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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)

DissentJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Parham, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources of Georgia, et al. v. J.R. et al.
DissentJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Secretary of Public Welfare of Pennsylvania et al. v. Institutionalized Juveniles et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Wilson et al. v. Omaha Indian Tribe et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Yamasaki et al.
DissentJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Fare, Acting Chief Probation Officer v. Michael C.
DissentJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Smith v. Maryland
MajorityJun 20, 1979 · October Term 1978
Arkansas v. Sanders
ConcurrenceJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Torres v. Puerto Rico
ConcurrenceJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Helstoski
DissentJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Helstoski v. Meanor, United States District Judge, et al.
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Sandstrom v. Montana
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. McCombs et al.
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States et al. v. Rutherford et al.
ConcurrenceJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington, Trustee, et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Lo-Ji Sales, Inc. v. New York
Did not participateJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Sierra Club et al.
DissentJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Great American Federal Savings & Loan Association et al. v. Novotny
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Southeastern Community College v. Davis
DissentJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Moore et al. v. Sims et Ux.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Southern Railway Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. et al.
MajorityJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Dunaway v. New York
MajorityJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Davis v. Passman
DissentJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts et al. v. Feeney
DissentJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Babbitt, Governor of Arizona, et al. v. United Farm Workers National Union et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
Dunn v. United States
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Batchelder
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
Brown v. Felsen
DissentJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
County Court of Ulster County, New York, et al. v. Allen et al.
Did not participateJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Addonizio et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
Marchioro et al. v. Chaney et al.
DissentMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Greenholtz, Chairman, Board of Parole of Nebraska, et al. v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correction Complex et al.
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers et al. v. Foust
DissentMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Parker v. Randolph et al.
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Great Western Sugar Co. v. Nelson
ConcurrenceMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Green v. Georgia
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
Oscar Mayer & Co. et al. v. Evans
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Naftalin
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Timmreck
DissentMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
Kentucky v. Whorton
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
Connor et al. v. Coleman, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Burks et al. v. Lasker et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Ford Motor Co. (Chicago Stamping Plant) v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. 564.54 Acres of Land, More Or Less, Situated in Monroe and Pike Counties, Pennsylvania, et al.
DissentMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Bell, Attorney General, et al. v. Wolfish et al.
DissentMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Chapman, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources of Texas, et al. v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Cannon v. University of Chicago et al.
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Toll, President, University of Maryland v. Moreno et al.
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Smith et al. v. Arkansas State Highway Employees, Local 1315, et al.
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Wilkins v. United States