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Justice · 1946–1948

Wiley Rutledge

Served the 1946 through 1948 terms, taking part in 387 orally argued decisions and voting with the majority 59.7% of the time.

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1946–1948Terms
387Cases
59.7%With majority
91Dissenting votes

Vote profile

Majority 59.7%
Dissent 23.5%
Concurrence 13.7%

Shares of 387 recorded votes. Source: Supreme Court Database (SCDB), 2024 Release 01

Most recent cases

The last 25 decisions in which Wiley Rutledge cast a recorded vote, newest first.

Recent cases and Wiley Rutledge's vote in each.
CaseTermVote splitThis justice
Eisler v. United States 1948 5-4 Majority
Brinegar v. United States 1948 6-3 Majority
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Central-Illinois Securities Corp. et al. 1948 7-0 Majority
Christoffel v. United States 1948 5-4 Majority
Lustig v. United States 1948 5-4 Regular concurrence
Harris v. South Carolina 1948 5-4 Majority
Turner v. Pennsylvania 1948 5-4 Majority
Watts v. Indiana 1948 6-3 Majority
Wolf v. Colorado 1948 6-3 Dissent
Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States 1948 5-4 Regular concurrence
Fink v. Shepard Steamship Co. 1948 5-4 Dissent
Weade et al. v. Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc. 1948 5-4 Dissent
Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McALLISTER 1948 5-4 Dissent
Gibbs v. Burke, Warden 1948 9-0 Special concurrence
Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. McCOMB, Wage & Hour Administrator 1948 8-1 Majority
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Culbertson et ux. 1948 8-1 Regular concurrence
Larson, War Assets Administrator and Surplus Property Administrator, v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp. 1948 6-3 Special concurrence
Interstate Oil Pipe Line Co. v. Stone, Chairman State Tax Commission 1948 5-4 Judgment of the Court
National Labor Relations Board v. Pittsburgh Steamship Co. 1948 9-0 Majority
National Mutual Insurance Co. v. Tidewater Transfer Co., Inc. 1948 5-4 Special concurrence
Wheeling Steel Corp. v. Glander, Tax Commissioner of Ohio 1948 7-2 Majority
Cohen, Executrix, et al. v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. et al. 1948 6-3 Dissent
Woods v. Interstate Realty Co. 1948 6-3 Dissent
Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co. 1948 8-1 Dissent
Aeronautical Industrial District Lodge 727 v. Campbell et al. 1948 9-0 Majority

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