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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)

MajorityJan 13, 1988 · October Term 1987
Lowenfield v. Phelps, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Corrections, et al.
MajorityJan 12, 1988 · October Term 1987
Thompson v. Thompson, Aka Clay
ConcurrenceJan 12, 1988 · October Term 1987
Deakins et al. v. Monaghan et al.
MajorityJan 12, 1988 · October Term 1987
Yates v. Aiken, Warden, et al.
MajorityJan 12, 1988 · October Term 1987
Forrester v. White
ConcurrenceDec 14, 1987 · October Term 1987
National Labor Relations Board et al. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23, AFL-CIO
MajorityDec 14, 1987 · October Term 1987
Mullins Coal Co., Inc. of Virginia, et al. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, et al.
MajorityDec 14, 1987 · October Term 1987
Vermont v. Cox
MajorityDec 8, 1987 · October Term 1987
Omni Capital International, Ltd., et al. v. Rudolf Wolff & Co., Ltd., et al.
MajorityDec 1, 1987 · October Term 1987
United Paperworkers International Union, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Misco, Inc.
MajorityDec 1, 1987 · October Term 1987
Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc., et al.
ConcurrenceDec 1, 1987 · October Term 1987
Karcher, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, et al. v. May et al.
MajorityDec 1, 1987 · October Term 1987
Langley et Ux. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
MajorityNov 16, 1987 · October Term 1987
Carpenter et al. v. United States
MajorityNov 10, 1987 · October Term 1987
Church of Scientology of California v. Internal Revenue Service
MajorityOct 19, 1987 · October Term 1987
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. McCoy, Executor of the Estate of McCoy
MajorityJun 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Pennsylvania et al. v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air et al.
MajorityJun 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Greer, Warden v. Miller
MajorityJun 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Burger v. Kemp, Warden
MajorityJun 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Nollan et Ux. v. California Coastal Commission
MajorityJun 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Griffin v. Wisconsin
MajorityJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
Solorio v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
Welch v. Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation, et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc., et al. v. United States Olympic Committee et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
Rivera v. Minnich
MajorityJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Gilliard et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
Anderson v. Creighton et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
United States et al. v. Stanley
MajorityJun 24, 1987 · October Term 1986
Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints et al. v. Amos et al.
MajorityJun 24, 1987 · October Term 1986
McNally v. United States
DissentJun 24, 1987 · October Term 1986
Rankin et al. v. McPherson
MajorityJun 24, 1987 · October Term 1986
Buchanan v. Kentucky
MajorityJun 23, 1987 · October Term 1986
Bourjaily v. United States
MajorityJun 23, 1987 · October Term 1986
South Dakota v. Dole, Secretary of Transportation
MajorityJun 23, 1987 · October Term 1986
Puerto Rico v. Branstad, Governor of Iowa, et al.
MajorityJun 23, 1987 · October Term 1986
Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Washington State Department of Revenue
MajorityJun 23, 1987 · October Term 1986
American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al. v. Scheiner, Secretary, Department of Revenue of Pennsylvania, et al.
DissentJun 23, 1987 · October Term 1986
California v. Rooney
MajorityJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Ricketts, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Adamson
DissentJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Citicorp Industrial Credit, Inc. v. Brock, Secretary of Labor
DissentJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Rock v. Arkansas
DissentJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Sumner, Director, Nevada Department of Prisons, et al. v. Shuman
ConcurrenceJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Fink et al.
MajorityJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Tanner et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Agency Holding Corp. et al. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc.
MajorityJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
Frazier v. Heebe, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, et al.
MajorityJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
Goodman et al. v. Lukens Steel Co. et al.
MajorityJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
New York v. Burger
MajorityJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
Kentucky v. Stincer
MajorityJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
Hewitt et al. v. Helms