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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 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
Dunn v. United States
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Batchelder
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
Brown v. Felsen
DissentJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
County Court of Ulster County, New York, et al. v. Allen et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Addonizio et al.
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Greenholtz, Chairman, Board of Parole of Nebraska, et al. v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correction Complex et al.
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers et al. v. Foust
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Parker v. Randolph et al.
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Great Western Sugar Co. v. Nelson
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Green v. Georgia
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
Oscar Mayer & Co. et al. v. Evans
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Naftalin
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Timmreck
DissentMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
Kentucky v. Whorton
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
Connor et al. v. Coleman, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, et al.
ConcurrenceMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Burks et al. v. Lasker et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Ford Motor Co. (Chicago Stamping Plant) v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. 564.54 Acres of Land, More Or Less, Situated in Monroe and Pike Counties, Pennsylvania, et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Bell, Attorney General, et al. v. Wolfish et al.
DissentMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Chapman, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources of Texas, et al. v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization et al.
ConcurrenceMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Cannon v. University of Chicago et al.
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Addington v. Texas
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Japan Line, Ltd., et al. v. County of Los Angeles et al.
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Toll, President, University of Maryland v. Moreno et al.
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Smith et al. v. Arkansas State Highway Employees, Local 1315, et al.
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Wilkins v. United States
MajorityApr 24, 1979 · October Term 1978
Hughes v. Oklahoma
MajorityApr 24, 1979 · October Term 1978
Parham v. Hughes
MajorityApr 24, 1979 · October Term 1978
North Carolina v. Butler
DissentApr 24, 1979 · October Term 1978
Caban v. Mohammed et Ux.
MajorityApr 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Arizona Public Service Co. et al. v. Snead, Director of Revenue Division, Taxation and Revenue Department of New Mexico, et al.
DissentApr 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Herbert v. Lando et al.
DissentApr 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Douglas Oil Company of California et al. v. Petrol Stops Northwest et al.
DissentApr 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Dalia v. United States
MajorityApr 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, Secretary of Defense, et al.
MajorityApr 17, 1979 · October Term 1978
Broadcast Music, Inc., et al. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 17, 1979 · October Term 1978
Alexander et al. v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development et al.
MajorityApr 17, 1979 · October Term 1978
Ambach, Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, et al. v. Norwick et al.
DissentApr 17, 1979 · October Term 1978
Gladstone, Realtors, et al. v. Village of Bellwood et al.
ConcurrenceApr 17, 1979 · October Term 1978
Burch et al. v. Louisiana
MajorityApr 2, 1979 · October Term 1978
Federal Communications Commission v. Midwest Video Corporation et al.
MajorityApr 2, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 2, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Caceres
DissentMar 27, 1979 · October Term 1978
County of Los Angeles et al. v. Davis et al.
MajorityMar 27, 1979 · October Term 1978
Delaware v. Prouse
MajorityMar 27, 1979 · October Term 1978
Leo Sheep Co. et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityMar 26, 1979 · October Term 1978
Connor et al. v. Coleman, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, et al.
MajorityMar 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago et al.
DissentMar 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
New York Telephone Co. et al. v. New York State Department of Labor et al.
MajorityMar 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
New York City Transit Authority et al. v. Beazer et al.