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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 26, 1998 · October Term 1997
Angel Jaime Monge v. California
MajorityJun 26, 1998 · October Term 1997
Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Kimberly B. Ellerth
MajorityJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
Swidler & Berlin and James Hamilton v. United States
MajorityJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
William J. Clinton, President of the United States, et al. v. City of New York, et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
Eastern Enterprises v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security, et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
National Endowment for the Arts, et al. v. Karen Finley, et al.
DissentJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
Randon Bragdon v. Sidney Abbott, et al.
MajorityJun 25, 1998 · October Term 1997
United States v. Aloyzas Balsys
MajorityJun 22, 1998 · October Term 1997
Alida Star Gebser and Alida Jean McCullough v. Lago Vista Independent School District
MajorityJun 22, 1998 · October Term 1997
Gerald R. Caron v. United States
DissentJun 22, 1998 · October Term 1997
United States v. Hosep Krikor Bajakajian
MajorityJun 22, 1998 · October Term 1997
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole v. Keith M. Scott
MajorityJun 22, 1998 · October Term 1997
Wisconsin Department of Corrections, et al. v. Keith D. Schacht
MajorityJun 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
Thomas R. Phillips, et al. v. Washington Legal Foundation, et al.
DissentJun 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
Sillasse Bryan v. United States
MajorityJun 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. v. Ronald R. Yeskey
ConcurrenceJun 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
American Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Central Office Telephone, Inc.
DissentJun 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
Arnold F. Hohn v. United States
MajorityJun 15, 1998 · October Term 1997
Sandra K. Forney v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
United States v. Chris W. Beggerly, et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
United States v. Bestfoods, et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
Bonnie L. Geissal, Beneficiary and Representative of the Estate of James W. Geissal, Deceased v. Moore Medical Corporation et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
Frank X. Hopkins Petitioner v. Randolph K. Reeves
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
Cass County, Minnesota, et al. v. Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
Philomena Dooley, Personal Representative of the Estate of Cecelio Chuapoco, et al. v. Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd.
DissentJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
Frank J. Muscarello v. United States
MajorityJun 8, 1998 · October Term 1997
New Mexico, Ex Rel. Manuel Ortiz v. Timothy Reed
MajorityJun 1, 1998 · October Term 1997
United States v. Vickie S. Cabrales
MajorityJun 1, 1998 · October Term 1997
Federal Election Commission v. James E. Akins, Richard Curtiss, Paul Findley, Robert J. Hanks, Andrew Killgore, and Orin Parker
MajorityMay 26, 1998 · October Term 1997
Arthur Calderon, Warden, et al. v. Troy Ashmus, Etc.
MajorityMay 26, 1998 · October Term 1997
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.
MajorityMay 26, 1998 · October Term 1997
State of New Jersey v. State of New York
ConcurrenceMay 26, 1998 · October Term 1997
County of Sacramento, et al. v. Teri Lewis and Thomas Lewis, Personal Representatives of the Estate of Philip Lewis, Deceased
MajorityMay 26, 1998 · October Term 1997
Air Line Pilots Association v. Robert A. Miller, et al.
MajorityMay 18, 1998 · October Term 1997
Kenneth Eugene Bousley v. United States
MajorityMay 18, 1998 · October Term 1997
Terry Stewart, Director, Arizona Department of Correction, et al. v. Ramon Martinez-Villareal
MajorityMay 18, 1998 · October Term 1997
Textron Lycoming Reciprocating Engine Division, Avco Corp. v. United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, International Union and Its Local 787
MajorityMay 18, 1998 · October Term 1997
Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. Ralph P. Forbes
MajorityMay 18, 1998 · October Term 1997
Montana, et al. v. Crow Tribe of Indians et al.
MajorityMay 18, 1998 · October Term 1997
Ohio Forestry Association, Inc. v. Sierra Club, et al.
DissentMay 4, 1998 · October Term 1997
Leonard Rollon Crawford-El v. Patricia Britton
MajorityMay 4, 1998 · October Term 1997
Randall Ricci v. Village of Arlington Heights
MajorityApr 29, 1998 · October Term 1997
United States v. Estate of Francis J. Romani et al.
MajorityApr 29, 1998 · October Term 1997
Arthur Calderon, Warden v. Thomas Thompson
MajorityApr 28, 1998 · October Term 1997
Edwards v. United States
MajorityApr 22, 1998 · October Term 1997
Lorelyn Penero Miller v. Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State
MajorityApr 22, 1998 · October Term 1997
California and State Lands Commission v. Deep Sea Research, Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 21, 1998 · October Term 1997
Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityApr 21, 1998 · October Term 1997
Terry Campbell v. Louisiana
MajorityApr 21, 1998 · October Term 1997
David R. Beach, et Ux. v. Ocwen Federal Bank