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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)

MajorityJul 21, 1993 · October Term 1992
Paul Delo, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center v. Walter J. Blair
MajorityJun 28, 1993 · October Term 1992
Ferris J. Alexander, Sr. v. United States
MajorityJun 28, 1993 · October Term 1992
William Daubert, et Ux., Etc., et al. v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
MajorityJun 28, 1993 · October Term 1992
Richard Lyle Austin v. United States
MajorityJun 28, 1993 · October Term 1992
Ruth O. Shaw, et al. v. Janet Reno, Attorney General, et al.
DissentJun 28, 1993 · October Term 1992
United States v. Alvin J. Dixon and Michael Foster
MajorityJun 28, 1993 · October Term 1992
Hartford Fire Insurance Co., et al. v. California et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1993 · October Term 1992
United States and Federal Communications Commission v. Edge Broadcasting Company T/a Power 94
DissentJun 25, 1993 · October Term 1992
Txo Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp., et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1993 · October Term 1992
St. Mary's Honor Center, et al. v. Melvin Hicks
MajorityJun 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
Stephen Buckley v. Michael Fitzsimmons et al.
MajorityJun 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Richard H. Schaefer
DissentJun 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
Leonard Heller, Secretary, Kentucky Cabinet for Human Resources v. Samuel Doe, By His Mother and Next Friend, Mary Doe, et al.
DissentJun 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
Dorsie Lee Johnson, Jr. v. Texas
MajorityJun 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
Salvador Godinez, Warden v. Richard Allan Moran
MajorityJun 21, 1993 · October Term 1992
R. Gordon Darby, et al. v. Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1993 · October Term 1992
Chris Sale, Acting Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. v. Haitian Centers Council, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1993 · October Term 1992
Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
DissentJun 18, 1993 · October Term 1992
Larry Zobrest, et Ux., et al. v. Catalina Foothills School District
MajorityJun 18, 1993 · October Term 1992
Donald L. Helling, et al. v. William McKinney
ConcurrenceJun 18, 1993 · October Term 1992
Janet Reno, Attorney General, et al. v. Catholic Social Services, Inc., et al.
DissentJun 18, 1993 · October Term 1992
Henry Harper, et al. v. Virginia Department of Taxation
MajorityJun 14, 1993 · October Term 1992
Local 144 Nursing Home Pension Fund, et al. v. Nicholas Demisay et al.
ConcurrenceJun 14, 1993 · October Term 1992
Concrete Pipe and Products of California, Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern California
DissentJun 14, 1993 · October Term 1992
Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville, Florida, et al.
MajorityJun 14, 1993 · October Term 1992
South Dakota v. Gregg Bourland, Etc., et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1993 · October Term 1992
Wisconsin v. Todd Mitchell
MajorityJun 11, 1993 · October Term 1992
United States Department of the Treasury and Mitchell A. Levine, Assistant Commissioner v. George Fabe, Superintendent of Insurance of Ohio
ConcurrenceJun 11, 1993 · October Term 1992
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. and Ernesto Pichardo v. City of Hialeah
ConcurrenceJun 7, 1993 · October Term 1992
Jerry D. Gilmore v. Kevin Taylor
MajorityJun 7, 1993 · October Term 1992
Minnesota v. Timothy Dickerson
MajorityJun 7, 1993 · October Term 1992
Lamb's Chapel and John Steigerwald v. Center Moriches Union Free School District et al.
MajorityJun 7, 1993 · October Term 1992
Good Samaritan Hospital, et al. v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services
MajorityJun 7, 1993 · October Term 1992
Jeffery Antoine v. Byers & Anderson, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 7, 1993 · October Term 1992
United States National Bank of Oregon v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 7, 1993 · October Term 1992
Donald Neal Rake, et al. v. William J. Wade, Trustee
DissentJun 1, 1993 · October Term 1992
William J. Mertens, Alex W. Bandrowski, James A. Clark, and Russell Franz v. Hewitt Associates
MajorityJun 1, 1993 · October Term 1992
John Sullivan v. Louisiana
DissentJun 1, 1993 · October Term 1992
Musick, Peeler & Garrett, et al. v. Employers Insurance of Wausau et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1993 · October Term 1992
Federal Communications Commission and United States v. Beach Communications, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1993 · October Term 1992
Leonard Nobelman, et Ux. v. American Savings Bank et al.
MajorityMay 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.
MajorityMay 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
United States Department of Justice, et al. v. Vincent James Landano
MajorityMay 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
Michael E. Lincoln, Acting Director of the Indian Health Service, et al. v. Grover Vigil et al.
MajorityMay 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
Keene Corporation v. United States
MajorityMay 24, 1993 · October Term 1992
John Angus Smith v. United States
MajorityMay 17, 1993 · October Term 1992
William McNeil v. United States
MajorityMay 17, 1993 · October Term 1992
Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Sac and Fox Nation
DissentMay 17, 1993 · October Term 1992
Thomas Lee Deal v. United States
MajorityMay 17, 1993 · October Term 1992
El Vocero De Puerto Rico (Caribbean International News Corp.), et al. v. Puerto Rico, et al.