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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 19, 2003 · October Term 2002
Janette Price, Warden v. Duyonn Andre Vincent
MajorityMay 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Illinois Ex Rel. Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois v. Telemarketing Associates, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Robert Kaupp v. Texas
MajorityApr 29, 2003 · October Term 2002
Charles Demore, District Director, San Francisco District of Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. v. Hyung Joon Kim
MajorityApr 29, 2003 · October Term 2002
Joseph C. Roell, Petra Garibay, and James Reagan v. Jon Michael Withrow
MajorityApr 23, 2003 · October Term 2002
Franchise Tax Board of California v. Gilbert P. Hyatt, et al.
MajorityApr 23, 2003 · October Term 2002
Joseph Massaro v. United States
MajorityApr 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P. C. v. Deborah Wells
MajorityApr 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
Susan Jinks v. Richland County, South Carolina
MajorityApr 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
Dole Food Company, et al. v. Gerardo Dennis Patrickson et al.
MajorityApr 7, 2003 · October Term 2002
Virginia v. Barry Elton Black, Richard J. Elliott, and Jonathan O'mara
MajorityApr 7, 2003 · October Term 2002
Pacificare Health Systems, Inc., et al. v. Jeffrey Book et al.
MajorityApr 7, 2003 · October Term 2002
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Inez Preece Campbell and Matthew C. Barneck, Special Administrator and Personal Representative of the Estate of Curtis B. Campbell
MajorityApr 2, 2003 · October Term 2002
Kentucky Association of Health Plans, Inc., et al. v. Janie A. Miller, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Insurance
MajorityMar 31, 2003 · October Term 2002
Beatrice Branch, et al. v. John Robert Smith et al.
MajorityMar 31, 2003 · October Term 2002
A. Elliott Archer, et Ux. v. Arlene L. Warner
DissentMar 26, 2003 · October Term 2002
Allen D. Brown and Greg Hayes v. Legal Foundation of Washington et al.
MajorityMar 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, et al. v. Buckeye Community Hope Foundation et al.
MajorityMar 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
Jeanne Woodford, Warden v. Robert Frederick Garceau
MajorityMar 10, 2003 · October Term 2002
Cook County, Illinois v. United States Ex Rel. Janet Chandler
DissentMar 10, 2003 · October Term 2002
Norfolk & Western Railway Company v. Freeman Ayers et al.
MajorityMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Connecticut Department of Public Safety, et al. v. John Doe, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
MajorityMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Gary Albert Ewing v. California
MajorityMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California v. Leandro Andrade
MajorityMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Delbert W. Smith and Bruce M. Botelho v. John Doe I et al.
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
Victor Moseley and Cathy Moseley, Dba Victor's Little Secret v. v. Secret Catalogue, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
The Boeing Company and Consolidated Subsidiaries v. United States
DissentMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
United States v. Navajo Nation
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
Erick Cornell Clay v. United States
MajorityFeb 26, 2003 · October Term 2002
Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc.
MajorityFeb 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
Thomas Joe Miller-El v. Janie Cockrell, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
MajorityFeb 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, et al. v. Guardianship Estate of Danny Keffeler et al.
MajorityJan 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
Federal Communications Commission v. Nextwave Personal Communications Inc. et al.
MajorityJan 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
David Meyer, Individually and in His Capacity As President and Designated Officer/broker of Triad, Inc., Etc. v. Emma Mary Ellen Holley, et Vir, et al.
MajorityJan 21, 2003 · October Term 2002
United States v. Francisco Jimenez Recio and Adrian Lopez-Meza
MajorityJan 15, 2003 · October Term 2002
Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security v. Peabody Coal Company et al.
MajorityJan 15, 2003 · October Term 2002
Eric Eldred, et al. v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General
MajorityJan 14, 2003 · October Term 2002
David Allen Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania
MajorityJan 14, 2003 · October Term 2002
Pierce County, Washington v. Ignacio Guillen, Legal Guardian of Jennifer Guillen and Alma Guillen, Minors, et al.
MajorityDec 10, 2002 · October Term 2002
United States, et al. v. Thomas Lamar Bean
MajorityDec 10, 2002 · October Term 2002
Karen Howsam, Etc. v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
MajorityDec 10, 2002 · October Term 2002
Abu-Ali Abdur'rahman v. Ricky Bell, Warden
MajorityDec 3, 2002 · October Term 2002
Rex R. Sprietsma, Administrator of the Estate of Jeanne Sprietsma, Deceased v. Mercury Marine, a Division of Brunswick Corporation
MajorityNov 5, 2002 · October Term 2002
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., Robert Babb, Edee Templet, and Kenneth A. Devun v. Hurley Henson
MajorityNov 5, 2002 · October Term 2002
Yellow Transportation, Inc. v. Michigan, et al.
MajorityNov 4, 2002 · October Term 2002
Richard E. Early, Warden, et al. v. William Packer
MajorityNov 4, 2002 · October Term 2002
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Fredy Orlando Ventura
MajorityNov 4, 2002 · October Term 2002
Jeanne Woodford, Warden v. John Louis Visciotti
MajorityOct 15, 2002 · October Term 2002
Ford Motor Company and Citibank (South Dakota), N. A. v. John B. McCauley et al.