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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)

MajorityNov 24, 1958 · October Term 1958
Shuttlesworth et al. v. Birmingham Board of Education of Jefferson County, Alabama.
MajorityNov 17, 1958 · October Term 1958
Boston & Maine Railroad et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityNov 10, 1958 · October Term 1958
Hinkle, Administratrix, et al. v. New England Mutual Insurance Company of Boston, Massachusetts
MajorityNov 10, 1958 · October Term 1958
Peurifoy et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityNov 10, 1958 · October Term 1958
California v. Washington
MajorityOct 27, 1958 · October Term 1958
Worz, Inc., v. Federal Communications Commission et al.
Did not participateOct 27, 1958 · October Term 1958
Deen v. Hickman, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, et al.
MajorityOct 20, 1958 · October Term 1958
Sangamon Valley Television Corp. v. United States et al.
MajorityOct 20, 1958 · October Term 1958
Wirl Television Corp. v. United States et al.