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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)

MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Terry v. Ohio
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Sibron v. New York
ConcurrenceJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Flast et al. v. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al.
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Perma Life Mufflers, Inc., et al. v. International Parts Corp. et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States et al. v. Southwestern Cable Co. et al.
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Maryland et al. v. Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Harrison v. United States
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Board of Education of Central School District No. 1 et al. v. Allen, Commissioner of Education of New York, et al.
ConcurrenceJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Gardner v. Broderick, Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al.
ConcurrenceJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Uniformed Sanitation Men Assn., Inc., et al. v. Commissioner of Sanitation of the City of New York et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
George Campbell Painting Corp. v. Reid et Al., Members of New York City Housing Authority, et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Roberts v. Russell
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Jones v. United States
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Pickens v. Oliver, Warden
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Santoro v. United States
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Nelson v. United States
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Reading Co. v. Brown, Trustee in Bankruptcy, et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wirtz, Secretary of Labor v. Hotel, Motel & Club Employees Union, Local 6
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Witherspoon v. Illinois et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Bumper v. North Carolina
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205, Will County
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Sabbath v. United States
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Kaiser Steel Corp. v. W. S. Ranch Co.
DissentJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Johnson v. Florida
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Watts et al. v. Seward School Board et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
Ioannou v. New York et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1968 · October Term 1967
In Re Fischer.
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States v. O'brien
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game of Washington et al.
DissentMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United States
DissentMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
National Labor Relations Board v. Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of America, AFL-CIO, et al.
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Green et al. v. County School Board of New Kent County et al.
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Raney et al. v. Board of Education of the Gould School District et al.
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Monroe et al. v. Board of Commissioners of the City of Jackson et al.
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Rabeck v. New York
MajorityMay 27, 1968 · October Term 1967
Garrison v. Patterson, Warden
DissentMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Duncan v. Louisiana
DissentMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Bloom v. Illinois
ConcurrenceMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Dyke et al. v. Taylor Implement Manufacturing Co., Inc.
MajorityMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Joint Industry Board of the Electrical Industry et al. v. United States
ConcurrenceMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Carafas v. Lavallee, Warden
MajorityMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
United States v. United Shoe Machinery Corp.
MajorityMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
First National Bank of Arizona v. Cities Service Co.
MajorityMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 et al. v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
In Re Whittington
MajorityMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Darwin v. Connecticut
MajorityMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wilson v. City of Port Lavaca et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Branigin et al. v. Duddleston et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1968 · October Term 1967
Zwicker et al. v. Boll, District Attorney of Dane County et al.