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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)

DissentJun 24, 1994 · October Term 1993
Florence Dolan v. City of Tigard
MajorityJun 24, 1994 · October Term 1993
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., et al. v. Karl L. Oberg
ConcurrenceJun 24, 1994 · October Term 1993
Robert L. Davis v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 24, 1994 · October Term 1993
Roy Heck v. James Humphrey et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. v. Grant T. Norris
DissentJun 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor v. Greenwich Collieries
MajorityJun 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
Barclays Bank Plc v. Franchise Tax Board of California
DissentJun 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
Orrin S. Reed v. Robert Farley, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison, et al.
ConcurrenceJun 17, 1994 · October Term 1993
Jonathan Dale Simmons v. South Carolina
MajorityJun 17, 1994 · October Term 1993
West Lynn Creamery, Inc., et al. v. Jonathan Healy, Commissioner of Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture
DissentJun 17, 1994 · October Term 1993
McI Telecommunications Corporation v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company
DissentJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
John Joseph Romano v. Oklahoma
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
United States v. Jerry W. Carlton
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
City of Ladue, et al. v. Margaret P. Gilleo
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
Department of Taxation and Finance of New York, et al. v. Milhelm Attea & Bros., Inc., Etc., et al.
ConcurrenceJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
O'melveny & Myers v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation As Receiver for American Diversified Savings Bank et al.
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
Albert Howlett v. Birkdale Shipping Co., S. A.
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
Karen Livadas v. Victoria Bradshaw, California Labor Commissioner
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
Silvia S. Ibanez v. Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Board of Accountancy
ConcurrenceJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Kenneth O. Nichols v. United States
MajorityJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Department of Revenue of Montana v. Kurth Ranch et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Key Tronic Corporation v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Dee Farmer v. Edward Brennan, Warden, et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Digital Equipment Corporation v. Desktop Direct, Inc.
ConcurrenceMay 31, 1994 · October Term 1993
Cynthia Waters, et al. v. Cheryl R. Churchill, et al.
MajorityMay 31, 1994 · October Term 1993
Pud No. 1 of Jefferson County and City of Tacoma v. Washington Department of Ecology, et al.
ConcurrenceMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
John H. Dalton, Secretary of the Navy, et al. v. Arlen Specter et al.
DissentMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Darren J. Custis v. United States
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Posters 'N' Things, Ltd., et al. v. United States
DissentMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Bfp v. Resolution Trust Corporation, As Receiver of Imperial Federal Savings Association, et al.
DissentMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
National Labor Relations Board v. Health Care & Retirement Corporation of America
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Harold E. Staples, Iii v. United States
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Associated Industries of Missouri, et al. v. Janette M. Lohman, Director of Revenue of Missouri, et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Gary M. McKnight v. General Motors Corporation
MajorityMay 16, 1994 · October Term 1993
Lenard Ray Beecham v. United States
MajorityMay 16, 1994 · October Term 1993
Matt T. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
DissentMay 16, 1994 · October Term 1993
C & a Carbone, Inc., et al. v. Town of Clarkstown, New York
MajorityMay 16, 1994 · October Term 1993
Security Services, Inc. v. Kmart Corporation
MajorityMay 2, 1994 · October Term 1993
City of Chicago, et al. v. Environmental Defense Fund et al.
MajorityMay 2, 1994 · October Term 1993
United States v. Pedro Alvarez-Sanchez
MajorityMay 2, 1994 · October Term 1993
In Re Grant Anderson
MajorityApr 26, 1994 · October Term 1993
Barbara Landgraf v. Usi Film Products et al.
MajorityApr 26, 1994 · October Term 1993
Maurice Rivers and Robert C. Davison v. Roadway Express, Inc.
MajorityApr 26, 1994 · October Term 1993
Robert Edward Stansbury v. California
MajorityApr 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
McDermott, Inc. v. Amclyde and River Don Castings Ltd.
MajorityApr 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
Boca Grande Club, Inc. v. Florida Power & Light Company, Inc.
MajorityApr 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
United States v. John O. Irvine and First Trust National Association
MajorityApr 19, 1994 · October Term 1993
J. E. B. v. Alabama Ex Rel. T. B.
DissentApr 19, 1994 · October Term 1993
Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. and Jack K. Naber
MajorityApr 4, 1994 · October Term 1993
Ticor Title Insurance Company, et al. v. Walter Thomas Brown and Jeffrey L. Dziewit