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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)

MajorityApr 25, 2007 · October Term 2006
Jalil Abdul-Kabir, Fka Ted Calvin Cole v. Nathaniel Quarterman, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
MajorityApr 25, 2007 · October Term 2006
Brent Ray Brewer v. Nathaniel Quarterman, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
DissentApr 18, 2007 · October Term 2006
Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General v. Leroy Carhart, et al.
MajorityApr 18, 2007 · October Term 2006
Alphonso James, Jr. v. United States
MajorityApr 17, 2007 · October Term 2006
Linda A. Watters, Commissioner, Michigan Office of Insurance and Financial Services v. Wachovia Bank, N. A., et al.
MajorityApr 17, 2007 · October Term 2006
Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc.
DissentApr 17, 2007 · October Term 2006
Zuni Public School District No. 89, et al. v. Department of Education, et al.
MajorityApr 2, 2007 · October Term 2006
Massachusetts, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency et al.
MajorityApr 2, 2007 · October Term 2006
Environmental Defense, et al. v. Duke Energy Corporation, et al.
MajorityMar 27, 2007 · October Term 2006
Rockwell International Corp., et al. v. United States et al.
DissentMar 27, 2007 · October Term 2006
Alicia G. Limtiaco, Attorney General of Guam v. Felix P. Camacho, Governor of Guam
MajorityMar 20, 2007 · October Term 2006
Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company
MajorityMar 5, 2007 · October Term 2006
Sinochem International Co., Ltd. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corporation
MajorityMar 5, 2007 · October Term 2006
Keith Lance, et al. v. Mike Coffman, Colorado Secretary of State
MajorityFeb 28, 2007 · October Term 2006
Glen Whorton, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections v. Marvin Howard Bockting
MajorityFeb 21, 2007 · October Term 2006
Robert Louis Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, et al.
MajorityFeb 20, 2007 · October Term 2006
Weyerhaeuser Company v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Company, Inc.
DissentFeb 20, 2007 · October Term 2006
Gary Lawrence v. Florida
MajorityFeb 20, 2007 · October Term 2006
Philip Morris USA v. Mayola Williams, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jesse D. Williams, Deceased
ConcurrenceFeb 20, 2007 · October Term 2006
Andre Wallace v. Kristen Kato et al.
MajorityJan 22, 2007 · October Term 2006
Jones v. Bock, Warden, et al.
ConcurrenceJan 22, 2007 · October Term 2006
Pat Osborn v. Barry Haley, et al.
MajorityJan 22, 2007 · October Term 2006
John Cunningham v. California
MajorityJan 19, 2007 · October Term 2006
United States v. Juan Resendiz-Ponce
MajorityJan 17, 2007 · October Term 2006
Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General v. Luis Alexander Duenas-Alvarez
ConcurrenceJan 10, 2007 · October Term 2006
Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Timothy Sorrell
MajorityJan 9, 2007 · October Term 2006
Medimmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., et al.
MajorityJan 9, 2007 · October Term 2006
Lonnie Lee Burton v. Belinda Stewart, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center
ConcurrenceDec 11, 2006 · October Term 2006
Thomas L. Carey, Warden v. Mathew Musladin
MajorityDec 11, 2006 · October Term 2006
Bp America Production Company, Successor in Interest To Amoco Production Company, et al. v. Rejane Burton, Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, et al.
MajorityDec 5, 2006 · October Term 2006
Jose Antonio Lopez v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
MajorityDec 5, 2006 · October Term 2006
Reymundo Toledo-Flores v. United States
MajorityOct 20, 2006 · October Term 2006
Helen Purcell, Maricopa County Recorder, et al. v. Maria M. Gonzalez et al.
DissentOct 13, 2006 · October Term 2006
Robert L. Ayers, Jr., Acting Warden v. Fernando Belmontes
ConcurrenceJun 29, 2006 · October Term 2005
Salim Ahmed Hamdan v. Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al.
MajorityJun 29, 2006 · October Term 2005
Eric Michael Clark v. Arizona
DissentJun 28, 2006 · October Term 2005
Moises Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon
ConcurrenceJun 28, 2006 · October Term 2005
League of United Latin American Citizens, et al. v. Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, et al.
MajorityJun 28, 2006 · October Term 2005
Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. Ronald Banks, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
MajorityJun 26, 2006 · October Term 2005
United States v. Cuauhtemoc Gonzalez-Lopez
DissentJun 26, 2006 · October Term 2005
Kansas v. Michael Lee Marsh, Ii
MajorityJun 26, 2006 · October Term 2005
Washington v. Arturo R. Recuenco
DissentJun 26, 2006 · October Term 2005
Neil Randall, et al. v. William H. Sorrell et al.
DissentJun 26, 2006 · October Term 2005
Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Pearl Murphy et Vir
DissentJun 22, 2006 · October Term 2005
Keshia Cherie Ashford Dixon v. United States
MajorityJun 22, 2006 · October Term 2005
Humberto Fernandez-Vargas v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
MajorityJun 22, 2006 · October Term 2005
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company v. Sheila White
DissentJun 22, 2006 · October Term 2005
Jeanne S. Woodford, et al. v. Viet Mike Ngo
DissentJun 22, 2006 · October Term 2005
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Dba Labcorp v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 19, 2006 · October Term 2005
Denver A. Youngblood, Jr. v. West Virginia