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Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Richard Nixon
Senate confirmation:: Dec 6, 1971
Recorded service:: Jan 10, 1972 – Jun 26, 1987
Lived:: Sep 19, 1907 – Aug 25, 1998

In plain language

Lewis F. Powell Jr., associate justice.
Appointed by Richard Nixon; confirmed December 6, 1971.
Court service January 10, 1972 to June 26, 1987.

Decisions on record (2634)

MajorityJan 9, 1978 · October Term 1977
Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association) v. South Acres Development Co.
MajorityDec 12, 1977 · October Term 1977
United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann
MajorityDec 12, 1977 · October Term 1977
Moore v. Illinois
MajorityDec 7, 1977 · October Term 1977
United States v. New York Telephone Co.
ConcurrenceDec 6, 1977 · October Term 1977
Nashville Gas Co. v. Satty
MajorityDec 6, 1977 · October Term 1977
Richmond Unified School District v. Berg
MajorityDec 6, 1977 · October Term 1977
New York v. Cathedral Academy
MajorityDec 5, 1977 · October Term 1977
Pennsylvania v. Mimms
MajorityDec 5, 1977 · October Term 1977
Idaho Department of Employment v. Smith
MajorityNov 29, 1977 · October Term 1977
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Kowalski et Ux.
DissentNov 14, 1977 · October Term 1977
Key et al. v. Doyle et al.
MajorityNov 8, 1977 · October Term 1977
Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Jobst
MajorityNov 8, 1977 · October Term 1977
Citizens & Southern National Bank v. Bougas
MajorityNov 7, 1977 · October Term 1977
Rinaldi v. United States
MajorityOct 31, 1977 · October Term 1977
General Atomic Co. v. Felter, Judge, et al.
MajorityOct 11, 1977 · October Term 1977
County Board of Arlington County, Virginia, et al. v. Richards et al.
MajorityOct 11, 1977 · October Term 1977
Southern Overlying Carrier Chapter of the California Dump Truck Owners Association et al. v. Public Utilities Commission of California
MajorityOct 3, 1977 · October Term 1977
New Hampshire v. Maine
MajorityJun 29, 1977 · October Term 1976
Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp. et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1977 · October Term 1976
Harris v. Oklahoma
MajorityJun 29, 1977 · October Term 1976
Finch v. United States
MajorityJun 29, 1977 · October Term 1976
Brennan et al. v. Armstrong et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1977 · October Term 1976
School District of Omaha et al. v. United States et al.
ConcurrenceJun 29, 1977 · October Term 1976
Coker v. Georgia
DissentJun 28, 1977 · October Term 1976
Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.
ConcurrenceJun 28, 1977 · October Term 1976
Nixon v. Administrator of General Services et al.
MajorityJun 27, 1977 · October Term 1976
Hazelwood School District et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 27, 1977 · October Term 1976
Dayton Board of Education et al. v. Brinkman et al.
DissentJun 27, 1977 · October Term 1976
Bates et al. v. State Bar of Arizona
MajorityJun 27, 1977 · October Term 1976
Dothard, Director, Department of Public Safety of Alabama, et al. v. Rawlinson et al.
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1977 · October Term 1976
Milliken, Governor of Michigan, et al. v. Bradley et al.
ConcurrenceJun 24, 1977 · October Term 1976
Wolman et al. v. Walter et al.
ConcurrenceJun 24, 1977 · October Term 1976
Shaffer et al. v. Heitner
MajorityJun 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation of Florida v. Sykes
MajorityJun 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Puyallup Tribe, Inc., et al. v. Department of Game of Washington et al.
MajorityJun 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Standard Life & Accident Insurance Co.
MajorityJun 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Jones, Secretary, Department of Correction of North Carolina, et al. v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.
MajorityJun 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Continental T.v., Inc., et al. v. Gte Sylvania Inc.
MajorityJun 21, 1977 · October Term 1976
United States v. Chadwick et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1977 · October Term 1976
Miree et al. v. Dekalb County, Georgia, et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1977 · October Term 1976
Maher, Commissioner of Social Services of Connecticut v. Doe et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1977 · October Term 1976
Poelker, Mayor of St. Louis, et al. v. Doe
MajorityJun 20, 1977 · October Term 1976
Morris et al. v. Gressette, President Pro Tem, South Carolina Senate, et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1977 · October Term 1976
Maher, Commissioner of Social Services of Connecticut v. Roe et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1977 · October Term 1976
Beal, Secretary, Department of Public Welfare of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Doe et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1977 · October Term 1976
Batterton, Secretary, Department of Human Resources of Maryland, et al. v. Francis et al.
ConcurrenceJun 20, 1977 · October Term 1976
Briscoe, Governor of Texas, et al. v. Bell, Attorney General, et al.
DissentJun 20, 1977 · October Term 1976
United Airlines, Inc. v. McDonald
MajorityJun 20, 1977 · October Term 1976
Occidental Life Insurance Company of California v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
MajorityJun 20, 1977 · October Term 1976
Hunt, Governor of North Carolina, et al. v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission