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 29, 1970 · October Term 1969
Nelson, Warden v. George
MajorityJun 29, 1970 · October Term 1969
Williams v. Illinois
MajorityJun 29, 1970 · October Term 1969
United States v. Sisson
Did not participateJun 29, 1970 · October Term 1969
United States v. Phillipsburg National Bank & Trust Co. et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1970 · October Term 1969
Gunn, Sheriff, et al. v. University Committee To End the War in Vietnam et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1970 · October Term 1969
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. First Mortgage 4% Bondholders Committee v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1970 · October Term 1969
Simmons et Ux. v. West Haven Housing Authority
MajorityJun 29, 1970 · October Term 1969
United States v. Sweet
MajorityJun 29, 1970 · October Term 1969
Morris et al. v. Schoonfield, Warden, et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1970 · October Term 1969
Dunn v. Louisiana
MajorityJun 29, 1970 · October Term 1969
Perini v. Colosimo
MajorityJun 29, 1970 · October Term 1969
Crouse, Warden v. Wood
MajorityJun 23, 1970 · October Term 1969
California v. Green
DissentJun 23, 1970 · October Term 1969
City of Phoenix et al. v. Kolodziejski
MajorityJun 23, 1970 · October Term 1969
Perkins v. Standard Oil Co. of California
MajorityJun 23, 1970 · October Term 1969
Arkansas v. Tennessee
DissentJun 22, 1970 · October Term 1969
Coleman et al. v. Alabama
MajorityJun 22, 1970 · October Term 1969
Vale v. Louisiana
ConcurrenceJun 22, 1970 · October Term 1969
Chambers v. Maroney, Correctional Superintendent
DissentJun 22, 1970 · October Term 1969
Baldwin v. New York
ConcurrenceJun 22, 1970 · October Term 1969
Williams v. Florida
MajorityJun 22, 1970 · October Term 1969
Illinois v. Missouri
MajorityJun 15, 1970 · October Term 1969
Price v. Georgia
DissentJun 15, 1970 · October Term 1969
Welsh v. United States
MajorityJun 15, 1970 · October Term 1969
Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1970 · October Term 1969
Mulloy v. United States
MajorityJun 15, 1970 · October Term 1969
Evans et al. v. Cornman et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1970 · October Term 1969
Mitchell et al. v. Donovan, Secretary of State of Minnesota, et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1970 · October Term 1969
Walker v. Ohio
MajorityJun 8, 1970 · October Term 1969
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers et al.
DissentJun 8, 1970 · October Term 1969
Hellenic Lines Ltd. et al. v. Rhoditis
MajorityJun 8, 1970 · October Term 1969
Moon v. Maryland
MajorityJun 1, 1970 · October Term 1969
Chandler, U.S. District Judge v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit
MajorityJun 1, 1970 · October Term 1969
Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
ConcurrenceJun 1, 1970 · October Term 1969
Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770
MajorityJun 1, 1970 · October Term 1969
Wyman, Commissioner of Social Services of New York, et al. v. Rothstein et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1970 · October Term 1969
Maxwell v. Bishop, Penitentiary Superintendent
MajorityJun 1, 1970 · October Term 1969
United States v. Armour & Co. et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1970 · October Term 1969
Bloss et al. v. Dykema
MajorityMay 25, 1970 · October Term 1969
Dickey v. Florida
ConcurrenceMay 25, 1970 · October Term 1969
Schacht v. United States
MajorityMay 25, 1970 · October Term 1969
Monks v. New Jersey
DissentMay 25, 1970 · October Term 1969
Daniel, Director, Cook County Department of Public Aid, et al. v. Goliday et al.
DissentMay 18, 1970 · October Term 1969
Nash et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 18, 1970 · October Term 1969
Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc., et al. v. Bresler
MajorityMay 18, 1970 · October Term 1969
National Labor Relations Board v. Raytheon Co. et al.
MajorityMay 4, 1970 · October Term 1969
Rowan, Dba American Book Service, et al. v. United States Post Office Department et al.
MajorityMay 4, 1970 · October Term 1969
Brady v. United States
MajorityMay 4, 1970 · October Term 1969
McMann, Warden, et al. v. Richardson et al.
MajorityMay 4, 1970 · October Term 1969
Parker v. North Carolina