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Justice · 1981–2005

Sandra Day O'Connor

Served the 1981 through 2005 terms, taking part in 2,914 orally argued decisions and voting with the majority 75.7% of the time.

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1981–2005Terms
2,914Cases
75.7%With majority
354Dissenting votes

Vote profile

Majority 75.7%
Dissent 12.1%
Concurrence 9.5%

Shares of 2,914 recorded votes. Source: Supreme Court Database (SCDB), 2024 Release 01

Most recent cases

The last 25 decisions in which Sandra Day O'Connor cast a recorded vote, newest first.

Recent cases and Sandra Day O'Connor's vote in each.
CaseTermVote splitThis justice
State of Alaska v. United States of America 2005 8-0 Majority
Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission 2005 9-0 Majority
Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc., dba Conagra Refrigerated Foods 2005 7-2 Majority
Central Virginia Community College, et al. v. Bernard Katz, Liquidating Supervisor for Wallace'S Bookstores, Inc. 2005 5-4 Majority
Richard Will, et al. v. Susan Hallock, et al. 2005 9-0 Majority
Bertram Rice, Warden, et al. v. Steven Martell Collins 2005 9-0 Majority
Kelly A. Ayotte, Attorney General of New Hampshire v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, et al. 2005 9-0 Majority
Wachovia Bank, National Association v. Daniel G. Schmidt, III, et al. 2005 8-0 Majority
Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, et al. v. Oregon, et al. 2005 6-3 Majority
Jill L. Brown, Warden v. Ronald L. Sanders 2005 5-4 Majority
Mike Evans, Acting Warden v. Reginald Chavis 2005 9-0 Majority
Volvo Trucks North America, Inc. v. Reeder-Simco GMC, Inc. 2005 7-2 Majority
United States v. Georgia et al. 2005 9-0 Majority
James Lockhart v. United States et al. 2005 9-0 Majority
Gerald T. Martin, et ux. v. Franklin Capital Corporation et al. 2005 9-0 Majority
Joan Wagnon, Secretary, Kansas Department of Revenue v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation 2005 7-2 Majority
Lincoln Property Company, et al. v. Christophe Roche, et ux. 2005 9-0 Majority
Margaret Bradshaw, Warden v. Kenneth T. Richey 2005 9-0 Majority
Maryland v. Leeander Jerome Blake 2005 9-0 Majority
Schaffer, a Minor, by His Parents and Next Friends, Schaffer, et Vir, et al. v. Weast, Superintendent, Montgomery County Public Schools, et al. 2005 6-2 Majority
United States v. Joseph Olson, et al. 2005 9-0 Majority
IBP, Inc. v. Gabriel Alvarez, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. 2005 9-0 Majority
Ivan Eberhart v. United States 2005 9-0 Majority
Anthony Kane, Warden v. Joe Garcia Espitia 2005 9-0 Majority
Dora B. Schriro, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Petitioner v. Robert Douglas Smith 2005 9-0 Majority

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