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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 25, 1990 · October Term 1989
Cruzan, By Her Parents and Co-Guardians, Cruzan et Ux. v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1990 · October Term 1989
Sisson v. Ruby et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1990 · October Term 1989
Georgia v. South Carolina
ConcurrenceJun 25, 1990 · October Term 1989
Hodgson et al. v. Minnesota et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division v. Youngblood
DissentJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Rutan et al. v. Republican Party of Illinois et al.
DissentJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Maislin Industries, U.s., Inc., et al. v. Primary Steel, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Portland Golf Club v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Illinois v. Rodriguez
MajorityJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Kansas et al. v. Utilicorp United Inc.
MajorityJun 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Sawyer v. Smith, Interim Warden
ConcurrenceJun 18, 1990 · October Term 1989
Pennsylvania v. Inocencio Muniz
MajorityJun 18, 1990 · October Term 1989
Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Marilyn Finkelstein
MajorityJun 18, 1990 · October Term 1989
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. Ltv Corporation et al.
MajorityJun 18, 1990 · October Term 1989
Eli Lilly and Company v. Medtronic, Inc.
MajorityJun 14, 1990 · October Term 1989
Michigan Department of State Police, et al. v. Rick Sitz, et al.
MajorityJun 14, 1990 · October Term 1989
Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Elizabeth Stroop, et al.
DissentJun 14, 1990 · October Term 1989
L. Douglas Wilder, Governor of Virginia, et al. v. Virginia Hospital Association
MajorityJun 14, 1990 · October Term 1989
General Motors Corporation v. United States
MajorityJun 14, 1990 · October Term 1989
Texaco Inc. v. Ricky Hasbrouck, Dba Rick's Texaco, et al.
DissentJun 11, 1990 · October Term 1989
United States v. Shawn D. Eichman, David Gerald Blalock and Scott W. Tyler
MajorityJun 11, 1990 · October Term 1989
Alabama v. Vanessa Rose White
MajorityJun 11, 1990 · October Term 1989
Rudy Perpich, Governor of Minnesota, et al. v. Department of Defense, et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1990 · October Term 1989
Mark Howlett, a Minor, By and Through Elizabeth Howlett, His Mother, Natural Guardian and Next Friend v. Scott Rose, As Superintendent of Schools for Pinellas County, Florida, et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1990 · October Term 1989
Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corporation, et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1990 · October Term 1989
Office of Personnel Management v. Charles Richmond
MajorityJun 4, 1990 · October Term 1989
Eddie Keller, et al. v. State Bar of California, et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1990 · October Term 1989
McKesson Corporation v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Department of Business Regulation of Florida, et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1990 · October Term 1989
Harry P. Begier, Jr., Etc. v. Internal Revenue Service
MajorityJun 4, 1990 · October Term 1989
Vera M. English v. General Electric Company
DissentJun 4, 1990 · October Term 1989
Gary E. Peel v. Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of Illinois
MajorityJun 4, 1990 · October Term 1989
Terry Brice Horton v. California
MajorityJun 4, 1990 · October Term 1989
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. v. Marie Lucie Jean, et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1990 · October Term 1989
American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al. v. Maurice Smith, Director, Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1990 · October Term 1989
Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools, Etc., et al. v. Bridget C. Mergens, By and Through Her Next Friend, Daniel N. Mergens, et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1990 · October Term 1989
Illinois v. Lloyd Perkins
MajorityJun 3, 1990 · October Term 1989
Demosthenes et al. v. Baal et al.
DissentMay 29, 1990 · October Term 1989
Grady, District Attorney of Dutchess County v. Corbin
MajorityMay 29, 1990 · October Term 1989
United States v. Energy Resources Co., Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 29, 1990 · October Term 1989
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare et al. v. Davenport et Ux.
MajorityMay 29, 1990 · October Term 1989
Taylor v. United States
MajorityMay 29, 1990 · October Term 1989
Burnham v. Superior Court of California, County of Marin (Burnham, Real Party in Interest)
MajorityMay 29, 1990 · October Term 1989
Fort Stewart Schools v. Federal Labor Relations Authority et al.
ConcurrenceMay 29, 1990 · October Term 1989
Citibank, N.A. v. Wells Fargo Asia Ltd.
MajorityMay 29, 1990 · October Term 1989
Duro v. Reina, Chief of Police, Salt River Department of Public Safety, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, et al.
MajorityMay 29, 1990 · October Term 1989
United States v. Montalvo-Murillo
MajorityMay 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
North Dakota et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
Davis et Ux. v. United States
MajorityMay 21, 1990 · October Term 1989
California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission et al.