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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)

MajorityJun 21, 1991 · October Term 1990
Michael Barnes, Prosecuting Attorney of St. Joseph County, Indiana, et al. v. Glen Theatre, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1991 · October Term 1990
Wisconsin Public Intervenor, et al. v. Ralph Mortier, et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1991 · October Term 1990
Edward Harold Schad, Jr. v. Arizona
DissentJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. John Gilbertson, et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Ronald Chisom, et al. v. Charles E. Roemer, Governor of Louisiana, et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Houston Lawyers' Association, et al. v. Attorney General of Texas, et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Florida v. Bostick
MajorityJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Ellis Gregory, Jr. and Anthony P. Nugent, Jr., Judges v. John D. Ashcroft, Governor of Missouri
MajorityJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Jeffrey M. Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc., Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and Janet Malcolm
DissentJun 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia et al.
DissentJun 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
States of Oklahoma and Texas v. State of New Mexico
MajorityJun 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, et al. v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Pearly L. Wilson v. Richard Seiter, et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Louise Renne, San Francisco City Attorney, et al. v. Bob Geary, et al.
DissentJun 13, 1991 · October Term 1990
William J. Burns v. United States
MajorityJun 13, 1991 · October Term 1990
Sheldon Baruch Toibb v. Stuart J. Radloff
MajorityJun 13, 1991 · October Term 1990
Paul McNeil v. Wisconsin
MajorityJun 13, 1991 · October Term 1990
Litton Financial Printing Division, a Division of Litton Business Systems, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1991 · October Term 1990
Curtis Reed Johnson v. Home State Bank
MajorityJun 10, 1991 · October Term 1990
Zakhar Melkonyan v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services
MajorityJun 10, 1991 · October Term 1990
Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Angelo J. Solimino
MajorityJun 10, 1991 · October Term 1990
Keith R. Gollust, et al. v. Ira L. Mendell, Etc., et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1991 · October Term 1990
Connecticut and John F. Digiovanni v. Brian K. Doehr
MajorityJun 6, 1991 · October Term 1990
G. Russell Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.
MajorityJun 3, 1991 · October Term 1990
Exxon Corporation v. Central Gulf Lines, Inc., et al.
DissentJun 3, 1991 · October Term 1990
Thaddeus Donald Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co., Inc.
MajorityJun 3, 1991 · October Term 1990
Janice G. Clark et al. v. Charles 'Buddy' Roemer, Governor of Louisiana, et al.
ConcurrenceMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dawud Majid Mu'min v. Virginia
MajorityMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
Richard L. Chapman, John M. Schoenecker and Patrick Brumm v. United States
MajorityMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
Cathy Burns v. Rick Reed
DissentMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
James P. Lehnert et al. v. Ferris Faculty Association et al.
MajorityMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
California v. Charles Steven Acevedo
DissentMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
Summit Health, Ltd., et al. v. Simon J. Pinhas
MajorityMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
Thomas Braxton v. United States
ConcurrenceMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dionisio Hernandez v. New York
MajorityMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
State of Illinois v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
MajorityMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dale Robert Yates v. Parker Evatt, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al.
DissentMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Irving Rust, et al. v. Sullivan, Louis W., Secretary of Health and Human Services
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Frederick A. Siegert v. H. Melvin Gilley
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Florida v. Luz Piedad Jimeno et al.
DissentMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Robert L. McCormick v. United States
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Jeanne Farrey, Fka Jeanne Sanderfoot v. Gerald J. Sanderfoot
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dwight H. Owen v. Helen Owen
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
International Primate Protection League and Its Members, et al. v. Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Jill S. Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Bryan Stuart Lankford v. Idaho
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
John H. McCarthy v. Bronson, George, Warden, et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Michigan v. Nolan K. Lucas
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Daniel Touby et Ux. v. United States
Did not participateMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Ford Motor Credit Company, Inc. v. Department of Revenue, State of Florida