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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)

MajorityJan 13, 1969 · October Term 1968
Thorpe v. Housing Authority of the City of Durham
DissentDec 16, 1968 · October Term 1968
Federal Trade Commission v. Texaco Inc. et al.
DissentDec 16, 1968 · October Term 1968
Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11, Cheyenne, Wyoming, et al.
MajorityDec 16, 1968 · October Term 1968
Johnson v. Bennett, Warden
ConcurrenceDec 16, 1968 · October Term 1968
Clark, Attorney General, et al. v. Gabriel
MajorityDec 9, 1968 · October Term 1968
Palmieri v. Florida
DissentNov 25, 1968 · October Term 1968
Universal Interpretive Shuttle Corp. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission et al.
DissentNov 25, 1968 · October Term 1968
United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc., et al.
MajorityNov 19, 1968 · October Term 1968
Carroll et al. v. President and Commissioners of Princess Anne et al.
MajorityNov 18, 1968 · October Term 1968
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen et al. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. et al.
DissentNov 18, 1968 · October Term 1968
Commonwealth Coatings Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co. et al.
DissentNov 18, 1968 · October Term 1968
Grunenthal v. Long Island Rail Road Co.
DissentNov 18, 1968 · October Term 1968
Recznik v. City of Lorain
ConcurrenceNov 17, 1968 · October Term 1968
Epperson et al. v. Arkansas
MajorityNov 12, 1968 · October Term 1968
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. et al. v. Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Co. et al.
MajorityNov 12, 1968 · October Term 1968
Whyy, Inc. v. Borough of Glassboro et al.
MajorityNov 12, 1968 · October Term 1968
Smith v. Yeager, Warden
MajorityOct 28, 1968 · October Term 1968
Fuller v. Alaska
MajorityOct 28, 1968 · October Term 1968
Mengelkoch et al. v. Industrial Welfare Commission et al.
MajorityOct 24, 1968 · October Term 1968
Federal Power Commission v. United Gas Pipe Line Co.
MajorityOct 21, 1968 · October Term 1968
International Terminal Operating Co., Inc. v. Nv Nederl. Amerik Stoomv Maats
MajorityOct 21, 1968 · October Term 1968
Continental Oil Co. v. United States
DissentOct 15, 1968 · October Term 1968
Williams et al. v. Rhodes, Governor of Ohio, et al.
MajorityOct 14, 1968 · October Term 1968
McConnell v. Rhay, Penitentiary Superintendent
MajorityOct 14, 1968 · October Term 1968
Arsenault v. Massachusetts
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
King, Commissioner, Department of Pensions and Security, et al. v. Smith et al.
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
First Agricultural National Bank of Berkshire County v. State Tax Commission
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Mancusi, Warden v. Deforte
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Lee et al. v. Florida
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Jones et Ux. v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. et al.
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe Machinery Corp.
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Powell v. Texas
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
American Commercial Lines, Inc., et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Destefano v. Woods, Sheriff
ConcurrenceJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Lee Art Theatre, Inc. v. Virginia
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Pope v. United States
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Houghton v. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wainwright v. City of New Orleans
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Miller v. California
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Henry v. Louisiana
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Lopinson v. Pennsylvania
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Sullivan et al. v. Little Hunting Park, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hopper et al. v. Louisiana
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Spence et al. v. North Carolina
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wade v. Yeager, Warden
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wheat v. Washington
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
McDaniel v. North Carolina
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hunt v. Connecticut
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Serio v. United States