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 25, 1977 · October Term 1976
United States et al. v. County of Fresno
MajorityJan 18, 1977 · October Term 1976
Walsh, Dba Tom Walsh & Co. v. Schlecht et Al., Trustees
MajorityJan 18, 1977 · October Term 1976
United States v. Donovan et al.
MajorityJan 17, 1977 · October Term 1976
Guste, Attorney General of Louisiana, et al. v. Jackson et al.
DissentJan 12, 1977 · October Term 1976
Local 3489, United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Usery, Secretary of Labor
MajorityJan 12, 1977 · October Term 1976
Boston Stock Exchange et al. v. State Tax Commission et al.
MajorityJan 12, 1977 · October Term 1976
G. M. Leasing Corp. et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityJan 12, 1977 · October Term 1976
Oregon Ex Rel. State Land Board v. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co.
MajorityJan 12, 1977 · October Term 1976
Pearson v. Dodd et al.
MajorityJan 11, 1977 · October Term 1976
Village of Arlington Heights et al. v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. et al.
MajorityJan 11, 1977 · October Term 1976
Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle
MajorityJan 11, 1977 · October Term 1976
Knebel, Secretary of Agriculture v. Hein
MajorityJan 11, 1977 · October Term 1976
Bayside Enterprises, Inc., et al. v. National Labor Relations Board
MajorityJan 10, 1977 · October Term 1976
Connally v. Georgia
ConcurrenceDec 20, 1976 · October Term 1976
Craig et al. v. Boren, Governor of Oklahoma, et al.
ConcurrenceDec 20, 1976 · October Term 1976
International Union of Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers, AFL-CIO, Local 790 v. Robbins & Myers, Inc., et al.
MajorityDec 13, 1976 · October Term 1976
Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. De Castro
ConcurrenceDec 8, 1976 · October Term 1976
City of Madison Joint School District No. 8 et al. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission et al.
ConcurrenceDec 7, 1976 · October Term 1976
General Electric Co. v. Gilbert et al.
MajorityDec 7, 1976 · October Term 1976
Idaho Ex Rel. Andrus, Governor, et al. v. Oregon et al.
MajorityDec 7, 1976 · October Term 1976
Cook et al. v. Hudson et al.
MajorityDec 6, 1976 · October Term 1976
United States v. Kopp
MajorityDec 6, 1976 · October Term 1976
Davis v. Georgia
MajorityNov 30, 1976 · October Term 1976
Estelle, Corrections Director, et al. v. Gamble
MajorityNov 30, 1976 · October Term 1976
Belcher v. Stengel et al.
MajorityNov 15, 1976 · October Term 1976
Moody v. Daggett
MajorityNov 9, 1976 · October Term 1976
Tully et al. v. Griffin, Inc.
MajorityNov 8, 1976 · October Term 1976
Massachusetts et al. v. Feeney
MajorityNov 2, 1976 · October Term 1976
United States v. Foster Lumber Co., Inc.
MajorityNov 2, 1976 · October Term 1976
Scott v. Kentucky Parole Board et al.
MajorityNov 1, 1976 · October Term 1976
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Bagamasbad
DissentNov 1, 1976 · October Term 1976
Hutto, Arkansas Department of Correction Commissioner v. Ross
MajorityOct 18, 1976 · October Term 1976
Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States
MajorityOct 18, 1976 · October Term 1976
Moore v. United States
MajorityOct 12, 1976 · October Term 1976
United States v. Morrison
MajorityOct 12, 1976 · October Term 1976
United States v. Rose
MajorityOct 12, 1976 · October Term 1976
United States v. Dieter
MajorityOct 12, 1976 · October Term 1976
United States v. Pomponio et al.
MajorityOct 12, 1976 · October Term 1976
United States v. Sanford et al.
DissentJul 6, 1976 · October Term 1975
South Dakota v. Opperman
MajorityJul 6, 1976 · October Term 1975
Buffalo Forge Co. v. United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, et al.
DissentJul 6, 1976 · October Term 1975
United States et al. v. Janis
MajorityJul 6, 1976 · October Term 1975
Stone, Warden v. Powell
MajorityJul 6, 1976 · October Term 1975
United States v. Martinez-Fuerte et al.
DissentJul 6, 1976 · October Term 1975
Cantor, Dba Selden Drugs Co. v. Detroit Edison Co.
MajorityJul 2, 1976 · October Term 1975
Gregg v. Georgia
MajorityJul 2, 1976 · October Term 1975
Proffitt v. Florida
MajorityJul 2, 1976 · October Term 1975
Jurek v. Texas
MajorityJul 2, 1976 · October Term 1975
Woodson et al. v. North Carolina
MajorityJul 2, 1976 · October Term 1975
Roberts v. Louisiana