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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)

MajorityJul 2, 1979 · October Term 1978
Gannett Co., Inc. v. Depasquale, County Court Judge of Seneca County, N. Y., et al.
ConcurrenceJul 2, 1979 · October Term 1978
Columbus Board of Education et al. v. Penick et al.
DissentJul 2, 1979 · October Term 1978
Dayton Board of Education et al. v. Brinkman et al.
DissentJul 2, 1979 · October Term 1978
Rose, Warden v. Mitchell et al.
DissentJul 2, 1979 · October Term 1978
Jones et al. v. Wolf et al.
MajorityJul 2, 1979 · October Term 1978
Bellotti, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al. v. Baird et al.
DissentJul 2, 1979 · October Term 1978
Washington et al. v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Association et al.
MajorityJul 2, 1979 · October Term 1978
Morland et al. v. Sprecher, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, et al.
MajorityJun 27, 1979 · October Term 1978
United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc v. Weber et al.
MajorityJun 27, 1979 · October Term 1978
Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
MajorityJun 27, 1979 · October Term 1978
Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Boles et al.
MajorityJun 27, 1979 · October Term 1978
Jackson v. Virginia et al.
DissentJun 27, 1979 · October Term 1978
Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System v. Merrill
MajorityJun 26, 1979 · October Term 1978
Smith, Judge, et al. v. Daily Mail Publishing Co. et al.
ConcurrenceJun 26, 1979 · October Term 1978
Hutchinson v. Proxmire et al.
MajorityJun 26, 1979 · October Term 1978
Baker v. McCollan
MajorityJun 26, 1979 · October Term 1978
Wolston v. Reader's Digest Association, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 26, 1979 · October Term 1978
Leroy, Attorney General of Idaho, et al. v. Great Western United Corp.
DissentJun 25, 1979 · October Term 1978
Mackey, Registrar of Motor Vehicles of Massachusetts v. Montrym
MajorityJun 25, 1979 · October Term 1978
Michigan v. Defillippo
MajorityJun 25, 1979 · October Term 1978
Brown v. Texas
ConcurrenceJun 25, 1979 · October Term 1978
Barry, Chairman, Racing and Wagering Board of New York, et al. v. Barchi
DissentJun 25, 1979 · October Term 1978
Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Westcott et al.
ConcurrenceJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Parham, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources of Georgia, et al. v. J.R. et al.
ConcurrenceJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Secretary of Public Welfare of Pennsylvania et al. v. Institutionalized Juveniles et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Wilson et al. v. Omaha Indian Tribe et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Yamasaki et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Fare, Acting Chief Probation Officer v. Michael C.
DissentJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Smith v. Maryland
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Arkansas v. Sanders
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
National Labor Relations Board et al. v. Baptist Hospital, Inc.
ConcurrenceJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Torres v. Puerto Rico
DissentJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Helstoski
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Helstoski v. Meanor, United States District Judge, et al.
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Sandstrom v. Montana
Did not participateJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. McCombs et al.
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States et al. v. Rutherford et al.
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington, Trustee, et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Lo-Ji Sales, Inc. v. New York
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Sierra Club et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Great American Federal Savings & Loan Association et al. v. Novotny
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Southeastern Community College v. Davis
DissentJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Moore et al. v. Sims et Ux.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Southern Railway Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. et al.
MajorityJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Dunaway v. New York
DissentJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Davis v. Passman
MajorityJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts et al. v. Feeney
MajorityJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Babbitt, Governor of Arizona, et al. v. United Farm Workers National Union et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
Marchioro et al. v. Chaney et al.