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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, 1991 · October Term 1990
Robert D. Gilmer v. Interstate/johnson Lane Corporation
MajorityMay 13, 1991 · October Term 1990
County of Riverside and Cois Byrd, Sheriff of Riverside County v. McLaughlin, Donald Lee, et al.
MajorityApr 29, 1991 · October Term 1990
In Re John Robert Demos, Jr.
MajorityApr 24, 1991 · October Term 1990
Charles Z. Stevens, Iii v. Department of the Treasury et al.
MajorityApr 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
American Hospital Association v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
MajorityApr 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
California v. Hodari D.
MajorityApr 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd et al.
MajorityApr 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Cottage Savings Association v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityApr 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
United States v. Centennial Savings Bank Fsb (Resolution Trust Corporation, Receiver)
MajorityApr 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute et Vir
MajorityApr 16, 1991 · October Term 1990
Kay v. Ehrler et al.
MajorityApr 16, 1991 · October Term 1990
Leathers, Commissioner of Revenues of Arkansas v. Medlock et al.
MajorityApr 16, 1991 · October Term 1990
McCleskey v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
MajorityApr 1, 1991 · October Term 1990
City of Columbia et al. v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc.
MajorityApr 1, 1991 · October Term 1990
Powers v. Ohio
MajorityMar 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., Inc.
MajorityMar 26, 1991 · October Term 1990
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co. et al.
DissentMar 26, 1991 · October Term 1990
Arizona v. Fulminante
MajorityMar 26, 1991 · October Term 1990
United States v. Gaubert
MajorityMar 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Lynn Martin, Secretary of Labor v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission et al.
MajorityMar 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
United States et al. v. Marcus S. Smith et al.
MajorityMar 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW, et al. v. Johnson Controls, Inc.
MajorityMar 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Salve Regina College v. Sharon L. Russell
MajorityMar 19, 1991 · October Term 1990
Air Line Pilots Association, International v. Joseph E. O'neill et al.
MajorityMar 19, 1991 · October Term 1990
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Robert Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al.
MajorityMar 19, 1991 · October Term 1990
Norfolk & Western Railway Company et al. v. American Train Dispatchers' Association et al.
DissentMar 4, 1991 · October Term 1990
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Cleopatra Haslip et al.
MajorityFeb 26, 1991 · October Term 1990
Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma
MajorityFeb 26, 1991 · October Term 1990
Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, et al.
MajorityFeb 26, 1991 · October Term 1990
Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. and Michael Shipp
MajorityFeb 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Mark E. Dennis v. Margaret L. Higgins, Director, Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, et al.
MajorityFeb 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots, et al. v. Timothy A. Brown
MajorityFeb 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Gene McNary, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, et al. v. Haitian Refugee Center, Inc., et al.
MajorityFeb 19, 1991 · October Term 1990
McDermott International, Inc. v. Jon C. Wilander
MajorityFeb 19, 1991 · October Term 1990
Trinova Corporation v. Michigan Department of Treasury
MajorityFeb 19, 1991 · October Term 1990
Moshe Gozlon-Peretz v. United States
MajorityFeb 19, 1991 · October Term 1990
James A. Ford v. Georgia
MajorityFeb 19, 1991 · October Term 1990
Freeport-Mcmoran Inc, et Al.. v. K N Energy, Inc.
DissentFeb 19, 1991 · October Term 1990
Jose M. Lozada v. George Deeds, Warden
MajorityFeb 19, 1991 · October Term 1990
Jimmie Burden, Jr. v. Walter Zant, Warden
MajorityJan 22, 1991 · October Term 1990
United States v. R. Enterprises, Inc., et al.
MajorityJan 22, 1991 · October Term 1990
Robert Lacy Parker v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
MajorityJan 22, 1991 · October Term 1990
Ohio v. Ediberto Huertas
MajorityJan 15, 1991 · October Term 1990
Board of Education of Oklahoma City Public Schools, Independent School District No. 89, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma v. Robert L. Dowell et al.
MajorityJan 15, 1991 · October Term 1990
Firstier Mortgage Company, Aka Realbanc, Inc. v. Investors Mortgage Insurance Company
MajorityJan 15, 1991 · October Term 1990
Coy R. Grogan, et al. v. Frank J. Garner, Jr.
MajorityJan 14, 1991 · October Term 1990
In Re Berger
MajorityJan 8, 1991 · October Term 1990
Richard Demarest v. James, Manspeaker et al.
MajorityJan 8, 1991 · October Term 1990
John L. Cheek v. United States
MajorityJan 8, 1991 · October Term 1990
Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc., et al. v. United Distribution Companies et al.