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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 28, 1982 · October Term 1981
Toll, President, University of Maryland, et al. v. Moreno et al.
ConcurrenceJun 28, 1982 · October Term 1981
Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. et al.
DissentJun 28, 1982 · October Term 1981
Union Labor Life Insurance Co. v. Pireno
ConcurrenceJun 28, 1982 · October Term 1981
Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Association et al. v. De La Cuesta et al.
MajorityJun 28, 1982 · October Term 1981
Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District, Westchester County, et al. v. Rowley, By Her Parents, Rowley et Ux.
MajorityJun 25, 1982 · October Term 1981
Rendell-Baker et al. v. Kohn et al.
DissentJun 25, 1982 · October Term 1981
Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26, et al. v. Pico, By His Next Friend Pico, et al.
DissentJun 25, 1982 · October Term 1981
Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co., Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1982 · October Term 1981
Clements, Governor of Texas, et al. v. Fashing et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1982 · October Term 1981
Blum, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al. v. Yaretsky et al.
ConcurrenceJun 24, 1982 · October Term 1981
Jacksonville Bulk Terminals, Inc., et al. v. International Longshoremen's Association et al.
MajorityJun 24, 1982 · October Term 1981
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
MajorityJun 24, 1982 · October Term 1981
Harlow et al. v. Fitzgerald
ConcurrenceJun 23, 1982 · October Term 1981
Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court for the County of Norfolk
ConcurrenceJun 23, 1982 · October Term 1981
Edgar v. Mite Corp. et al.
DissentJun 23, 1982 · October Term 1981
Foremost Insurance Co. et al. v. Richardson et al.
DissentJun 23, 1982 · October Term 1981
Taylor v. Alabama
MajorityJun 21, 1982 · October Term 1981
Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Association et al.
DissentJun 21, 1982 · October Term 1981
Connecticut et al. v. Teal et al.
DissentJun 21, 1982 · October Term 1981
Blue Shield of Virginia et al. v. McCready
ConcurrenceJun 21, 1982 · October Term 1981
Patsy v. Board of Regents of the State of Florida
DissentJun 21, 1982 · October Term 1981
United States v. Johnson
MajorityJun 21, 1982 · October Term 1981
Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Hogan et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1982 · October Term 1981
Schmidt et Al., Dba Schmidt & Pollard v. Oakland Unified School District et al.
ConcurrenceJun 18, 1982 · October Term 1981
California Ex Rel. State Lands Commission v. United States
MajorityJun 18, 1982 · October Term 1981
Mills et al. v. Rogers et al.
ConcurrenceJun 18, 1982 · October Term 1981
Youngberg, Superintendent, Pennhurst State School and Hospital, et al. v. Romeo, An Incompetent, By His Mother and Next Friend, Romeo
Did not participateJun 18, 1982 · October Term 1981
Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society et al.
MajorityJun 18, 1982 · October Term 1981
United States v. Goodwin
MajorityJun 18, 1982 · October Term 1981
California et al. v. Grace Brethren Church et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1982 · October Term 1981
Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc. v. Avagliano et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1982 · October Term 1981
Diedrich et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
DissentJun 15, 1982 · October Term 1981
Plyler, Superintendent, Tyler Independent School District, et al. v. Doe, Guardian, et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1982 · October Term 1981
Hathorn et al. v. Lovorn et al.
ConcurrenceJun 14, 1982 · October Term 1981
Zobel et Ux. v. Williams, Commissioner of Revenue of Alaska, et al.
MajorityJun 14, 1982 · October Term 1981
Cory, Controller of California, et al. v. White, Attorney General of Texas, et al.
MajorityJun 14, 1982 · October Term 1981
United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc v. Sadlowski et al.
MajorityJun 14, 1982 · October Term 1981
Blum, Commissioner, Department of Social Services of New York v. Bacon et Al
MajorityJun 14, 1982 · October Term 1981
General Telephone Company of the Southwest v. Falcon
MajorityJun 14, 1982 · October Term 1981
California v. Texas et al.
MajorityJun 14, 1982 · October Term 1981
Texas v. Oklahoma
MajorityJun 7, 1982 · October Term 1981
Rodriguez et al. v. Popular Democratic Party et al.
ConcurrenceJun 7, 1982 · October Term 1981
Jackson Transit Authority et al. v. Local Division 1285, Amalgamated Transit Union, Afl-Cio-Clc
MajorityJun 7, 1982 · October Term 1981
Tibbs v. Florida
MajorityJun 7, 1982 · October Term 1981
Johnson et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago et al.
DissentJun 1, 1982 · October Term 1981
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission et al. v. Mississippi et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1982 · October Term 1981
United States v. Ross
MajorityJun 1, 1982 · October Term 1981
Inwood Laboratories, Inc., et al. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc.
MajorityJun 1, 1982 · October Term 1981
United States v. Louisiana et al. (Louisiana Boundary Case)
MajorityJun 1, 1982 · October Term 1981
California v. Nevada