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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)

MajorityMar 3, 1980 · October Term 1979
Bloomer v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
MajorityMar 3, 1980 · October Term 1979
California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1980 · October Term 1979
United States v. Apfelbaum
MajorityMar 3, 1980 · October Term 1979
Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press et al.
ConcurrenceFeb 27, 1980 · October Term 1979
Trammel v. United States
MajorityFeb 27, 1980 · October Term 1979
Lewis v. United States
MajorityFeb 26, 1980 · October Term 1979
Whirlpool Corp. v. Marshall, Secretary of Labor
DissentFeb 26, 1980 · October Term 1979
United States v. Clark, Guardian
MajorityFeb 26, 1980 · October Term 1979
Massachusetts v. Meehan
DissentFeb 20, 1980 · October Term 1979
Stafford, U.S. Attorney, et al. v. Briggs et al.
MajorityFeb 20, 1980 · October Term 1979
Ford Motor Credit Co. et al. v. Milhollin
MajorityFeb 20, 1980 · October Term 1979
Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp. et al. v. Shell Oil Co. et al.
MajorityFeb 20, 1980 · October Term 1979
California Brewers Assn. et al. v. Bryant et al.
MajorityFeb 20, 1980 · October Term 1979
Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better Environment et al.
MajorityFeb 20, 1980 · October Term 1979
Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty et al. v. Regan, Comptroller of New York, et al.
MajorityFeb 20, 1980 · October Term 1979
National Labor Relations Board v. Yeshiva University
MajorityFeb 20, 1980 · October Term 1979
United States et al. v. Euge
MajorityFeb 19, 1980 · October Term 1979
Boeing Co. v. Van Gemert et al.
MajorityFeb 19, 1980 · October Term 1979
Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Liepelt, Administratrix
MajorityFeb 19, 1980 · October Term 1979
Crowell, Secretary of State of Tennessee, et al. v. Mader et al.
MajorityFeb 19, 1980 · October Term 1979
Snepp v. United States
MajorityJan 21, 1980 · October Term 1979
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. et al. v. Woodson, District Judge of Creek County, Oklahoma, et al.
MajorityJan 21, 1980 · October Term 1979
Rush et al. v. Savchuk
MajorityJan 21, 1980 · October Term 1979
Ohio v. Kentucky
DissentJan 21, 1980 · October Term 1979
Brown, Secretary of Defense, et al. v. Glines
DissentJan 21, 1980 · October Term 1979
Idaho Ex Rel. Evans, Governor of Idaho, et al. v. Oregon et al.
MajorityJan 21, 1980 · October Term 1979
United States v. Bailey et al.
DissentJan 21, 1980 · October Term 1979
Secretary of the Navy et al. v. Huff et al.
MajorityJan 21, 1980 · October Term 1979
Hatzlachh Supply Co., Inc. v. United States
MajorityJan 21, 1980 · October Term 1979
Tague v. Louisiana
DissentJan 21, 1980 · October Term 1979
Estes et al. v. Metropolitan Branches of the Dallas NAACP et al.
DissentJan 15, 1980 · October Term 1979
Vance, Secretary of State v. Terrazas
MajorityJan 15, 1980 · October Term 1979
Martinez et al. v. California et al.
MajorityJan 14, 1980 · October Term 1979
Thompson v. United States
MajorityJan 8, 1980 · October Term 1979
McLain et al. v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans, Inc., et al.
MajorityJan 7, 1980 · October Term 1979
Strycker's Bay Neighborhood Council, Inc. v. Karlen et al.
MajorityDec 10, 1979 · October Term 1979
Carbon Fuel Co. v. United Mine Workers of America et al.
MajorityDec 4, 1979 · October Term 1979
Kaiser Aetna et al. v. United States
MajorityDec 4, 1979 · October Term 1979
Ferri v. Ackerman
MajorityDec 4, 1979 · October Term 1979
Vaughn et al. v. Vermilion Corp.
MajorityNov 28, 1979 · October Term 1979
Ybarra v. Illinois
MajorityNov 28, 1979 · October Term 1979
United States v. Kubrick
DissentNov 28, 1979 · October Term 1979
Board of Education of the City School District of New York et al. v. Harris, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al.
MajorityNov 27, 1979 · October Term 1979
Perrin v. United States
MajorityNov 27, 1979 · October Term 1979
Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Allard et al.
MajorityNov 27, 1979 · October Term 1979
P. C. Pfeiffer Co., Inc., et al. v. Ford et al.
MajorityNov 13, 1979 · October Term 1979
Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. (Tama), et al. v. Lewis
MajorityOct 15, 1979 · October Term 1979
United States et al. v. Benmar Transport & Leasing Corp. et al.
MajorityOct 9, 1979 · October Term 1979
Pilon v. Bordenkircher, Warden
MajorityJul 2, 1979 · October Term 1978
Moore v. Duckworth, Warden