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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)

MajorityMar 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Sharpe et al.
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill et al.
ConcurrenceMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Anderson v. City of Bessemer City, North Carolina
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
First National Bank of Atlanta, As Successor in Interest To First National Bank of Cartersville, Georgia v. Bartow County Board of Tax Assessors et al.
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Wayte v. United States
Did not participateMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Bennett, Secretary of Education v. New Jersey
Did not participateMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Bennett, Secretary of Education v. Kentucky Department of Education
MajorityMar 18, 1985 · October Term 1984
Herb's Welding, Inc., et al. v. Gray et al.
Did not participateMar 18, 1985 · October Term 1984
National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al.
MajorityMar 18, 1985 · October Term 1984
Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee et al.
Did not participateMar 18, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Gagnon et al.
MajorityMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd
MajorityMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
County of Oneida, New York, et al. v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York State et al.
MajorityMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper
MajorityMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
Oregon v. Elstad
MajorityMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
Marrese et al. v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Did not participateMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
Air France v. Saks
Did not participateMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Dickerson
MajorityFeb 27, 1985 · October Term 1984
Chemical Manufacturers Association et al. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al.
ConcurrenceFeb 27, 1985 · October Term 1984
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al. v. Hampton County Election Commission et al.
MajorityFeb 27, 1985 · October Term 1984
Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Turner et al.
MajorityFeb 26, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Louisiana et al. (Alabama and Mississippi Boundary Case)
MajorityFeb 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Young
MajorityFeb 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Dann et al.
MajorityFeb 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Shea v. Louisiana
MajorityFeb 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Ake v. Oklahoma
MajorityFeb 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
National Labor Relations Board v. Action Automotive, Inc.
MajorityFeb 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Maine et al. (Rhode Island and New York Boundary Case)
DissentFeb 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority et al.
MajorityJan 21, 1985 · October Term 1984
Evitts, Superintendent, Blackburn Correctional Complex, et al. v. Lucey
MajorityJan 21, 1985 · October Term 1984
Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections v. Witt
MajorityJan 21, 1985 · October Term 1984
Brandon et al. v. Holt, Director of Police for the City of Memphis, et al.
MajorityJan 21, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Johns et al.
ConcurrenceJan 15, 1985 · October Term 1984
New Jersey v. T. L. O.
ConcurrenceJan 9, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Boyle, Executor of the Estate of Boyle
MajorityJan 9, 1985 · October Term 1984
Lawrence County et al. v. Lead-Deadwood School District No. 40-1
MajorityJan 9, 1985 · October Term 1984
Ohio v. Kovacs, Dba B & W Enterprises et al.
MajorityJan 9, 1985 · October Term 1984
Alexander, Governor of Tennessee, et al. v. Choate et al.
MajorityJan 9, 1985 · October Term 1984
Tiffany Fine Arts, Inc., et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityJan 8, 1985 · October Term 1984
Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston et al.
Did not participateJan 8, 1985 · October Term 1984
Paulsen et Ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityJan 8, 1985 · October Term 1984
Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder et al.
MajorityJan 8, 1985 · October Term 1984
Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park and Fly, Inc.
MajorityJan 8, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Hensley
MajorityJan 8, 1985 · October Term 1984
Board of License Commissioners of the Town of Tiverton v. Pastore, Liquor Control Administrator of Rhode Island, et al.
MajorityJan 7, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Woodward
MajorityDec 10, 1984 · October Term 1984
United States v. Abel
MajorityDec 10, 1984 · October Term 1984
United States v. Powell
MajorityDec 10, 1984 · October Term 1984
Garcia et al. v. United States
DissentDec 10, 1984 · October Term 1984
Smith v. Illinois