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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)

DissentDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
Santobello v. New York
MajorityDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
Picard v. Connor
MajorityDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
Townsend et al. v. Swank, Director, Department of Public Aid of Illinois, et al.
MajorityDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
United States v. Campos-Serrano
ConcurrenceDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
United States v. Marion et al.
ConcurrenceDec 20, 1971 · October Term 1971
United States v. Bass
MajorityDec 14, 1971 · October Term 1971
North Carolina v. Rice
MajorityDec 14, 1971 · October Term 1971
Wilwording et al. v. Swenson, Warden
MajorityDec 14, 1971 · October Term 1971
O'keeffe, Deputy Commissioner, Sixth Compensation District, Department of Labor v. Aerojet-General Shipyards, Inc.
MajorityDec 13, 1971 · October Term 1971
Mayer v. City of Chicago
DissentDec 13, 1971 · October Term 1971
Victory Carriers, Inc., et al. v. Law
DissentDec 13, 1971 · October Term 1971
Britt v. North Carolina
MajorityDec 6, 1971 · October Term 1971
Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson
MajorityDec 6, 1971 · October Term 1971
National Labor Relations Board v. Plasterers' Local Union No. 79, Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Assn., AFL-CIO, et al.
DissentDec 6, 1971 · October Term 1971
National Labor Relations Board v. Nashfinch Co., Dba Jack & Jill Stores
MajorityDec 6, 1971 · October Term 1971
Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Chemical Division, et al.
MajorityNov 22, 1971 · October Term 1971
Reed v. Reed, Administrator
DissentNov 22, 1971 · October Term 1971
Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Belcher
MajorityNov 16, 1971 · October Term 1971
Slayton, Penitentiary Superintendent v. Smith
ConcurrenceNov 16, 1971 · October Term 1971
Harris v. Washington et al.
MajorityNov 16, 1971 · October Term 1971
Cruz et al. v. Hauck, Sheriff
MajorityNov 16, 1971 · October Term 1971
Schreiner v. United States
MajorityNov 15, 1971 · October Term 1971
Norfolk & Western Railroad Co. v. Nemitz et al.
MajorityNov 9, 1971 · October Term 1971
Engelman, Director, Division of Public Welfare, Dept. of Institutions and Agencies, et al. v. Amos et al.
MajorityNov 9, 1971 · October Term 1971
Jennings v. Mahoney, Director, Financial Responsibility Division, Department of Public Safety of Utah
MajorityNov 9, 1971 · October Term 1971
Doherty v. United States
MajorityNov 8, 1971 · October Term 1971
Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. et al.
MajorityNov 8, 1971 · October Term 1971
McClanahan v. Morauer & Hartzell, Inc., et al.
MajorityNov 8, 1971 · October Term 1971
Younger, Attorney General of California, et al. v. Gilmore et al.
MajorityOct 26, 1971 · October Term 1971
Arciniega v. Freeman, U.S. Marshal
MajorityOct 12, 1971 · October Term 1971
Hicks, District Attorney of Orange County, et al. v. Pleasure House, Inc., et al.
ConcurrenceJun 30, 1971 · October Term 1970
New York Times Co. v. United States
DissentJun 28, 1971 · October Term 1970
United States v. Harris
ConcurrenceJun 28, 1971 · October Term 1970
Lemon et al. v. Kurtzman, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Pennsylvania, et al.
DissentJun 28, 1971 · October Term 1970
Tilton et al. v. Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al.
MajorityJun 28, 1971 · October Term 1970
Clay, Aka Ali v. United States
MajorityJun 28, 1971 · October Term 1970
Hunter v. Tennessee
MajorityJun 21, 1971 · October Term 1970
Jenness et al. v. Fortson, Secretary of State of Georgia
MajorityJun 21, 1971 · October Term 1970
Coolidge v. New Hampshire
MajorityJun 21, 1971 · October Term 1970
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics
ConcurrenceJun 21, 1971 · October Term 1970
McKeiver et al. v. Pennsylvania
DissentJun 14, 1971 · October Term 1970
Palmer et al. v. Thompson, Mayor of the City of Jackson, et al.
MajorityJun 14, 1971 · October Term 1970
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America et al. v. Lockridge
DissentJun 14, 1971 · October Term 1970
Hodgson, Secretary of Labor v. Local Union 6799, United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, et al.
MajorityJun 14, 1971 · October Term 1970
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Lincoln Savings & Loan Assn.
MajorityJun 14, 1971 · October Term 1970
Graham, Commissioner, Department of Public Welfare of Arizona v. Richardson et al.
ConcurrenceJun 14, 1971 · October Term 1970
Simpson v. Florida
MajorityJun 7, 1971 · October Term 1970
United States et al. v. Mitchell et al.
ConcurrenceJun 7, 1971 · October Term 1970
Connell v. Higginbotham et al.
MajorityJun 7, 1971 · October Term 1970
Johnson v. Mississippi