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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Bill Clinton
Senate confirmation:: Aug 3, 1993
Recorded service:: Oct 12, 1993 – Jul 9, 2020
Lived:: Mar 15, 1933 – Sep 18, 2020

In plain language

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice.
Appointed by Bill Clinton; confirmed August 3, 1993.
Court service October 12, 1993 to July 9, 2020.

Decisions on record (2215)

MajorityApr 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
Susan Jinks v. Richland County, South Carolina
MajorityApr 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
Dole Food Company, et al. v. Gerardo Dennis Patrickson et al.
DissentApr 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P. C. v. Deborah Wells
ConcurrenceApr 7, 2003 · October Term 2002
Virginia v. Barry Elton Black, Richard J. Elliott, and Jonathan O'mara
DissentApr 7, 2003 · October Term 2002
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Inez Preece Campbell and Matthew C. Barneck, Special Administrator and Personal Representative of the Estate of Curtis B. Campbell
MajorityApr 7, 2003 · October Term 2002
Pacificare Health Systems, Inc., et al. v. Jeffrey Book et al.
MajorityApr 2, 2003 · October Term 2002
Kentucky Association of Health Plans, Inc., et al. v. Janie A. Miller, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Insurance
MajorityMar 31, 2003 · October Term 2002
Beatrice Branch, et al. v. John Robert Smith et al.
MajorityMar 31, 2003 · October Term 2002
A. Elliott Archer, et Ux. v. Arlene L. Warner
MajorityMar 26, 2003 · October Term 2002
Allen D. Brown and Greg Hayes v. Legal Foundation of Washington et al.
DissentMar 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
Jeanne Woodford, Warden v. Robert Frederick Garceau
MajorityMar 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, et al. v. Buckeye Community Hope Foundation et al.
MajorityMar 10, 2003 · October Term 2002
Norfolk & Western Railway Company v. Freeman Ayers et al.
MajorityMar 10, 2003 · October Term 2002
Cook County, Illinois v. United States Ex Rel. Janet Chandler
DissentMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California v. Leandro Andrade
DissentMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Delbert W. Smith and Bruce M. Botelho v. John Doe I et al.
DissentMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Gary Albert Ewing v. California
ConcurrenceMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Connecticut Department of Public Safety, et al. v. John Doe, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
Erick Cornell Clay v. United States
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
United States v. Navajo Nation
ConcurrenceMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
The Boeing Company and Consolidated Subsidiaries v. United States
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
Victor Moseley and Cathy Moseley, Dba Victor's Little Secret v. v. Secret Catalogue, Inc., et al.
ConcurrenceFeb 26, 2003 · October Term 2002
Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc.
MajorityFeb 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
Thomas Joe Miller-El v. Janie Cockrell, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
MajorityFeb 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, et al. v. Guardianship Estate of Danny Keffeler et al.
MajorityJan 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
Federal Communications Commission v. Nextwave Personal Communications Inc. et al.
MajorityJan 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
David Meyer, Individually and in His Capacity As President and Designated Officer/broker of Triad, Inc., Etc. v. Emma Mary Ellen Holley, et Vir, et al.
MajorityJan 21, 2003 · October Term 2002
United States v. Francisco Jimenez Recio and Adrian Lopez-Meza
MajorityJan 15, 2003 · October Term 2002
Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security v. Peabody Coal Company et al.
MajorityJan 15, 2003 · October Term 2002
Eric Eldred, et al. v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General
MajorityJan 14, 2003 · October Term 2002
Pierce County, Washington v. Ignacio Guillen, Legal Guardian of Jennifer Guillen and Alma Guillen, Minors, et al.
DissentJan 14, 2003 · October Term 2002
David Allen Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania
MajorityDec 10, 2002 · October Term 2002
Abu-Ali Abdur'rahman v. Ricky Bell, Warden
MajorityDec 10, 2002 · October Term 2002
Karen Howsam, Etc. v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
MajorityDec 10, 2002 · October Term 2002
United States, et al. v. Thomas Lamar Bean
MajorityDec 3, 2002 · October Term 2002
Rex R. Sprietsma, Administrator of the Estate of Jeanne Sprietsma, Deceased v. Mercury Marine, a Division of Brunswick Corporation
MajorityNov 5, 2002 · October Term 2002
Yellow Transportation, Inc. v. Michigan, et al.
MajorityNov 5, 2002 · October Term 2002
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., Robert Babb, Edee Templet, and Kenneth A. Devun v. Hurley Henson
MajorityNov 4, 2002 · October Term 2002
Richard E. Early, Warden, et al. v. William Packer
MajorityNov 4, 2002 · October Term 2002
Jeanne Woodford, Warden v. John Louis Visciotti
MajorityNov 4, 2002 · October Term 2002
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Fredy Orlando Ventura
MajorityOct 15, 2002 · October Term 2002
Ford Motor Company and Citibank (South Dakota), N. A. v. John B. McCauley et al.
MajorityJun 28, 2002 · October Term 2001
Terry L. Stewart, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. Robert Douglas Smith
MajorityJun 28, 2002 · October Term 2001
United States v. John Bass
DissentJun 27, 2002 · October Term 2001
Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County, et al. v. Lindsay Earls et al.
DissentJun 27, 2002 · October Term 2001
Susan Tave Zelman, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Ohio, et al. v. Doris Simmons-Harris et al.
DissentJun 27, 2002 · October Term 2001
Republican Party of Minnesota, et al. v. Suzanne White, Chairperson, Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards, et al.
MajorityJun 27, 2002 · October Term 2001
Larry Hope v. Mark Pelzer et al.
MajorityJun 24, 2002 · October Term 2001
United States v. Angela Ruiz