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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)

MajorityJan 7, 1991 · October Term 1990
In Re Michael Sindram
MajorityDec 10, 1990 · October Term 1990
Arthur Groves, Bobby J. Evans and Local 771, Internation Union UAW v. Ring Screw Works, Ferndale Fastener Division
MajorityDec 3, 1990 · October Term 1990
Shirley W. Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs et al.
DissentDec 3, 1990 · October Term 1990
Raymond J. Moskal, Sr. v. United States
MajorityDec 3, 1990 · October Term 1990
Ingersoll-Rand Company v. Perry McClendon
MajorityDec 3, 1990 · October Term 1990
Robert S. Minnick v. Mississippi
MajorityNov 27, 1990 · October Term 1990
Fmc Corporation v. Cynthia Ann Holliday
MajorityNov 27, 1990 · October Term 1990
Arcadia, Ohio, et al. v. Ohio Power Company, et al.
MajorityNov 26, 1990 · October Term 1990
Jay Palmer et al. v. Brg of Georgia, Inc., et al.
MajorityNov 13, 1990 · October Term 1990
Michael Owen Perry v. Louisiana
MajorityNov 13, 1990 · October Term 1990
Tommy Cage v. Louisiana
MajorityNov 13, 1990 · October Term 1990
R. Dobie Langenkamp, Successor Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estates of Republic Trust & Savings Company and Republic Financial Corporation v. C. A. Culp, et al.
MajorityNov 6, 1990 · October Term 1990
Mercedel W. Miles, Individually and As Administratrix of the Succession of Ludwick Adam Torregano v. Apex Marine Corporation et al.
MajorityNov 5, 1990 · October Term 1990
Billy J. Temple v. Synthes Corporation, Ltd.
MajorityNov 5, 1990 · October Term 1990
United States of America v. State of Louisiana, et al. (Alabama and Mississippi Boundary Case)
MajorityNov 5, 1990 · October Term 1990
State of Mississippi v. United States
MajorityOct 29, 1990 · October Term 1990
Robert Lee Shell v. Mississippi
MajorityJun 28, 1990 · October Term 1989
Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Caryl, Tax Commissioner of West Virginia
MajorityJun 28, 1990 · October Term 1989
National Mines Corp. v. Caryl, Tax Commissioner of West Virginia
DissentJun 27, 1990 · October Term 1989
Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission et al.
MajorityJun 27, 1990 · October Term 1989
Walton v. Arizona
MajorityJun 27, 1990 · October Term 1989
United States v. Kokinda et al.
MajorityJun 27, 1990 · October Term 1989
Lewis, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Jeffers
MajorityJun 27, 1990 · October Term 1989
Idaho v. Wright
MajorityJun 27, 1990 · October Term 1989
Maryland v. Craig
MajorityJun 27, 1990 · October Term 1989
Lujan, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. National Wildlife Federation et al.
ConcurrenceJun 25, 1990 · October Term 1989
Cruzan, By Her Parents and Co-Guardians, Cruzan et Ux. v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1990 · October Term 1989
Sisson v. Ruby et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1990 · October Term 1989
Georgia v. South Carolina
ConcurrenceJun 25, 1990 · October Term 1989
Hodgson et al. v. Minnesota et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1990 · October Term 1989
Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health et al.
DissentJun 25, 1990 · October Term 1989
Alvarado v. United States
MajorityJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division v. Youngblood
DissentJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Rutan et al. v. Republican Party of Illinois et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Maislin Industries, U.s., Inc., et al. v. Primary Steel, Inc., et al.
ConcurrenceJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Portland Golf Club v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Illinois v. Rodriguez
MajorityJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Kansas et al. v. Utilicorp United Inc.
MajorityJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Sawyer v. Smith, Interim Warden
MajorityJun 18, 1990 · October Term 1989
Pennsylvania v. Inocencio Muniz
MajorityJun 18, 1990 · October Term 1989
Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Marilyn Finkelstein
ConcurrenceJun 18, 1990 · October Term 1989
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. Ltv Corporation et al.
Did not participateJun 18, 1990 · October Term 1989
Eli Lilly and Company v. Medtronic, Inc.
MajorityJun 14, 1990 · October Term 1989
Michigan Department of State Police, et al. v. Rick Sitz, et al.
MajorityJun 14, 1990 · October Term 1989
Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Elizabeth Stroop, et al.
DissentJun 14, 1990 · October Term 1989
L. Douglas Wilder, Governor of Virginia, et al. v. Virginia Hospital Association
MajorityJun 14, 1990 · October Term 1989
General Motors Corporation v. United States
MajorityJun 14, 1990 · October Term 1989
Texaco Inc. v. Ricky Hasbrouck, Dba Rick's Texaco, et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1990 · October Term 1989
Office of Personnel Management v. Charles Richmond