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David H. Souter

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: George H. W. Bush
Senate confirmation:: Oct 2, 1990
Recorded service:: Oct 29, 1990 – Jun 29, 2009
Lived:: Sep 17, 1939 – May 8, 2025

In plain language

David H. Souter, associate justice.
Appointed by George H. W. Bush; confirmed October 2, 1990.
Court service October 29, 1990 to June 29, 2009.

Decisions on record (1745)

MajorityJun 29, 1995 · October Term 1994
Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon et al.
ConcurrenceJun 29, 1995 · October Term 1994
United States v. Hays et al.
DissentJun 26, 1995 · October Term 1994
Vernonia School District 47j v. Wayne Acton, et Ux., Etc.
MajorityJun 21, 1995 · October Term 1994
United States v. Robert P. Aguilar
DissentJun 21, 1995 · October Term 1994
Florida Bar v. Went for It, Inc., and John T. Blakely
DissentJun 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
Cinda Sandin, Unit Team Manager, Halawa Correctional Facility v. Demont R. D. Conner et al.
MajorityJun 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
United States v. Michael E. Gaudin
MajorityJun 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
Vimar Seguros Y Reaseguros, S. A. v. M/v Sky Reefer, Her Engines, Etc., et al.
MajorityJun 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
John J. Hurley and South Boston Allied War Veterans Council v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Etc., et al.
MajorityJun 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
National Private Truck Council, Inc., et al. v. Oklahoma Tax Commission et al.
DissentJun 14, 1995 · October Term 1994
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Erich E. Schleier and Helen B. Schleier
MajorityJun 14, 1995 · October Term 1994
Chandris, Inc., et al. v. Antonios Latsis
MajorityJun 14, 1995 · October Term 1994
Steven Kurt Witte v. United States
DissentJun 14, 1995 · October Term 1994
Katia Gutierrez De Martinez, Eduardo Martinez Puccini and Henny Martinez De Papaiani v. Dirk A. Lamagno et al.
DissentJun 14, 1995 · October Term 1994
Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Chickasaw Nation
DissentJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
Missouri, et al. v. Kalima Jenkins, et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
James D. Ryder v. United States
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
City of Milwaukee v. Cement Division, National Gypsum Company, et al.
DissentJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Federico Pena, Secretary of Transportation, et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
Leslie Wilton, Etc., et al. v. Seven Falls Company et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
Metropolitan Stevedore Company v. John Rambo et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
Tyson Johnson, et al. v. Houston Jones
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
Brett C. Kimberlin v. J. Michael Quinlan et al.
MajorityJun 5, 1995 · October Term 1994
Janet Reno, Attorney General, et al. v. Ziya K. Koray
MajorityMay 30, 1995 · October Term 1994
State of Nebraska v. States of Wyoming and Colorado
MajorityMay 30, 1995 · October Term 1994
North Star Steel Company v. Charles A. Thomas et al.
MajorityMay 30, 1995 · October Term 1994
Harvey F. Garlotte v. Kirk Fordice, Governor of Mississippi
MajorityMay 22, 1995 · October Term 1994
U.S. Term Limits, Inc., et al. v. Ray Thornton et al.
MajorityMay 22, 1995 · October Term 1994
Sharlene Wilson v. Arkansas
MajorityMay 22, 1995 · October Term 1994
First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Manuel Kaplan, et Ux. and Mk Investments, Inc.
MajorityMay 15, 1995 · October Term 1994
State of Kansas v. State of Colorado
DissentMay 15, 1995 · October Term 1994
John Bruce Hubbard v. United States
MajorityMay 15, 1995 · October Term 1994
City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 15, 1995 · October Term 1994
Reynoldsville Casket Co., et al. v. Carol L. Hyde
MajorityMay 15, 1995 · October Term 1994
James Purkett, Superintendent, Farmington Corrections Center v. Jimmy Elem
MajorityMay 1, 1995 · October Term 1994
United States v. Juan Paul Robertson
DissentApr 26, 1995 · October Term 1994
United States v. Alfonso Lopez, Jr.
MajorityApr 26, 1995 · October Term 1994
New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans, et al. v. Travelers Insurance Company, et al.
DissentApr 25, 1995 · October Term 1994
California Department of Corrections, et al. v. Jose Ramon Morales
MajorityApr 25, 1995 · October Term 1994
United States v. Lori Rabin Williams
MajorityApr 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
Celotex Corporation v. Bennie Edwards et Ux.
MajorityApr 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
Joseph McIntyre, Executor of Estate of Margaret McIntyre, Deceased v. Ohio Elections Commission
DissentApr 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
Marvin Stone v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
MajorityApr 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
Curtis Lee Kyles v. John P. Whitley, Warden
MajorityApr 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury v. Coors Brewing Company
MajorityApr 18, 1995 · October Term 1994
Ed Plaut, et Ux., et al. v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 18, 1995 · October Term 1994
Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Margaret Whitecotton et al.
MajorityApr 18, 1995 · October Term 1994
Freightliner Corporation, et al. v. Ben Myrick, et Ux., et al.
MajorityApr 18, 1995 · October Term 1994
George W. Heintz, et al. v. Darlene Jenkins
MajorityApr 17, 1995 · October Term 1994
Fred A. Whitaker v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County (Merrill Reese, Inc., Real Party in Interest)