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Stephen G. Breyer

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Bill Clinton
Senate confirmation:: Jul 29, 1994
Recorded service:: Oct 11, 1994 – Jun 30, 2022
Born:: Aug 15, 1938 (age 88)

In plain language

Stephen G. Breyer, associate justice.
Appointed by Bill Clinton; confirmed July 29, 1994.
Court service October 11, 1994 to June 30, 2022.

Decisions on record (2247)

DissentJan 25, 1999 · October Term 1998
Department of Commerce, et al. v. United States House of Representatives et al.
ConcurrenceJan 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.
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
DissentDec 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
ConcurrenceDec 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
MajorityJun 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.
DissentJun 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.
ConcurrenceJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
Randon Bragdon v. Sidney Abbott, et al.
DissentJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
United States v. Aloyzas Balsys
DissentJun 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
MajorityJun 22, 1998 · October Term 1997
United States v. Hosep Krikor Bajakajian
DissentJun 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
DissentJun 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
MajorityJun 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
American Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Central Office Telephone, Inc.
MajorityJun 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
United States v. Chris W. Beggerly, et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
United States v. Bestfoods, et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
Bonnie L. Geissal, Beneficiary and Representative of the Estate of James W. Geissal, Deceased v. Moore Medical Corporation et al.
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