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)

MajorityApr 7, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States v. F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co.
MajorityApr 7, 1958 · October Term 1957
Grimes v. Raymond Concrete Pile Co. et al.
MajorityApr 7, 1958 · October Term 1957
Matles v. United States
DissentMar 31, 1958 · October Term 1957
Brown v. United States
MajorityMar 31, 1958 · October Term 1957
Perez v. Brownell, Attorney General
ConcurrenceMar 31, 1958 · October Term 1957
Trop v. Dulles, Secretary of State, et al.
MajorityMar 31, 1958 · October Term 1957
Nishikawa v. Dulles, Secretary of State
DissentMar 31, 1958 · October Term 1957
Green et al. v. United States
MajorityMar 17, 1958 · October Term 1957
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Sullivan et al.
MajorityMar 17, 1958 · October Term 1957
Tank Truck Rentals, Inc., v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityMar 17, 1958 · October Term 1957
Hoover Motor Express Co., Inc., v. United States
MajorityMar 17, 1958 · October Term 1957
Ferguson v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.
MajorityMar 10, 1958 · October Term 1957
Northern Pacific Railway Co. et al. v. United States
MajorityMar 10, 1958 · October Term 1957
American Motors Corp. et al. v. City of Kenosha
MajorityMar 10, 1958 · October Term 1957
Marshall v. Brucker, Secretary of the Army
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States et al. v. City of Detroit
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States v. Township of Muskegon et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
City of Detroit et al. v. Murray Corporation of America et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Public Utilities Commission of California v. United States
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Andrew G. Nelson, Inc., v. United States et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co., Inc.
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States v. Hvass
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Harmon v. Brucker, Secretary of the Army
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States v. R. F. Ball Construction Co., Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States v. Massei
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Wilson et al. v. Loew's Incorporated et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Black et al. v. Amen et al.
MajorityFeb 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Kernan, Administrator, v. American Dredging Co.
MajorityFeb 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
National Labor Relations Board v. District 50, United Mine Workers of America, et al.
MajorityFeb 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
American Airlines, Inc., v. North American Airlines, Inc., et al.
DissentJan 27, 1958 · October Term 1957
Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Oil Co.
MajorityJan 27, 1958 · October Term 1957
Moog Industries, Inc., v. Federal Trade Commission
MajorityJan 27, 1958 · October Term 1957
Alleghany Corporation v. Breswick & Co. et al.
MajorityJan 27, 1958 · October Term 1957
Honeycutt v. Wabash Railway Co.
DissentJan 20, 1958 · October Term 1957
Nashville Milk Co. v. Carnation Company
DissentJan 20, 1958 · October Term 1957
Safeway Stores, Inc., v. Vance, Trustee in Bankruptcy
MajorityJan 20, 1958 · October Term 1957
Cities Service Gas Co. v. State Corporation Commission of Kansas et al.
MajorityJan 20, 1958 · October Term 1957
Zavada v. United States
MajorityJan 20, 1958 · October Term 1957
Karadzole, Consul General of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, et al. v. Artukovic
MajorityJan 13, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States v. Sharpnack
MajorityJan 13, 1958 · October Term 1957
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. v. Illinois et al.
MajorityJan 13, 1958 · October Term 1957
Staub v. City of Baxley
DissentJan 13, 1958 · October Term 1957
Lawn v. United States
MajorityJan 13, 1958 · October Term 1957
Reeves v. Alabama.
MajorityJan 13, 1958 · October Term 1957
Gordon v. Texas.
MajorityJan 6, 1958 · October Term 1957
Heikkinen v. United States
Did not participateJan 6, 1958 · October Term 1957
Bartkus v. Illinois.
Did not participateJan 6, 1958 · October Term 1957
Ladner v. United States.
MajorityDec 16, 1957 · October Term 1957
Virginia v. Maryland
MajorityDec 16, 1957 · October Term 1957
Nelson et al. v. Tennessee.