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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)

MajorityMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dawud Majid Mu'min v. Virginia
MajorityMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
Richard L. Chapman, John M. Schoenecker and Patrick Brumm v. United States
MajorityMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
Cathy Burns v. Rick Reed
MajorityMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
James P. Lehnert et al. v. Ferris Faculty Association et al.
MajorityMay 30, 1991 · October Term 1990
California v. Charles Steven Acevedo
MajorityMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
Summit Health, Ltd., et al. v. Simon J. Pinhas
MajorityMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
Thomas Braxton v. United States
MajorityMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dionisio Hernandez v. New York
MajorityMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
State of Illinois v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
MajorityMay 28, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dale Robert Yates v. Parker Evatt, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Irving Rust, et al. v. Sullivan, Louis W., Secretary of Health and Human Services
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Frederick A. Siegert v. H. Melvin Gilley
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Florida v. Luz Piedad Jimeno et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Robert L. McCormick v. United States
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Jeanne Farrey, Fka Jeanne Sanderfoot v. Gerald J. Sanderfoot
MajorityMay 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
Dwight H. Owen v. Helen Owen
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
International Primate Protection League and Its Members, et al. v. Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Jill S. Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc., et al.
DissentMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Bryan Stuart Lankford v. Idaho
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
John H. McCarthy v. Bronson, George, Warden, et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Michigan v. Nolan K. Lucas
MajorityMay 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Daniel Touby et Ux. v. United States
MajorityMay 13, 1991 · October Term 1990
Robert D. Gilmer v. Interstate/johnson Lane Corporation
MajorityMay 13, 1991 · October Term 1990
County of Riverside and Cois Byrd, Sheriff of Riverside County v. McLaughlin, Donald Lee, et al.
MajorityApr 29, 1991 · October Term 1990
In Re John Robert Demos, Jr.
MajorityApr 24, 1991 · October Term 1990
Charles Z. Stevens, Iii v. Department of the Treasury et al.
MajorityApr 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
American Hospital Association v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
MajorityApr 23, 1991 · October Term 1990
California v. Hodari D.
MajorityApr 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd et al.
MajorityApr 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Cottage Savings Association v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityApr 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
United States v. Centennial Savings Bank Fsb (Resolution Trust Corporation, Receiver)
MajorityApr 17, 1991 · October Term 1990
Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute et Vir
MajorityApr 16, 1991 · October Term 1990
Kay v. Ehrler et al.
MajorityApr 16, 1991 · October Term 1990
Leathers, Commissioner of Revenues of Arkansas v. Medlock et al.
MajorityApr 16, 1991 · October Term 1990
McCleskey v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
MajorityApr 1, 1991 · October Term 1990
City of Columbia et al. v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc.
DissentApr 1, 1991 · October Term 1990
Powers v. Ohio
MajorityMar 27, 1991 · October Term 1990
Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., Inc.
MajorityMar 26, 1991 · October Term 1990
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co. et al.
DissentMar 26, 1991 · October Term 1990
Arizona v. Fulminante
MajorityMar 26, 1991 · October Term 1990
United States v. Gaubert
MajorityMar 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Lynn Martin, Secretary of Labor v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission et al.
MajorityMar 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
United States et al. v. Marcus S. Smith et al.
ConcurrenceMar 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW, et al. v. Johnson Controls, Inc.
DissentMar 20, 1991 · October Term 1990
Salve Regina College v. Sharon L. Russell
MajorityMar 19, 1991 · October Term 1990
Air Line Pilots Association, International v. Joseph E. O'neill et al.
MajorityMar 19, 1991 · October Term 1990
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Robert Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al.
MajorityMar 19, 1991 · October Term 1990
Norfolk & Western Railway Company et al. v. American Train Dispatchers' Association et al.
MajorityMar 4, 1991 · October Term 1990
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Cleopatra Haslip et al.
MajorityFeb 26, 1991 · October Term 1990
Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. and Michael Shipp