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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)

Did not participateJun 9, 1986 · October Term 1985
Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. American Hospital Association et al.
DissentJun 3, 1986 · October Term 1985
Lee v. Illinois
MajorityJun 3, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States et al. v. Hemme et al.
DissentJun 3, 1986 · October Term 1985
Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority
MajorityJun 3, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. Hughes Properties, Inc.
MajorityJun 2, 1986 · October Term 1985
Federal Trade Commission v. Indiana Federation of Dentists
MajorityJun 2, 1986 · October Term 1985
Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. City of New York et al.
MajorityJun 2, 1986 · October Term 1985
City of Los Angeles et al. v. Preferred Communications, Inc.
MajorityJun 2, 1986 · October Term 1985
South Carolina et al. v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc.
MajorityMay 27, 1986 · October Term 1985
Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Federal Communications Commission et al.
ConcurrenceMay 27, 1986 · October Term 1985
International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO v. Davis
MajorityMay 27, 1986 · October Term 1985
Square D Co. et al. v. Niagara Frontier Tariff Bureau, Inc., et al.
DissentMay 27, 1986 · October Term 1985
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Philadelphia Gear Corp.
MajorityMay 27, 1986 · October Term 1985
Public Service Commission of Maryland v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland
MajorityMay 19, 1986 · October Term 1985
California v. Ciraolo
MajorityMay 19, 1986 · October Term 1985
Dow Chemical Co. v. United States, By and Through Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
MajorityMay 19, 1986 · October Term 1985
Brock, Secretary of Labor v. Pierce County
MajorityMay 19, 1986 · October Term 1985
Wygant et al. v. Jackson Board of Education et al.
MajorityMay 19, 1986 · October Term 1985
Henderson et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 19, 1986 · October Term 1985
Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Owens et al.
MajorityMay 5, 1986 · October Term 1985
Smalis et al. v. Pennsylvania
MajorityMay 5, 1986 · October Term 1985
Poland v. Arizona
MajorityMay 5, 1986 · October Term 1985
Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections v. McCree
DissentApr 30, 1986 · October Term 1985
Turner v. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
ConcurrenceApr 30, 1986 · October Term 1985
Diamond et al. v. Charles et al.
DissentApr 30, 1986 · October Term 1985
Batson v. Kentucky
ConcurrenceApr 29, 1986 · October Term 1985
Skipper v. South Carolina
MajorityApr 29, 1986 · October Term 1985
McLaughlin v. United States
MajorityApr 29, 1986 · October Term 1985
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Federal Labor Relations Authority et al.
MajorityApr 22, 1986 · October Term 1985
Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Lavoie et al.
MajorityApr 22, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. American College of Physicians
MajorityApr 22, 1986 · October Term 1985
Sorenson v. Secretary of the Treasury et al.
MajorityApr 22, 1986 · October Term 1985
New York v. P.J. Video, Inc., Dba Network Video, et al.
MajorityApr 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
Icicle Seafoods, Inc. v. Worthington et al.
MajorityApr 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
Evans, Governor of Idaho, et al. v. Jeff D. et Al., Minors, By and Through Their Next Friend, Johnson, et al.
DissentApr 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc., et al. v. Hepps et al.
MajorityApr 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. Quinn
MajorityApr 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
City of Los Angeles et al. v. Heller
MajorityApr 21, 1986 · October Term 1985
Dennison Manufacturing Co. v. Panduit Corp.
MajorityApr 7, 1986 · October Term 1985
AT&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers of America et al.
MajorityApr 7, 1986 · October Term 1985
United States v. City of Fulton et al.
MajorityApr 7, 1986 · October Term 1985
Delaware v. Van Arsdall
DissentApr 1, 1986 · October Term 1985
Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles
DissentApr 1, 1986 · October Term 1985
Michigan v. Jackson
DissentMar 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati et al.
MajorityMar 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Goldman v. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense, et al.
DissentMar 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Bender et al. v. Williamsport Area School District et al.
MajorityMar 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Paulussen v. Herion
MajorityMar 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Holbrook, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, et al. v. Flynn
MajorityMar 25, 1986 · October Term 1985
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd, et al. v. Zenith Radio Corp. et al.