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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 29, 1981 · October Term 1980
Haig, Secretary of State v. Agee
MajorityJun 29, 1981 · October Term 1980
National Labor Relations Board v. Amax Coal Co., a Division of Amax, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1981 · October Term 1980
California v. Prysock
MajorityJun 26, 1981 · October Term 1980
Lehman, Secretary of the Navy v. Nakshian
DissentJun 26, 1981 · October Term 1980
California Medical Association et al. v. Federal Election Commission et al.
DissentJun 26, 1981 · October Term 1980
McCarty v. McCarty
MajorityJun 26, 1981 · October Term 1980
City of Newport et al. v. Fact Concerts, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1981 · October Term 1980
Middlesex County Sewerage Authority et al. v. National Sea Clammers Association
MajorityJun 25, 1981 · October Term 1980
Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Gray Panthers
MajorityJun 25, 1981 · October Term 1980
Rostker, Director of Selective Service v. Goldberg et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1981 · October Term 1980
United States Postal Service v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations et al.
MajorityJun 22, 1981 · October Term 1980
United Ass'n of Journeymen & Apprentices of Plumbing & Pipefitting Indus. v. United Ass'n of Journeymen & Apprentices
MajorityJun 22, 1981 · October Term 1980
Heffron, Secretary and Manager of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society Board of Managers, et al. v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 22, 1981 · October Term 1980
First National Maintenance Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
DissentJun 22, 1981 · October Term 1980
Michigan v. Summers
MajorityJun 22, 1981 · October Term 1980
New York State Liquor Authority v. Bellanca, Dba the Main Event, et al.
MajorityJun 22, 1981 · October Term 1980
United States v. Louisiana et al. (Louisiana Boundary Case)
MajorityJun 17, 1981 · October Term 1980
Connecticut Board of Pardons et al. v. Dumschat et al.
ConcurrenceJun 17, 1981 · October Term 1980
Howe v. Smith, Attorney General, et al.
DissentJun 17, 1981 · October Term 1980
American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc., et al. v. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1981 · October Term 1980
Monroe v. Standard Oil Co.
DissentJun 17, 1981 · October Term 1980
United States v. Turkette
DissentJun 17, 1981 · October Term 1980
Donovan, Secretary of Labor v. Dewey et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1981 · October Term 1980
Hodel, Acting Secretary of the Interior v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Association, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1981 · October Term 1980
Hodel, Acting Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Indiana et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1981 · October Term 1980
Rhodes, Governor of Ohio, et al. v. Chapman et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1981 · October Term 1980
National Gerimedical Hospital and Gerontology Center v. Blue Cross of Kansas City et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1981 · October Term 1980
Federated Department Stores, Inc., et al. v. Moitie et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1981 · October Term 1980
Jones, Warden, Stone Mountain Correctional Institution v. Helms
MajorityJun 15, 1981 · October Term 1980
United States v. Maine et al. (Massachusetts Boundary Case)
MajorityJun 15, 1981 · October Term 1980
California v. Arizona et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1981 · October Term 1980
Maryland et al. v. Louisiana
DissentJun 8, 1981 · October Term 1980
County of Washington, Oregon, et al. v. Gunther et al.
DissentJun 8, 1981 · October Term 1980
Anderson Bros. Ford et al. v. Valencia et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1981 · October Term 1980
American Express Co. v. Koerner
MajorityJun 8, 1981 · October Term 1980
Rowan Cos., Inc. v. United States
MajorityJun 1, 1981 · October Term 1980
Little v. Streater
MajorityJun 1, 1981 · October Term 1980
Lassiter v. Department of Social Services of Durham County, North Carolina
ConcurrenceJun 1, 1981 · October Term 1980
Schad et al. v. Borough of Mount Ephraim
MajorityJun 1, 1981 · October Term 1980
Gulf Oil Co. et al. v. Bernard et al.
DissentJun 1, 1981 · October Term 1980
Minnick et al. v. California Department of Corrections et al.
DissentJun 1, 1981 · October Term 1980
McDaniel et al. v. Sanchez et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1981 · October Term 1980
Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Cenance et al.
MajorityMay 26, 1981 · October Term 1980
Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 26, 1981 · October Term 1980
Western & Southern Life Insurance Co. v. State Board of Equalization of California
DissentMay 26, 1981 · October Term 1980
Clayton v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, et al.
MajorityMay 26, 1981 · October Term 1980
H. A. Artists & Associates, Inc., et al. v. Actors' Equity Assn. et al.
MajorityMay 26, 1981 · October Term 1980
Maryland et al. v. Louisiana
MajorityMay 26, 1981 · October Term 1980
St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church et al. v. South Dakota
MajorityMay 18, 1981 · October Term 1980
Beltran v. Myers, Director, California State Department of Health, et al.