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John Paul Stevens

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Gerald Ford
Senate confirmation:: Dec 17, 1975
Recorded service:: Jan 13, 1976 – Jun 29, 2010
Lived:: Apr 20, 1920 – Jul 16, 2019

In plain language

John Paul Stevens, associate justice.
Appointed by Gerald Ford; confirmed December 17, 1975.
Court service January 13, 1976 to June 29, 2010.

Decisions on record (4228)

MajorityJun 26, 2000 · October Term 1999
Charles Thomas Dickerson v. United States
MajorityJun 26, 2000 · October Term 1999
Charles C. Apprendi, Jr. v. New Jersey
DissentJun 26, 2000 · October Term 1999
California Democratic Party, et al. v. Bill Jones, Secretary of State of California, et al.
DissentJun 26, 2000 · October Term 1999
Mobil Oil Exploration and Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United States
MajorityJun 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe, Individually and As Next Friend for Her Minor Children, Jane and John Doe, et al.
DissentJun 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
Charles B. Miller, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility, et Al., v. Richard A. French, et al.
MajorityJun 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
Stephen P. Crosby, Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts, et Al., v. National Foreign Trade Council
MajorityJun 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
State of Arizona v. State of California, et al.
MajorityJun 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Roger Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
DissentJun 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Bobby Lee Ramdass v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
MajorityJun 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Lori Pegram, et al. v. Cynthia Herdrich
MajorityJun 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Etc., et al. v. Salomon Smith Barney Inc., et al.
DissentJun 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Floyd J. Carter v. United States
MajorityJun 5, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Webster L. Hubbell
DissentJun 5, 2000 · October Term 1999
Jenifer Troxel, et Vir v. Tommie Granville
MajorityJun 5, 2000 · October Term 1999
Juatassa Sims v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security
MajorityJun 5, 2000 · October Term 1999
Jaime Castillo, et Al., v. United States
MajorityMay 30, 2000 · October Term 1999
Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company v. Union Planters Bank, N. A.
MajorityMay 30, 2000 · October Term 1999
Thomas E. Raleigh, Chapter 7 Trustee for the Estate of William J. Stoecker, v. Illinois Department of Revenue
DissentMay 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Maria Suzuki Ohler v. United States
ConcurrenceMay 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States, Ex Rel., Jonathan Stevens
ConcurrenceMay 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States, et al. v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.
ConcurrenceMay 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Dewey J. Jones v. United States
DissentMay 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Alexis Geier, et al. v. American Honda Motor Company, Inc., et al.
DissentMay 15, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Antonio J. Morrison, et al.
MajorityMay 15, 2000 · October Term 1999
Jeffrey Allan Fischer v. United States
MajorityMay 15, 2000 · October Term 1999
Cornell Johnson v. United States
MajorityMay 15, 2000 · October Term 1999
Public Lands Council, et al. v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, et al.
MajorityMay 1, 2000 · October Term 1999
Scott Leslie Carmell v. Texas
DissentMay 1, 2000 · October Term 1999
Edward Christensen, et al. v. Harris County, et al.
ConcurrenceApr 26, 2000 · October Term 1999
Antonio Tonton Slack v. Eldon McDaniel, Warden, et al.
DissentApr 26, 2000 · October Term 1999
Robert A. Beck, Ii v. Ronald M. Prupis, et al.
DissentApr 25, 2000 · October Term 1999
Ronald D. Edwards, Warden v. Robert W. Carpenter
MajorityApr 25, 2000 · October Term 1999
Donald E. Nelson v. Adams, USA, Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 18, 2000 · October Term 1999
Terry Williams v. John Taylor, Warden
MajorityApr 18, 2000 · October Term 1999
Michael Wayne Williams v. John Taylor, Warden
MajorityApr 17, 2000 · October Term 1999
Steven Dewayne Bond v. United States
DissentApr 17, 2000 · October Term 1999
Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Dedra Shanklin, Individually, and As Next Friend of Jessie Guy Shanklin
DissentMar 29, 2000 · October Term 1999
City of Erie, et al. v. Pap's A. M., Tdba 'Kandyland'
DissentMar 28, 2000 · October Term 1999
J. Wayne Garner, Former Chairman of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles of Georgia, et al. v. Robert L. Jones
MajorityMar 28, 2000 · October Term 1999
Florida v. J. L.
MajorityMar 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc.
ConcurrenceMar 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Scott Harold Southworth, et al.
DissentMar 21, 2000 · October Term 1999
Food and Drug Administration, et al. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, et al.
MajorityMar 21, 2000 · October Term 1999
Cortez Byrd Chips, Inc. v. Bill Harbert Construction Company, Etc.
ConcurrenceMar 6, 2000 · October Term 1999
Leonard Portuondo, Superintendent, Fishkill Correctional Facility v. Ray Agard
MajorityMar 6, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Gary Locke, Governor of Washington, et al.
MajorityMar 1, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Roy Lee Johnson
DissentFeb 29, 2000 · October Term 1999
Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc.
MajorityFeb 23, 2000 · October Term 1999
Village of Willowbrook, et al. v. Grace Olech