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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)

DissentMay 20, 1992 · October Term 1991
Roger Keith Coleman v. Charles E. Thompson, Warden, et al.
MajorityMay 18, 1992 · October Term 1991
Terry Foucha v. Louisiana
MajorityMay 18, 1992 · October Term 1991
David Riggins v. Nevada
DissentMay 18, 1992 · October Term 1991
Howard Wyatt v. Bill Cole and John Robbins, Ii
MajorityMay 18, 1992 · October Term 1991
Harold Ray Wade v. United States
MajorityMay 4, 1992 · October Term 1991
J. C. Keeney, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary v. Jose Tamayo-Reyes
MajorityMay 4, 1992 · October Term 1991
George F. Denton, Director of Corrections of California, et al. v. Mike Hernandez
MajorityMay 4, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. John H. Williams, Jr.
MajorityApr 21, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States of America v. State of Alaska on Bill of Complaint
MajorityApr 21, 1992 · October Term 1991
Keyton E. Barker and Pauline Barker, et Al., Peittioners v. Kansas, et al.
MajorityApr 21, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States Department of Energy v. Ohio, et al.
MajorityApr 21, 1992 · October Term 1991
Robert J. Taylor, Trustee v. Freeland & Kronz, Wendell G. Freeland and Richard F. Kronz
MajorityApr 21, 1992 · October Term 1991
James Gomez and Daniel Vasquez v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al.
MajorityApr 6, 1992 · October Term 1991
Keith Jacobson v. United States
MajorityApr 6, 1992 · October Term 1991
Joe Mario Trevino v. Texas
ConcurrenceApr 1, 1992 · October Term 1991
John K. Yee, et al. v. City of Escondido, California
MajorityMar 31, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States Department of Commerce, et al. v. Montana, et al.
ConcurrenceMar 31, 1992 · October Term 1991
Robert R. Freeman, et al. v. Willie Eugene Pitts, et al.
MajorityMar 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
Sue Suter, et al. v. Artist M., et al.
MajorityMar 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Frank Dennis Felix
MajorityMar 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
William Barnhill v. Elliot Johnson, Trustee
MajorityMar 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, et al. v. Boston and Maine Corporation, et al.
MajorityMar 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
F. Dale Robertson, Chief, United States Forest Service, Et. al. v. Seattle Audubon Society et al.
MajorityMar 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
Robert G. Holmes, Jr. v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation, et al.
MajorityMar 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. R. L. C.
MajorityMar 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, et al. v. Robert T. Darden
MajorityMar 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Richard Wilson
MajorityMar 9, 1992 · October Term 1991
David Dawson v. Delaware
MajorityMar 9, 1992 · October Term 1991
General Motors Corporation, et al. v. Evert Romein et al.
MajorityMar 9, 1992 · October Term 1991
Joseph Williams v. United States
DissentMar 9, 1992 · October Term 1991
James R. Stringer v. Lee Roy Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al.
MajorityMar 9, 1992 · October Term 1991
Connecticut National Bank v. Thomas M. Germain, Trustee for the Estate of O'sullivan's Fuel Oil Co., Inc.
MajorityMar 9, 1992 · October Term 1991
Pfz Properties, Inc. v. Rene Alberto Rodriguez et al.
MajorityMar 4, 1992 · October Term 1991
John J. McCarthy v. Larry Madigan, et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1992 · October Term 1991
Donald J. Willy v. Coastal Corporation, et al.
MajorityFeb 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Christine Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools and William Prescott.
MajorityFeb 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Indopco, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
MajorityFeb 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Arkansas, et al. v. Oklahoma, et al.
MajorityFeb 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Myra Jo Collins v. City of Harker Heights, Texas.
MajorityFeb 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
Keith J. Hudson v. Jack McMillian, et al.
MajorityFeb 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Nordic Village Inc., David O. Simon, Trustee
MajorityFeb 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
Holywell Corporation, et al. v. Fred Stanton Smith, Etc., et al.
MajorityJan 27, 1992 · October Term 1991
Lawrence C. Presley, Etc. v. Etowah County Commission et al.
MajorityJan 27, 1992 · October Term 1991
Lechmere, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
MajorityJan 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
State of Wyoming v. State of Oklahoma
MajorityJan 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Jairo Jonathan Elias-Zacarias
DissentJan 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Joseph Patrick Doherty
MajorityJan 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Randall D. White v. Illinois
MajorityJan 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Robert C. Rufo, Sheriff of Suffolk County, et al. v. Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail, et al.
DissentJan 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Aletha Dewsnup v. Louis L. Timm, et al.