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William H. Rehnquist

Seat:: Associate Justice, then Chief Justice
Appointed by:: Richard Nixon; elevated to Chief Justice by Ronald Reagan
Senate confirmation:: Dec 10, 1971
Recorded service:: Jan 10, 1972 – Jun 27, 2005
Lived:: Oct 1, 1924 – Sep 3, 2005

In plain language

William H. Rehnquist served as associate, then chief justice.
Appointed by Richard Nixon; elevated to Chief Justice by Ronald Reagan; confirmed December 10, 1971.
Court service January 10, 1972 to June 27, 2005.

Decisions on record (4492)

MajorityMar 3, 1976 · October Term 1975
Federal Power Commission v. Moss et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1976 · October Term 1975
Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1976 · October Term 1975
United States v. Gaddis et al.
DissentMar 3, 1976 · October Term 1975
Hines et al. v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1976 · October Term 1975
Lavine, Commissioner, Department of Social Services of New York v. Milne et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1976 · October Term 1975
Ristaino et al. v. Ross
MajorityMar 2, 1976 · October Term 1975
United States v. Testan et al.
MajorityMar 2, 1976 · October Term 1975
Imbler v. Pachtman, District Attorney
MajorityMar 2, 1976 · October Term 1975
Time, Inc. v. Firestone
MajorityMar 1, 1976 · October Term 1975
Fisher v. District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District of Montana, in and for the County of Rosebud
MajorityFeb 25, 1976 · October Term 1975
De Canas et al. v. Bica et al.
MajorityFeb 25, 1976 · October Term 1975
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. v. Cottrell, Health Officer of Mississippi
MajorityFeb 24, 1976 · October Term 1975
Alamo Land & Cattle Co., Inc. v. Arizona Certiorari To the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
MajorityFeb 24, 1976 · October Term 1975
Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Eldridge
ConcurrenceJan 30, 1976 · October Term 1975
Buckley et al. v. Valeo, Secretary of the United States Senate, et al.
MajorityJan 26, 1976 · October Term 1975
National Independent Coal Operators' Association et al. v. Kleppe, Secretary of the Interior, et al.
MajorityJan 26, 1976 · October Term 1975
Kleppe, Secretary of the Interior v. Delta Mining, Inc., et al.
MajorityJan 26, 1976 · October Term 1975
United States v. Watson
MajorityJan 21, 1976 · October Term 1975
Rizzo, Mayor of Philadelphia, et al. v. Goode et al.
DissentJan 20, 1976 · October Term 1975
Thermtron Products, Inc., et al. v. Hermansdorfer, U.S. District Judge
MajorityJan 19, 1976 · October Term 1975
Dove v. United States
MajorityJan 19, 1976 · October Term 1975
Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. et al.
MajorityJan 14, 1976 · October Term 1975
Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Weber
MajorityJan 14, 1976 · October Term 1975
Michelin Tire Corp. v. Wages, Tax Commissioner, et al.
DissentJan 14, 1976 · October Term 1975
United States v. Bornstein et al.
DissentJan 13, 1976 · October Term 1975
Laing v. United States et al.
DissentJan 13, 1976 · October Term 1975
Barrett v. United States
MajorityJan 13, 1976 · October Term 1975
Foremost-Mckesson, Inc. v. Provident Securities Co.
MajorityDec 16, 1975 · October Term 1975
American Foreign Steamship Co. v. Matise
MajorityDec 10, 1975 · October Term 1975
Weinstein et al. v. Bradford
MajorityDec 9, 1975 · October Term 1975
Michigan v. Mosley
MajorityDec 9, 1975 · October Term 1975
United States v. Moore
MajorityDec 2, 1975 · October Term 1975
United States v. Moore et al.
MajorityDec 2, 1975 · October Term 1975
United States v. Powell
MajorityDec 1, 1975 · October Term 1975
Dillingham v. United States
MajorityDec 1, 1975 · October Term 1975
Texas v. White
MajorityDec 1, 1975 · October Term 1975
Bray v. United States
DissentNov 17, 1975 · October Term 1975
Turner v. Department of Employment Security of Utah et al.
MajorityNov 17, 1975 · October Term 1975
Rose, Warden v. Locke
DissentNov 17, 1975 · October Term 1975
Menna v. New York
MajorityNov 12, 1975 · October Term 1975
Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc. v. Brada Miller Freight Systems, Inc., et al.
MajorityNov 11, 1975 · October Term 1975
Boehning, Chairman Commissioner, State Highway Commission, et al. v. Indiana State Employees Assn., Inc., et al.
MajorityNov 11, 1975 · October Term 1975
Connecticut v. Menillo
MajorityNov 11, 1975 · October Term 1975
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. Porter County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, Inc., et al.
MajorityNov 11, 1975 · October Term 1975
Rose, Warden v. Hodges et al.
MajorityNov 3, 1975 · October Term 1975
Day & Zimmermann, Inc. v. Challoner et al.
MajorityOct 6, 1975 · October Term 1975
United States v. Maine et al.
MajorityJun 30, 1975 · October Term 1974
Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 30, 1975 · October Term 1974
White, Secretary of State of Texas, et al. v. Regester et al.
MajorityJun 30, 1975 · October Term 1974
Hill, Attorney General of Texas, et al. v. Printing Industries of the Gulf Coast et al.