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William J. Brennan Jr.

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate confirmation:: Mar 19, 1957
Recorded service:: Nov 5, 1956 – Jun 28, 1990
Lived:: Apr 25, 1906 – Jul 24, 1997

In plain language

William J. Brennan Jr., associate justice.
Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower; confirmed March 19, 1957.
Court service November 5, 1956 to June 28, 1990.

Decisions on record (5261)

MajorityJun 10, 1957 · October Term 1956
Reid, Superintendent, District of Columbia Jail, v. Covert
MajorityJun 10, 1957 · October Term 1956
Smith, Special Administrator, v. Sperling et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1957 · October Term 1956
Swanson et al. v. Traer et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Textile Workers Union of America v. Lincoln Mills of Alabama
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Goodall-Sanford, Inc., v. United Textile Workers of America, A. F. L. Local 1802, et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
California v. Taylor et al.
DissentJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Jackson v. Taylor, Acting Warden
DissentJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Fowler v. Wilkinson, Warden
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Jencks v. United States
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Lehmann, Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. United States Ex Rel. Carson Or Carasaniti
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Mulcahey, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Catalanotte
MajorityJun 2, 1957 · October Term 1956
General Electric Co. v. Local 205, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (U. E.)
MajorityMay 27, 1957 · October Term 1956
Achilli v. United States
MajorityMay 27, 1957 · October Term 1956
Libson Shops, Inc., v. Koehler, District Director of Internal Revenue
ConcurrenceMay 27, 1957 · October Term 1956
Grunewald v. United States
MajorityMay 27, 1957 · October Term 1956
Rabang v. Boyd, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service
MajorityMay 13, 1957 · October Term 1956
Baltimore & Ohio Railway Co. v. Jackson
MajorityMay 13, 1957 · October Term 1956
Kremen et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 13, 1957 · October Term 1956
Arnold v. Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co.
MajorityMay 13, 1957 · October Term 1956
Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee, Cio, et al. v. Windsor et al.
MajorityMay 13, 1957 · October Term 1956
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Louisiana Public Service Commission et al.
MajorityMay 6, 1957 · October Term 1956
Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of New Mexico
MajorityMay 6, 1957 · October Term 1956
Konigsberg v. State Bar of California et al.
DissentMay 6, 1957 · October Term 1956
Office Employes International Union, Local No. 11, AFL-CIO, v. National Labor Relations Board
MajorityMay 6, 1957 · October Term 1956
Civil Aeronautics Board v. Hermann et al.
MajorityApr 29, 1957 · October Term 1956
United States v. Witkovich
MajorityApr 29, 1957 · October Term 1956
United States for the Benefit of Sherman et Al., Trustees, v. Carter et Al., Doing Business As Carter Construction Co., et al.
MajorityApr 29, 1957 · October Term 1956
Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra Products Corp. et al.
MajorityApr 29, 1957 · October Term 1956
Pennsylvania et al. v. Board of Directors of City Trusts of the City of Philadelphia
MajorityApr 22, 1957 · October Term 1956
Alleghany Corporation et al. v. Breswick & Co. et al.
MajorityApr 22, 1957 · October Term 1956
Automobile Club of Michigan v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityApr 8, 1957 · October Term 1956
United States v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
MajorityApr 8, 1957 · October Term 1956
Benz et al. v. Compania Naviera Hidalgo, S. A.
MajorityApr 8, 1957 · October Term 1956
Deen v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.
MajorityApr 8, 1957 · October Term 1956
Thomson v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
MajorityApr 1, 1957 · October Term 1956
Haynes et Ux. v. United States
MajorityApr 1, 1957 · October Term 1956
National Labor Relations Board v. Truck Drivers Local Union No. 449, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, A. F. L.
Did not participateApr 1, 1957 · October Term 1956
United States v. Ohio Power Co.
MajorityMar 25, 1957 · October Term 1956
Guss, Doing Business As Photo Sound Products Manufacturing Co., v. Utah Labor Relations Board
MajorityMar 25, 1957 · October Term 1956
Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America, Local No. 427, Afl, et al. v. Fairlawn Meats, Inc.
MajorityMar 25, 1957 · October Term 1956
San Diego Building Trades Council et al. v. Garmon et al.
MajorityMar 25, 1957 · October Term 1956
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen et al. v. Chicago River & Indiana Railroad Co. et al.
MajorityMar 25, 1957 · October Term 1956
Peak v. United States
MajorityMar 25, 1957 · October Term 1956
Roviaro v. United States
MajorityMar 25, 1957 · October Term 1956
United States Ex Rel. Hintopoulos et Ux. v. Shaughnessy, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service
MajorityMar 11, 1957 · October Term 1956
Lasky et Vir v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
MajorityMar 11, 1957 · October Term 1956
Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railway Co. et al. v. Amarillo-Borger Express, Inc., et Al
MajorityMar 4, 1957 · October Term 1956
Johnson v. United States