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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 29, 2009 · October Term 2008
Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of New York v. the Clearing House Association, L. L. C., et al.
DissentJun 29, 2009 · October Term 2008
Frank Ricci, et al. v. John Destefano et al.
MajorityJun 25, 2009 · October Term 2008
Luis E. Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
MajorityJun 25, 2009 · October Term 2008
Safford Unified School District #1, et Al.v. April Redding
MajorityJun 25, 2009 · October Term 2008
Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc., et al. v. Edgar L. Townsend
DissentJun 25, 2009 · October Term 2008
Thomas C. Horne, Superintendent, Arizona Public Instruction v. Miriam Flores et al.
MajorityJun 22, 2009 · October Term 2008
Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, et al.
DissentJun 22, 2009 · October Term 2008
Forest Grove School District v. T. A.
DissentJun 22, 2009 · October Term 2008
Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council et al.
DissentJun 18, 2009 · October Term 2008
District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. v. William G. Osborne
MajorityJun 18, 2009 · October Term 2008
F. Scott Yeager v. United States
MajorityJun 18, 2009 · October Term 2008
The Travelers Indemnity Company, et al. v. Pearlie Bailey et al.
DissentJun 18, 2009 · October Term 2008
Jack Gross v. Fbl Financial Services, Inc.
DissentJun 15, 2009 · October Term 2008
Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez, Alaska
MajorityJun 15, 2009 · October Term 2008
Manoj Nijhawan v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General
MajorityJun 9, 2009 · October Term 2008
Indiana State Police Pension Trust et al. v. Chrysler LLC et al.
MajorityJun 8, 2009 · October Term 2008
Republic of Iraq v. Jordan Beaty et al.
MajorityJun 8, 2009 · October Term 2008
Hugh M. Caperton, et al. v. A. T. Massey Coal Company, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 8, 2009 · October Term 2008
United States v. Jacob Denedo
MajorityJun 8, 2009 · October Term 2008
United States Ex Rel. Irwin Eisenstein v. City of New York, New York, et al.
MajorityJun 8, 2009 · October Term 2008
Edmund Boyle v. United States
MajorityJun 1, 2009 · October Term 2008
David Bobby, Warden v. Michael Bies
MajorityJun 1, 2009 · October Term 2008
Csx Transportation, Inc. v. Thurston Hensley
MajorityMay 26, 2009 · October Term 2008
Keith Haywood v. Curtis Drown, et al.
DissentMay 26, 2009 · October Term 2008
Jesse Jay Montejo v. Louisiana
MajorityMay 26, 2009 · October Term 2008
Salman Khade Abuelhawa v. United States
DissentMay 18, 2009 · October Term 2008
John D. Ashcroft, Former Attorney General, et al. v. Javaid Iqbal et al.
MajorityMay 18, 2009 · October Term 2008
AT&T Corporation v. Noreen Hulteen et al.
MajorityMay 4, 2009 · October Term 2008
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, et al. v. United States et al.
DissentMay 4, 2009 · October Term 2008
Arthur Andersen LLP, et al. v. Wayne Carlisle et al.
ConcurrenceMay 4, 2009 · October Term 2008
Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. Hif Bio, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 4, 2009 · October Term 2008
Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa v. United States
MajorityApr 29, 2009 · October Term 2008
Christopher Michael Dean v. United States
MajorityApr 29, 2009 · October Term 2008
Kansas v. Donnie Ray Ventris
MajorityApr 28, 2009 · October Term 2008
Gary Bradford Cone v. Ricky Bell, Warden
DissentApr 28, 2009 · October Term 2008
Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 22, 2009 · October Term 2008
Jean Marc Nken v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General
MajorityApr 21, 2009 · October Term 2008
Arizona v. Rodney Joseph Gant
DissentApr 21, 2009 · October Term 2008
Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Dariush Elahi
DissentApr 21, 2009 · October Term 2008
Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs v. Woodrow F. Sanders
ConcurrenceApr 6, 2009 · October Term 2008
United States v. Navajo Nation
MajorityApr 6, 2009 · October Term 2008
Johnnie Corley v. United States
MajorityApr 1, 2009 · October Term 2008
Edward Jerome Harbison v. Ricky Bell, Warden
DissentApr 1, 2009 · October Term 2008
Entergy Corporation v. Riverkeeper, Inc., et al.
DissentApr 1, 2009 · October Term 2008
14 Penn Plaza LLC et al. v. Steven Pyett et al.