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Byron R. White

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: John F. Kennedy
Senate confirmation:: Apr 11, 1962
Recorded service:: Apr 23, 1962 – Jun 28, 1993
Lived:: Jun 8, 1917 – Apr 15, 2002

In plain language

Byron R. White, associate justice.
Appointed by John F. Kennedy; confirmed April 11, 1962.
Court service April 23, 1962 to June 28, 1993.

Decisions on record (4888)

MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
King, Commissioner, Department of Pensions and Security, et al. v. Smith et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
First Agricultural National Bank of Berkshire County v. State Tax Commission
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Mancusi, Warden v. Deforte
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Lee et al. v. Florida
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Jones et Ux. v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe Machinery Corp.
ConcurrenceJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Powell v. Texas
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
American Commercial Lines, Inc., et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Destefano v. Woods, Sheriff
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Lee Art Theatre, Inc. v. Virginia
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Pope v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Terry v. Ohio
ConcurrenceJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Sibron v. New York
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Flast et al. v. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al.
ConcurrenceJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Perma Life Mufflers, Inc., et al. v. International Parts Corp. et al.
ConcurrenceJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States et al. v. Southwestern Cable Co. et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Maryland et al. v. Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, et al.
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Harrison v. United States
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Board of Education of Central School District No. 1 et al. v. Allen, Commissioner of Education of New York, et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Gardner v. Broderick, Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Uniformed Sanitation Men Assn., Inc., et al. v. Commissioner of Sanitation of the City of New York et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
George Campbell Painting Corp. v. Reid et Al., Members of New York City Housing Authority, et al.
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Roberts v. Russell
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Jones v. United States
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Pickens v. Oliver, Warden
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Santoro v. United States
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Nelson v. United States
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hunt v. Connecticut
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Serio v. United States
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Reading Co. v. Brown, Trustee in Bankruptcy, et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wirtz, Secretary of Labor v. Hotel, Motel & Club Employees Union, Local 6
DissentJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Witherspoon v. Illinois et al.
DissentJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Bumper v. North Carolina
DissentJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205, Will County
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Sabbath v. United States
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Kaiser Steel Corp. v. W. S. Ranch Co.
DissentJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Johnson v. Florida
DissentJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Watts et al. v. Seward School Board et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Ioannou v. New York et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
In Re Fischer.
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game of Washington et al.
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United States
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
National Labor Relations Board v. Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of America, AFL-CIO, et al.
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Green et al. v. County School Board of New Kent County et al.
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Raney et al. v. Board of Education of the Gould School District et al.
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Monroe et al. v. Board of Commissioners of the City of Jackson et al.
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Rabeck v. New York
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Garrison v. Patterson, Warden