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Potter Stewart

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate confirmation:: May 5, 1959
Recorded service:: Oct 20, 1958 – Jul 2, 1981
Lived:: Jan 23, 1915 – Dec 7, 1985

In plain language

Potter Stewart, associate justice.
Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower; confirmed May 5, 1959.
Court service October 20, 1958 to July 2, 1981.

Decisions on record (3559)

MajorityNov 12, 1963 · October Term 1963
United States v. Zacks et Ux.
MajorityNov 12, 1963 · October Term 1963
Parsons, United States District Judge, v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
DissentOct 28, 1963 · October Term 1963
Bartone v. United States
MajorityOct 21, 1963 · October Term 1963
Panico v. United States
MajorityOct 21, 1963 · October Term 1963
Tipton v. Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc.
MajorityOct 21, 1963 · October Term 1963
Shenandoah Valley Broadcasting, Inc., et al. v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
MajorityOct 21, 1963 · October Term 1963
Evola v. United States
MajorityOct 21, 1963 · October Term 1963
Crews v. Wainwright, Corrections Director
MajorityOct 21, 1963 · October Term 1963
Banks v. Wainwright, Corrections Director
MajorityOct 14, 1963 · October Term 1963
Newsome v. North Carolina
MajorityOct 14, 1963 · October Term 1963
Pickelsimer v. Wainwright, Corrections Director
MajorityOct 14, 1963 · October Term 1963
Shockey v. Illinois
MajorityOct 14, 1963 · October Term 1963
Ausbie v. California
MajorityOct 14, 1963 · October Term 1963
Daegele v. Kansas
MajorityOct 14, 1963 · October Term 1963
Herrear v. Heinze, Warden
MajorityOct 14, 1963 · October Term 1963
Tabb v. California
MajorityOct 14, 1963 · October Term 1963
Barnes v. North Carolina
DissentJun 17, 1963 · October Term 1962
Yellin v. United States
MajorityJun 17, 1963 · October Term 1962
United States v. Muniz et al.
DissentJun 17, 1963 · October Term 1962
Moseley, Doing Business As Moseley Plumbing & Heating Co., v. Electronic & Missile Facilities, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1963 · October Term 1962
United States v. Singer Manufacturing Co.
DissentJun 17, 1963 · October Term 1962
School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Schempp et al.
DissentJun 17, 1963 · October Term 1962
United States v. Philadelphia National Bank et al.
ConcurrenceJun 17, 1963 · October Term 1962
Sherbert v. Verner et Al., Members of South Carolina Employment Security Commission, et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1963 · October Term 1962
Head, Doing Business As Lea County Publishing Co., et al. v. New Mexico Board of Examiners in Optometry
DissentJun 17, 1963 · October Term 1962
Rosenberg, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Fleuti
DissentJun 17, 1963 · October Term 1962
Gastelum-Quinones v. Kennedy, Attorney General
MajorityJun 17, 1963 · October Term 1962
Dearhart v. Virginia.
MajorityJun 17, 1963 · October Term 1962
Daniels et al. v. Virginia.
MajorityJun 17, 1963 · October Term 1962
Bone v. United States.
DissentJun 10, 1963 · October Term 1962
Shenker v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
MajorityJun 10, 1963 · October Term 1962
Fitzgerald, Public Administrator, v. United States Lines Co.
MajorityJun 10, 1963 · October Term 1962
Ker et Ux. v. California
MajorityJun 10, 1963 · October Term 1962
Braunstein et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityJun 10, 1963 · October Term 1962
Division 1287, Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America et al. v. Missouri
MajorityJun 10, 1963 · October Term 1962
United States v. Pioneer American Insurance Co. et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1963 · October Term 1962
Randolph et al. v. Virginia
MajorityJun 10, 1963 · October Term 1962
Marchese v. United States et al.
DissentJun 3, 1963 · October Term 1962
Arizona v. California et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1963 · October Term 1962
Wheeldin et al. v. Wheeler
MajorityJun 3, 1963 · October Term 1962
McNeese et al. v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187, Cahokia, Illinois, et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1963 · October Term 1962
Goss et al. v. Board of Education of Knoxville, Tennessee, et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1963 · October Term 1962
Local 100, United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices, v. Borden
MajorityJun 3, 1963 · October Term 1962
Local No. 207, International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers Union, et al. v. Perko
DissentJun 3, 1963 · October Term 1962
United States v. Carlo Bianchi & Co., Inc.
MajorityJun 3, 1963 · October Term 1962
Rideau v. Louisiana
MajorityJun 3, 1963 · October Term 1962
National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp.
MajorityJun 3, 1963 · October Term 1962
Retail Clerks International Association, Local 1625, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Schermerhorn et al.
MajorityMay 27, 1963 · October Term 1962
Watson et al. v. City of Memphis et al.
MajorityMay 27, 1963 · October Term 1962
Alabama et al. v. United States et al.