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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)

MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
Victor Moseley and Cathy Moseley, Dba Victor's Little Secret v. v. Secret Catalogue, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
The Boeing Company and Consolidated Subsidiaries v. United States
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe
DissentMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
United States v. Navajo Nation
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
Erick Cornell Clay v. United States
MajorityFeb 26, 2003 · October Term 2002
Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc.
MajorityFeb 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
Thomas Joe Miller-El v. Janie Cockrell, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
MajorityFeb 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, et al. v. Guardianship Estate of Danny Keffeler et al.
MajorityJan 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
Federal Communications Commission v. Nextwave Personal Communications Inc. et al.
MajorityJan 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
David Meyer, Individually and in His Capacity As President and Designated Officer/broker of Triad, Inc., Etc. v. Emma Mary Ellen Holley, et Vir, et al.
MajorityJan 21, 2003 · October Term 2002
United States v. Francisco Jimenez Recio and Adrian Lopez-Meza
DissentJan 15, 2003 · October Term 2002
Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security v. Peabody Coal Company et al.
MajorityJan 15, 2003 · October Term 2002
Eric Eldred, et al. v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General
ConcurrenceJan 14, 2003 · October Term 2002
David Allen Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania
MajorityJan 14, 2003 · October Term 2002
Pierce County, Washington v. Ignacio Guillen, Legal Guardian of Jennifer Guillen and Alma Guillen, Minors, et al.
MajorityDec 10, 2002 · October Term 2002
United States, et al. v. Thomas Lamar Bean
Did not participateDec 10, 2002 · October Term 2002
Karen Howsam, Etc. v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
MajorityDec 10, 2002 · October Term 2002
Abu-Ali Abdur'rahman v. Ricky Bell, Warden
MajorityDec 3, 2002 · October Term 2002
Rex R. Sprietsma, Administrator of the Estate of Jeanne Sprietsma, Deceased v. Mercury Marine, a Division of Brunswick Corporation
MajorityNov 5, 2002 · October Term 2002
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., Robert Babb, Edee Templet, and Kenneth A. Devun v. Hurley Henson
MajorityNov 5, 2002 · October Term 2002
Yellow Transportation, Inc. v. Michigan, et al.
MajorityNov 4, 2002 · October Term 2002
Richard E. Early, Warden, et al. v. William Packer
MajorityNov 4, 2002 · October Term 2002
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Fredy Orlando Ventura
MajorityNov 4, 2002 · October Term 2002
Jeanne Woodford, Warden v. John Louis Visciotti
MajorityOct 15, 2002 · October Term 2002
Ford Motor Company and Citibank (South Dakota), N. A. v. John B. McCauley et al.
MajorityJun 28, 2002 · October Term 2001
Terry L. Stewart, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. Robert Douglas Smith
MajorityJun 28, 2002 · October Term 2001
United States v. John Bass
ConcurrenceJun 27, 2002 · October Term 2001
Susan Tave Zelman, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Ohio, et al. v. Doris Simmons-Harris et al.
MajorityJun 27, 2002 · October Term 2001
Larry Hope v. Mark Pelzer et al.
ConcurrenceJun 27, 2002 · October Term 2001
Republican Party of Minnesota, et al. v. Suzanne White, Chairperson, Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards, et al.
DissentJun 27, 2002 · October Term 2001
Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County, et al. v. Lindsay Earls et al.
MajorityJun 24, 2002 · October Term 2001
Be & K Construction Company v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
ConcurrenceJun 24, 2002 · October Term 2001
William Joseph Harris v. United States
DissentJun 24, 2002 · October Term 2001
Timothy Stuart Ring v. Arizona
MajorityJun 24, 2002 · October Term 2001
United States v. Angela Ruiz
MajorityJun 24, 2002 · October Term 2001
Kennedy D. Kirk v. Louisiana
MajorityJun 20, 2002 · October Term 2001
Gonzaga University and Roberta S. League v. John Doe
MajorityJun 20, 2002 · October Term 2001
Daryl Renard Atkins v. Virginia
MajorityJun 20, 2002 · October Term 2001
Rush Prudential Hmo, Inc. v. Debra C. Moran et al.
MajorityJun 20, 2002 · October Term 2001
Warren Christopher, Former Secretary of State, et al. v. Jennifer K. Harbury
DissentJun 20, 2002 · October Term 2001
City of Columbus, et al. v. Ours Garage and Wrecker Service, Inc., et al.
DissentJun 20, 2002 · October Term 2001
Utah, et al. v. Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce, et al.
MajorityJun 17, 2002 · October Term 2001
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., et al. v. Village of Stratton et al.
ConcurrenceJun 17, 2002 · October Term 2001
Kay Barnes, Etc., et al. v. Jeffrey Gorman
MajorityJun 17, 2002 · October Term 2001
United States v. Christopher Drayton and Clifton Brown, Jr.
MajorityJun 17, 2002 · October Term 2001
Tom L. Carey, Warden v. Tony Eugene Saffold
MajorityJun 17, 2002 · October Term 2001
United States v. Fior D'italia, Inc.
MajorityJun 17, 2002 · October Term 2001
Martin Horn, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. v. George E. Banks
MajorityJun 10, 2002 · October Term 2001
Franconia Associates, et al. v. United States
Did not participateMay 20, 2002 · October Term 2001
Mathias v. Worldcom Techs.