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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)

MajorityApr 20, 1959 · October Term 1958
Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
MajorityApr 20, 1959 · October Term 1958
San Diego Building Trades Council et al. v. Garmon et al.
MajorityApr 6, 1959 · October Term 1958
Klor's, Inc., v. Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 6, 1959 · October Term 1958
Parsons et al. v. Smith, Former Collector of Internal Revenue
MajorityApr 6, 1959 · October Term 1958
Baker et al. v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
DissentMar 30, 1959 · October Term 1958
Bartkus v. Illinois
MajorityMar 30, 1959 · October Term 1958
Service Storage & Transfer Co., Inc., v. Virginia
MajorityMar 30, 1959 · October Term 1958
The Monrosa et al. v. Carbon Black Export, Inc.
MajorityMar 30, 1959 · October Term 1958
Abbate et al. v. United States
ConcurrenceMar 23, 1959 · October Term 1958
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co. of America et al.
MajorityMar 23, 1959 · October Term 1958
Tak Shan Fong v. United States
MajorityMar 23, 1959 · October Term 1958
Sims v. United States
MajorityMar 23, 1959 · October Term 1958
Spevack v. Strauss et al.
MajorityMar 23, 1959 · October Term 1958
Joseph et al. v. Indiana.
MajorityMar 9, 1959 · October Term 1958
United States v. Embassy Restaurant, Inc., et al.
DissentMar 9, 1959 · October Term 1958
Brown v. United States
MajorityMar 9, 1959 · October Term 1958
Ganger et al. v. City of Miami.
MajorityMar 2, 1959 · October Term 1958
New York v. O'neill
MajorityMar 2, 1959 · October Term 1958
Harris v. United States
MajorityMar 2, 1959 · October Term 1958
E T & W N C Transportation Co. v. Currie, Commissioner of Revenue of North Carolina.
MajorityFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
United States v. Radio Corporation of America et al.
ConcurrenceFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. et al.
MajorityFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
Heflin v. United States
MajorityFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik Fisser et al.
MajorityFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. v. Minnesota
ConcurrenceFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
Railway Express Agency, Inc., v. Virginia
MajorityFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
Cammarano et Ux. v. United States
MajorityFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
Kelly v. Kosuga
ConcurrenceFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
Allied Stores of Ohio, Inc., v. Bowers, Tax Commissioner of Ohio
MajorityFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Bowers, Tax Commissioner of Ohio
MajorityFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
Williams v. Oklahoma
DissentFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
The Tungus et al. v. Skovgaard, Administratrix, et al.
DissentFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
United New York and New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Association et al. v. Halecki, Administratrix
MajorityFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
MajorityFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
Cash v. Culver, State Prison Custodian
MajorityFeb 24, 1959 · October Term 1958
City of Meridian v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
MajorityJan 26, 1959 · October Term 1958
Draper v. United States
MajorityJan 26, 1959 · October Term 1958
Greene v. United States
MajorityJan 26, 1959 · October Term 1958
Rogers, Attorney General, Successor To the Alien Property Custodian, v. Calumet National Bank of Hammond, Substituted Trustee, et al.
MajorityJan 26, 1959 · October Term 1958
Herrmann, Trustee, v. Rogers, Attorney General
MajorityJan 19, 1959 · October Term 1958
Local 24, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Oliver et al.
MajorityJan 12, 1959 · October Term 1958
Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, v. Lublin, McGaughy & Associates et al.
MajorityJan 12, 1959 · October Term 1958
Williams et Ux. v. Lee, Doing Business As Ganado Trading Post
MajorityJan 12, 1959 · October Term 1958
Territory of Alaska v. American Can Co. et al.
MajorityJan 12, 1959 · October Term 1958
Lee v. Madigan, Warden
MajorityJan 12, 1959 · October Term 1958
International Boxing Club of New York, Inc., et al. v. United States
MajorityJan 12, 1959 · October Term 1958
Hotel Employees Union, Local No. 255, et al. v. Sax Enterprises, Inc., et al.
MajorityJan 12, 1959 · October Term 1958
Hahn v. Ross Island Sand & Gravel Co.
MajorityJan 12, 1959 · October Term 1958
United States Ex Rel. Jennings v. Ragen, Warden
MajorityDec 15, 1958 · October Term 1958
Evers et al. v. Dwyer et al.