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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 10, 1996 · October Term 1995
Jason Richards, et al. v. Jefferson County, Alabama, et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1996 · October Term 1995
Michael A. Whren and James L. Brown v. United States
MajorityJun 3, 1996 · October Term 1995
Charles Quackenbush, California Insurance Commissioner, et al. v. Allstate Insurance Company
MajorityJun 3, 1996 · October Term 1995
Barbara Smiley v. Citibank (South Dakota), N. A.
ConcurrenceJun 3, 1996 · October Term 1995
Dwight J. Loving v. United States
MajorityJun 3, 1996 · October Term 1995
Auciello Iron Works, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
MajorityMay 28, 1996 · October Term 1995
Saul Ornelas and Ismael Ornelas-Ledesma v. United States
ConcurrenceMay 20, 1996 · October Term 1995
Bmw of North America, Inc. v. Ira Gore, Jr.
MajorityMay 20, 1996 · October Term 1995
Roy Romer, Governor of Colorado, et al. v. Richard G. Evans et al.
DissentMay 20, 1996 · October Term 1995
Lloyd Henderson v. United States
MajorityMay 20, 1996 · October Term 1995
Doctor's Associates, Inc. and Nick Lombardi v. Paul Casarotto et Ux.
MajorityMay 13, 1996 · October Term 1995
United States v. Christopher Lee Armstrong et al.
ConcurrenceMay 13, 1996 · October Term 1995
44 Liquormart, Inc. and Peoples Super Liquor Stores, Inc. v. Rhode Island and Rhode Island Liquor Stores Association
MajorityMay 13, 1996 · October Term 1995
United States v. Thomas R. Noland, Trustee for Debtor First Truck Lines, Inc.
MajorityMay 13, 1996 · October Term 1995
United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 751 v. Brown Group, Inc., Dba Brown Shoe Company
MajorityApr 29, 1996 · October Term 1995
Charles Carlisle v. United States
MajorityApr 23, 1996 · October Term 1995
Herbert Markman and Positek, Inc. v. Westview Instruments, Inc. and Althon Enterprises, Inc.
DissentApr 23, 1996 · October Term 1995
Holly Farms Corporation et al. v. National Labor Relations Labor Board et al.
MajorityApr 16, 1996 · October Term 1995
Byron Keith Cooper v. Oklahoma
MajorityApr 9, 1996 · October Term 1995
Michael Bowersox, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center v. Doyle J. Williams
MajorityApr 1, 1996 · October Term 1995
James O'connor v. Consolidated Coin Caterers Corporation
MajorityApr 1, 1996 · October Term 1995
Larry Grant Lonchar v. Albert G. Thomas, Warden
MajorityApr 1, 1996 · October Term 1995
Liang-Houh Shieh v. Edward Kakita et al.
MajorityMar 27, 1996 · October Term 1995
United States, Federal Communications Commission and Janet Reno, Attorney General v. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia et al.
MajorityMar 27, 1996 · October Term 1995
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida et al.
ConcurrenceMar 27, 1996 · October Term 1995
Fortis Morse, Kenneth Curtis Bartholomew and Kimberly J. Enderson v. Republican Party of Virginia et al.
MajorityMar 27, 1996 · October Term 1995
Tommy L. Rutledge v. United States
MajorityMar 26, 1996 · October Term 1995
Barnett Bank of Marion County, N. A. v. Bill Nelson, Florida Insurance Commissioner, et al.
MajorityMar 20, 1996 · October Term 1995
Wisconsin v. City of New York et al.
MajorityMar 19, 1996 · October Term 1995
Alan Meghrig, et al. v. Kfc Western, Inc.
DissentMar 19, 1996 · October Term 1995
Varity Corporation v. Charles Howe et al.
MajorityMar 18, 1996 · October Term 1995
Thomas Dalton, Director, Arkansas Department of Human Services et al. v. Little Rock Family Planning Services et al.
DissentMar 4, 1996 · October Term 1995
Hercules Incorporated, et al. v. United States
MajorityMar 4, 1996 · October Term 1995
Tina B. Bennis v. Michigan
MajorityFeb 27, 1996 · October Term 1995
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., et al. v. Lawrence Epstein, et al.
MajorityFeb 27, 1996 · October Term 1995
Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Hiles
MajorityFeb 26, 1996 · October Term 1995
Sylvester Jones v. Abc-Tv et al.
MajorityFeb 26, 1996 · October Term 1995
United States of America v. State of Maine et al.
MajorityFeb 21, 1996 · October Term 1995
John W. Behrens v. Robert J. Pelletier
MajorityFeb 21, 1996 · October Term 1995
Fulton Corporation v. Janice H. Faulkner, Secretary of Revenue of North Carolina
MajorityFeb 21, 1996 · October Term 1995
D. Grant Peacock v. Jack L. Thomas
MajorityJan 22, 1996 · October Term 1995
Meirl Gilbert Neal v. United States
MajorityJan 22, 1996 · October Term 1995
Robert Attwood v. Harry K. Singletary, Jr., Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
MajorityJan 17, 1996 · October Term 1995
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Robert F. Lundy
MajorityJan 17, 1996 · October Term 1995
Bank One Chicago, N. A. v. Midwest Bank & Trust Company
MajorityJan 16, 1996 · October Term 1995
Marjorie Zicherman, Etc., et al. v. Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd.
MajorityJan 9, 1996 · October Term 1995
Yamaha Motor Corporation, U. S. A., et al. v. Lucien B. Calhoun, et Al., Individually and As Administrators of the Estate of Calhoun, Deceased
MajorityJan 8, 1996 · October Term 1995
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, et al. v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company, et al.
MajorityJan 8, 1996 · October Term 1995
Alexis Lawrence, Guardian and Next Friend on Behalf of Kemmerlyn D. Lawrence, a Minor v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security
MajorityJan 8, 1996 · October Term 1995
Anthony Leo Stutson v. United States