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Sandra Day O'Connor

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Ronald Reagan
Senate confirmation:: Sep 21, 1981
Recorded service:: Oct 19, 1981 – Jan 23, 2006
Lived:: Mar 26, 1930 – Dec 1, 2023

In plain language

Sandra Day O'Connor, associate justice.
Appointed by Ronald Reagan; confirmed September 21, 1981.
Court service October 19, 1981 to January 23, 2006.

Decisions on record (2892)

MajorityMay 13, 1985 · October Term 1984
California v. Carney
MajorityMay 13, 1985 · October Term 1984
Tennessee v. Street
MajorityMay 13, 1985 · October Term 1984
Liparota v. United States
MajorityMay 13, 1985 · October Term 1984
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Rios-Pineda et al.
DissentApr 29, 1985 · October Term 1984
Francis, Warden v. Franklin
MajorityApr 29, 1985 · October Term 1984
Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub et al.
MajorityApr 29, 1985 · October Term 1984
School Committee of the Town of Burlington, Massachusetts, et al. v. Department of Education of Massachusetts et al.
MajorityApr 29, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Maine et al. (Rhode Island and New York Boundary Case)
MajorityApr 29, 1985 · October Term 1984
Arkansas v. Mississippi
MajorityApr 23, 1985 · October Term 1984
Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation et al. v. Secretary of Labor
MajorityApr 17, 1985 · October Term 1984
Webb v. County Board of Education of Dyer County, Tennessee, et al.
DissentApr 17, 1985 · October Term 1984
Wilson et al. v. Garcia
MajorityApr 17, 1985 · October Term 1984
Springfield Township School District et al. v. Knoll
MajorityApr 16, 1985 · October Term 1984
Central Intelligence Agency et al. v. Sims et al.
MajorityApr 16, 1985 · October Term 1984
Kerr-Mcgee Corp. v. Navajo Tribe of Indians et al.
MajorityApr 16, 1985 · October Term 1984
Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Lueck
MajorityApr 16, 1985 · October Term 1984
Hunter et al. v. Underwood et al.
MajorityApr 15, 1985 · October Term 1984
State of Ohio v. Commonwealth of Kentucky on Bill of Complaint
MajorityApr 15, 1985 · October Term 1984
Mintzes, Warden v. Buchanon
ConcurrenceApr 1, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States et al. v. Locke et al.
MajorityApr 1, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Miller
MajorityApr 1, 1985 · October Term 1984
Honig, Superintendent of Public Instruction of California, et al. v. Students of the California School for the Blind et al.
DissentMar 27, 1985 · October Term 1984
Tennessee v. Garner et al.
MajorityMar 27, 1985 · October Term 1984
Town of Hallie et al. v. City of Eau Claire
MajorityMar 27, 1985 · October Term 1984
Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc., et al. v. United States
MajorityMar 26, 1985 · October Term 1984
Ball v. United States
DissentMar 26, 1985 · October Term 1984
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. et al. v. Ward et al.
MajorityMar 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Sharpe et al.
MajorityMar 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Florida Power & Light Co. v. Lorion, Dba Center for Nuclear Responsibility, et al.
MajorityMar 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Winston, Sheriff, et al. v. Lee
DissentMar 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management
MajorityMar 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Hayes v. Florida
MajorityMar 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Chaney et al.
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill et al.
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Anderson v. City of Bessemer City, North Carolina
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
First National Bank of Atlanta, As Successor in Interest To First National Bank of Cartersville, Georgia v. Bartow County Board of Tax Assessors et al.
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Wayte v. United States
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Bennett, Secretary of Education v. New Jersey
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Bennett, Secretary of Education v. Kentucky Department of Education
DissentMar 18, 1985 · October Term 1984
Herb's Welding, Inc., et al. v. Gray et al.
MajorityMar 18, 1985 · October Term 1984
National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al.
MajorityMar 18, 1985 · October Term 1984
Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee et al.
MajorityMar 18, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Gagnon et al.
MajorityMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd
MajorityMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
County of Oneida, New York, et al. v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York State et al.
MajorityMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper
MajorityMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
Oregon v. Elstad
MajorityMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
Marrese et al. v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
MajorityMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
Air France v. Saks
MajorityMar 4, 1985 · October Term 1984
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Dickerson