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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 2, 2003 · October Term 2002
Beneficial National Bank, et al. v. Marie Anderson et al.
MajorityJun 2, 2003 · October Term 2002
Dastar Corporation v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation et al.
ConcurrenceMay 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
Nevada Department of Human Resources, et al. v. William Hibbs et al.
ConcurrenceMay 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
Ben Chavez v. Oliverio Martinez
MajorityMay 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
National Park Hospitality Association v. Department of the Interior et al.
MajorityMay 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
The Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Kenneth L. Nord
MajorityMay 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
Clyde Timothy Bunkley v. Florida
MajorityMay 19, 2003 · October Term 2002
Janette Price, Warden v. Duyonn Andre Vincent
MajorityMay 19, 2003 · October Term 2002
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Peter E. Walsh, Acting Commissioner, Maine Department of Human Services, et al.
MajorityMay 19, 2003 · October Term 2002
Phillip T. Breuer v. Jim's Concrete of Brevard, Inc.
MajorityMay 19, 2003 · October Term 2002
Inyo County, California, et al. v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony et al.
MajorityMay 19, 2003 · October Term 2002
City of Los Angeles v. Edwin F. David
MajorityMay 19, 2003 · October Term 2002
State of Kansas v. States of Nebraska and Colorado
MajorityMay 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Illinois Ex Rel. Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois v. Telemarketing Associates, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Robert Kaupp v. Texas
DissentApr 29, 2003 · October Term 2002
Charles Demore, District Director, San Francisco District of Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. v. Hyung Joon Kim
MajorityApr 29, 2003 · October Term 2002
Joseph C. Roell, Petra Garibay, and James Reagan v. Jon Michael Withrow
MajorityApr 23, 2003 · October Term 2002
Franchise Tax Board of California v. Gilbert P. Hyatt, et al.
MajorityApr 23, 2003 · October Term 2002
Joseph Massaro v. United States
MajorityApr 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P. C. v. Deborah Wells
ConcurrenceApr 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
Susan Jinks v. Richland County, South Carolina
MajorityApr 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
Dole Food Company, et al. v. Gerardo Dennis Patrickson et al.
ConcurrenceApr 7, 2003 · October Term 2002
Virginia v. Barry Elton Black, Richard J. Elliott, and Jonathan O'mara
MajorityApr 7, 2003 · October Term 2002
Pacificare Health Systems, Inc., et al. v. Jeffrey Book et al.
MajorityApr 7, 2003 · October Term 2002
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Inez Preece Campbell and Matthew C. Barneck, Special Administrator and Personal Representative of the Estate of Curtis B. Campbell
MajorityApr 2, 2003 · October Term 2002
Kentucky Association of Health Plans, Inc., et al. v. Janie A. Miller, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Insurance
ConcurrenceMar 31, 2003 · October Term 2002
Beatrice Branch, et al. v. John Robert Smith et al.
MajorityMar 31, 2003 · October Term 2002
A. Elliott Archer, et Ux. v. Arlene L. Warner
MajorityMar 26, 2003 · October Term 2002
Allen D. Brown and Greg Hayes v. Legal Foundation of Washington et al.
MajorityMar 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, et al. v. Buckeye Community Hope Foundation et al.
DissentMar 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
Jeanne Woodford, Warden v. Robert Frederick Garceau
MajorityMar 10, 2003 · October Term 2002
Cook County, Illinois v. United States Ex Rel. Janet Chandler
MajorityMar 10, 2003 · October Term 2002
Norfolk & Western Railway Company v. Freeman Ayers et al.
ConcurrenceMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Connecticut Department of Public Safety, et al. v. John Doe, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
DissentMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Gary Albert Ewing v. California
DissentMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California v. Leandro Andrade
ConcurrenceMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Delbert W. Smith and Bruce M. Botelho v. John Doe I et al.
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
Victor Moseley and Cathy Moseley, Dba Victor's Little Secret v. v. Secret Catalogue, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
The Boeing Company and Consolidated Subsidiaries v. United States
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe
DissentMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
United States v. Navajo Nation
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
Erick Cornell Clay v. United States
MajorityFeb 26, 2003 · October Term 2002
Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc.
MajorityFeb 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
Thomas Joe Miller-El v. Janie Cockrell, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
MajorityFeb 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, et al. v. Guardianship Estate of Danny Keffeler et al.
MajorityJan 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
Federal Communications Commission v. Nextwave Personal Communications Inc. et al.
MajorityJan 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
David Meyer, Individually and in His Capacity As President and Designated Officer/broker of Triad, Inc., Etc. v. Emma Mary Ellen Holley, et Vir, et al.
MajorityJan 21, 2003 · October Term 2002
United States v. Francisco Jimenez Recio and Adrian Lopez-Meza
MajorityJan 15, 2003 · October Term 2002
Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security v. Peabody Coal Company et al.
MajorityJan 15, 2003 · October Term 2002
Eric Eldred, et al. v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General