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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 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Roger Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
MajorityJun 5, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Webster L. Hubbell
ConcurrenceJun 5, 2000 · October Term 1999
Jenifer Troxel, et Vir v. Tommie Granville
MajorityJun 5, 2000 · October Term 1999
Juatassa Sims v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security
MajorityJun 5, 2000 · October Term 1999
Jaime Castillo, et Al., v. United States
MajorityMay 30, 2000 · October Term 1999
Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company v. Union Planters Bank, N. A.
MajorityMay 30, 2000 · October Term 1999
Thomas E. Raleigh, Chapter 7 Trustee for the Estate of William J. Stoecker, v. Illinois Department of Revenue
DissentMay 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Maria Suzuki Ohler v. United States
ConcurrenceMay 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States, Ex Rel., Jonathan Stevens
MajorityMay 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States, et al. v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.
MajorityMay 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Dewey J. Jones v. United States
DissentMay 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Alexis Geier, et al. v. American Honda Motor Company, Inc., et al.
DissentMay 15, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Antonio J. Morrison, et al.
MajorityMay 15, 2000 · October Term 1999
Jeffrey Allan Fischer v. United States
MajorityMay 15, 2000 · October Term 1999
Cornell Johnson v. United States
MajorityMay 15, 2000 · October Term 1999
Public Lands Council, et al. v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, et al.
MajorityMay 1, 2000 · October Term 1999
Scott Leslie Carmell v. Texas
ConcurrenceMay 1, 2000 · October Term 1999
Edward Christensen, et al. v. Harris County, et al.
ConcurrenceApr 26, 2000 · October Term 1999
Antonio Tonton Slack v. Eldon McDaniel, Warden, et al.
DissentApr 26, 2000 · October Term 1999
Robert A. Beck, Ii v. Ronald M. Prupis, et al.
MajorityApr 25, 2000 · October Term 1999
Ronald D. Edwards, Warden v. Robert W. Carpenter
MajorityApr 25, 2000 · October Term 1999
Donald E. Nelson v. Adams, USA, Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 18, 2000 · October Term 1999
Terry Williams v. John Taylor, Warden
MajorityApr 18, 2000 · October Term 1999
Michael Wayne Williams v. John Taylor, Warden
MajorityApr 17, 2000 · October Term 1999
Steven Dewayne Bond v. United States
MajorityApr 17, 2000 · October Term 1999
Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Dedra Shanklin, Individually, and As Next Friend of Jessie Guy Shanklin
DissentMar 29, 2000 · October Term 1999
City of Erie, et al. v. Pap's A. M., Tdba 'Kandyland'
DissentMar 28, 2000 · October Term 1999
J. Wayne Garner, Former Chairman of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles of Georgia, et al. v. Robert L. Jones
MajorityMar 28, 2000 · October Term 1999
Florida v. J. L.
MajorityMar 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc.
ConcurrenceMar 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Scott Harold Southworth, et al.
DissentMar 21, 2000 · October Term 1999
Food and Drug Administration, et al. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, et al.
MajorityMar 21, 2000 · October Term 1999
Cortez Byrd Chips, Inc. v. Bill Harbert Construction Company, Etc.
DissentMar 6, 2000 · October Term 1999
Leonard Portuondo, Superintendent, Fishkill Correctional Facility v. Ray Agard
MajorityMar 6, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Gary Locke, Governor of Washington, et al.
MajorityMar 1, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Roy Lee Johnson
MajorityFeb 29, 2000 · October Term 1999
Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc.
DissentFeb 23, 2000 · October Term 1999
Ernest C. Roe, Warden v. Lucio Flores-Ortega
ConcurrenceFeb 23, 2000 · October Term 1999
Harold F. Rice v. Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of Hawaii
MajorityFeb 23, 2000 · October Term 1999
Mark Rotella v. Angela M. Wood, et al.
MajorityFeb 23, 2000 · October Term 1999
Village of Willowbrook, et al. v. Grace Olech
MajorityFeb 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
David H. Baral v. United States
MajorityFeb 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Chad Weisgram, et al. v. Marley Company, et al.
MajorityFeb 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Hunt-Wesson, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board of California
DissentJan 24, 2000 · October Term 1999
Janet Reno, Attorney General v. Bossier Parish School Board
MajorityJan 24, 2000 · October Term 1999
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri, et al. v. Shrink Missouri Government Pac et al.
DissentJan 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
Lonnie Weeks, Jr. v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
MajorityJan 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
Carl T. C. Gutierrez and Madeleine Z. Bordallo v. Joseph F. Ada and Felix P. Camacho
DissentJan 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
George Smith, Warden v. Lee Robbins
ConcurrenceJan 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Abel Martinez-Salazar