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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)

MajorityApr 17, 1978 · October Term 1977
Proctor v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary
MajorityApr 3, 1978 · October Term 1977
Holloway et al. v. Arkansas
DissentApr 3, 1978 · October Term 1977
Malone, Commissioner of Labor and Industry for Minnesota v. White Motor Corp. et al.
MajorityApr 3, 1978 · October Term 1977
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al.
DissentMar 29, 1978 · October Term 1977
City of Lafayette, Louisiana, et al. v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.
ConcurrenceMar 29, 1978 · October Term 1977
Massachusetts v. United States
DissentMar 28, 1978 · October Term 1977
Stump et al. v. Sparkman et Vir
MajorityMar 28, 1978 · October Term 1977
United States v. Culbert
MajorityMar 28, 1978 · October Term 1977
Bankers Trust Co. v. Mallis et al.
ConcurrenceMar 22, 1978 · October Term 1977
Foley v. Connelie, Superintendent of New York State Police, et al.
MajorityMar 22, 1978 · October Term 1977
United States v. Wheeler
MajorityMar 22, 1978 · October Term 1977
Lakeside v. Oregon
ConcurrenceMar 21, 1978 · October Term 1977
Ballew v. Georgia
MajorityMar 21, 1978 · October Term 1977
Carey et al. v. Piphus et al.
MajorityMar 21, 1978 · October Term 1977
United States v. Ceccolini
MajorityMar 20, 1978 · October Term 1977
Cleland, Administrator of Veterans' Administration, et al. v. National College of Business
MajorityMar 6, 1978 · October Term 1977
United States v. Board of Commissioners of Sheffield, Alabama, et al.
MajorityMar 6, 1978 · October Term 1977
Ray, Governor of Washington, et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Co. et al.
MajorityMar 6, 1978 · October Term 1977
Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe et al.
MajorityMar 1, 1978 · October Term 1977
Federal Maritime Commission et al. v. Pacific Maritime Assn. et al.
MajorityMar 1, 1978 · October Term 1977
Board of Curators of the University of Missouri et al. v. Horowitz
MajorityFeb 28, 1978 · October Term 1977
Simpson v. United States
ConcurrenceFeb 28, 1978 · October Term 1977
Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. United States
MajorityFeb 27, 1978 · October Term 1977
Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Torres
MajorityFeb 22, 1978 · October Term 1977
Fulman et Al., Trustees v. United States
MajorityFeb 22, 1978 · October Term 1977
Durst et al. v. United States
MajorityFeb 22, 1978 · October Term 1977
Procunier, Corrections Director, et al. v. Navarette
MajorityFeb 22, 1978 · October Term 1977
Lorillard, a Division of Loew's Theatres, Inc. v. Pons
MajorityFeb 22, 1978 · October Term 1977
J. W. Bateson Co., Inc., et al. v. United States Ex Rel. Board of Trustees of the National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund et al.
MajorityFeb 21, 1978 · October Term 1977
Raymond Motor Transportation, Inc., et al. v. Rice, Secretary, Department of Transportation of Wisconsin, et al.
MajorityFeb 21, 1978 · October Term 1977
United States Steel Corp. et al. v. Multistate Tax Commission et al.
MajorityFeb 21, 1978 · October Term 1977
Arizona et al. v. Washington
MajorityJan 23, 1978 · October Term 1977
Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
MajorityJan 23, 1978 · October Term 1977
Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp. et al.
MajorityJan 18, 1978 · October Term 1977
Bordenkircher, Penitentiary Superintendent v. Hayes
ConcurrenceJan 18, 1978 · October Term 1977
Zablocki, Milwaukee County Clerk v. Redhail
DissentJan 17, 1978 · October Term 1977
National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 103, International Association of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers, AFL-CIO, et al.
MajorityJan 16, 1978 · October Term 1977
Smith v. Digmon, Warden, et Al
MajorityJan 11, 1978 · October Term 1977
Pfizer Inc. et al. v. Government of India et al.
MajorityJan 10, 1978 · October Term 1977
Quilloin v. Walcott et Vir
MajorityJan 10, 1978 · October Term 1977
Browder v. Director, Department of Corrections of Illinois
DissentJan 10, 1978 · October Term 1977
Adamo Wrecking Co. v. United States
MajorityJan 9, 1978 · October Term 1977
Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association) v. South Acres Development Co.
MajorityJan 9, 1978 · October Term 1977
Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc., et al. v. Jerome, Judge
ConcurrenceDec 12, 1977 · October Term 1977
United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann
MajorityDec 12, 1977 · October Term 1977
Moore v. Illinois
DissentDec 7, 1977 · October Term 1977
United States v. New York Telephone Co.
MajorityDec 6, 1977 · October Term 1977
New York v. Cathedral Academy
MajorityDec 6, 1977 · October Term 1977
Nashville Gas Co. v. Satty
MajorityDec 6, 1977 · October Term 1977
Richmond Unified School District v. Berg