David H. Souter

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States human judge lawyer

David H. Souter is a retired Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his moderate to liberal jurisprudence and independence from the conservative expectations of the president who appointed him.

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Label Occurrences
David H. Souter canonical 63
Justice David H. Souter 7
David Souter 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
appointedBy George H. W. Bush ⓘ
barAdmission New Hampshire Bar ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1939-09-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Law School ⓘ
Magdalen College, Oxford ⓘ
employer federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Judicial branch of the United States federal government

New Hampshire ⓘ
surface form: State of New Hampshire
endTime 2009-06-29 ⓘ
familyName Souter ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional law ⓘ
judicial decision-making ⓘ
givenName David ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Honorable ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
middleName Hackett ⓘ
nominatedBy George H. W. Bush ⓘ
notableCase Bush v. Gore ⓘ
Lee v. Weisman ⓘ
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky ⓘ
Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ
notableFor independence from conservative expectations of appointing president ⓘ
moderate to liberal jurisprudence ⓘ
occupation attorney ⓘ
judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Melrose, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Melrose, Massachusetts, United States
politicalAlignment judicial moderate ⓘ
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
previousPositionHeld Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court ⓘ
Attorney General of New Hampshire ⓘ
Judge of the New Hampshire Superior Court ⓘ
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ⓘ
religion Episcopalianism ⓘ
replaced William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
replacedBy Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
residence Weare, New Hampshire, United States ⓘ
retirementDate 2009-06-29 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 1990-10-09 ⓘ
workLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

Referenced by (77)

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Bush v. Gore → dissentingJustice → David H. Souter ⓘ
United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion → joinedBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) dissent → joinedBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council → opinionAuthor → David H. Souter ⓘ
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah → concurrenceBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Gonzales v. Raich → joinedMajority → David H. Souter ⓘ
this entity surface form: David Souter
United States v. Lopez → dissentingOpinionBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia → dissentBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi → majorityOpinionBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Printz v. United States → dissentBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Planned Parenthood v. Casey → majorityOpinionBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Planned Parenthood v. Casey → pluralityOpinionBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Saenz v. Roe → joinedByInMajority → David H. Souter ⓘ
Clinton v. Jones → justiceInMajority → David H. Souter ⓘ
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. → joinedByInMajority → David H. Souter ⓘ
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → joinedBreyerDissentBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Lee v. Weisman → joinedMajority → David H. Souter ⓘ
Lee v. Weisman → concurrenceBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris → dissentingJustices → David H. Souter ⓘ
City of Boerne v. Flores → dissentBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Van Orden v. Perry → dissentingOpinionBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Cutter v. Wilkinson → hasJusticeOnCourt → David H. Souter ⓘ
Sonia Sotomayor → predecessor → David H. Souter ⓘ
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe → majorityJustices → David H. Souter ⓘ
Dickerson v. United States → joinedByInMajority → David H. Souter ⓘ
United States v. Morrison → dissentingOpinionBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Alabama v. Shelton → hasMajorityJustices → David H. Souter ⓘ
91-902 → opinionAuthors → David H. Souter ⓘ
Grutter v. Bollinger → joinedMajorityBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Romer v. Evans → majorityJustices → David H. Souter ⓘ
Gratz v. Bollinger → dissentingJustice → David H. Souter ⓘ
Lawrence v. Texas (in part) → joinedByInMajority → David H. Souter ⓘ
subject surface form: Lawrence v. Texas
Jay Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana, et al. v. United States → dissentingOpinionBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Shaw v. Reno → dissentBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District → dissentingJustice → David H. Souter ⓘ
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education → joinedByInMajority → David H. Souter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice David H. Souter
Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education → majorityJustices → David H. Souter ⓘ
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida → dissentingOpinionBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Alden v. Maine → dissentingOpinionBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice David H. Souter
Rehnquist Court → compositionIncludes → David H. Souter ⓘ
The Harvard Crimson → notableAlumni → David H. Souter ⓘ
this entity surface form: David Souter
opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld → joinedBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice David Souter
opinion in Atkins v. Virginia → majorityJustices → David H. Souter ⓘ
Hackett → fullName → David H. Souter ⓘ
subject surface form: David H. Souter
this entity surface form: David Hackett Souter
Hackett → isMiddleNameOf → David H. Souter ⓘ
this entity surface form: David Hackett Souter
Souter → hasNotableBearer → David H. Souter ⓘ
Weare, New Hampshire, United States → hasNotableResident → David H. Souter ⓘ
subject surface form: Weare, New Hampshire
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky → majorityOpinionBy → David H. Souter ⓘ
Kelo v. City of New London → hasMajorityJustices → David H. Souter ⓘ
this entity surface form: David Souter
opinion in Rasul v. Bush → joinedBy → David H. Souter ⓘ