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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)

MajorityMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Peyton, Penitentiary Superintendent v. Rowe et al.
DissentMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Levy, Administratrix v. Louisiana Through the Charity Hospital of Louisiana At New Orleans Board of Administrators et al.
DissentMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Glona v. American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co. et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Gordon et Ux.
MajorityMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada et al. v. Carroll et al.
ConcurrenceMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Bruton v. United States
DissentMay 6, 1968 · October Term 1967
Mathis v. United States
MajorityMay 6, 1968 · October Term 1967
Federal Power Commission v. Sunray Dx Oil Co. et al.
MajorityMay 6, 1968 · October Term 1967
Interstate Circuit, Inc., et al. v. City of Dallas
MajorityMay 1, 1968 · October Term 1967
Continental Oil Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission
MajorityApr 29, 1968 · October Term 1967
St. Amant v. Thompson
MajorityApr 29, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hanner v. Demarcus et Ux.
MajorityApr 29, 1968 · October Term 1967
Sims v. Cohen, Acting Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
MajorityApr 23, 1968 · October Term 1967
Barber v. Page, Warden
MajorityApr 22, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States et al. v. Coleman et al.
MajorityApr 22, 1968 · October Term 1967
Stern v. South Chester Tube Co.
MajorityApr 22, 1968 · October Term 1967
Cameron et al. v. Johnson, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
ConcurrenceApr 22, 1968 · October Term 1967
Ginsberg v. New York
MajorityApr 22, 1968 · October Term 1967
Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas
MajorityApr 8, 1968 · October Term 1967
Edwards v. Pacific Fruit Express Co.
Did not participateApr 8, 1968 · October Term 1967
In Re Ruffalo
ConcurrenceApr 8, 1968 · October Term 1967
Avco Corp. v. Aero Lodge No. 735, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, et al.
DissentApr 8, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States v. Johnson et al.
MajorityApr 8, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States v. Jackson et al.
MajorityApr 8, 1968 · October Term 1967
Fontaine v. California
MajorityApr 2, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hopkins v. Cohen, Acting Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
MajorityApr 1, 1968 · October Term 1967
Banks v. Chicago Grain Trimmers Assn., Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 1, 1968 · October Term 1967
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma et al. v. United States
DissentApr 1, 1968 · October Term 1967
Avery v. Midland County et al.
MajorityApr 1, 1968 · October Term 1967
Johnson v. Massachusetts
MajorityApr 1, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hogue v. Southern Railway Co.
DissentApr 1, 1968 · October Term 1967
Greenwald v. Wisconsin
MajorityApr 1, 1968 · October Term 1967
Anderson v. Nelson, Warden
DissentMar 25, 1968 · October Term 1967
Protective Committee for Independent Stockholders of Tmt Trailer Ferry, Inc. v. Anderson, Trustee in Bankruptcy, et al.
DissentMar 18, 1968 · October Term 1967
Federal Trade Commission v. Fred Meyer, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 18, 1968 · October Term 1967
Poafpybitty et al. v. Skelly Oil Co.
MajorityMar 18, 1968 · October Term 1967
Simmons et al. v. United States
MajorityMar 18, 1968 · October Term 1967
Newman et al. v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 11, 1968 · October Term 1967
Norfolk & Western Railway Co. et al. v. Missouri State Tax Commission et al.
ConcurrenceMar 11, 1968 · October Term 1967
Lee, Commissioner of Corrections of Alabama, et al. v. Washington et al.
MajorityMar 11, 1968 · October Term 1967
Walker v. Wainwright, Corrections Director
MajorityMar 11, 1968 · October Term 1967
Felton et al. v. City of Pensacola
MajorityMar 6, 1968 · October Term 1967
Federal Maritime Commission et al. v. Aktiebolaget Svenska Amerika Linien (Swedish American Line) et al.
MajorityMar 6, 1968 · October Term 1967
National Labor Relations Board v. United Insurance Co. of America et al.
MajorityMar 6, 1968 · October Term 1967
Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Federal Maritime Commission et al.
ConcurrenceMar 5, 1968 · October Term 1967
Securities and Exchange Commission v. New England Electric System et al.
MajorityMar 5, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States v. Habig et al.
MajorityMar 5, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States v. Neifert-White Co.
MajorityMar 5, 1968 · October Term 1967
Harris v. United States
DissentMar 4, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States v. Third National Bank in Nashville et al.