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Justice Hugo Lafayette Black

Hugo Lafayette Black

Biography Information

Birth Year:1886
Nominated By: F. Roosevelt on 8/12/1937

Confirmed On: 8/17/1937

Senior Status Year: 1971

Status: Deceased. Last served on the Supreme Court

Activist Opinions

Decision	Date	Court	Types of Activism	Areas of Law
Flast v. Cohen	6/10/1968	Supreme Court	Playing Legislator, Judicial Imperialism	Standing
Reynolds v. Sims	6/15/1964	Supreme Court	Living Constitutionalism, Abusing Precedent	Election Law, Equal Protection
Baker v. Carr	3/26/1962	Supreme Court	Judicial Imperialism	Election Law
Mapp v. Ohio	6/19/1961	Supreme Court	Playing Legislator, Abusing Precedent	Fourth Amendment
Cooper v. Aaron	9/12/1958	Supreme Court	Abusing Precedent, Judicial Imperialism	Equal Protection
Trop v. Dulles	3/31/1958	Supreme Court	Living Constitutionalism	Criminal Law
Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing Tp.	2/10/1947	Supreme Court	Contorting Text	First Amendment
Wickard v. Filburn	11/9/1942	Supreme Court	Contorting Text	Federalism

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