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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 5, 1986 · October Term 1985
Smalis et al. v. Pennsylvania
MajorityMay 5, 1986 · October Term 1985
Poland v. Arizona
MajorityMay 5, 1986 · October Term 1985
Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections v. McCree
MajorityApr 30, 1986 · October Term 1985
Turner v. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
ConcurrenceApr 30, 1986 · October Term 1985
Diamond et al. v. Charles et al.
ConcurrenceApr 30, 1986 · October Term 1985
Batson v. Kentucky
MajorityApr 29, 1986 · October Term 1985
Skipper v. South Carolina
MajorityApr 29, 1986 · October Term 1985
McLaughlin v. United States
MajorityApr 29, 1986 · October Term 1985
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Federal Labor Relations Authority et al.
MajorityApr 22, 1986 · October Term 1985
Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Lavoie et al.
MajorityApr 22, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. American College of Physicians
MajorityApr 22, 1986 · October Term 1985
Sorenson v. Secretary of the Treasury et al.
MajorityApr 22, 1986 · October Term 1985
New York v. P.J. Video, Inc., Dba Network Video, et al.
MajorityApr 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
Icicle Seafoods, Inc. v. Worthington et al.
MajorityApr 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
Evans, Governor of Idaho, et al. v. Jeff D. et Al., Minors, By and Through Their Next Friend, Johnson, et al.
MajorityApr 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc., et al. v. Hepps et al.
MajorityApr 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. Quinn
MajorityApr 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
City of Los Angeles et al. v. Heller
MajorityApr 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
Dennison Manufacturing Co. v. Panduit Corp.
MajorityApr 7, 1986 · October Term 1985
AT&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers of America et al.
MajorityApr 7, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. City of Fulton et al.
MajorityApr 7, 1986 · October Term 1985
Delaware v. Van Arsdall
MajorityApr 1, 1986 · October Term 1985
Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles
DissentApr 1, 1986 · October Term 1985
Michigan v. Jackson
ConcurrenceMar 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati et al.
DissentMar 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Goldman v. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense, et al.
MajorityMar 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Bender et al. v. Williamsport Area School District et al.
MajorityMar 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Paulussen v. Herion
MajorityMar 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Holbrook, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, et al. v. Flynn
MajorityMar 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd, et al. v. Zenith Radio Corp. et al.
MajorityMar 10, 1986 · October Term 1985
Exxon Corp. et al. v. Hunt, Administrator of New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund, et al.
MajorityMar 10, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. Inadi
MajorityMar 10, 1986 · October Term 1985
Moran, Superintendent, Rhode Island Department of Corrections v. Burbine
MajorityMar 5, 1986 · October Term 1985
Malley et al. v. Briggs et al.
MajorityMar 4, 1986 · October Term 1985
Whitley, Individually and As Assistant Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary, et al. v. Albers
MajorityFeb 26, 1986 · October Term 1985
Texas v. McCullough
MajorityFeb 26, 1986 · October Term 1985
Nix, Warden v. Whiteside
MajorityFeb 26, 1986 · October Term 1985
National Labor Relations Board v. Financial Institution Employees of America, Local 1182, Chartered By United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, et al.
ConcurrenceFeb 26, 1986 · October Term 1985
Connolly et Al., Trustees of the Operating Engineers Pension Trust v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation et al.
MajorityFeb 26, 1986 · October Term 1985
Morris, Superintendent, Southern Ohio Correctional Facility v. Mathews
MajorityFeb 26, 1986 · October Term 1985
Fisher et al. v. City of Berkeley, California, et al.
MajorityFeb 26, 1986 · October Term 1985
Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations et al. v. Gould Inc.
MajorityFeb 26, 1986 · October Term 1985
Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1, Aft, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Hudson et al.
MajorityFeb 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of California et al.
MajorityFeb 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
City of Renton et al. v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., et al.
ConcurrenceFeb 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. Mechanik et al.
MajorityFeb 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. Maine et al.
MajorityFeb 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
New York v. Class
MajorityFeb 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. Koecher
MajorityJan 27, 1986 · October Term 1985
Parsons Steel, Inc., et al. v. First Alabama Bank et al.