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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 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Maria Suzuki Ohler v. United States
MajorityMay 15, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Antonio J. Morrison, et al.
MajorityMay 15, 2000 · October Term 1999
Jeffrey Allan Fischer v. United States
MajorityMay 15, 2000 · October Term 1999
Cornell Johnson v. United States
MajorityMay 15, 2000 · October Term 1999
Public Lands Council, et al. v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, et al.
DissentMay 1, 2000 · October Term 1999
Scott Leslie Carmell v. Texas
MajorityMay 1, 2000 · October Term 1999
Edward Christensen, et al. v. Harris County, et al.
MajorityApr 26, 2000 · October Term 1999
Antonio Tonton Slack v. Eldon McDaniel, Warden, et al.
MajorityApr 26, 2000 · October Term 1999
Robert A. Beck, Ii v. Ronald M. Prupis, et al.
MajorityApr 25, 2000 · October Term 1999
Ronald D. Edwards, Warden v. Robert W. Carpenter
MajorityApr 25, 2000 · October Term 1999
Donald E. Nelson v. Adams, USA, Inc., et al.
DissentApr 18, 2000 · October Term 1999
Terry Williams v. John Taylor, Warden
MajorityApr 18, 2000 · October Term 1999
Michael Wayne Williams v. John Taylor, Warden
MajorityApr 17, 2000 · October Term 1999
Steven Dewayne Bond v. United States
MajorityApr 17, 2000 · October Term 1999
Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Dedra Shanklin, Individually, and As Next Friend of Jessie Guy Shanklin
MajorityMar 29, 2000 · October Term 1999
City of Erie, et al. v. Pap's A. M., Tdba 'Kandyland'
MajorityMar 28, 2000 · October Term 1999
J. Wayne Garner, Former Chairman of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles of Georgia, et al. v. Robert L. Jones
ConcurrenceMar 28, 2000 · October Term 1999
Florida v. J. L.
MajorityMar 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc.
MajorityMar 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Scott Harold Southworth, et al.
MajorityMar 21, 2000 · October Term 1999
Food and Drug Administration, et al. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, et al.
MajorityMar 21, 2000 · October Term 1999
Cortez Byrd Chips, Inc. v. Bill Harbert Construction Company, Etc.
MajorityMar 6, 2000 · October Term 1999
Leonard Portuondo, Superintendent, Fishkill Correctional Facility v. Ray Agard
MajorityMar 6, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Gary Locke, Governor of Washington, et al.
MajorityMar 1, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Roy Lee Johnson
MajorityFeb 29, 2000 · October Term 1999
Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc.
MajorityFeb 23, 2000 · October Term 1999
Ernest C. Roe, Warden v. Lucio Flores-Ortega
MajorityFeb 23, 2000 · October Term 1999
Harold F. Rice v. Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of Hawaii
MajorityFeb 23, 2000 · October Term 1999
Mark Rotella v. Angela M. Wood, et al.
MajorityFeb 23, 2000 · October Term 1999
Village of Willowbrook, et al. v. Grace Olech
MajorityFeb 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
David H. Baral v. United States
MajorityFeb 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Chad Weisgram, et al. v. Marley Company, et al.
MajorityFeb 22, 2000 · October Term 1999
Hunt-Wesson, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board of California
MajorityJan 24, 2000 · October Term 1999
Janet Reno, Attorney General v. Bossier Parish School Board
MajorityJan 24, 2000 · October Term 1999
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri, et al. v. Shrink Missouri Government Pac et al.
MajorityJan 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
Lonnie Weeks, Jr. v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
MajorityJan 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
Carl T. C. Gutierrez and Madeleine Z. Bordallo v. Joseph F. Ada and Felix P. Camacho
MajorityJan 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
George Smith, Warden v. Lee Robbins
MajorityJan 19, 2000 · October Term 1999
United States v. Abel Martinez-Salazar
MajorityJan 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Illinois v. William Aka Sam Wardlow
MajorityJan 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Janet Reno, Attorney General, et al. v. Charlie Condon, Attorney General of South Carolina, et al.
MajorityJan 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Salvador Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District
MajorityJan 12, 2000 · October Term 1999
Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Rodney Slater, Secretary of Transportation, et al.
MajorityJan 11, 2000 · October Term 1999
J. Daniel Kimel, Jr., et al. v. Florida Board of Regents, et al.
MajorityJan 11, 2000 · October Term 1999
New York v. Michael Hill
MajorityDec 7, 1999 · October Term 1999
Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Corporation
MajorityDec 7, 1999 · October Term 1999
Rohn F. Drye, Jr., et al. v. United States
MajorityNov 30, 1999 · October Term 1999
William Fiore v. Gregory White, Warden, et al.
MajorityNov 29, 1999 · October Term 1999
Texas, et al. v. Francois Daniel Lesage and United States
MajorityOct 18, 1999 · October Term 1999
In Re Frederick W. Bauer