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 26, 1970 · October Term 1969
Evans et al. v. Abney et al.
ConcurrenceJan 26, 1970 · October Term 1969
Breen v. Selective Service Local Board No. 16 et al.
MajorityJan 26, 1970 · October Term 1969
Goldstein, Aka Pietraru, et al. v. Cox et al.
MajorityJan 26, 1970 · October Term 1969
Sigler, Warden v. Parker
MajorityJan 26, 1970 · October Term 1969
Shapiro, Welfare Commissioner of Connecticut v. Doe
MajorityJan 20, 1970 · October Term 1969
Mills et al. v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. et al.
MajorityJan 20, 1970 · October Term 1969
Turner v. United States
ConcurrenceJan 19, 1970 · October Term 1969
Gutknecht v. United States
MajorityJan 19, 1970 · October Term 1969
Carter et al. v. Jury Commission of Greene County et al.
MajorityJan 19, 1970 · October Term 1969
Turner et al. v. Fouche et al.
MajorityJan 19, 1970 · October Term 1969
Maryland and Virginia Eldership of the Churches of God et al. v. Church of God At Sharpsburg, Inc., et al.
MajorityJan 19, 1970 · October Term 1969
Molinaro v. New Jersey
MajorityJan 19, 1970 · October Term 1969
Cowgill v. California
DissentJan 14, 1970 · October Term 1969
Carter et al. v. West Feliciana Parish School Board et al.
MajorityJan 13, 1970 · October Term 1969
Wade v. Wilson, Warden, et al.
MajorityDec 15, 1969 · October Term 1969
Sullivan et al. v. Little Hunting Park, Inc., et al.
MajorityDec 15, 1969 · October Term 1969
National Labor Relations Board v. J. H. Rutter-Rex Manufacturing Co., Inc., et al.
MajorityDec 15, 1969 · October Term 1969
Dowell et al. v. Board of Education of Oklahoma City Public Schools et al.
MajorityDec 13, 1969 · October Term 1969
Carter et al. v. West Feliciana Parish School Board et al.
DissentDec 9, 1969 · October Term 1969
First National Bank in Plant City v. Dickinson, Comptroller of Florida, et al.
MajorityDec 9, 1969 · October Term 1969
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad Co. v. United Transportation Union et al.
MajorityDec 9, 1969 · October Term 1969
City of Chicago et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityDec 9, 1969 · October Term 1969
Zuber et al. v. Allen et al.
MajorityDec 9, 1969 · October Term 1969
Nacirema Operating Co., Inc., et al. v. Johnson et al.
MajorityDec 8, 1969 · October Term 1969
Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co., Inc.
MajorityDec 8, 1969 · October Term 1969
Bryson v. United States
MajorityDec 8, 1969 · October Term 1969
United States v. Knox
MajorityDec 8, 1969 · October Term 1969
Minor v. United States
MajorityDec 8, 1969 · October Term 1969
Conway v. California Adult Authority et al.
MajorityDec 8, 1969 · October Term 1969
Morales v. New York
MajorityDec 8, 1969 · October Term 1969
Carlos v. New York
MajorityNov 24, 1969 · October Term 1969
Brockington v. Rhodes, Governor of Ohio, et al.
MajorityNov 24, 1969 · October Term 1969
Hall et Ux. v. Beals, Clerk and Recorder of El Paso County, et al.
MajorityNov 12, 1969 · October Term 1969
Debacker v. Brainard, Sheriff
MajorityOct 29, 1969 · October Term 1969
Alexander et al. v. Holmes County Board of Education et al.
DissentOct 27, 1969 · October Term 1969
Simpson v. Union Oil Co. of California
MajorityJun 23, 1969 · October Term 1968
North Carolina et al. v. Pearce
MajorityJun 23, 1969 · October Term 1968
Chimel v. California
DissentJun 23, 1969 · October Term 1968
Benton v. Maryland
MajorityJun 23, 1969 · October Term 1968
Von Cleef et al. v. New Jersey
MajorityJun 23, 1969 · October Term 1968
Shipley v. California
MajorityJun 23, 1969 · October Term 1968
Moya et Ux. v. Debaca, Dba Debaca & Co. Credit & Collection Agency, et al.
DissentJun 16, 1969 · October Term 1968
Powell et al. v. McCormack, Speaker of the House of Representatives, et al.
MajorityJun 16, 1969 · October Term 1968
National Labor Relations Board v. Gissel Packing Co., Inc., et al.
DissentJun 16, 1969 · October Term 1968
Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 et al.
DissentJun 16, 1969 · October Term 1968
Perkins v. Standard Oil Co. of California
MajorityJun 16, 1969 · October Term 1968
Lear, Inc. v. Adkins
MajorityJun 16, 1969 · October Term 1968
Noyd v. Bond et al.
ConcurrenceJun 16, 1969 · October Term 1968
Cipriano v. City of Houma et al.
MajorityJun 16, 1969 · October Term 1968
Banks v. California