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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)

MajorityJan 14, 1992 · October Term 1991
William Lewis Smith v. Wayne S. Barry, et al.
MajorityJan 14, 1992 · October Term 1991
County of Yakima, et al. v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation
MajorityJan 14, 1992 · October Term 1991
Barbara J. Norman, et al. v. Dorothy Reed, et al.
MajorityJan 14, 1992 · October Term 1991
Shirley M. Molzof, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert E. Molzof v. United States
MajorityJan 13, 1992 · October Term 1991
In Re James Blodgett, Superintendent, Washington State Penitentiary, et al.
MajorityDec 16, 1991 · October Term 1991
United States Department of State v. Michael D. Ray et al.
MajorityDec 16, 1991 · October Term 1991
Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. v. National Center for Immigrants' Rights, Inc., et al.
MajorityDec 16, 1991 · October Term 1991
William 'Sky' King v. St. Vincent's Hospital
MajorityDec 16, 1991 · October Term 1991
Hunter v. Bryant
MajorityDec 15, 1991 · October Term 1991
Kenneth Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Commission
MajorityDec 11, 1991 · October Term 1991
Union Bank v. Herbert Wolas, Chapter 7 Trustee for the Estate of Zzzz Best Co., Inc.
MajorityDec 10, 1991 · October Term 1991
Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board, et al.
MajorityDec 10, 1991 · October Term 1991
Rafeh-Rafie Ardestani v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
MajorityDec 4, 1991 · October Term 1991
Wayne Estelle, Warden v. Mark Owen McGuire
MajorityDec 4, 1991 · October Term 1991
Southwest Marine, Inc. v. Byron Gizoni
MajorityDec 4, 1991 · October Term 1991
Guy Wooddell, Jr. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 71, et al.
MajorityDec 4, 1991 · October Term 1991
Robert E. Gibson v. Florida Bar, et al.
MajorityDec 3, 1991 · October Term 1991
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States v. McOrp Financial, Inc., et al.
MajorityDec 3, 1991 · October Term 1991
Diane Griffin v. United States
MajorityNov 5, 1991 · October Term 1991
Barbara Hafer v. James C. Melo, Jr., et al.
MajorityNov 4, 1991 · October Term 1991
Vladimir Zatko v. California
MajorityOct 21, 1991 · October Term 1991
Raymond Mireles v. Howard Waco
MajorityOct 15, 1991 · October Term 1991
United States v. Alejandro Garcia Ibarra
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Pervis Tyrone Payne v. Tennessee
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Thomas Freytag, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityJun 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Peretz v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Ronald Allen Harmelin v. Michigan
DissentJun 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dominic P. Gentile v. State Bar of Nevada
MajorityJun 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Virginia Bankshares, Inc., et al. v. Doris I. Sandberg, et al.
DissentJun 24, 1991 · October Term 1990
Cohen v. Cowles Media Co., Dba Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co., et al.
MajorityJun 24, 1991 · October Term 1990
Harriet Pauley, Survivor of John C. Pauley v. Bethenergy Mines, Inc., et Al
MajorityJun 24, 1991 · October Term 1990
Roger Keith Coleman v. Charles E. Thompson, Warden
MajorityJun 24, 1991 · October Term 1990
Edgar Blatchford, Commissioner, Department of Community and Regional Affairs of Alaska v. Native Village of Noatak and Circle Village
MajorityJun 24, 1991 · October Term 1990
Eddie S. Ylst, Warden v. Owen Duane Nunnemaker
ConcurrenceJun 21, 1991 · October Term 1990
Michael Barnes, Prosecuting Attorney of St. Joseph County, Indiana, et al. v. Glen Theatre, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1991 · October Term 1990
Wisconsin Public Intervenor, et al. v. Ralph Mortier, et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1991 · October Term 1990
Edward Harold Schad, Jr. v. Arizona
DissentJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. John Gilbertson, et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Ronald Chisom, et al. v. Charles E. Roemer, Governor of Louisiana, et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Houston Lawyers' Association, et al. v. Attorney General of Texas, et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Florida v. Bostick
MajorityJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Ellis Gregory, Jr. and Anthony P. Nugent, Jr., Judges v. John D. Ashcroft, Governor of Missouri
MajorityJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Jeffrey M. Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc., Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and Janet Malcolm
MajorityJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
States of Oklahoma and Texas v. State of New Mexico
MajorityJun 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, et al. v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Pearly L. Wilson v. Richard Seiter, et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Louise Renne, San Francisco City Attorney, et al. v. Bob Geary, et al.
MajorityJun 13, 1991 · October Term 1990
Paul McNeil v. Wisconsin
MajorityJun 13, 1991 · October Term 1990
Litton Financial Printing Division, a Division of Litton Business Systems, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, et al.