)172
1954Mazer et al., Doing Business as June Lamp Manufacturing Co., v. Stein et al., Doing Business as Reglor of California347 U.S. 201 (1954)560
1954Kern-Limerick, Inc. et al. v. Scurlock, Commissioner of Revenues for Arkansas347 U.S. 110 (1954)210
1954Partmar Corporation et al. v. Paramount Pictures Theatres Corp. et al.347 U.S. 89 (1954)133
1954Radio Officers' Union of the Commercial Telegraphers Union, AFL, v. National Labor Relations Board347 U.S. 17 (1954)679
1954United States v. Morgan346 U.S. 502 (1954)1436
1953Wilko v. Swan et al., Doing Business as Hayden, Stone & Co., et al.346 U.S. 427 (1953)1363
1953Dalehite et al. v. United States346 U.S. 15 (1953)1757
1953Central Bank v. United States345 U.S. 639 (1953)
1953Tinder v. United States345 U.S. 565 (1953)
1953Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Evans, Commissioner of Finance and Taxation, et al.345 U.S. 495 (1953)
1953Poulos v. New Hampshire345 U.S. 395 (1953)343
1953Dameron v. Brodhead, Manager of Revenue & Ex-Officio Treasurer of the City & County of Denver345 U.S. 322 (1953)
1953United States v. Public Utilities Commission of California et al.345 U.S. 295 (1953)291
1953United States v. Kahriger345 U.S. 22 (1953)287
1953United States Ex Rel. Smith v. Baldi, Superintendent, Philadelphia County Prison344 U.S. 561 (1953)253
1953Brown v. Allen, Warden344 U.S. 443 (1953)2465
1953National Labor Relations Board v. Dant et al., Doing Business as Dant & Russell, Ltd.344 U.S. 375 (1953)
1953Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. O'Rourke344 U.S. 334 (1953)100
1953American Trucking Associations, Inc. et al. v. United States et al.344 U.S. 298 (1953)344
1952Kedroff et al. v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America344 U.S. 94 (1952)689
1952Johansen v. United States343 U.S. 427 (1952)179
1952Ray, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama, v. Blair343 U.S. 214 (1952)107
1952Carlson et al. v. Landon, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service342 U.S. 524 (1952)717
1952Sutton v. Leib342 U.S. 402 (1952)117
1952United States v. New Wrinkle, Inc. et al.342 U.S. 371 (1952)
1951Gallegos v. Nebraska342 U.S. 55 (1951)272
1951United States v. Carignan342 U.S. 36 (1951)221
1951Breard v. Alexandria341 U.S. 622 (1951)608
1951Standard Oil Co. v. New Jersey341 U.S. 428 (1951)184
1951United States v. Williams et al.341 U.S. 58 (1951)242
1951American Fire & Casualty Co. v. Finn341 U.S. 6 (1951)1278
1951Johnson v. Muelberger340 U.S. 581 (1951)264
1951United States Ex Rel. Touhy v. Ragen, Warden, et al.340 U.S. 462 (1951)526
1951United States et al. v. Texas & Pacific Motor Transport Co.340 U.S. 450 (1951)
1951United States et al. v. Rock Island Motor Transit Co. et al.340 U.S. 419 (1951)
1950McGrath, Attorney General, et al. v. Kristensen340 U.S. 162 (1950)261
1950United States v. United States Gypsum Co. et al.340 U.S. 76 (1950)152
1950Cassell v. Texas339 U.S. 282 (1950)516
1950Darr v. Burford, Warden339 U.S. 200 (1950)969
1950United States v. Burnison et al.339 U.S. 87 (1950)
1950Regents of the University System of Georgia v. Carroll et al.338 U.S. 586 (1950)
1949Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc. v. United States338 U.S. 421 (1949)
1949United States v. Spelar, Administratrix338 U.S. 217 (1949)145
1949Fink v. Shepard Steamship Co.337 U.S. 810 (1949)
1949Weade et al. v. Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc.337 U.S. 801 (1949)
1949Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllister337 U.S. 783 (1949)311
1949Gibbs v. Burke, Warden337 U.S. 773 (1949)150
1949Federal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. et al.337 U.S. 498 (1949)170
1949Propper, Receiver, v. Clark, Attorney General, as Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, et al.337 U.S. 472 (1949)311
1949Smith v. United States337 U.S. 137 (1949)174
1949Hynes, Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, v. Grimes Packing Co. et al.337 U.S. 86 (1949)152
1949Stainback, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii, et al. v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po, an Eleemosynary Corporation, et al.336 U.S. 368 (1949)133
1949Foley Bros., Inc. et al. v. Filardo336 U.S. 281 (1949)328
1949Wisconsin Electric Power Co. v. United States336 U.S. 176 (1949)
1949Fisher v. Pace, Sheriff336 U.S. 155 (1949)124
1949Kovacs v. Cooper, Judge336 U.S. 77 (1949)1120
1949Jungersen v. Ostby & Barton Co. et al.335 U.S. 560 (1949)165
1948Uveges v. Pennsylvania335 U.S. 437 (1948)278
1948Vermilya-Brown Co., Inc. et al. v. Connell et al.335 U.S. 377 (1948)
1948United States v. Congress of Industrial Organizations et al.335 U.S. 106 (1948)
1948Memphis Natural Gas Co. v. Stone, Chairman, State Tax Commission335 U.S. 80 (1948)120
1948United States v. Columbia Steel Co. et al.334 U.S. 495 (1948)318
1948Bay Ridge Operating Co., Inc. v. Aaron et al.334 U.S. 446 (1948)238
1948Andres v. United States333 U.S. 740 (1948)356
1948Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al. v. Moore, Comptroller of the State of New York333 U.S. 541 (1948)
1948Winters v. New York333 U.S. 507 (1948)1240
1948United States v. United States Gypsum Co. et al.333 U.S. 364 (1948)9383
1948United States v. Line Material Co. et al.333 U.S. 287 (1948)157
1947Silesian-American Corp. et al. v. Clark, Attorney General, as Successor to the Alien Property Custodian332 U.S. 469 (1947)
1947Cox v. United States332 U.S. 442 (1947)218
1947Bartels et al., Doing Business as Crystal Ballroom, v. Birmingham, Collector of Internal Revenue, et al.332 U.S. 126 (1947)394
1947Adamson v. California332 U.S. 46 (1947)547
1947Rutherford Food Corp. et al. v. McComb, Wage and Hour Administrator331 U.S. 722 (1947)681
1947United States v. Silk, Doing Business as Albert Silk Coal Co.331 U.S. 704 (1947)647
1947Greenough et al., Trustees, v. Tax Assessors of Newport et al.331 U.S. 486 (1947)
1947United States v. Fullard-Leo et al.331 U.S. 256 (1947)
1947Fleming, Temporary Controls Administrator, v. Rhodes, Sheriff, et al.331 U.S. 100 (1947)160
1947American Stevedores, Inc. v. Porello et al.330 U.S. 446 (1947)265
1947Joseph, Comptroller, et al. v. Carter & Weekes Stevedoring Co.330 U.S. 422 (1947)
1947United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America v. United States330 U.S. 395 (1947)463
1947Oklahoma v. United States Civil Service Commission330 U.S. 127 (1947)261
1947United Public Workers of America (c. I. O.) et al. v. Mitchell et al.330 U.S. 75 (1947)1457
1947Insurance Group Committee et al. v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. et al.329 U.S. 607 (1947)
1947Louisiana Ex Rel. Francis v. Resweber, Sheriff, et al.329 U.S. 459 (1947)571

Opinions of the Court only: the Court’s slip-opinion tables don’t list dissents or concurrences separately. Earlier opinions arrive with the bound-volume ingest. Browse all Supreme Court opinions.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Stanley Forman Reed?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Stanley Forman Reed to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1938.
Was Stanley Forman Reed appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Stanley Forman Reed was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Stanley Forman Reed's confirmation vote?
Stanley Forman Reed was confirmed by voice vote on January 25, 1938. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Stanley Forman Reed on?
Stanley Forman Reed was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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