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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)

MajorityFeb 26, 1986 · October Term 1985
Texas v. McCullough
MajorityFeb 26, 1986 · October Term 1985
Nix, Warden v. Whiteside
MajorityFeb 26, 1986 · October Term 1985
National Labor Relations Board v. Financial Institution Employees of America, Local 1182, Chartered By United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, et al.
MajorityFeb 26, 1986 · October Term 1985
Connolly et Al., Trustees of the Operating Engineers Pension Trust v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation et al.
DissentFeb 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of California et al.
MajorityFeb 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
City of Renton et al. v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., et al.
MajorityFeb 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. Mechanik et al.
MajorityFeb 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. Maine et al.
DissentFeb 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
New York v. Class
MajorityFeb 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. Koecher
MajorityJan 27, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. Lane et al.
ConcurrenceJan 27, 1986 · October Term 1985
Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind
DissentJan 27, 1986 · October Term 1985
Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
MajorityJan 27, 1986 · October Term 1985
Parsons Steel, Inc., et al. v. First Alabama Bank et al.
Did not participateJan 22, 1986 · October Term 1985
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Dimension Financial Corp. et al.
MajorityJan 22, 1986 · October Term 1985
Cabana, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary, et al. v. Bullock
MajorityJan 22, 1986 · October Term 1985
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. v. State Oil and Gas Board of Mississippi et al.
MajorityJan 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. Loud Hawk et al.
MajorityJan 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
Daniels v. Williams
MajorityJan 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
Davidson v. Cannon et al.
MajorityJan 14, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. Von Neumann
MajorityJan 14, 1986 · October Term 1985
Vasquez, Warden v. Hillery
MajorityJan 14, 1986 · October Term 1985
Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections v. Greenfield
MajorityDec 16, 1985 · October Term 1985
United States v. Rojas-Contreras
MajorityDec 12, 1985 · October Term 1985
Regents of the University of Michigan v. Ewing
DissentDec 10, 1985 · October Term 1985
Maine v. Moulton
DissentDec 10, 1985 · October Term 1985
Cleavinger et al. v. Saxner et al.
MajorityDec 4, 1985 · October Term 1985
United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, Inc., et al.
MajorityDec 4, 1985 · October Term 1985
Thomas v. Arn, Superintendent, Ohio Reformatory for Women
MajorityDec 3, 1985 · October Term 1985
Green et al. v. Mansour, Director, Michigan Department of Social Services
MajorityDec 3, 1985 · October Term 1985
Heath v. Alabama
MajorityDec 3, 1985 · October Term 1985
Miller v. Fenton, Superintendent, Rahway State Prison, et al.
MajorityDec 3, 1985 · October Term 1985
Lake Coal Co., Inc. v. Roberts & Schaefer Co.
MajorityNov 18, 1985 · October Term 1985
Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction v. United States Marshals Service et al.
ConcurrenceNov 18, 1985 · October Term 1985
Hill v. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
MajorityNov 12, 1985 · October Term 1985
Pennsylvania v. Goldhammer
MajorityNov 4, 1985 · October Term 1985
Kentucky v. Indiana et al.
MajorityNov 4, 1985 · October Term 1985
Cuyahoga Valley Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union et al.
MajorityNov 4, 1985 · October Term 1985
California State Board of Equalization et al. v. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
MajorityNov 4, 1985 · October Term 1985
Delaware v. Fensterer
MajorityNov 4, 1985 · October Term 1985
Lanier v. South Carolina
MajorityJul 2, 1985 · October Term 1984
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
ConcurrenceJul 2, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Bagley
MajorityJul 2, 1985 · October Term 1984
Carchman, Mercer County Prosecutor v. Nash
MajorityJul 2, 1985 · October Term 1984
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife et al. v. Klamath Indian Tribe
MajorityJul 2, 1985 · October Term 1984
Cornelius, Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management v. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al.
MajorityJul 1, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Montoya De Hernandez
MajorityJul 1, 1985 · October Term 1984
Thomas, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. et al.
MajorityJul 1, 1985 · October Term 1984
American National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago et al. v. Haroco, Inc., et al.
MajorityJul 1, 1985 · October Term 1984
Oklahoma v. Arkansas