Harry A. Blackmun

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Richard Nixon
Senate confirmation:: May 12, 1970
Recorded service:: Jun 15, 1970 – Jun 30, 1994
Lived:: Nov 12, 1908 – Mar 4, 1999

In plain language

Harry A. Blackmun, associate justice.
Appointed by Richard Nixon; confirmed May 12, 1970.
Court service June 15, 1970 to June 30, 1994.

Decisions on record (3728)

MajorityJan 10, 1973 · October Term 1972
Bronston v. United States
MajorityJan 9, 1973 · October Term 1972
Couch v. United States et al.
MajorityJan 9, 1973 · October Term 1972
Ricci v. Chicago Mercantile Exchange et al.
MajorityDec 18, 1972 · October Term 1972
Executive Jet Aviation, Inc., et al. v. City of Cleveland et al.
ConcurrenceDec 18, 1972 · October Term 1972
Heublein, Inc. v. South Carolina Tax Commission
MajorityDec 12, 1972 · October Term 1972
Erlenbaugh et al. v. United States
MajorityDec 11, 1972 · October Term 1972
One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United States
MajorityDec 11, 1972 · October Term 1972
Dillard v. Industrial Commission of Virginia et al.
MajorityDec 7, 1972 · October Term 1972
Swenson, Warden v. Stidham
ConcurrenceDec 7, 1972 · October Term 1972
Trafficante et al. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. et al.
DissentDec 7, 1972 · October Term 1972
National Labor Relations Board v. Granite State Joint Board, Textile Workers Union of America, Local 1029, AFL-CIO
MajorityDec 6, 1972 · October Term 1972
Tidewater Oil Co. v. United States et al.
MajorityDec 6, 1972 · October Term 1972
Neil, Warden v. Biggers
MajorityDec 5, 1972 · October Term 1972
Union Oil Co. of California v. the San Jacinto et al.
MajorityDec 5, 1972 · October Term 1972
California et al. v. Larue et al.
DissentDec 4, 1972 · October Term 1972
Cool v. United States
MajorityDec 4, 1972 · October Term 1972
Evco, Dba Evco Instructional Designs v. Jones, Commissioner of Bureau of Revenue of New Mexico, et al.
DissentDec 4, 1972 · October Term 1972
Webb v. Texas
MajorityNov 20, 1972 · October Term 1972
United States v. Jim et al.
MajorityNov 20, 1972 · October Term 1972
Johnson et al. v. New York State Education Department et al.
Did not participateNov 20, 1972 · October Term 1972
Gottschalk, Acting Commissioner of Patents v. Benson et al.
MajorityNov 14, 1972 · October Term 1972
Ward v. Village of Monroeville
ConcurrenceNov 7, 1972 · October Term 1972
National Labor Relations Board v. International Van Lines
MajorityNov 6, 1972 · October Term 1972
Murch et al. v. Mottram
MajorityOct 24, 1972 · October Term 1972
Robinson v. Hanrahan, States Attorney of Cook County
MajorityOct 24, 1972 · October Term 1972
California v. Krivda et al.
MajorityOct 24, 1972 · October Term 1972
Illinois v. Michigan
MajorityOct 16, 1972 · October Term 1972
United States v. Louisiana et al. (Louisiana Boundary Case)
MajorityJul 7, 1972 · October Term 1972
O'brien et al. v. Brown et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Perry et al. v. Sindermann
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Board of Regents of State Colleges et al. v. Roth
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Morrissey et al. v. Brewer, Warden, et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
United States v. Brewster
DissentJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Furman v. Georgia
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Stewart v. Massachusetts
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Port of Portland et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Moore v. Illinois
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Kleindienst, Attorney General, et al. v. Mandel et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Branzburg v. Hayes et Al., Judges
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Gravel v. United States
MajorityJun 26, 1972 · October Term 1971
Grayned v. City of Rockford
ConcurrenceJun 26, 1972 · October Term 1971
Police Department of the City of Chicago et al. v. Mosley
MajorityJun 26, 1972 · October Term 1971
Beecher v. Alabama
MajorityJun 26, 1972 · October Term 1971
Kois v. Wisconsin
MajorityJun 26, 1972 · October Term 1971
Combs v. United States
MajorityJun 26, 1972 · October Term 1971
Mancusi, Correctional Superintendent v. Stubbs
MajorityJun 26, 1972 · October Term 1971
Healy et al. v. James et al.
DissentJun 26, 1972 · October Term 1971
United States v. Byrum, Executrix
MajorityJun 26, 1972 · October Term 1971
Laird, Secretary of Defense, et al. v. Tatum et al.
DissentJun 26, 1972 · October Term 1971
Gelbard et al. v. United States