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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)

ConcurrenceDec 10, 1997 · October Term 1997
John Hudson, Larry Baresel, and Jack Butler Rackley v. United States
MajorityDec 10, 1997 · October Term 1997
Lynne Kalina v. Rodney Fletcher
MajorityDec 9, 1997 · October Term 1997
Melvin Jefferson, Individually and As Administrator of the Estate of Alberta K. Jefferson, Deceased, et al. v. City of Tarrant, Alabama
MajorityDec 9, 1997 · October Term 1997
Richard F. Trest v. Burl Cain, Warden
MajorityDec 2, 1997 · October Term 1997
Mario Salinas v. United States
MajorityDec 2, 1997 · October Term 1997
Murphy J. Foster, Jr., Governor of Louisiana, et al. v. G. Scott Love, Paul S. Bergeron, Kathleen B. Balhoff, and Bennie Baker-Bourgeois
DissentNov 17, 1997 · October Term 1997
City of Monroe, et al. v. United States
MajorityNov 4, 1997 · October Term 1997
State Oil Company v. Barkat U. Khan and Khan & Associates, Inc.
MajorityNov 4, 1997 · October Term 1997
Garrit Bates v. United States
MajorityOct 20, 1997 · October Term 1997
Carson Lynn Brown v. R. Williams et al.
DissentJun 27, 1997 · October Term 1996
Jay Printz, Sheriff/coroner, Ravalli County, Montana v. United States
MajorityJun 27, 1997 · October Term 1996
B. C. Foreman et al. v. Dallas County, Texas, et al.
MajorityJun 27, 1997 · October Term 1996
William R. Pounders, Judge, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County v. Penelope Watson
ConcurrenceJun 26, 1997 · October Term 1996
Washington, et al. v. Harold Glucksberg et al.
ConcurrenceJun 26, 1997 · October Term 1996
Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of New York, et al. v. Timothy E. Quill et al.
ConcurrenceJun 26, 1997 · October Term 1996
Frederick D. Raines, Director, Office of Management and Budget, et al. v. Robert C. Byrd et al.
MajorityJun 26, 1997 · October Term 1996
Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States, et al. v. American Civil Liberties Union et al.
DissentJun 25, 1997 · October Term 1996
Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc., et al.
DissentJun 25, 1997 · October Term 1996
City of Boerne v. P. F. Flores, Archbishop of San Antonio, and United States
MajorityJun 25, 1997 · October Term 1996
C. Martin Lawyer, Iii v. Department of Justice et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1997 · October Term 1996
Amchem Products, Inc., et al. v. George Windsor et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1997 · October Term 1996
United States v. James Herman O'hagan
DissentJun 23, 1997 · October Term 1996
Rachel Agostini, et al. v. Betty-Louise Felton et al.
DissentJun 23, 1997 · October Term 1996
Idaho, et al. v. Coeur D'alene Tribe of Idaho, Etc., et al.
MajorityJun 23, 1997 · October Term 1996
Aaron Lindh v. James P. Murphy, Warden
DissentJun 23, 1997 · October Term 1996
Kansas v. Leroy Hendricks
MajorityJun 23, 1997 · October Term 1996
Daryll Richardson and John Walker v. Ronnie Lee McKnight
MajorityJun 23, 1997 · October Term 1996
Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company v. Michael Buckley
MajorityJun 19, 1997 · October Term 1996
United States of America v. State of Alaska
DissentJun 19, 1997 · October Term 1996
Lucious Abrams, Jr., G. L. Avery, William Gary Chambers, Sr., and Karen Watson v. Davida Johnson et al.
MajorityJun 19, 1997 · October Term 1996
Metropolitan Stevedore Company v. John Rambo et al.
DissentJun 19, 1997 · October Term 1996
Joseph Roger O'dell, Iii v. J. D. Netherland, Warden, et al.
MajorityJun 19, 1997 · October Term 1996
Marvin Klehr, et Ux. v. A. O. Smith Corporation and A. O. Smith Harvestore Products, Inc.
MajorityJun 16, 1997 · October Term 1996
Hughes Aircraft Company v. United States, Ex Rel. William J. Schumer
MajorityJun 16, 1997 · October Term 1996
Associates Commercial Corporation v. Elray Rash et Ux.
MajorityJun 16, 1997 · October Term 1996
Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General of Montana v. James H. Armstrong et al.
MajorityJun 9, 1997 · October Term 1996
William Bracy v. Richard B. Gramley, Warden
MajorityJun 9, 1997 · October Term 1996
Marian Johnson, et al. v. Kristine L. Fankell
MajorityJun 9, 1997 · October Term 1996
James E. Gilbert, President, East Stroudsburg University, et al. v. Richard Homar
MajorityJun 9, 1997 · October Term 1996
Eileen Vey v. William J. Clinton, President of the United States, et al.
DissentJun 2, 1997 · October Term 1996
Walter McMillian v. Monroe County, Alabama
MajorityJun 2, 1997 · October Term 1996
Barbara A. De Buono, New York Commissioner of Health, et al. v. Nysa-Ila Medical and Clinical Services Fund, Etc., et al.
MajorityJun 2, 1997 · October Term 1996
Arkansas v. Farm Credit Services of Central Arkansas et al.
MajorityJun 2, 1997 · October Term 1996
Sandra Jean Dale Boggs v. Thomas F. Boggs, Harry M. Boggs and David B. Boggs
MajorityJun 2, 1997 · October Term 1996
Saratoga Fishing Company v. J. M. Martinac & Company and Marco Seattle Inc.
MajorityJun 2, 1997 · October Term 1996
Lords Landing Village Condominium Council of Unit Owners v. Continental Insurance Company
MajorityMay 27, 1997 · October Term 1996
United States v. Robert E. Hyde
MajorityMay 27, 1997 · October Term 1996
William Jefferson Clinton v. Paula Corbin Jones
MajorityMay 27, 1997 · October Term 1996
Bernadine Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
MajorityMay 27, 1997 · October Term 1996
United States v. George Labonte, Alfred Lawrence Hunnewell, and Stephen Dyer