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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 14, 1995 · October Term 1994
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Erich E. Schleier and Helen B. Schleier
MajorityJun 14, 1995 · October Term 1994
Chandris, Inc., et al. v. Antonios Latsis
MajorityJun 14, 1995 · October Term 1994
Steven Kurt Witte v. United States
DissentJun 14, 1995 · October Term 1994
Katia Gutierrez De Martinez, Eduardo Martinez Puccini and Henny Martinez De Papaiani v. Dirk A. Lamagno et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
Missouri, et al. v. Kalima Jenkins, et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
James D. Ryder v. United States
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
City of Milwaukee v. Cement Division, National Gypsum Company, et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Federico Pena, Secretary of Transportation, et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
Leslie Wilton, Etc., et al. v. Seven Falls Company et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
Metropolitan Stevedore Company v. John Rambo et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
Tyson Johnson, et al. v. Houston Jones
MajorityJun 12, 1995 · October Term 1994
Brett C. Kimberlin v. J. Michael Quinlan et al.
MajorityJun 5, 1995 · October Term 1994
Janet Reno, Attorney General, et al. v. Ziya K. Koray
MajorityMay 30, 1995 · October Term 1994
State of Nebraska v. States of Wyoming and Colorado
MajorityMay 30, 1995 · October Term 1994
North Star Steel Company v. Charles A. Thomas et al.
DissentMay 30, 1995 · October Term 1994
Harvey F. Garlotte v. Kirk Fordice, Governor of Mississippi
DissentMay 22, 1995 · October Term 1994
U.S. Term Limits, Inc., et al. v. Ray Thornton et al.
MajorityMay 22, 1995 · October Term 1994
Sharlene Wilson v. Arkansas
MajorityMay 22, 1995 · October Term 1994
First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Manuel Kaplan, et Ux. and Mk Investments, Inc.
MajorityMay 15, 1995 · October Term 1994
State of Kansas v. State of Colorado
DissentMay 15, 1995 · October Term 1994
John Bruce Hubbard v. United States
MajorityMay 15, 1995 · October Term 1994
City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 15, 1995 · October Term 1994
Reynoldsville Casket Co., et al. v. Carol L. Hyde
MajorityMay 15, 1995 · October Term 1994
James Purkett, Superintendent, Farmington Corrections Center v. Jimmy Elem
MajorityMay 1, 1995 · October Term 1994
United States v. Juan Paul Robertson
MajorityApr 26, 1995 · October Term 1994
United States v. Alfonso Lopez, Jr.
MajorityApr 26, 1995 · October Term 1994
New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans, et al. v. Travelers Insurance Company, et al.
MajorityApr 25, 1995 · October Term 1994
California Department of Corrections, et al. v. Jose Ramon Morales
DissentApr 25, 1995 · October Term 1994
United States v. Lori Rabin Williams
MajorityApr 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
Celotex Corporation v. Bennie Edwards et Ux.
DissentApr 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
Joseph McIntyre, Executor of Estate of Margaret McIntyre, Deceased v. Ohio Elections Commission
MajorityApr 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
Marvin Stone v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
DissentApr 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
Curtis Lee Kyles v. John P. Whitley, Warden
MajorityApr 19, 1995 · October Term 1994
Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury v. Coors Brewing Company
MajorityApr 18, 1995 · October Term 1994
Ed Plaut, et Ux., et al. v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 18, 1995 · October Term 1994
Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Margaret Whitecotton et al.
MajorityApr 18, 1995 · October Term 1994
Freightliner Corporation, et al. v. Ben Myrick, et Ux., et al.
MajorityApr 18, 1995 · October Term 1994
George W. Heintz, et al. v. Darlene Jenkins
MajorityApr 17, 1995 · October Term 1994
Fred A. Whitaker v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County (Merrill Reese, Inc., Real Party in Interest)
MajorityApr 3, 1995 · October Term 1994
Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Jefferson Lines, Inc.
MajorityMar 28, 1995 · October Term 1994
Qualitex Company v. Jacobson Products Company, Inc.
MajorityMar 22, 1995 · October Term 1994
Eloise Anderson, Director, California Department of Social Services, et al. v. Verna Edwards, Etc., et al.
MajorityMar 21, 1995 · October Term 1994
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor v. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company et al.
MajorityMar 20, 1995 · October Term 1994
Bryan Goeke, Superintendent, Renz Correctional Center v. Lynda Ruth Branch
MajorityMar 6, 1995 · October Term 1994
Antonio Mastrobuono and Diana G. Mastrobuono v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 6, 1995 · October Term 1994
Curtiss-Wright Corporation v. Frank C. Schoonejongen, et al.
MajorityMar 6, 1995 · October Term 1994
Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Guernsey Memorial Hospital
MajorityMar 1, 1995 · October Term 1994
Arizona v. Isaac Evans
MajorityMar 1, 1995 · October Term 1994
Tom Swint, et al. v. Chambers County Commission, et al.
MajorityFeb 28, 1995 · October Term 1994
Arthur L. Gustafson, et al. v. Alloyd Company, Incorporated, Fka Alloyd Holdings, Incorporated, et al.