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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)

MajorityNov 1, 1994 · October Term 1994
United States v. Reshat Shabani
MajorityOct 31, 1994 · October Term 1994
Anthony S. Austin v. United States
MajorityOct 11, 1994 · October Term 1994
In Re Fred Whitaker
MajorityJun 30, 1994 · October Term 1993
Judy Madsen, et al. v. Women's Health Center, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 30, 1994 · October Term 1993
International Union, United Mine Workers of America, et al. v. John L. Bagwell et al.
DissentJun 30, 1994 · October Term 1993
Frank B. McFarland v. Wayne Scott, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
ConcurrenceJun 30, 1994 · October Term 1993
Jackie Holder, Etc., et al. v. E. K. Hall, Sr., et al.
MajorityJun 30, 1994 · October Term 1993
Paul Palalaua Tuilaepa v. California
ConcurrenceJun 30, 1994 · October Term 1993
Bolley Johnson, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, et al. v. Miguel De Grandy et al.
MajorityJun 27, 1994 · October Term 1993
Fredel Williamson v. United States
DissentJun 27, 1994 · October Term 1993
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., et al. v. Federal Communications Commission et al.
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1994 · October Term 1993
Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Louis Grumet et al.
MajorityJun 24, 1994 · October Term 1993
Florence Dolan v. City of Tigard
MajorityJun 24, 1994 · October Term 1993
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., et al. v. Karl L. Oberg
MajorityJun 24, 1994 · October Term 1993
Robert L. Davis v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 24, 1994 · October Term 1993
Roy Heck v. James Humphrey et al.
DissentJun 24, 1994 · October Term 1993
Thomas Jefferson University, Dba Thomas Jefferson University Hospital v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services
MajorityJun 24, 1994 · October Term 1993
Consolidated Rail Corporation v. James E. Gottshall
MajorityJun 24, 1994 · October Term 1993
Terry Lee Shannon v. United States
MajorityJun 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. v. Grant T. Norris
MajorityJun 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor v. Greenwich Collieries
DissentJun 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
Barclays Bank Plc v. Franchise Tax Board of California
MajorityJun 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
Orrin S. Reed v. Robert Farley, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison, et al.
ConcurrenceJun 17, 1994 · October Term 1993
Jonathan Dale Simmons v. South Carolina
MajorityJun 17, 1994 · October Term 1993
West Lynn Creamery, Inc., et al. v. Jonathan Healy, Commissioner of Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture
Did not participateJun 17, 1994 · October Term 1993
McI Telecommunications Corporation v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company
ConcurrenceJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
John Joseph Romano v. Oklahoma
ConcurrenceJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
United States v. Jerry W. Carlton
ConcurrenceJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
City of Ladue, et al. v. Margaret P. Gilleo
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
Department of Taxation and Finance of New York, et al. v. Milhelm Attea & Bros., Inc., Etc., et al.
ConcurrenceJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
O'melveny & Myers v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation As Receiver for American Diversified Savings Bank et al.
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
Albert Howlett v. Birkdale Shipping Co., S. A.
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
Karen Livadas v. Victoria Bradshaw, California Labor Commissioner
DissentJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
Silvia S. Ibanez v. Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Board of Accountancy
MajorityJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Kenneth O. Nichols v. United States
DissentJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Department of Revenue of Montana v. Kurth Ranch et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Key Tronic Corporation v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Dee Farmer v. Edward Brennan, Warden, et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Digital Equipment Corporation v. Desktop Direct, Inc.
MajorityMay 31, 1994 · October Term 1993
Cynthia Waters, et al. v. Cheryl R. Churchill, et al.
MajorityMay 31, 1994 · October Term 1993
Pud No. 1 of Jefferson County and City of Tacoma v. Washington Department of Ecology, et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
John H. Dalton, Secretary of the Navy, et al. v. Arlen Specter et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Darren J. Custis v. United States
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Posters 'N' Things, Ltd., et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Bfp v. Resolution Trust Corporation, As Receiver of Imperial Federal Savings Association, et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
National Labor Relations Board v. Health Care & Retirement Corporation of America
ConcurrenceMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Harold E. Staples, Iii v. United States
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Associated Industries of Missouri, et al. v. Janette M. Lohman, Director of Revenue of Missouri, et al.
Did not participateMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Morgan Stanley & Company, Incorporated, et al. v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Gary M. McKnight v. General Motors Corporation