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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)

MajorityJun 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Pennsylvania et al. v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air et al.
MajorityJun 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Greer, Warden v. Miller
DissentJun 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Burger v. Kemp, Warden
MajorityJun 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Nollan et Ux. v. California Coastal Commission
MajorityJun 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Griffin v. Wisconsin
MajorityJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
Solorio v. United States
MajorityJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
Welch v. Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation, et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc., et al. v. United States Olympic Committee et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
Rivera v. Minnich
MajorityJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Gilliard et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
Anderson v. Creighton et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1987 · October Term 1986
United States et al. v. Stanley
MajorityJun 24, 1987 · October Term 1986
Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints et al. v. Amos et al.
MajorityJun 24, 1987 · October Term 1986
McNally v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 24, 1987 · October Term 1986
Rankin et al. v. McPherson
MajorityJun 24, 1987 · October Term 1986
Buchanan v. Kentucky
MajorityJun 23, 1987 · October Term 1986
Bourjaily v. United States
MajorityJun 23, 1987 · October Term 1986
South Dakota v. Dole, Secretary of Transportation
ConcurrenceJun 23, 1987 · October Term 1986
Puerto Rico v. Branstad, Governor of Iowa, et al.
Did not participateJun 23, 1987 · October Term 1986
Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Washington State Department of Revenue
DissentJun 23, 1987 · October Term 1986
American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al. v. Scheiner, Secretary, Department of Revenue of Pennsylvania, et al.
DissentJun 23, 1987 · October Term 1986
California v. Rooney
MajorityJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Ricketts, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Adamson
MajorityJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Citicorp Industrial Credit, Inc. v. Brock, Secretary of Labor
MajorityJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Rock v. Arkansas
MajorityJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Sumner, Director, Nevada Department of Prisons, et al. v. Shuman
MajorityJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Fink et al.
MajorityJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Tanner et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Agency Holding Corp. et al. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc.
MajorityJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
Frazier v. Heebe, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, et al.
ConcurrenceJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
Goodman et al. v. Lukens Steel Co. et al.
MajorityJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
New York v. Burger
MajorityJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
Kentucky v. Stincer
MajorityJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
Hewitt et al. v. Helms