Authors: Hugo L. Black

1945–1989

South Carolina v. Katzenbach

Source: 398 U.S. 301 (1966), https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/383/301. Mr. Chief Justice WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.  … South Carolina has filed a bill of complaint, seeking a declaration that selected

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1945–1989

New York Times Co. v. United States

Source: 403 U.S. 713, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/403/713. PER CURIAM We granted certiorari[1] in these cases in which the United States seeks to enjoin the New York Times and the Washington Post from

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1945–1989

Beauharnais v. Illinois

Source: 343 U.S. 250, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/343/250. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court. The petitioner was convicted upon information in the Municipal Court of Chicago of violating § 224a of

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1945–1989

Dennis v. United States

Source: 341 U.S. 494, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/341/494. CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which MR. JUSTICE REED, MR. JUSTICE BURTON, and MR. JUSTICE MINTON join.

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1941–1945

Korematsu v. US

Source: 323 U.S. 214; https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/323/214 Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Chief Justice STONE and Justices REED, FRANKFURTER, DOUGLAS, and RUTLEDGE. The petitioner, an American citizen

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1945–1989

Gideon v. Wainwright

Source: 372 U.S. 335; https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/372/335 Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Chief Justice WARREN and Justices CLARK, BRENNAN, STEWART, WHITE, and GOLDBERG. [Clarence Gideon] was charged

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1945–1989

Engel v. Vitale

Source: 370 U.S. 421, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/370/421. We include excerpts of Justice Black’s opinion for the Court. We omit Justice William O. Douglas’s concurring opinion and Justice Stewart’s dissent. Footnotes added by

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