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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)

DissentJun 13, 1991 · October Term 1990
William J. Burns v. United States
MajorityJun 13, 1991 · October Term 1990
Sheldon Baruch Toibb v. Stuart J. Radloff
MajorityJun 10, 1991 · October Term 1990
Curtis Reed Johnson v. Home State Bank
MajorityJun 10, 1991 · October Term 1990
Zakhar Melkonyan v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services
MajorityJun 10, 1991 · October Term 1990
Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Angelo J. Solimino
MajorityJun 10, 1991 · October Term 1990
Keith R. Gollust, et al. v. Ira L. Mendell, Etc., et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1991 · October Term 1990
Connecticut and John F. Digiovanni v. Brian K. Doehr
DissentJun 6, 1991 · October Term 1990
G. Russell Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.
MajorityJun 3, 1991 · October Term 1990
Exxon Corporation v. Central Gulf Lines, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1991 · October Term 1990
Thaddeus Donald Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co., Inc.
MajorityJun 3, 1991 · October Term 1990
Janice G. Clark et al. v. Charles 'Buddy' Roemer, Governor of Louisiana, et al.
MajorityMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dawud Majid Mu'min v. Virginia
MajorityMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
Richard L. Chapman, John M. Schoenecker and Patrick Brumm v. United States
MajorityMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
Cathy Burns v. Rick Reed
DissentMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
James P. Lehnert et al. v. Ferris Faculty Association et al.
MajorityMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
California v. Charles Steven Acevedo
DissentMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
Summit Health, Ltd., et al. v. Simon J. Pinhas
MajorityMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
Thomas Braxton v. United States
MajorityMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dionisio Hernandez v. New York
MajorityMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
State of Illinois v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
MajorityMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dale Robert Yates v. Parker Evatt, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Irving Rust, et al. v. Sullivan, Louis W., Secretary of Health and Human Services
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Frederick A. Siegert v. H. Melvin Gilley
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Florida v. Luz Piedad Jimeno et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Robert L. McCormick v. United States
ConcurrenceMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Jeanne Farrey, Fka Jeanne Sanderfoot v. Gerald J. Sanderfoot
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dwight H. Owen v. Helen Owen
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
International Primate Protection League and Its Members, et al. v. Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Jill S. Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc., et al.
DissentMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Bryan Stuart Lankford v. Idaho
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
John H. McCarthy v. Bronson, George, Warden, et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Michigan v. Nolan K. Lucas
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Daniel Touby et Ux. v. United States
MajorityMay 13, 1991 · October Term 1990
Robert D. Gilmer v. Interstate/johnson Lane Corporation
MajorityMay 13, 1991 · October Term 1990
County of Riverside and Cois Byrd, Sheriff of Riverside County v. McLaughlin, Donald Lee, et al.
MajorityApr 29, 1991 · October Term 1990
In Re John Robert Demos, Jr.
MajorityApr 24, 1991 · October Term 1990
Charles Z. Stevens, Iii v. Department of the Treasury et al.
MajorityApr 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
American Hospital Association v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
MajorityApr 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
California v. Hodari D.
MajorityApr 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd et al.
MajorityApr 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Cottage Savings Association v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityApr 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
United States v. Centennial Savings Bank Fsb (Resolution Trust Corporation, Receiver)
MajorityApr 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute et Vir
MajorityApr 16, 1991 · October Term 1990
Kay v. Ehrler et al.
MajorityApr 16, 1991 · October Term 1990
Leathers, Commissioner of Revenues of Arkansas v. Medlock et al.
MajorityApr 16, 1991 · October Term 1990
McCleskey v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
MajorityApr 1, 1991 · October Term 1990
City of Columbia et al. v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc.
MajorityApr 1, 1991 · October Term 1990
Powers v. Ohio
MajorityMar 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., Inc.
MajorityMar 26, 1991 · October Term 1990
United States v. Gaubert