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Anthony M. Kennedy

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Ronald Reagan
Senate confirmation:: Feb 3, 1988
Recorded service:: Feb 23, 1988 – Jun 28, 2018
Born:: Jul 23, 1936 (age 90)

In plain language

Anthony M. Kennedy, associate justice.
Appointed by Ronald Reagan; confirmed February 3, 1988.
Court service February 23, 1988 to June 28, 2018.

Decisions on record (2866)

MajorityJun 11, 2001 · October Term 2000
State of Kansas v. State of Colorado
DissentJun 11, 2001 · October Term 2000
Danny Lee Kyllo v. United States
MajorityJun 4, 2001 · October Term 2000
Florida v. Robert A. Thomas
MajorityJun 4, 2001 · October Term 2000
John Paul Penry v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
MajorityJun 4, 2001 · October Term 2000
Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation v. Celestine Garris, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Garris, Deceased
MajorityJun 4, 2001 · October Term 2000
United Dominion Industries, Inc. v. United States
MajorityJun 4, 2001 · October Term 2000
Sharon B. Pollard v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company
MajorityMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
Buckhannon Board and Care Home, Inc., et al. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al.
ConcurrenceMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
Atkinson Trading Company, Inc. v. Joe Shirley, Jr., et al.
MajorityMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
Pga Tour, Inc. v. Casey Martin
MajorityMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
National Labor Relations Board v. Kentucky River Community Care, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
Timothy Booth v. C. O. Churner, et al.
MajorityMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
State of New Hampshire v. State of Maine
MajorityMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
Dale G. Becker v. Betty Montgomery, Attorney General of Ohio, et al.
MajorityMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
Arkansas v. Kenneth Andrew Sullivan
MajorityMay 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
Bartnicki et al. v. Vopper, Aka Williams, et al.
MajorityMay 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
United States v. Terry J. Hatter, Jr., Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California, et al.
MajorityMay 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
The Wharf (Holdings) Limited, et al. v. United International Holdings, Inc. et al.
MajorityMay 14, 2001 · October Term 2000
Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
MajorityMay 14, 2001 · October Term 2000
Wilbert K. Rogers v. Tennessee
MajorityMay 14, 2001 · October Term 2000
United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative and Jeffrey Jones
MajorityMay 14, 2001 · October Term 2000
Major League Baseball Players Association v. Steve Garvey
MajorityApr 30, 2001 · October Term 2000
C & L Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma
MajorityApr 25, 2001 · October Term 2000
Earthy D. Daniels, Jr. v. United States
MajorityApr 25, 2001 · October Term 2000
Lackawanna County District Attorney, et al. v. Edward R. Coss, Jr.
MajorityApr 24, 2001 · October Term 2000
James Alexander, Director, Alabama Department of Public Safety, et al. v. Martha Sandoval, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
MajorityApr 24, 2001 · October Term 2000
Gail Atwater, et al. v. City of Lago Vista et al.
MajorityApr 23, 2001 · October Term 2000
Clark County School District v. Shirley A. Breeden
MajorityApr 18, 2001 · October Term 2000
Robert Shaw, et al. v. Kevin Murphy
DissentApr 18, 2001 · October Term 2000
Michael F. Easley, * Governor of North Carolina, et al. v. Martin Cromartie, et al.
MajorityApr 17, 2001 · October Term 2000
Arthur S. Lujan, Labor Commissioner of California, et al. v. G & G Fire Sprinklers, Inc.
MajorityApr 17, 2001 · October Term 2000
United States v. Cleveland Indians Baseball Company
ConcurrenceApr 2, 2001 · October Term 2000
Texas v. Raymond Levi Cobb
ConcurrenceMar 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
Crystal M. Ferguson, et al. v. City of Charleston et al.
MajorityMar 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Saint Clair Adams
MajorityMar 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
Donna Rae Egelhoff v. Samantha Egelhoff, a Minor, By and Through Her Natural Parent Kate Breiner, and David Egelhoff
MajorityMar 20, 2001 · October Term 2000
Traffix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc.
MajorityMar 20, 2001 · October Term 2000
Wesley Aaron Shafer, Jr. v. South Carolina
MajorityMar 20, 2001 · October Term 2000
Paula L. Buford v. United States
MajorityMar 19, 2001 · October Term 2000
Ohio v. Matthew Reiner
MajorityMar 5, 2001 · October Term 2000
Department of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs v. Klamath Water Users Protective Association
ConcurrenceFeb 28, 2001 · October Term 2000
Rebecca McDowell Cook v. Donald J. Gralike and Mike Harman
MajorityFeb 28, 2001 · October Term 2000
Legal Services Corporation v. Carmen Velazquez, et al.
MajorityFeb 27, 2001 · October Term 2000
Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency, et al. v. American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al.
MajorityFeb 27, 2001 · October Term 2000
Semtek International Incorporated v. Lockheed Martin Corporation
MajorityFeb 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
Buckman Company v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee
ConcurrenceFeb 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, et Al., v. Patricia Garrett, et al.
MajorityFeb 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
Central Green Co. v. United States
MajorityFeb 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
James F. Lewis v. Lewis & Clark Marine, Inc., Etc.
MajorityFeb 20, 2001 · October Term 2000
Illinois v. Charles McArthur