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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)

DissentJun 7, 1993 · October Term 1992
Jerry D. Gilmore v. Kevin Taylor
ConcurrenceJun 7, 1993 · October Term 1992
Minnesota v. Timothy Dickerson
MajorityJun 7, 1993 · October Term 1992
Lamb's Chapel and John Steigerwald v. Center Moriches Union Free School District et al.
MajorityJun 7, 1993 · October Term 1992
Good Samaritan Hospital, et al. v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services
MajorityJun 1, 1993 · October Term 1992
William J. Mertens, Alex W. Bandrowski, James A. Clark, and Russell Franz v. Hewitt Associates
MajorityJun 1, 1993 · October Term 1992
John Sullivan v. Louisiana
DissentJun 1, 1993 · October Term 1992
Musick, Peeler & Garrett, et al. v. Employers Insurance of Wausau et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1993 · October Term 1992
Federal Communications Commission and United States v. Beach Communications, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1993 · October Term 1992
Leonard Nobelman, et Ux. v. American Savings Bank et al.
MajorityMay 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.
MajorityMay 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
United States Department of Justice, et al. v. Vincent James Landano
MajorityMay 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
Michael E. Lincoln, Acting Director of the Indian Health Service, et al. v. Grover Vigil et al.
MajorityMay 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
Keene Corporation v. United States
ConcurrenceMay 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
John Angus Smith v. United States
MajorityMay 17, 1993 · October Term 1992
Cardinal Chemical Company, Etc., et al. v. Morton International, Inc.
MajorityMay 17, 1993 · October Term 1992
William McNeil v. United States
MajorityMay 17, 1993 · October Term 1992
Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Sac and Fox Nation
DissentMay 17, 1993 · October Term 1992
Thomas Lee Deal v. United States
MajorityMay 17, 1993 · October Term 1992
El Vocero De Puerto Rico (Caribbean International News Corp.), et al. v. Puerto Rico, et al.
MajorityMay 3, 1993 · October Term 1992
United States v. Idaho, Ex Rel. Director, Idaho Department of Water Resources
MajorityMay 3, 1993 · October Term 1992
Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al. v. Alpine Ridge Group et al.
MajorityMay 3, 1993 · October Term 1992
Lynwood Moreau, Etc., et al. v. Johnny Klevenhagen, Sheriff, Harris County, Texas, et al.
MajorityMay 3, 1993 · October Term 1992
Terry Lynn Stinson v. United States
MajorityMay 3, 1993 · October Term 1992
Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc., et al. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 3, 1993 · October Term 1992
United States v. Padilla
DissentApr 26, 1993 · October Term 1992
United States v. Guy W. Olano, Jr., and Raymond M. Gray
MajorityApr 26, 1993 · October Term 1992
United States v. California and California State Board of Equalization
ConcurrenceApr 26, 1993 · October Term 1992
Fred H. Edenfield, et al. v. Scott Fane
DissentApr 21, 1993 · October Term 1992
Todd A. Brecht v. Gordon A. Abrahamson, Superintendent, Dodge Correctional Institution
MajorityApr 21, 1993 · October Term 1992
Csx Transportation, Inc. v. Lizzie Beatrice Easterwood
MajorityApr 21, 1993 · October Term 1992
Pamela Withrow v. Robert Allen Williams, Jr.
MajorityApr 20, 1993 · October Term 1992
Newark Morning Ledger Co., As Successor To the Herald Company v. United States
MajorityApr 20, 1993 · October Term 1992
State of Nebraska v. States of Wyoming and Colorado
MajorityApr 20, 1993 · October Term 1992
Hazen Paper Company, et al. v. Walter F. Biggins
MajorityApr 5, 1993 · October Term 1992
United States, et al. v. Texas et al.
MajorityApr 5, 1993 · October Term 1992
United States v. Lowell Green
MajorityMar 31, 1993 · October Term 1992
Thomas F. Conroy v. Walter Aniskoff, Jr., et al.
DissentMar 30, 1993 · October Term 1992
A. J. Arave, Warden v. Thomas E. Creech
DissentMar 30, 1993 · October Term 1992
State of Delaware v. State of New York, et al.
MajorityMar 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
Pioneer Investment Services Company v. Brunswick Associates Limited Partnership et al.
ConcurrenceMar 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
United States By and Through Internal Revenue Service v. Bruce J. McDermott et al.
DissentMar 23, 1993 · October Term 1992
Janet Reno, Attorney General, et al. v. Jenny Lisette Flores et al.
DissentMar 23, 1993 · October Term 1992
Saudi Arabia, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Royspec v. Scott Nelson et Ux.
MajorityMar 8, 1993 · October Term 1992
Sandra Jean Smith v. United States
MajorityMar 8, 1993 · October Term 1992
Building and Construction Trades Council of the Metropolitan District v. Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts/rhode Island, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 8, 1993 · October Term 1992
Jose Antonio Ortega-Rodriguez v. United States
DissentMar 8, 1993 · October Term 1992
Peter C. Reiter, et al. v. Langdon M. Cooper, Trustee for Carolina Motor Express, Inc., et al.
DissentMar 8, 1993 · October Term 1992
Paul Delo, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center v. Frederick Lashley
DissentMar 8, 1993 · October Term 1992
John Robert Demos, Jr. v. Michael C. Storrie, et al.