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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 16, 1977 · October Term 1976
E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. et al. v. Collins et al.
MajorityJun 16, 1977 · October Term 1976
Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison et al.
MajorityJun 16, 1977 · October Term 1976
Manson, Correction Commissioner v. Brathwaite
DissentJun 16, 1977 · October Term 1976
Jeffers v. United States
MajorityJun 16, 1977 · October Term 1976
Brown v. Ohio
MajorityJun 16, 1977 · October Term 1976
Mandel, Governor of Maryland, et al. v. Bradley et al.
DissentJun 14, 1977 · October Term 1976
National Socialist Party of America et al. v. Village of Skokie
MajorityJun 13, 1977 · October Term 1976
Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York v. Cunningham et al.
ConcurrenceJun 13, 1977 · October Term 1976
Smith, Administrator, New York City Human Resources Administration, et al. v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & Reform et al.
MajorityJun 13, 1977 · October Term 1976
United States et al. v. Larionoff et al.
DissentJun 13, 1977 · October Term 1976
Nyquist, Commissioner of Education of New York, et al. v. Mauclet et al.
MajorityJun 13, 1977 · October Term 1976
Lee v. United States
MajorityJun 13, 1977 · October Term 1976
United States v. California
MajorityJun 9, 1977 · October Term 1976
Abney et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 9, 1977 · October Term 1976
Stencel Aero Engineering Corp. v. United States
MajorityJun 9, 1977 · October Term 1976
Carey, Governor of New York, et al. v. Population Services International et al.
MajorityJun 9, 1977 · October Term 1976
Illinois Brick Co. et al. v. Illinois et al.
DissentJun 9, 1977 · October Term 1976
Ward v. Illinois
MajorityJun 9, 1977 · October Term 1976
United States v. Lovasco
DissentJun 6, 1977 · October Term 1976
Scarborough v. United States
MajorityJun 6, 1977 · October Term 1976
Alabama Power Co. v. Davis
DissentJun 6, 1977 · October Term 1976
Splawn v. California
MajorityJun 6, 1977 · October Term 1976
United States v. Ramsey et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1977 · October Term 1976
Roberts v. Louisiana
MajorityMay 31, 1977 · October Term 1976
International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States et al.
MajorityMay 31, 1977 · October Term 1976
East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. Rodriguez et al.
MajorityMay 31, 1977 · October Term 1976
Connor et al. v. Finch, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
DissentMay 31, 1977 · October Term 1976
Trainor, Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid, et al. v. Hernandez et Ux.
MajorityMay 31, 1977 · October Term 1976
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services et al. v. Hodory
DissentMay 31, 1977 · October Term 1976
Moore v. City of East Cleveland, Ohio
MajorityMay 31, 1977 · October Term 1976
United Air Lines, Inc. v. Evans
MajorityMay 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
United States v. Wong
MajorityMay 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
United States v. Washington
DissentMay 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Territory of Guam v. Olsen
MajorityMay 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Abood et al. v. Detroit Board of Education et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Douglas, Commissioner, Virginia Marine Resources Commission v. Seacoast Products, Inc., et al.
DissentMay 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Smith v. United States
MajorityMay 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Massachusetts v. Westcott
MajorityMay 16, 1977 · October Term 1976
Dixon, Secretary of State of Illinois v. Love
MajorityMay 16, 1977 · October Term 1976
Kremens, Hospital Director, et al. v. Bartley et al.
MajorityMay 16, 1977 · October Term 1976
Henderson, Correctional Superintendent v. Kibbe
MajorityMay 16, 1977 · October Term 1976
Pressler, Member, U.S. House of Representatives v. Blumenthal, Secretary of the Treasury, et al.
MajorityMay 16, 1977 · October Term 1976
Ashcroft, Attorney General of Missouri v. Mattis
MajorityMay 16, 1977 · October Term 1976
Chappelle v. Greater Baton Rouge Airport District et al.
MajorityMay 16, 1977 · October Term 1976
Texas v. Louisiana
MajorityMay 2, 1977 · October Term 1976
Blackledge, Warden, et al. v. Allison
MajorityMay 2, 1977 · October Term 1976
Linmark Associates, Inc., et al. v. Township of Willingboro et al.
MajorityMay 2, 1977 · October Term 1976
Environmental Protection Agency v. Brown, Governor of California, et al.
DissentApr 27, 1977 · October Term 1976
Bounds, Correction Commissioner, et al. v. Smith et al.
Did not participateApr 27, 1977 · October Term 1976
United States Trust Company of New York, Trustee v. New Jersey et al.