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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 28, 2001 · October Term 2000
Lorillard Tobacco Company, et al. v. Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al.
MajorityJun 25, 2001 · October Term 2000
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St. Cyr
MajorityJun 25, 2001 · October Term 2000
Deboris Calcano-Martinez, et al. v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
ConcurrenceJun 25, 2001 · October Term 2000
Nevada, et al. v. Floyd Hicks, et al.
MajorityJun 25, 2001 · October Term 2000
United States and Department of Agriculture v. United Foods, Inc.
MajorityJun 25, 2001 · October Term 2000
Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee
MajorityJun 25, 2001 · October Term 2000
New York Times Company, Inc., et al. v. Jonathan Tasini, et al.
ConcurrenceJun 18, 2001 · October Term 2000
George Duncan, Superintendent, Great Meadow Correctional Facility v. Sherman Walker
ConcurrenceJun 18, 2001 · October Term 2000
Donald Saucier v. Elliot M. Katz and in Defense of Animals
MajorityJun 18, 2001 · October Term 2000
United States v. Mead Corporation
MajorityJun 18, 2001 · October Term 2000
Idaho v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 11, 2001 · October Term 2000
State of Kansas v. State of Colorado
MajorityJun 11, 2001 · October Term 2000
Danny Lee Kyllo v. United States
DissentJun 11, 2001 · October Term 2000
Tuan Anh Nguyen and Joseph Boulais v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
DissentJun 11, 2001 · October Term 2000
Good News Club, et al. v. Milford Central School
MajorityJun 11, 2001 · October Term 2000
Alabama v. Michael Herman Bozeman
MajorityJun 11, 2001 · October Term 2000
Cedric Kushner Promotions, Ltd. v. Don King, et al.
MajorityJun 4, 2001 · October Term 2000
Florida v. Robert A. Thomas
MajorityJun 4, 2001 · October Term 2000
John Paul Penry v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
ConcurrenceJun 4, 2001 · October Term 2000
Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation v. Celestine Garris, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Garris, Deceased
MajorityJun 4, 2001 · October Term 2000
United Dominion Industries, Inc. v. United States
MajorityJun 4, 2001 · October Term 2000
Sharon B. Pollard v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company
DissentMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
Buckhannon Board and Care Home, Inc., et al. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al.
ConcurrenceMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
Atkinson Trading Company, Inc. v. Joe Shirley, Jr., et al.
MajorityMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
Pga Tour, Inc. v. Casey Martin
DissentMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
National Labor Relations Board v. Kentucky River Community Care, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
Timothy Booth v. C. O. Churner, et al.
Did not participateMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
State of New Hampshire v. State of Maine
MajorityMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
Dale G. Becker v. Betty Montgomery, Attorney General of Ohio, et al.
MajorityMay 29, 2001 · October Term 2000
Arkansas v. Kenneth Andrew Sullivan
MajorityMay 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
Bartnicki et al. v. Vopper, Aka Williams, et al.
MajorityMay 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
United States v. Terry J. Hatter, Jr., Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California, et al.
MajorityMay 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
The Wharf (Holdings) Limited, et al. v. United International Holdings, Inc. et al.
MajorityMay 14, 2001 · October Term 2000
Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
MajorityMay 14, 2001 · October Term 2000
Wilbert K. Rogers v. Tennessee
ConcurrenceMay 14, 2001 · October Term 2000
United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative and Jeffrey Jones
MajorityMay 14, 2001 · October Term 2000
Major League Baseball Players Association v. Steve Garvey
MajorityApr 30, 2001 · October Term 2000
C & L Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma
DissentApr 25, 2001 · October Term 2000
Earthy D. Daniels, Jr. v. United States
DissentApr 25, 2001 · October Term 2000
Lackawanna County District Attorney, et al. v. Edward R. Coss, Jr.
DissentApr 24, 2001 · October Term 2000
James Alexander, Director, Alabama Department of Public Safety, et al. v. Martha Sandoval, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
MajorityApr 24, 2001 · October Term 2000
Gail Atwater, et al. v. City of Lago Vista et al.
MajorityApr 23, 2001 · October Term 2000
Clark County School District v. Shirley A. Breeden
MajorityApr 18, 2001 · October Term 2000
Robert Shaw, et al. v. Kevin Murphy
MajorityApr 18, 2001 · October Term 2000
Michael F. Easley, * Governor of North Carolina, et al. v. Martin Cromartie, et al.
MajorityApr 17, 2001 · October Term 2000
Arthur S. Lujan, Labor Commissioner of California, et al. v. G & G Fire Sprinklers, Inc.
MajorityApr 17, 2001 · October Term 2000
United States v. Cleveland Indians Baseball Company
DissentApr 2, 2001 · October Term 2000
Texas v. Raymond Levi Cobb
DissentMar 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Saint Clair Adams
MajorityMar 21, 2001 · October Term 2000
Donna Rae Egelhoff v. Samantha Egelhoff, a Minor, By and Through Her Natural Parent Kate Breiner, and David Egelhoff