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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 17, 1975 · October Term 1974
Rogers v. United States
MajorityJun 17, 1975 · October Term 1974
Rondeau v. Mosinee Paper Corp.
MajorityJun 17, 1975 · October Term 1974
Cort et al. v. Ash
MajorityJun 17, 1975 · October Term 1974
United States v. Citizens & Southern National Bank et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1975 · October Term 1974
Twentieth Century Music Corp. et al. v. Aiken
MajorityJun 16, 1975 · October Term 1974
Goldfarb et Ux. v. Virginia State Bar et al.
MajorityJun 16, 1975 · October Term 1974
Murphy v. Florida
MajorityJun 16, 1975 · October Term 1974
Bigelow v. Virginia
MajorityJun 16, 1975 · October Term 1974
United Housing Foundation, Inc., et al. v. Forman et al.
MajorityJun 16, 1975 · October Term 1974
Intercounty Construction Corp. et al. v. Walter, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, U.S. Department of Labor, et al.
MajorityJun 16, 1975 · October Term 1974
United States v. Louisiana et al. (Louisiana Boundary Case)
DissentJun 9, 1975 · October Term 1974
United States v. Park
MajorityJun 9, 1975 · October Term 1974
Mullaney et al. v. Wilbur
MajorityJun 9, 1975 · October Term 1974
Philbrook, Commissioner, Department of Social Welfare v. Glodgett et al.
ConcurrenceJun 9, 1975 · October Term 1974
Blue Chip Stamps et al. v. Manor Drug Stores
MajorityJun 9, 1975 · October Term 1974
Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, et al. v. Healy et al.
MajorityJun 5, 1975 · October Term 1974
Connor et al. v. Waller, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
MajorityJun 2, 1975 · October Term 1974
Dunlop, Secretary of Labor v. Bachowski et al.
MajorityJun 2, 1975 · October Term 1974
United States v. Tax Commission of Mississippi et al.
DissentJun 2, 1975 · October Term 1974
Connell Construction Co., Inc. v. Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union No. 100, United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO
ConcurrenceMay 27, 1975 · October Term 1974
Eastland et al. v. United States Servicemen's Fund et al.
MajorityMay 27, 1975 · October Term 1974
Breed, Director, California Youth Authority v. Jones
MajorityMay 27, 1975 · October Term 1974
Fry et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 19, 1975 · October Term 1974
United States v. Wilson et al.
MajorityMay 19, 1975 · October Term 1974
Phelps, Receiver in Bankruptcy v. United States
MajorityMay 19, 1975 · October Term 1974
Van Lare, Acting Commissioner, Department of Social Services of New York, et al. v. Hurley et al.
MajorityMay 19, 1975 · October Term 1974
Meek et al. v. Pittenger, Secretary of Education, et al.
MajorityMay 19, 1975 · October Term 1974
United States v. Reliable Transfer Co., Inc.
MajorityMay 19, 1975 · October Term 1974
Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Barbour et al.
DissentMay 19, 1975 · October Term 1974
Ellis et al. v. Dyson et al.
MajorityMay 19, 1975 · October Term 1974
Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 19, 1975 · October Term 1974
Dallas County, Alabama, et al. v. Reese et al.
MajorityMay 19, 1975 · October Term 1974
Pitchess, Sheriff v. Davis
MajorityMay 12, 1975 · October Term 1974
Gurley, Dba Gurley Oil Co. v. Rhoden, Chairman, Tax Commission of Mississippi
MajorityMay 12, 1975 · October Term 1974
Johnson et al. v. Mississippi et al.
MajorityMay 12, 1975 · October Term 1974
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society et al.
DissentMay 12, 1975 · October Term 1974
Hill, Attorney General of Texas v. Stone et al.
DissentApr 28, 1975 · October Term 1974
Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Traigle, Collector of Revenue of Louisiana
MajorityApr 28, 1975 · October Term 1974
Kugler, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. v. Helfant
MajorityApr 28, 1975 · October Term 1974
National Labor Relations Board et al. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
MajorityApr 28, 1975 · October Term 1974
Renegotiation Board v. Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp.
MajorityApr 28, 1975 · October Term 1974
Costarelli v. Massachusetts
MajorityApr 16, 1975 · October Term 1974
Withrow et al. v. Larkin
MajorityApr 16, 1975 · October Term 1974
Train, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, et al. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 15, 1975 · October Term 1974
Vella v. Ford Motor Co.
MajorityApr 15, 1975 · October Term 1974
Stanton v. Stanton
MajorityApr 15, 1975 · October Term 1974
McLucas, Secretary of the Air Force, et al. v. Dechamplain
MajorityMar 25, 1975 · October Term 1974
Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense, et al. v. Councilman
DissentMar 25, 1975 · October Term 1974
Iannelli et al. v. United States
MajorityMar 25, 1975 · October Term 1974
Mtm, Inc., et al. v. Baxley, Attorney General of Alabama, et al.