Published opinions from 1945. The case name opens the case page.
December 10, 1945326 U.S. 376
The Court upheld the Board's determination that two men's busheling rooms formed an appropriate bargaining unit and that the employees' certified representative was properly placed on the ballot.
December 10, 1945326 U.S. 376
The Court affirmed enforcement of the Board’s order but modified the decree concerning the breadth of its cease-and-desist provisions. It upheld the Board’s designation of a small departmental unit, the certification of the joint council named on the ballot, and the finding that the employer’s unilateral wage…
The Court affirmed Washington's judgment requiring International Shoe to pay unemployment compensation contributions. Chief Justice Stone explained that an absent defendant may be subjected to personal jurisdiction when its minimum contacts with the forum make the suit consistent with traditional notions of fair play…
The Supreme Court reversed Michael's contempt conviction, holding that perjury alone does not satisfy the obstruction element required by § 268 of the Judicial Code. The Court explained that Congress limited contempt power to conduct that clearly obstructs the administration of justice, and that false testimony…
A federal court sitting in equity on diversity jurisdiction must apply the forum State's statute of limitations if its plea would bar recovery in a State court, because a federal court adjudicating a State-created right solely on diversity is, in effect, only another court of the State and the outcome should be…
The Supreme Court reversed the Second Circuit's ruling that a federal court sitting in equity on diversity jurisdiction alone need not apply the forum State's statute of limitations. Applying the policy of Erie R. Co. v.
The Supreme Court affirmed the Texas conviction, holding that the Fourteenth Amendment does not require proportional racial representation on grand juries and that the petitioner failed to show purposeful racial discrimination; the Court also rejected the due‑process claim regarding the judge’s assignment.
The Court affirmed Akins's conviction, holding that the record did not establish that the jury commissioners deliberately limited Black representation on the grand jury to one member.
The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court, holding that the patent on a heat‑drying printing ink was invalid because the invention consisted merely of selecting a known solvent from a catalog, which does not satisfy the statutory requirement of invention.
The Court reversed the convictions for willfully depriving a prisoner of federal rights under color of law, with a new trial contemplated. Justice Douglas's plurality opinion, joined by Chief Justice Stone and Justices Black and Reed, construed § 20 to require specific intent to deprive a person of a federal right…
The Supreme Court reversed the Nebraska Supreme Court, holding that a guilty plea entered without counsel does not conclusively waive the constitutional right to counsel and that the petitioner is entitled to a hearing on whether he knowingly and intelligently waived that right; the Court also noted the complex…
The Court affirmed the dismissal of an appeal from an interlocutory condemnation judgment and an order refusing to vacate that judgment or dismiss the proceeding. A final decision ordinarily must resolve the entire condemnation case, including ownership, compensation, and authority to take.
Justice Rutledge's opinion for the Court held that Texas unconstitutionally applied its labor-organizer registration requirement to Thomas's peaceful public speech urging workers to join a union.
Chief Justice Stone delivered the Court's opinion holding that the Railway Labor Act requires an exclusive bargaining representative to represent all employees in the craft without racial discrimination.
Justice Douglas's opinion held that the War Relocation Authority lacked authority to detain a concededly loyal American citizen or condition her release on compliance with its leave procedures.
The Supreme Court reversed the lower courts, holding that the War Relocation Authority lacks authority to continue detaining a loyal citizen and that the district court retains jurisdiction to grant a writ of habeas corpus even after the detainee’s relocation.