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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 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Ricketts, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Adamson
MajorityJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Citicorp Industrial Credit, Inc. v. Brock, Secretary of Labor
DissentJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Rock v. Arkansas
DissentJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Sumner, Director, Nevada Department of Prisons, et al. v. Shuman
MajorityJun 22, 1987 · October Term 1986
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Fink et al.
DissentJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, et al. v. Aguillard et al.
DissentJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
Frazier v. Heebe, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, et al.
MajorityJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
Goodman et al. v. Lukens Steel Co. et al.
MajorityJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
New York v. Burger
MajorityJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
Kentucky v. Stincer
MajorityJun 19, 1987 · October Term 1986
Hewitt et al. v. Helms
MajorityJun 15, 1987 · October Term 1986
Crawford Fitting Co. et al. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc.
DissentJun 15, 1987 · October Term 1986
City of Houston, Texas v. Hill
MajorityJun 15, 1987 · October Term 1986
Perry et al. v. Thomas
DissentJun 15, 1987 · October Term 1986
Booth v. Maryland
MajorityJun 15, 1987 · October Term 1986
Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale et al. v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
ConcurrenceJun 15, 1987 · October Term 1986
Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles et al. v. Jews for Jesus, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 9, 1987 · October Term 1986
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles, California
MajorityJun 9, 1987 · October Term 1986
O'lone, Administrator, Leesburg Prison Complex, et al. v. Estate of Shabazz et al.
DissentJun 9, 1987 · October Term 1986
Board of Pardons et al. v. Allen et al.
MajorityJun 9, 1987 · October Term 1986
Caterpillar Inc. et al. v. Williams et al.
MajorityJun 9, 1987 · October Term 1986
California v. Superior Court of California, San Bernardino County (Smolin et Al., Real Parties in Interest)
MajorityJun 9, 1987 · October Term 1986
Miller v. Florida
MajorityJun 8, 1987 · October Term 1986
Texas v. New Mexico
MajorityJun 8, 1987 · October Term 1986
Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Yuckert
MajorityJun 8, 1987 · October Term 1986
Rockford Life Insurance Co. v. Illinois Department of Revenue et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1987 · October Term 1986
Utah Division of State Lands v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1987 · October Term 1986
Shearson/american Express Inc. et al. v. McMahon et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1987 · October Term 1986
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers et al.
DissentJun 1, 1987 · October Term 1986
Fort Halifax Packing Co., Inc. v. Coyne, Director, Bureau of Labor Standards of Maine, et al.
DissentJun 1, 1987 · October Term 1986
Fall River Dyeing & Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
MajorityJun 1, 1987 · October Term 1986
United States v. Hohri et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1987 · October Term 1986
Turner et al. v. Safley et al.
MajorityJun 1, 1987 · October Term 1986
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Asphalt Products Co., Inc.
MajorityMay 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
United States v. Salerno et al.
MajorityMay 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Hilton, Superintendent, New Jersey State Prison, et al. v. Braunskill
DissentMay 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton et Fils S. A. et al.
DissentMay 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
United States v. Mendoza-Lopez et al.
MajorityMay 26, 1987 · October Term 1986
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Hechler
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Pennsylvania v. Finley
DissentMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
National Labor Relations Board v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 340
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Saint Francis College et al. v. Al-Khazraji, Aka Allan
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Shaare Tefila Congregation et al. v. Cobb et al.
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Rose v. Rose et al.
DissentMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Gray v. Mississippi
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
United States v. Johnson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Johnson
ConcurrenceMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Hodel, Secretary of the Interior v. Irving et al.
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
Ray v. United States
MajorityMay 18, 1987 · October Term 1986
John R. Van Drasek v. James H. Webb, Jr., Secretary of the Navy, et al.
MajorityMay 4, 1987 · October Term 1986
Board of Directors of Rotary International et al. v. Rotary Club of Duarte et al.