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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)

MajorityMar 3, 1992 · October Term 1991
Donald J. Willy v. Coastal Corporation, et al.
MajorityFeb 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Christine Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools and William Prescott.
MajorityFeb 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Indopco, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
MajorityFeb 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Arkansas, et al. v. Oklahoma, et al.
MajorityFeb 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Myra Jo Collins v. City of Harker Heights, Texas.
MajorityFeb 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
Keith J. Hudson v. Jack McMillian, et al.
MajorityFeb 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Nordic Village Inc., David O. Simon, Trustee
MajorityFeb 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
Holywell Corporation, et al. v. Fred Stanton Smith, Etc., et al.
MajorityJan 27, 1992 · October Term 1991
Lawrence C. Presley, Etc. v. Etowah County Commission et al.
MajorityJan 27, 1992 · October Term 1991
Lechmere, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
MajorityJan 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
State of Wyoming v. State of Oklahoma
DissentJan 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Jairo Jonathan Elias-Zacarias
MajorityJan 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Joseph Patrick Doherty
MajorityJan 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Randall D. White v. Illinois
MajorityJan 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Robert C. Rufo, Sheriff of Suffolk County, et al. v. Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail, et al.
MajorityJan 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Aletha Dewsnup v. Louis L. Timm, et al.
MajorityJan 14, 1992 · October Term 1991
William Lewis Smith v. Wayne S. Barry, et al.
MajorityJan 14, 1992 · October Term 1991
County of Yakima, et al. v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation
MajorityJan 14, 1992 · October Term 1991
Barbara J. Norman, et al. v. Dorothy Reed, et al.
MajorityJan 14, 1992 · October Term 1991
Shirley M. Molzof, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert E. Molzof v. United States
MajorityJan 13, 1992 · October Term 1991
In Re James Blodgett, Superintendent, Washington State Penitentiary, et al.
MajorityDec 16, 1991 · October Term 1991
United States Department of State v. Michael D. Ray et al.
MajorityDec 16, 1991 · October Term 1991
Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. v. National Center for Immigrants' Rights, Inc., et al.
MajorityDec 16, 1991 · October Term 1991
William 'Sky' King v. St. Vincent's Hospital
MajorityDec 16, 1991 · October Term 1991
Hunter v. Bryant
DissentDec 15, 1991 · October Term 1991
Kenneth Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Commission
MajorityDec 11, 1991 · October Term 1991
Union Bank v. Herbert Wolas, Chapter 7 Trustee for the Estate of Zzzz Best Co., Inc.
MajorityDec 10, 1991 · October Term 1991
Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board, et al.
MajorityDec 10, 1991 · October Term 1991
Rafeh-Rafie Ardestani v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
DissentDec 4, 1991 · October Term 1991
Wayne Estelle, Warden v. Mark Owen McGuire
MajorityDec 4, 1991 · October Term 1991
Southwest Marine, Inc. v. Byron Gizoni
MajorityDec 4, 1991 · October Term 1991
Guy Wooddell, Jr. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 71, et al.
MajorityDec 4, 1991 · October Term 1991
Robert E. Gibson v. Florida Bar, et al.
MajorityDec 3, 1991 · October Term 1991
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States v. McOrp Financial, Inc., et al.
MajorityDec 3, 1991 · October Term 1991
Diane Griffin v. United States
MajorityNov 5, 1991 · October Term 1991
Barbara Hafer v. James C. Melo, Jr., et al.
MajorityNov 4, 1991 · October Term 1991
Vladimir Zatko v. California
MajorityOct 21, 1991 · October Term 1991
Raymond Mireles v. Howard Waco
MajorityOct 15, 1991 · October Term 1991
United States v. Alejandro Garcia Ibarra
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Pervis Tyrone Payne v. Tennessee
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Thomas Freytag, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityJun 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Peretz v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Ronald Allen Harmelin v. Michigan
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dominic P. Gentile v. State Bar of Nevada
MajorityJun 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Virginia Bankshares, Inc., et al. v. Doris I. Sandberg, et al.
DissentJun 24, 1991 · October Term 1990
Cohen v. Cowles Media Co., Dba Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co., et al.
MajorityJun 24, 1991 · October Term 1990
Harriet Pauley, Survivor of John C. Pauley v. Bethenergy Mines, Inc., et Al
MajorityJun 24, 1991 · October Term 1990
Roger Keith Coleman v. Charles E. Thompson, Warden
MajorityJun 24, 1991 · October Term 1990
Edgar Blatchford, Commissioner, Department of Community and Regional Affairs of Alaska v. Native Village of Noatak and Circle Village
MajorityJun 24, 1991 · October Term 1990
Eddie S. Ylst, Warden v. Owen Duane Nunnemaker