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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 19, 1993 · October Term 1992
Wilburn Dobbs v. Walter D. Zant, Warden
MajorityJan 13, 1993 · October Term 1992
Walter L. Nixon v. United States et al.
MajorityJan 13, 1993 · October Term 1992
Michael Crosby v. United States
DissentJan 13, 1993 · October Term 1992
Jayne Bray, et al. v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic et al.
MajorityJan 12, 1993 · October Term 1992
Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority v. Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.
MajorityJan 12, 1993 · October Term 1992
Bath Iron Works Corporation, et al. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Etc., et al.
MajorityJan 12, 1993 · October Term 1992
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Nader E. Soliman
MajorityJan 12, 1993 · October Term 1992
James Rowland, Former Director, California Department of Corrections, et al. v. California Men's Colony, Unit Ii Men's Advisory Council
MajorityDec 14, 1992 · October Term 1992
Mississippi, et al. v. Louisiana et al.
MajorityDec 14, 1992 · October Term 1992
Republic National Bank of Miami v. United States
ConcurrenceDec 14, 1992 · October Term 1992
Dale Farrar and Pat Smith, Co-Administrators of Estate of Joseph D. Farrar, Deceased v. William P. Hobby, Jr.
MajorityDec 14, 1992 · October Term 1992
The District of Columbia and Sharon Pratt Kelly, Mayor v. the Greater Washington Board of Trade
MajorityDec 8, 1992 · October Term 1992
Edward Soldal, et Ux. v. Cook County, Illinois et al.
MajorityDec 1, 1992 · October Term 1992
Al C. Parke, Warden v. Ricky Harold Raley
MajorityDec 1, 1992 · October Term 1992
Willie Lee Richmond v. Samuel A. Lewis, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al.
MajorityNov 16, 1992 · October Term 1992
Church of Scientology of California v. United States and Frank S. Zolin
MajorityNov 16, 1992 · October Term 1992
Verl Hadley v. United States
MajorityNov 3, 1992 · October Term 1992
Montana v. Donald Glenn Imlay
MajorityNov 2, 1992 · October Term 1992
James L. Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, et al.
MajorityJul 17, 1992 · October Term 1991
Leona Benten, et al. v. David Kessler, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1992 · October Term 1991
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, et al. v. Robert P. Casey, et Al., Etc.
MajorityJun 29, 1992 · October Term 1991
David H. Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council
MajorityJun 29, 1992 · October Term 1991
Henry Jose Espinosa v. Florida
ConcurrenceJun 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc., and Brian Rumbaugh v. Walter Lee
ConcurrenceJun 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Kirk Fordice, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
MajorityJun 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc.
MajorityJun 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Barbara Franklin, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. Massachusetts et al.
ConcurrenceJun 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Walter Lee, Superintendent of Port Authority Police v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
Thomas Cipollone, Individually and As Executor of the Estate of Rose D. Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc., et al.
DissentJun 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
City of Burlington v. Ernest Dague, Sr., et al.
ConcurrenceJun 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
Robert E. Lee, Individually and As Principal of Nathan Bishop Middle School, et al. v. Daniel Weisman Etc.
DissentJun 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
Marc Gilbert Doggett v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
Robert Wayne Sawyer v. John Whitley, Warden
ConcurrenceJun 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
Rav v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota
ConcurrenceJun 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
Teofilo Medina, Jr. v. California
DissentJun 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
Estate of Floyd Cowart v. Nicklos Drilling Company, et al.
MajorityJun 19, 1992 · October Term 1991
Forsyth County, Georgia v. the Nationalist Movement
MajorityJun 19, 1992 · October Term 1991
New York v. United States et al.
ConcurrenceJun 19, 1992 · October Term 1991
Wisconsin Department of Revenue v. William Wrigley, Jr., Co.
DissentJun 19, 1992 · October Term 1991
American National Red Cross v. S. G. and A. E.
ConcurrenceJun 19, 1992 · October Term 1991
Ellis B. Wright, Jr., Warden and Mary Sue Terry, Attorney General of Virginia v. Frank Robert West, Jr.
MajorityJun 19, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Anthony Salerno, et al.
MajorityJun 18, 1992 · October Term 1991
Stephanie Nordlinger v. Kenneth Hahn, in His Capacity As Tax Assessor for Los Angeles County, et al.
DissentJun 18, 1992 · October Term 1991
Georgia v. Thomas McCollum, William Joseph McCollum and Ella Hampton McCollum
MajorityJun 18, 1992 · October Term 1991
Kraft General Foods, Inc. v. Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance
MajorityJun 18, 1992 · October Term 1991
Mary Gade, Director, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency v. National Solid Wastes Management Association
MajorityJun 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Carol Ankenbrandt, As Next Friend and Mother of L. R. and S. R. v. Jon A. Richards and Debra Kesler
MajorityJun 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Derrick Morgan v. Illinois
MajorityJun 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
John R. Patterson, Trustee v. Joseph B. Shumate, Jr.
DissentJun 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Allied-Signal, Inc., As Successor-In-Interest To the Bendix Corporation v. Director, Division of Taxation