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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)

MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Parham, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources of Georgia, et al. v. J.R. et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Secretary of Public Welfare of Pennsylvania et al. v. Institutionalized Juveniles et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Wilson et al. v. Omaha Indian Tribe et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Yamasaki et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Fare, Acting Chief Probation Officer v. Michael C.
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Smith v. Maryland
DissentJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Arkansas v. Sanders
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
National Labor Relations Board et al. v. Baptist Hospital, Inc.
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Torres v. Puerto Rico
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Helstoski
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Helstoski v. Meanor, United States District Judge, et al.
ConcurrenceJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Sandstrom v. Montana
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. McCombs et al.
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States et al. v. Rutherford et al.
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington, Trustee, et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Lo-Ji Sales, Inc. v. New York
ConcurrenceJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Sierra Club et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Great American Federal Savings & Loan Association et al. v. Novotny
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Southeastern Community College v. Davis
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Moore et al. v. Sims et Ux.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Southern Railway Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. et al.
DissentJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Dunaway v. New York
DissentJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Davis v. Passman
MajorityJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts et al. v. Feeney
MajorityJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Babbitt, Governor of Arizona, et al. v. United Farm Workers National Union et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
Dunn v. United States
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Batchelder
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
Brown v. Felsen
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
County Court of Ulster County, New York, et al. v. Allen et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Addonizio et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
Marchioro et al. v. Chaney et al.
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Greenholtz, Chairman, Board of Parole of Nebraska, et al. v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correction Complex et al.
ConcurrenceMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers et al. v. Foust
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Parker v. Randolph et al.
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Great Western Sugar Co. v. Nelson
DissentMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Green v. Georgia
DissentMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
Oscar Mayer & Co. et al. v. Evans
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Naftalin
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Timmreck
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
Kentucky v. Whorton
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
Connor et al. v. Coleman, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, et al.
Did not participateMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Burks et al. v. Lasker et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Ford Motor Co. (Chicago Stamping Plant) v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. 564.54 Acres of Land, More Or Less, Situated in Monroe and Pike Counties, Pennsylvania, et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Bell, Attorney General, et al. v. Wolfish et al.
ConcurrenceMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Chapman, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources of Texas, et al. v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization et al.
ConcurrenceMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Cannon v. University of Chicago et al.
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Smith et al. v. Arkansas State Highway Employees, Local 1315, et al.
DissentApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Wilkins v. United States