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Clarence Thomas

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: George H. W. Bush
Senate confirmation:: Oct 15, 1991
Recorded service:: Nov 4, 1991 – present
Born:: Jun 23, 1948 (age 78)

In plain language

Clarence Thomas, associate justice.
Appointed by George H. W. Bush; confirmed October 15, 1991.
Serving since November 4, 1991.

Decisions on record (2762)

MajorityJan 19, 2007 · October Term 2006
United States v. Juan Resendiz-Ponce
MajorityJan 17, 2007 · October Term 2006
Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General v. Luis Alexander Duenas-Alvarez
MajorityJan 10, 2007 · October Term 2006
Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Timothy Sorrell
DissentJan 9, 2007 · October Term 2006
Medimmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., et al.
MajorityJan 9, 2007 · October Term 2006
Lonnie Lee Burton v. Belinda Stewart, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center
MajorityDec 11, 2006 · October Term 2006
Thomas L. Carey, Warden v. Mathew Musladin
MajorityDec 11, 2006 · October Term 2006
Bp America Production Company, Successor in Interest To Amoco Production Company, et al. v. Rejane Burton, Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, et al.
DissentDec 5, 2006 · October Term 2006
Jose Antonio Lopez v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
MajorityDec 5, 2006 · October Term 2006
Reymundo Toledo-Flores v. United States
MajorityOct 20, 2006 · October Term 2006
Helen Purcell, Maricopa County Recorder, et al. v. Maria M. Gonzalez et al.
ConcurrenceOct 13, 2006 · October Term 2006
Robert L. Ayers, Jr., Acting Warden v. Fernando Belmontes
DissentJun 29, 2006 · October Term 2005
Salim Ahmed Hamdan v. Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al.
MajorityJun 29, 2006 · October Term 2005
Eric Michael Clark v. Arizona
MajorityJun 28, 2006 · October Term 2005
Moises Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon
DissentJun 28, 2006 · October Term 2005
League of United Latin American Citizens, et al. v. Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, et al.
ConcurrenceJun 28, 2006 · October Term 2005
Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. Ronald Banks, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
DissentJun 26, 2006 · October Term 2005
United States v. Cuauhtemoc Gonzalez-Lopez
MajorityJun 26, 2006 · October Term 2005
Kansas v. Michael Lee Marsh, Ii
MajorityJun 26, 2006 · October Term 2005
Washington v. Arturo R. Recuenco
ConcurrenceJun 26, 2006 · October Term 2005
Neil Randall, et al. v. William H. Sorrell et al.
MajorityJun 26, 2006 · October Term 2005
Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Pearl Murphy et Vir
MajorityJun 22, 2006 · October Term 2005
Keshia Cherie Ashford Dixon v. United States
MajorityJun 22, 2006 · October Term 2005
Humberto Fernandez-Vargas v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
MajorityJun 22, 2006 · October Term 2005
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company v. Sheila White
MajorityJun 22, 2006 · October Term 2005
Jeanne S. Woodford, et al. v. Viet Mike Ngo
MajorityJun 22, 2006 · October Term 2005
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Dba Labcorp v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 19, 2006 · October Term 2005
John A. Rapanos, et Ux., et al. v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 19, 2006 · October Term 2005
Adrian Martell Davis v. Washington
MajorityJun 19, 2006 · October Term 2005
Donald Curtis Samson v. California
DissentJun 19, 2006 · October Term 2005
Denver A. Youngblood, Jr. v. West Virginia
MajorityJun 15, 2006 · October Term 2005
Booker T. Hudson, Jr. v. Michigan
MajorityJun 15, 2006 · October Term 2005
Carl Kircher, et al. v. Putnam Funds Trust et al.
MajorityJun 15, 2006 · October Term 2005
Howard Delivery Service, Inc., et al. v. Zurich American Insurance Co.
MajorityJun 15, 2006 · October Term 2005
Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc., Dba Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield v. Denise F. McVeigh, As Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph E. McVeigh
DissentJun 12, 2006 · October Term 2005
Paul Gregory House v. Ricky Bell, Warden
MajorityJun 12, 2006 · October Term 2005
Clarence E. Hill v. James R. McDonough, Interim Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
ConcurrenceJun 5, 2006 · October Term 2005
Joseph Anza, et al. v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp.
MajorityJun 5, 2006 · October Term 2005
Jacob Zedner v. United States
MajorityJun 5, 2006 · October Term 2005
Terry L. Whitman v. Department of Transportation et al.
MajorityJun 5, 2006 · October Term 2005
Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Shirley Williams et al.
MajorityMay 30, 2006 · October Term 2005
Gil Garcetti, et al. v. Richard Ceballos
MajorityMay 22, 2006 · October Term 2005
Brigham City, Utah v. Charles W. Stuart et al.
MajorityMay 15, 2006 · October Term 2005
Daimlerchrysler Corporation v. Charlotte Cuno et al.
MajorityMay 15, 2006 · October Term 2005
Joel Sereboff, et Ux. v. Mid Atlantic Medical Services, Inc.
MajorityMay 15, 2006 · October Term 2005
S. D. Warren Company v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection et al.
MajorityMay 15, 2006 · October Term 2005
Ebay Inc., et al. v. Mercexchange, L. L. C.
MajorityMay 1, 2006 · October Term 2005
Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Heidi Ahlborn
MajorityMay 1, 2006 · October Term 2005
Vickie Lynn Marshall v. E. Pierce Marshall
MajorityMay 1, 2006 · October Term 2005
Bobby Lee Holmes v. South Carolina
MajorityApr 26, 2006 · October Term 2005
Michael Hartman, Frank Kormann, Pierce McIntosh, Norman Robbins, and Robert Edwards v. William G. Moore, Jr.