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 16, 1961 · October Term 1960
Travis v. United States
DissentJan 9, 1961 · October Term 1960
United States v. Mississippi Valley Generating Co.
MajorityJan 9, 1961 · October Term 1960
National Labor Relations Board v. Radio and Television Broadcast Engineers Union, Local 1212, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO
DissentJan 9, 1961 · October Term 1960
Callanan v. United States
MajorityJan 9, 1961 · October Term 1960
Lewis, Trustee in Bankruptcy, v. Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit
MajorityJan 9, 1961 · October Term 1960
Carbo v. United States
MajorityDec 12, 1960 · October Term 1960
Shelton et al. v. Tucker et al.
MajorityDec 12, 1960 · October Term 1960
Bush et al. v. Orleans Parish School Board et al.
MajorityDec 12, 1960 · October Term 1960
United States v. Louisiana et al.
MajorityDec 9, 1960 · October Term 1960
Reina v. United States
MajorityDec 5, 1960 · October Term 1960
Small Business Administration v. McClellan, Trustee
MajorityDec 5, 1960 · October Term 1960
Boynton v. Virginia
MajorityDec 5, 1960 · October Term 1960
Scott v. California
MajorityDec 5, 1960 · October Term 1960
Pekao Trading Corp. v. Bragalini et al.
MajorityNov 21, 1960 · October Term 1960
Meyer et al. v. United States
MajorityNov 21, 1960 · October Term 1960
Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Dugan & McNamara, Inc.
MajorityNov 21, 1960 · October Term 1960
Polites v. United States
MajorityNov 21, 1960 · October Term 1960
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. v. Henagan
MajorityNov 21, 1960 · October Term 1960
Thomas v. Virginia
MajorityNov 14, 1960 · October Term 1960
Gomillion et al. v. Lightfoot, Mayor of Tuskegee, et al.
DissentNov 14, 1960 · October Term 1960
Chaunt v. United States
DissentNov 14, 1960 · October Term 1960
Knetsch et Ux. v. United States
MajorityNov 14, 1960 · October Term 1960
McPhaul v. United States
MajorityNov 14, 1960 · October Term 1960
Uphaus v. Wyman, Attorney General of New Hampshire
MajorityNov 7, 1960 · October Term 1960
United States v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al.
MajorityNov 7, 1960 · October Term 1960
United States v. Hougham et al.
DissentNov 7, 1960 · October Term 1960
Michalic v. Cleveland Tankers, Inc.
MajorityOct 24, 1960 · October Term 1960
Dayton Rubber Co. v. Cordovan Associates, Inc.
MajorityJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Continental Grain Co. v. Barge Fbl-585 et al.
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Armstrong et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
United States v. Dege et Vir.
MajorityJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Gonzales v. United States
MajorityJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
United States v. Cannelton Sewer Pipe Co.
DissentJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Massey Motors, Inc., v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Hertz Corporation (Successor To J. Frank Connor, Inc.) v. United States
MajorityJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Gillette Motor Transport, Inc.
DissentJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission
DissentJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Sun Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission
MajorityJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Wolfe et al. v. North Carolina
MajorityJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Elkins et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Rios v. United States
MajorityJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
McCrary v. Indiana
Did not participateJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Ohio Ex Rel. Eaton v. Price, Chief of Police
MajorityJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Euziere v. United States
MajorityJun 27, 1960 · October Term 1959
Camara v. United States.
MajorityJun 20, 1960 · October Term 1959
United States v. American-Foreign Steamship Corp. et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1960 · October Term 1959
Hudson v. North Carolina
MajorityJun 20, 1960 · October Term 1959
Cory Corporation et al. v. Sauber
MajorityJun 20, 1960 · October Term 1959
Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc., v. United States et al.