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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)

MajorityFeb 23, 1972 · October Term 1971
Roudebush v. Hartke et al.
MajorityFeb 23, 1972 · October Term 1971
Parisi v. Davidson et al.
MajorityFeb 23, 1972 · October Term 1971
Lindsey et al. v. Normet et al.
MajorityFeb 23, 1972 · October Term 1971
United States v. Generes et Vir
MajorityFeb 23, 1972 · October Term 1971
National Labor Relations Board v. Scrivener, Dba Aa Electric Co.
MajorityFeb 22, 1972 · October Term 1971
Boyd v. Dutton, Warden
MajorityFeb 22, 1972 · October Term 1971
Colombo v. New York
MajorityJan 24, 1972 · October Term 1971
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System v. New Left Education Project et al.
MajorityJan 24, 1972 · October Term 1971
Connor et al. v. Williams, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
MajorityJan 24, 1972 · October Term 1971
In Re Little
MajorityJan 24, 1972 · October Term 1971
United States v. Standard Oil Co. of California
MajorityJan 24, 1972 · October Term 1971
United States v. Christian Echoes National Ministry, Inc.
Did not participateJan 24, 1972 · October Term 1971
United States v. Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc., et al.
MajorityJan 24, 1972 · October Term 1971
Bradley v. United States
MajorityJan 17, 1972 · October Term 1971
Love v. Pullman Co.
MajorityJan 17, 1972 · October Term 1971
Trbovich v. United Mine Workers of America et al.
MajorityJan 13, 1972 · October Term 1971
Groppi v. Leslie, Sheriff
ConcurrenceJan 13, 1972 · October Term 1971
California Motor Transport Co. et al. v. Trucking Unlimited et al.
MajorityJan 13, 1972 · October Term 1971
Haines v. Kerner et al.
Did not participateJan 12, 1972 · October Term 1971
Federal Power Commission v. Florida Power & Light Co.
MajorityJan 12, 1972 · October Term 1971
Lego v. Twomey, Warden
MajorityJan 11, 1972 · October Term 1971
Reliance Electric Co. v. Emerson Electric Co.
MajorityJan 11, 1972 · October Term 1971
United States v. Tucker
MajorityJan 10, 1972 · October Term 1971
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Medical Committee for Human Rights
MajorityJan 10, 1972 · October Term 1971
Diffenderfer et al. v. Central Baptist Church of Miami, Florida, Inc., et al.
DissentDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
Santobello v. New York
MajorityDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
Picard v. Connor
MajorityDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
Townsend et al. v. Swank, Director, Department of Public Aid of Illinois, et al.
MajorityDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
United States v. Campos-Serrano
MajorityDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
United States v. Marion et al.
MajorityDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
United States v. Bass
DissentDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
Schilb et al. v. Kuebel et al.
MajorityDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
United States v. Louisiana et al. (Louisiana Boundary Case)
MajorityDec 14, 1971 · October Term 1971
North Carolina v. Rice
MajorityDec 14, 1971 · October Term 1971
Wilwording et al. v. Swenson, Warden
MajorityDec 14, 1971 · October Term 1971
O'keeffe, Deputy Commissioner, Sixth Compensation District, Department of Labor v. Aerojet-General Shipyards, Inc.
MajorityDec 13, 1971 · October Term 1971
Mayer v. City of Chicago
MajorityDec 13, 1971 · October Term 1971
Victory Carriers, Inc., et al. v. Law
MajorityDec 13, 1971 · October Term 1971
Britt v. North Carolina
MajorityDec 6, 1971 · October Term 1971
Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson
MajorityDec 6, 1971 · October Term 1971
National Labor Relations Board v. Plasterers' Local Union No. 79, Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Assn., AFL-CIO, et al.
MajorityDec 6, 1971 · October Term 1971
National Labor Relations Board v. Nashfinch Co., Dba Jack & Jill Stores
MajorityDec 6, 1971 · October Term 1971
Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Chemical Division, et al.
MajorityNov 22, 1971 · October Term 1971
Reed v. Reed, Administrator
MajorityNov 22, 1971 · October Term 1971
Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Belcher
DissentNov 16, 1971 · October Term 1971
Slayton, Penitentiary Superintendent v. Smith
MajorityNov 16, 1971 · October Term 1971
Harris v. Washington et al.
MajorityNov 16, 1971 · October Term 1971
Cruz et al. v. Hauck, Sheriff
MajorityNov 16, 1971 · October Term 1971
Schreiner v. United States
MajorityNov 15, 1971 · October Term 1971
Norfolk & Western Railroad Co. v. Nemitz et al.