Sandra Day O’Connor

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Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States author human judge lawyer state legislator

Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and a pivotal moderate conservative justice known for her influential swing votes in landmark cases.

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Sandra Day O'Connor 19
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor 5
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor 1
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (concurring) 1

Statements (49)

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instanceOf Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
author ⓘ
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judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
state legislator ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts in economics ⓘ
Bachelor of Laws ⓘ
appointedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
awardReceived Liberty Medal ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
boardMemberOf iCivics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-03-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2023-12-01 ⓘ
educatedAt Stanford Law School ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ
endTime 2006-01-31 ⓘ
endTimeForPosition_AssociateJustice 2006-01-31 ⓘ
familyName Day O’Connor ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional law ⓘ
judicial decision-making ⓘ
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givenName Sandra ⓘ
ideology moderate conservatism ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
notableFor first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
notableWork Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest ⓘ
The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice ⓘ
opinion in Sandra Day O’Connor’s concurrence in Lawrence v. Texas ⓘ
participation in Bush v. Gore ⓘ
swing vote in Grutter v. Bollinger ⓘ
swing vote in Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth El Paso ⓘ
surface form: El Paso, Texas, United States
placeOfDeath Phoenix, Arizona, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
Judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals ⓘ
Majority leader of the Arizona Senate ⓘ
Member of the Arizona Senate ⓘ
religion Episcopal Church ⓘ
residence Arizona ⓘ
surface form: Arizona, United States
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse John Jay O’Connor III ⓘ
startTime 1981-09-25 ⓘ
startTimeForPosition_AssociateJustice 1981-09-25 ⓘ
workLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

Referenced by (54)

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County of Allegheny v. ACLU → concurrenceBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Lawrence v. Texas (in part) → concurrenceBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
subject surface form: Lawrence v. Texas
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins → concurrenceBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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Bush v. Gore → concurringJustice → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
City of Boerne v. Flores → dissentBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Gonzales v. Raich → dissentBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins → dissentBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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South Dakota v. Dole → dissentBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
opinion in Texas v. Johnson → dissentingJustices → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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Van Orden v. Perry → dissentingOpinionBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor → fullName → Sandra Day O’Connor self-link ⓘ
Employment Division v. Smith → hasConcurrenceBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Lynch v. Donnelly → hasConcurrenceBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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Plyler v. Doe → hasDissentBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sandra Day O'Connor
Lynch v. Donnelly → hasJoinedMajority → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (concurring)
Cutter v. Wilkinson → hasJusticeOnCourt → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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Alabama v. Shelton → hasMajorityJustices → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
O'Connor → hasNotableBearer → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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ABA Medal → hasRecipient → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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Dickerson v. United States → joinedByInMajority → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Lawrence v. Texas (in part) → joinedByInMajority → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
subject surface form: Lawrence v. Texas
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson → joinedByInMajority → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sandra Day O'Connor
Printz v. United States → joinedByInMajority → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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Saenz v. Roe → joinedByInMajority → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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United States v. Lopez → joinedByInMajority → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
County of Allegheny v. ACLU → joinedByInPart → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
INS v. Chadha → joinedMajority → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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Lee v. Weisman → joinedMajority → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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South Dakota v. Dole → joinedMajority → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
United States v. Morrison → joinedMajority → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Gratz v. Bollinger → joinedMajorityJustice → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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Clinton v. Jones → justiceInMajority → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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Romer v. Evans → majorityJustices → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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Zelman v. Simmons-Harris → majorityJustices → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Grutter v. Bollinger → majorityOpinionBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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Planned Parenthood v. Casey → majorityOpinionBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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Shaw v. Reno → majorityOpinionBy → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
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American Bar Association Medal → notableRecipient → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
Sylvanus Thayer Award → notableRecipient → Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sandra Day O'Connor