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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)

MajorityNov 16, 1992 · October Term 1992
Church of Scientology of California v. United States and Frank S. Zolin
MajorityNov 3, 1992 · October Term 1992
Montana v. Donald Glenn Imlay
MajorityNov 2, 1992 · October Term 1992
James L. Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, et al.
MajorityJul 17, 1992 · October Term 1991
Leona Benten, et al. v. David Kessler, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1992 · October Term 1991
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, et al. v. Robert P. Casey, et Al., Etc.
DissentJun 29, 1992 · October Term 1991
David H. Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council
MajorityJun 29, 1992 · October Term 1991
Henry Jose Espinosa v. Florida
DissentJun 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc., and Brian Rumbaugh v. Walter Lee
MajorityJun 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Kirk Fordice, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
MajorityJun 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc.
ConcurrenceJun 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Barbara Franklin, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. Massachusetts et al.
ConcurrenceJun 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Walter Lee, Superintendent of Port Authority Police v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc., et al.
ConcurrenceJun 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
Thomas Cipollone, Individually and As Executor of the Estate of Rose D. Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
City of Burlington v. Ernest Dague, Sr., et al.
ConcurrenceJun 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
Robert E. Lee, Individually and As Principal of Nathan Bishop Middle School, et al. v. Daniel Weisman Etc.
MajorityJun 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
Marc Gilbert Doggett v. United States
MajorityJun 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
Robert Wayne Sawyer v. John Whitley, Warden
MajorityJun 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
Rav v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota
ConcurrenceJun 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
Teofilo Medina, Jr. v. California
MajorityJun 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
Estate of Floyd Cowart v. Nicklos Drilling Company, et al.
MajorityJun 19, 1992 · October Term 1991
Forsyth County, Georgia v. the Nationalist Movement
MajorityJun 19, 1992 · October Term 1991
New York v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 19, 1992 · October Term 1991
Wisconsin Department of Revenue v. William Wrigley, Jr., Co.
MajorityJun 19, 1992 · October Term 1991
American National Red Cross v. S. G. and A. E.
ConcurrenceJun 19, 1992 · October Term 1991
Ellis B. Wright, Jr., Warden and Mary Sue Terry, Attorney General of Virginia v. Frank Robert West, Jr.
MajorityJun 19, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Anthony Salerno, et al.
MajorityJun 18, 1992 · October Term 1991
Stephanie Nordlinger v. Kenneth Hahn, in His Capacity As Tax Assessor for Los Angeles County, et al.
MajorityJun 18, 1992 · October Term 1991
Georgia v. Thomas McCollum, William Joseph McCollum and Ella Hampton McCollum
MajorityJun 18, 1992 · October Term 1991
Kraft General Foods, Inc. v. Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance
DissentJun 18, 1992 · October Term 1991
Mary Gade, Director, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency v. National Solid Wastes Management Association
MajorityJun 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Humberto Alvarez-Machain
MajorityJun 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Carol Ankenbrandt, As Next Friend and Mother of L. R. and S. R. v. Jon A. Richards and Debra Kesler
MajorityJun 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Derrick Morgan v. Illinois
MajorityJun 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
John R. Patterson, Trustee v. Joseph B. Shumate, Jr.
MajorityJun 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Allied-Signal, Inc., As Successor-In-Interest To the Bendix Corporation v. Director, Division of Taxation
ConcurrenceJun 12, 1992 · October Term 1991
Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of the Interior v. Defenders of Wildlife, et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1992 · October Term 1991
Republic of Argentina and Banco Central De La Republica Argentina v. Weltover, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1992 · October Term 1991
Federal Trade Commission v. Ticor Title Insurance Company, et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1992 · October Term 1991
Burlington Northern Railroad Company v. William D. Ford and Thomas L. Johnson
MajorityJun 8, 1992 · October Term 1991
Alan B. Burdick v. Morris Takushi, Director of Elections of Hawaii, et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1992 · October Term 1991
Eastman Kodak Company v. Image Technical Services, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Thompson/center Arms Company
MajorityJun 8, 1992 · October Term 1991
Dennis Sochor v. Florida
MajorityJun 1, 1992 · October Term 1991
Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Guy Hunt, Governor of Alabama et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1992 · October Term 1991
Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources et al.
Did not participateJun 1, 1992 · October Term 1991
Dan Morales, Attorney General of Texas v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., et al.
DissentMay 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Charles W. Burson, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee v. Mary Rebecca Freeman
ConcurrenceMay 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Therese A. Burke, Cynthia R. Center, and Linda G. Gibbs
MajorityMay 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
John H. Evans, Jr. v. United States
MajorityMay 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Quill Corporation v. North Dakota By and Through Its Tax Commissioner, Heidi Heitkamp