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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)

DissentJun 9, 1987 · October Term 1986
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles, California
MajorityJun 9, 1987 · October Term 1986
O'lone, Administrator, Leesburg Prison Complex, et al. v. Estate of Shabazz et al.
DissentJun 9, 1987 · October Term 1986
Board of Pardons et al. v. Allen et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1987 · October Term 1986
Texas v. New Mexico
ConcurrenceJun 8, 1987 · October Term 1986
Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Yuckert
MajorityJun 8, 1987 · October Term 1986
Rockford Life Insurance Co. v. Illinois Department of Revenue et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1987 · October Term 1986
Utah Division of State Lands v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1987 · October Term 1986
Shearson/american Express Inc. et al. v. McMahon et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1987 · October Term 1986
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers et al.
DissentJun 1, 1987 · October Term 1986
Fort Halifax Packing Co., Inc. v. Coyne, Director, Bureau of Labor Standards of Maine, et al.
DissentJun 1, 1987 · October Term 1986
Fall River Dyeing & Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
MajorityJun 1, 1987 · October Term 1986
United States v. Hohri et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1987 · October Term 1986
Turner et al. v. Safley et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1987 · October Term 1986
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Asphalt Products Co., Inc.
MajorityMay 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
United States v. Salerno et al.
MajorityMay 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Hilton, Superintendent, New Jersey State Prison, et al. v. Braunskill
DissentMay 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton et Fils S. A. et al.
DissentMay 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
United States v. Mendoza-Lopez et al.
MajorityMay 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Hechler
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Pennsylvania v. Finley
DissentMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
National Labor Relations Board v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 340
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Saint Francis College et al. v. Al-Khazraji, Aka Allan
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Shaare Tefila Congregation et al. v. Cobb et al.
ConcurrenceMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Rose v. Rose et al.
DissentMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Gray v. Mississippi
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
United States v. Johnson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Johnson
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Hodel, Secretary of the Interior v. Irving et al.
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Ray v. United States
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
John R. Van Drasek v. James H. Webb, Jr., Secretary of the Navy, et al.
MajorityMay 4, 1987 · October Term 1986
Pope et al. v. Illinois
MajorityMay 4, 1987 · October Term 1986
Arizona v. Mauro
Did not participateMay 4, 1987 · October Term 1986
Board of Directors of Rotary International et al. v. Rotary Club of Duarte et al.
MajorityApr 28, 1987 · October Term 1986
Tull v. United States
MajorityApr 28, 1987 · October Term 1986
Burlington Northern Railroad Co. et al. v. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes et al.
MajorityApr 28, 1987 · October Term 1986
Burlington Northern Railroad Co. v. Oklahoma Tax Commission et al.
MajorityApr 28, 1987 · October Term 1986
Meese, Attorney General of the United States, et al. v. Keene
MajorityApr 27, 1987 · October Term 1986
Montana v. Hall
MajorityApr 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland, Commissioner of Revenue of Arkansas
DissentApr 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
United States v. General Dynamics Corp. et al.
MajorityApr 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Brock, Secretary of Labor, et al. v. Roadway Express, Inc.
MajorityApr 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
McCleskey v. Kemp, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
DissentApr 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Lukhard, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Social Services v. Reed et al.
MajorityApr 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Hitchcock v. Dugger, Florida Department of Corrections
MajorityApr 21, 1987 · October Term 1986
Cts Corp. v. Dynamics Corporation of America
MajorityApr 21, 1987 · October Term 1986
United States v. John Doe, Inc. I, et al.
MajorityApr 21, 1987 · October Term 1986
Granberry v. Greer, Warden
MajorityApr 21, 1987 · October Term 1986
Tison v. Arizona
DissentApr 21, 1987 · October Term 1986
Cruz v. New York
MajorityApr 21, 1987 · October Term 1986
Richardson, Warden v. Marsh
MajorityApr 6, 1987 · October Term 1986
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Taylor