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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 29, 2000 · October Term 1999
Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc.
MajorityFeb 23, 2000 · October Term 1999
Ernest C. Roe, Warden v. Lucio Flores-Ortega
MajorityFeb 23, 2000 · October Term 1999
Harold F. Rice v. Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of Hawaii
MajorityFeb 23, 2000 · October Term 1999
Mark Rotella v. Angela M. Wood, et al.
MajorityFeb 23, 2000 · October Term 1999
Village of Willowbrook, et al. v. Grace Olech
MajorityFeb 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
David H. Baral v. United States
MajorityFeb 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Chad Weisgram, et al. v. Marley Company, et al.
MajorityFeb 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Hunt-Wesson, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board of California
MajorityJan 24, 2000 · October Term 1999
Janet Reno, Attorney General v. Bossier Parish School Board
MajorityJan 24, 2000 · October Term 1999
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri, et al. v. Shrink Missouri Government Pac et al.
MajorityJan 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
Lonnie Weeks, Jr. v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
MajorityJan 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
Carl T. C. Gutierrez and Madeleine Z. Bordallo v. Joseph F. Ada and Felix P. Camacho
MajorityJan 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
George Smith, Warden v. Lee Robbins
MajorityJan 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Abel Martinez-Salazar
MajorityJan 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Friends of the Earth, Incorporated, et al. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (Toc), Inc.
MajorityJan 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Illinois v. William Aka Sam Wardlow
MajorityJan 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Janet Reno, Attorney General, et al. v. Charlie Condon, Attorney General of South Carolina, et al.
MajorityJan 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Salvador Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District
MajorityJan 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Rodney Slater, Secretary of Transportation, et al.
MajorityJan 11, 2000 · October Term 1999
J. Daniel Kimel, Jr., et al. v. Florida Board of Regents, et al.
MajorityJan 11, 2000 · October Term 1999
New York v. Michael Hill
ConcurrenceDec 7, 1999 · October Term 1999
Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Corporation
MajorityDec 7, 1999 · October Term 1999
Rohn F. Drye, Jr., et al. v. United States
MajorityNov 30, 1999 · October Term 1999
William Fiore v. Gregory White, Warden, et al.
MajorityNov 29, 1999 · October Term 1999
Texas, et al. v. Francois Daniel Lesage and United States
MajorityOct 18, 1999 · October Term 1999
James Michael Flippo v. West Virginia
MajorityOct 18, 1999 · October Term 1999
In Re Frederick W. Bauer
MajorityOct 12, 1999 · October Term 1999
Donald H. Brancato v. Priscilla F. Gunn et al.
MajorityOct 12, 1999 · October Term 1999
Michael C. Antonelli v. Dale Caridine et al.
MajorityOct 12, 1999 · October Term 1999
Keith Russell Judd v. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas et al.
MajorityOct 12, 1999 · October Term 1999
Robert E. Prunty v. W. Brooks et al.
MajorityJun 24, 1999 · October Term 1998
Ronald Dwayne Whitfield v. Texas
MajorityJun 23, 1999 · October Term 1998
Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank and United States
MajorityJun 23, 1999 · October Term 1998
College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board et al.
MajorityJun 23, 1999 · October Term 1998
John H. Alden, et al. v. Maine
MajorityJun 23, 1999 · October Term 1998
Esteban Ortiz, et al. v. Fibreboard Corporation, et al.
MajorityJun 22, 1999 · October Term 1998
Karen Sutton and Kimberly Hinton v. United Air Lines, Inc.
MajorityJun 22, 1999 · October Term 1998
Vaughn L. Murphy v. United Parcel Service
MajorityJun 22, 1999 · October Term 1998
Carole Kolstad v. American Dental Association
MajorityJun 22, 1999 · October Term 1998
Albertson's, Inc. v. Hallie Kirkingburg
MajorityJun 22, 1999 · October Term 1998
Tommy Olmstead, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Human Resources, et al. v. L. C., By Jonathan Zimring, Guardian Ad Litem and Next Friend, et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1999 · October Term 1998
Bill Martin, Director, Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. v. Everett Hadix et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1999 · October Term 1998
Louis Jones v. United States
DissentJun 21, 1999 · October Term 1998
Jefferson County, Alabama v. William M. Acker, Jr., Senior Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama, and U. W. Clemon, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama
MajorityJun 21, 1999 · October Term 1998
Maryland v. Kevin Darnell Dyson
MajorityJun 21, 1999 · October Term 1998
Mary Koegel Fertel-Rust v. Milwaukee County Mental Health Center et al.
DissentJun 17, 1999 · October Term 1998
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Etc., et al. v. Federal Labor Relations Authority et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1999 · October Term 1998
Tommy David Strickler v. Fred W. Greene, Warden
MajorityJun 17, 1999 · October Term 1998
Grupo Mexicano De Desarrollo, S. A., et al. v. Alliance Bond Fund, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 14, 1999 · October Term 1998
Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs v. Michael Gibson