Justice · 1965–1968

Abe Fortas

Served the 1965 through 1968 terms, taking part in 581 orally argued decisions and voting with the majority 75.7% of the time.

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1965–1968Terms

581Cases

75.7%With majority

56Dissenting votes

Vote profile

Majority 75.7%

Dissent 9.6%

Concurrence 5.2%

Shares of 581 recorded votes. Source: Supreme Court Database (SCDB), 2024 Release 01

Most recent cases

The last 25 decisions in which Abe Fortas cast a recorded vote, newest first.

Recent cases and Abe Fortas's vote in each.
Case	Term	Vote split	This justice
Montgomery, Director, California Department of Social Welfare, et al. v. Burns et al.	1968	7-2	Majority
Robinson et al. v. Johnson et al.	1968	7-2	Majority
United States v. Louisiana et al. (Texas Boundary Case)	1968	7-0	Majority
Halliday v. United States	1968	7-2	Majority
Moore et al. v. Ogilvie, Governor of Illinois, et al.	1968	7-2	Majority
McDonald et al. v. Board of Election Commissioners of Chicago et al.	1968	9-0	Majority
United States v. An Article of Drug . . . Bacto-Unidisk . . . .	1968	8-1	Majority
National Labor Relations Board v. Wyman-Gordon Co.	1968	7-2	Judgment of the Court
Bingler, District Director of Internal Revenue v. Johnson et al.	1968	8-1	Majority
Watts v. United States	1968	5-4	Jurisdictional dissent
Norfolk Monument Co., Inc. v. Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Inc., et al.	1968	6-3	Jurisdictional dissent
United States v. Skelly Oil Co.	1968	6-3	Majority
Shapiro, Commissioner of Welfare of Connecticut v. Thompson	1968	6-3	Majority
Street v. New York	1968	5-4	Dissent
Rollerson v. United States	1968	6-3	Regular concurrence
Stanley v. Georgia	1968	9-0	Majority
Wells v. Rockefeller, Governor of New York, et al.	1968	6-3	Special concurrence
Kirkpatrick, Secretary of State of Missouri, et al. v. Preisler et al.	1968	6-3	Special concurrence
Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. et al.	1968	5-4	Dissent
Gregg v. United States	1968	9-0	Majority
McCarthy v. United States	1968	9-0	Majority
Foster v. California	1968	5-4	Majority
Cardinale v. Louisiana	1968	9-0	Special concurrence
Scofield et al. v. National Labor Relations Board et al.	1968	7-1	Majority
Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. v. Burnside Shipping Co., Ltd.	1968	9-0	Majority

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