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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)

MajorityApr 21, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States of America v. State of Alaska on Bill of Complaint
MajorityApr 21, 1992 · October Term 1991
Keyton E. Barker and Pauline Barker, et Al., Peittioners v. Kansas, et al.
DissentApr 6, 1992 · October Term 1991
Keith Jacobson v. United States
MajorityApr 6, 1992 · October Term 1991
Joe Mario Trevino v. Texas
MajorityApr 1, 1992 · October Term 1991
John K. Yee, et al. v. City of Escondido, California
MajorityMar 31, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States Department of Commerce, et al. v. Montana, et al.
MajorityMar 31, 1992 · October Term 1991
Robert R. Freeman, et al. v. Willie Eugene Pitts, et al.
MajorityMar 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
Sue Suter, et al. v. Artist M., et al.
MajorityMar 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Frank Dennis Felix
MajorityMar 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
William Barnhill v. Elliot Johnson, Trustee
MajorityMar 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, et al. v. Boston and Maine Corporation, et al.
MajorityMar 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
F. Dale Robertson, Chief, United States Forest Service, Et. al. v. Seattle Audubon Society et al.
MajorityMar 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
Robert G. Holmes, Jr. v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation, et al.
MajorityMar 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. R. L. C.
MajorityMar 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, et al. v. Robert T. Darden
MajorityMar 24, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Richard Wilson
MajorityMar 9, 1992 · October Term 1991
David Dawson v. Delaware
MajorityMar 9, 1992 · October Term 1991
General Motors Corporation, et al. v. Evert Romein et al.
MajorityMar 9, 1992 · October Term 1991
Joseph Williams v. United States
MajorityMar 9, 1992 · October Term 1991
James R. Stringer v. Lee Roy Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al.
MajorityMar 9, 1992 · October Term 1991
Connecticut National Bank v. Thomas M. Germain, Trustee for the Estate of O'sullivan's Fuel Oil Co., Inc.
MajorityMar 9, 1992 · October Term 1991
Pfz Properties, Inc. v. Rene Alberto Rodriguez et al.
ConcurrenceMar 4, 1992 · October Term 1991
John J. McCarthy v. Larry Madigan, et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1992 · October Term 1991
Donald J. Willy v. Coastal Corporation, et al.
ConcurrenceFeb 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Christine Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools and William Prescott.
MajorityFeb 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Indopco, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
MajorityFeb 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Arkansas, et al. v. Oklahoma, et al.
MajorityFeb 26, 1992 · October Term 1991
Myra Jo Collins v. City of Harker Heights, Texas.
MajorityFeb 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
Keith J. Hudson v. Jack McMillian, et al.
MajorityFeb 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
United States v. Nordic Village Inc., David O. Simon, Trustee
MajorityFeb 25, 1992 · October Term 1991
Holywell Corporation, et al. v. Fred Stanton Smith, Etc., et al.
MajorityJan 27, 1992 · October Term 1991
Lawrence C. Presley, Etc. v. Etowah County Commission et al.
MajorityJan 27, 1992 · October Term 1991
Lechmere, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
DissentJan 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
State of Wyoming v. State of Oklahoma
MajorityJan 22, 1992 · October Term 1991
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Jairo Jonathan Elias-Zacarias
MajorityJan 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Joseph Patrick Doherty
MajorityJan 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Randall D. White v. Illinois
MajorityJan 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Robert C. Rufo, Sheriff of Suffolk County, et al. v. Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail, et al.
MajorityJan 15, 1992 · October Term 1991
Aletha Dewsnup v. Louis L. Timm, et al.
MajorityJan 14, 1992 · October Term 1991
William Lewis Smith v. Wayne S. Barry, et al.
MajorityJan 14, 1992 · October Term 1991
County of Yakima, et al. v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation
MajorityJan 14, 1992 · October Term 1991
Barbara J. Norman, et al. v. Dorothy Reed, et al.
MajorityJan 14, 1992 · October Term 1991
Shirley M. Molzof, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert E. Molzof v. United States
MajorityJan 13, 1992 · October Term 1991
In Re James Blodgett, Superintendent, Washington State Penitentiary, et al.
MajorityDec 16, 1991 · October Term 1991
United States Department of State v. Michael D. Ray et al.
MajorityDec 16, 1991 · October Term 1991
Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. v. National Center for Immigrants' Rights, Inc., et al.
MajorityDec 16, 1991 · October Term 1991
William 'Sky' King v. St. Vincent's Hospital
MajorityDec 16, 1991 · October Term 1991
Hunter v. Bryant
MajorityDec 15, 1991 · October Term 1991
Kenneth Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Commission
MajorityDec 11, 1991 · October Term 1991
Union Bank v. Herbert Wolas, Chapter 7 Trustee for the Estate of Zzzz Best Co., Inc.