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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 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
John Joseph Romano v. Oklahoma
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
United States v. Jerry W. Carlton
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
City of Ladue, et al. v. Margaret P. Gilleo
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
Department of Taxation and Finance of New York, et al. v. Milhelm Attea & Bros., Inc., Etc., et al.
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
O'melveny & Myers v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation As Receiver for American Diversified Savings Bank et al.
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
Albert Howlett v. Birkdale Shipping Co., S. A.
MajorityJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
Karen Livadas v. Victoria Bradshaw, California Labor Commissioner
DissentJun 13, 1994 · October Term 1993
Silvia S. Ibanez v. Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Board of Accountancy
MajorityJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Kenneth O. Nichols v. United States
DissentJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Department of Revenue of Montana v. Kurth Ranch et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Key Tronic Corporation v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Dee Farmer v. Edward Brennan, Warden, et al.
MajorityJun 6, 1994 · October Term 1993
Digital Equipment Corporation v. Desktop Direct, Inc.
MajorityMay 31, 1994 · October Term 1993
Cynthia Waters, et al. v. Cheryl R. Churchill, et al.
MajorityMay 31, 1994 · October Term 1993
Pud No. 1 of Jefferson County and City of Tacoma v. Washington Department of Ecology, et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
John H. Dalton, Secretary of the Navy, et al. v. Arlen Specter et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Darren J. Custis v. United States
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Posters 'N' Things, Ltd., et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Bfp v. Resolution Trust Corporation, As Receiver of Imperial Federal Savings Association, et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
National Labor Relations Board v. Health Care & Retirement Corporation of America
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Harold E. Staples, Iii v. United States
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Associated Industries of Missouri, et al. v. Janette M. Lohman, Director of Revenue of Missouri, et al.
MajorityMay 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Gary M. McKnight v. General Motors Corporation
MajorityMay 16, 1994 · October Term 1993
Lenard Ray Beecham v. United States
MajorityMay 16, 1994 · October Term 1993
Matt T. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
DissentMay 16, 1994 · October Term 1993
C & a Carbone, Inc., et al. v. Town of Clarkstown, New York
MajorityMay 16, 1994 · October Term 1993
Security Services, Inc. v. Kmart Corporation
MajorityMay 2, 1994 · October Term 1993
City of Chicago, et al. v. Environmental Defense Fund et al.
MajorityMay 2, 1994 · October Term 1993
United States v. Pedro Alvarez-Sanchez
MajorityMay 2, 1994 · October Term 1993
In Re Grant Anderson
MajorityApr 26, 1994 · October Term 1993
Barbara Landgraf v. Usi Film Products et al.
MajorityApr 26, 1994 · October Term 1993
Maurice Rivers and Robert C. Davison v. Roadway Express, Inc.
MajorityApr 26, 1994 · October Term 1993
Robert Edward Stansbury v. California
MajorityApr 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
McDermott, Inc. v. Amclyde and River Don Castings Ltd.
MajorityApr 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
Boca Grande Club, Inc. v. Florida Power & Light Company, Inc.
MajorityApr 20, 1994 · October Term 1993
United States v. John O. Irvine and First Trust National Association
DissentApr 19, 1994 · October Term 1993
J. E. B. v. Alabama Ex Rel. T. B.
MajorityApr 19, 1994 · October Term 1993
Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. and Jack K. Naber
DissentApr 4, 1994 · October Term 1993
Oregon Waste Systems, Inc., et al. v. Department of Environmental Quality of the State of Oregon et al.
DissentApr 4, 1994 · October Term 1993
Ticor Title Insurance Company, et al. v. Walter Thomas Brown and Jeffrey L. Dziewit
DissentMar 30, 1994 · October Term 1993
Kitrich Powell v. Nevada
MajorityMar 22, 1994 · October Term 1993
Clarence Victor v. Nebraska
DissentMar 22, 1994 · October Term 1993
United States v. Ralph Stuart Granderson, Jr.
MajorityMar 7, 1994 · October Term 1993
John Patrick Liteky, Charles Joseph Liteky and Roy Lawrence Bourgeois v. United States
MajorityMar 7, 1994 · October Term 1993
Luther R. Campbell Aka Luke Skyywalker, et al. v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
MajorityMar 1, 1994 · October Term 1993
John C. Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc.
MajorityFeb 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
American Dredging Company v. William Robert Miller
MajorityFeb 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. John H. Meyer
MajorityFeb 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
United States Department of Defense, et al. v. Federal Labor Relations Authority et al.
MajorityFeb 23, 1994 · October Term 1993
Charles K. Elder v. R. D. Holloway et al.