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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)

MajorityFeb 23, 1999 · October Term 1998
Your Home Visiting Nurse Services, Inc. v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services
MajorityFeb 23, 1999 · October Term 1998
National Collegiate Athletic Association v. R. M. Smith
MajorityJan 25, 1999 · October Term 1998
Department of Commerce, et al. v. United States House of Representatives et al.
Did not participateJan 25, 1999 · October Term 1998
AT&T Corporation, et al. v. Iowa Utilities Board et al.
MajorityJan 25, 1999 · October Term 1998
Hughes Aircraft Company, et al. v. Stanley I. Jacobson et al.
MajorityJan 20, 1999 · October Term 1998
Department of the Army v. Blue Fox, Inc.
MajorityJan 20, 1999 · October Term 1998
Vicky M. Lopez, et al. v. Monterey County et al.
MajorityJan 20, 1999 · October Term 1998
Humana Inc., et al. v. Mary Forsyth et al.
Did not participateJan 20, 1999 · October Term 1998
California Public Employees' Retirement System, et al. v. Paul Felzen et al.
MajorityJan 13, 1999 · October Term 1998
City of West Covina v. Lawrence Perkins et al.
MajorityJan 13, 1999 · October Term 1998
Jane M. Roberts, Guardian for Wanda Y. Johnson v. Galen of Virginia, Inc., Formerly Dba Humana Hospital University of Louisville, Dba University of Louisville Hospital
MajorityJan 12, 1999 · October Term 1998
El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd. v. Tsui Yuan Tseng
DissentJan 12, 1999 · October Term 1998
Victoria Buckley, Secretary of State of Colorado v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc., et al.
MajorityJan 11, 1999 · October Term 1998
In Re Michael Kennedy
MajorityDec 14, 1998 · October Term 1998
Michael A. Haddle v. Jeanette G. Garrison, et al.
MajorityDec 14, 1998 · October Term 1998
Nynex Corporation, et al. v. Discon, Incorporated
MajorityDec 14, 1998 · October Term 1998
Arthur Calderon, Warden v. Russell Coleman
MajorityDec 8, 1998 · October Term 1998
Patrick Knowles v. Iowa
MajorityDec 8, 1998 · October Term 1998
Sylvester Mosley v. United States
MajorityDec 1, 1998 · October Term 1998
Minnesota v. Wayne Thomas Carter
MajorityNov 16, 1998 · October Term 1998
Ceasar Wright v. Universal Maritime Service Corporation et al.
MajorityNov 10, 1998 · October Term 1998
Wayne K. Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc.
MajorityNov 3, 1998 · October Term 1998
Naomi Marquez v. Screen Actors Guild, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 26, 1998 · October Term 1997
Angel Jaime Monge v. California
MajorityJun 26, 1998 · October Term 1997
Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Kimberly B. Ellerth
MajorityJun 26, 1998 · October Term 1997
Beth Ann Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
DissentJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
Swidler & Berlin and James Hamilton v. United States
DissentJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
William J. Clinton, President of the United States, et al. v. City of New York, et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
Eastern Enterprises v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security, et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
National Endowment for the Arts, et al. v. Karen Finley, et al.
DissentJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
Randon Bragdon v. Sidney Abbott, et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
United States v. Aloyzas Balsys
MajorityJun 22, 1998 · October Term 1997
Alida Star Gebser and Alida Jean McCullough v. Lago Vista Independent School District
MajorityJun 22, 1998 · October Term 1997
Gerald R. Caron v. United States
DissentJun 22, 1998 · October Term 1997
United States v. Hosep Krikor Bajakajian
MajorityJun 22, 1998 · October Term 1997
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole v. Keith M. Scott
MajorityJun 22, 1998 · October Term 1997
Wisconsin Department of Corrections, et al. v. Keith D. Schacht
MajorityJun 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
Thomas R. Phillips, et al. v. Washington Legal Foundation, et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
Sillasse Bryan v. United States
MajorityJun 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. v. Ronald R. Yeskey
Did not participateJun 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
American Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Central Office Telephone, Inc.
DissentJun 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
Arnold F. Hohn v. United States
MajorityJun 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
Sandra K. Forney v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
Frank X. Hopkins Petitioner v. Randolph K. Reeves
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
Cass County, Minnesota, et al. v. Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
Philomena Dooley, Personal Representative of the Estate of Cecelio Chuapoco, et al. v. Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd.
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
Frank J. Muscarello v. United States
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
New Mexico, Ex Rel. Manuel Ortiz v. Timothy Reed
MajorityMay 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
Lewis v. Brunswick Corp.
MajorityMar 23, 1998 · October Term 1997
Caterpillar Inc. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America