Who appointed Antonin Scalia?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1986.

Was Antonin Scalia appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Antonin Scalia was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Antonin Scalia's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Antonin Scalia 98–0 on September 17, 1986.

Supreme Court / Appointed 1986 / Served to 2016

Antonin Scalia

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and confirmed by the Senate 98–0, Antonin Scalia was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1960. He previously served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 282 opinions of the Court ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1936–2016
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1986
Confirmed: 98–0
Education: Georgetown College (now Georgetown) 1957 · Harvard Law School 1960
Succeeded: William Hubbs Rehnquist
Succeeded by: Neil M. Gorsuch

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1982	District of Columbia Circuit succeeded Roger Robb	Reagan (R)	Voice vote
1986	Supreme Court succeeded William Hubbs Rehnquist	Reagan (R)	98–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

The Senate’s published per-senator roll-call records begin in 1989, so no senator-by-senator breakdown is available for this vote.

Education

Georgetown College (now Georgetown University)	B.A.	1957
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1960

Opinions of the Court

Scalia delivered 282 opinions of the Court in the covered window (October Term 1986 – October Term 2015). Most cited: Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of the Interior v. Defenders of Wildlife, et al. (24,791 citations).

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2016	Kansas v. Carr	577 U.S. 108 (2016)	181
2015	Shapiro v. McManus	577 U.S. 39 (2015)	187
2015	Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency	576 U.S. 743 (2015)	200
2015	Johnson v. United States	576 U.S. 591 (2015)	5137
2015	Kerry v. Din	576 U.S. 86 (2015)	275
2015	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.	575 U.S. 768 (2015)	294
2015	Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc.	575 U.S. 320 (2015)	544
2015	Ala. Dep'T of Revenue v. Csx Transp., Inc.	575 U.S. 21 (2015)	–
2015	Jennings v. Stephens	574 U.S. 271 (2015)	–
2015	Whitfield v. United States	574 U.S. 265 (2015)	–
2015	Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.	574 U.S. 259 (2015)	–
2014	Util. Air Regulatory Group v. EPA	573 U.S. 302 (2014)	–
2014	Republic of Argentina v. Nml Capital, Ltd.	573 U.S. 134 (2014)	–
2014	White v. Woodall	572 U.S. 415 (2014)	2146
2014	Lexmark Int'L, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.,	572 U.S. 118 (2014)	2704
2014	Law v. Siegel	571 U.S. 415 (2014)	802
2014	Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp.	571 U.S. 220 (2014)	263
2014	Burrage v. United States	571 U.S. 204 (2014)	689
2013	United States v. Woods	571 U.S. 31 (2013)	317
2013	Sekhar v. United States	570 U.S. 729 (2013)	178
2013	American Express Company, et al., Petitioners v. Italian Colors Restaurant, et al.	570 U.S. 228 (2013)	796
2013	Arizona, et al., Petitioners v. the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., et al.	570 U.S. 1 (2013)	282
2013	City of Arlington, Texas, et al., Petitioners v. Federal Communications Commission et al.	569 U.S. 290 (2013)	676
2013	Comcast Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. Caroline Behrend et al.	569 U.S. 27 (2013)	1534
2013	Florida, Petitioner v. Joelis Jardines	569 U.S. 1 (2013)	1615
2013	Calvin Smith, Petitioner v. United States	568 U.S. 106 (2013)	276
2012	United States, Petitioner v. James X. Bormes	568 U.S. 6 (2012)	320
2012	Radlax Gateway Hotel, Llc, et al. v. Amalgamated Bank	566 U.S. 639 (2012)	542
2012	Tammy Foret Freeman, et al., Petitioners v. Quicken Loans, Inc.	566 U.S. 624 (2012)	158
2012	Monroe Ace Setser, Petitioner v. United States	566 U.S. 231 (2012)	464
2012	Credit Suisse Securities (usa) Llc, et al., Petitioners v. Vanessa Simmonds	566 U.S. 221 (2012)	151
2012	Chantell Sackett, et Vir, Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.	566 U.S. 120 (2012)	522
2012	United States, Petitioner v. Antoine Jones	565 U.S. 400 (2012)	–
2012	Compucredit Corporation et al. v. Wanda Greenwood et al.	565 U.S. 95 (2012)	345
2011	Eric Greene, Aka Jarmaine Q. Trice v. Jon Fisher, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al.	565 U.S. 34 (2011)	690
2011	Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, et al., Petitioners v. Entertainment Merchants Association, et al.	564 U.S. 786 (2011)	599
2011	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Petitioner v. Betty Dukes et al.	564 U.S. 338 (2011)	4653
2011	Nevada Commission on Ethics, Petitioner v. Michael a. Carrigan	564 U.S. 117 (2011)	113
2011	John D. Ashcroft, Petitioner v. Abdullah Al-Kidd	563 U.S. 731 (2011)	–
2011	General Dynamics Corporation, Petitioner, v. United States	563 U.S. 478 (2011)	–
2011	At&t Mobility Llc, Petitioner v. Vincent Concepcion	563 U.S. 333 (2011)	–
2011	Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy, Petitioner v. James W. Stewart III, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, et al.	563 U.S. 247 (2011)	–
2011	Vincent E. Staub, Petitioner v. Proctor Hospital	562 U.S. 411 (2011)	1083
2011	Russel Bruesewitz, et al. Petitioners v. Wyeth Llc, Fka Wyeth, Inc., Fka Wyeth Laboratories, et al.	562 U.S. 223 (2011)	334
2011	Eric L. Thompson, Petitioner v. North American Stainless, Lp	562 U.S. 170 (2011)	–
2010	Robert Morrison, et al. v. National Australia Bank Ltd. et al.	561 U.S. 247 (2010)	1211
2010	Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Antonio Jackson	561 U.S. 63 (2010)	–
2010	Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection et al.	560 U.S. 702 (2010)	–
2010	State of Alabama, et al., Plaintiffs v. State of North Carolina.	560 U.S. 330 (2010)	301
2010	Arthur L. Lewis, Jr., et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois	560 U.S. 205 (2010)	177
2010	Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P. a. v. Allstate Insurance Company	559 U.S. 393 (2010)	–
2010	Curtis Darnell Johnson v. United States	559 U.S. 133 (2010)	–
2010	Maryland v. Michael Blaine Shatzer, Sr.	559 U.S. 98 (2010)	624
2009	Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of New York v. the Clearing House Association, L. L. C., et al.	557 U.S. 519 (2009)	169
2009	Luis E. Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts	557 U.S. 305 (2009)	2882
2009	Republic of Iraq v. Jordan Beaty et al.	556 U.S. 848 (2009)	130
2009	Jesse Jay Montejo v. Louisiana	556 U.S. 778 (2009)	668
2009	Arthur Andersen Llp, et al. v. Wayne Carlisle et al.	556 U.S. 624 (2009)	968
2009	Kansas v. Donnie Ray Ventris	556 U.S. 586 (2009)	179
2009	Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., et al.	556 U.S. 502 (2009)	1340
2009	United States v. Navajo Nation	556 U.S. 287 (2009)	450
2009	Entergy Corporation v. Riverkeeper, Inc., et al.	556 U.S. 208 (2009)	182
2009	James Benjamin Puckett v. United States	556 U.S. 129 (2009)	5608
2009	Priscilla Summers et al. v. Earth Island Institute et al.	555 U.S. 488 (2009)	2335
2008	District of Columbia v. Heller	554 U.S. 570 (2008)	3086
2008	Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington, et al.	554 U.S. 527 (2008)	176
2008	Giles v. California	554 U.S. 353 (2008)	725
2008	United States v. Efrain Santos and Benedicto Diaz	553 U.S. 507 (2008)	812
2008	United States v. Michael Williams	553 U.S. 285 (2008)	1677
2008	Virginia v. David Lee Moore	553 U.S. 164 (2008)	793
2008	Donna S. Riegel, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Charles R. Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.	552 U.S. 312 (2008)	735
2008	New York State Board of Elections, et al. v. Margarita Lopez Torres et al	552 U.S. 196 (2008)	121
2007	Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc., et al.	551 U.S. 224 (2007)	390
2007	Gary Davenport, et al. v. Washington Education Association	551 U.S. 177 (2007)	141
2007	John Francis Fry v. Cheryl K. Pliler, Warden	551 U.S. 112 (2007)	1028
2007	Jeffrey H. Beck, Liquidating Trustee of the Estates of Crown Vantage, Inc. and Crown Paper Company v. Pace International Union et al.	551 U.S. 96 (2007)	–
2007	Timothy Scott v. Victor Harris	550 U.S. 372 (2007)	13305
2007	Rockwell International Corp., et al. v. United States et al.	549 U.S. 457 (2007)	664
2007	Andre Wallace v. Kristen Kato et al.	549 U.S. 384 (2007)	–
2007	Medimmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., et al.	549 U.S. 118 (2007)	1786
2006	United States v. Cuauhtemoc Gonzalez-Lopez	548 U.S. 140 (2006)	1863
2006	Adrian Martell Davis v. Washington	547 U.S. 813 (2006)	4179
2006	John a. Rapanos, et Ux., et al. v. United States	547 U.S. 715 (2006)	416
2006	Booker T. Hudson, Jr. v. Michigan	547 U.S. 586 (2006)	1222
2006	United States v. Jeffrey Grubbs	547 U.S. 90 (2006)	430
2006	Domino'S Pizza, Inc., et al. v. John McDonald	546 U.S. 470 (2006)	573
2006	Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. John Cardegna et al.	546 U.S. 440 (2006)	1641
2006	Jill L. Brown, Warden v. Ronald L. Sanders	546 U.S. 212 (2006)	188
2006	United States v. Georgia et al.	546 U.S. 151 (2006)	909
2005	Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales, Individually and as Next Friend of Her Deceased Minor Children, Gonzales et al.	545 U.S. 748 (2005)	1153
2005	Gonzalez v. Crosby	545 U.S. 524 (2005)	3107
2005	Merck Kgaa v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd., et al.	545 U.S. 193 (2005)	–
2005	Mike Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture, et al., v. Livestock Marketing Association et al.	544 U.S. 550 (2005)	268
2005	City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, et al. v. Mark J. Abrams	544 U.S. 113 (2005)	452
2005	Melvin T. Smith v. Massachusetts	543 U.S. 462 (2005)	249
2005	A. Neil Clark, Field Office Director, Seattle, Washington, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. v. Sergio Suarez Martinez	543 U.S. 371 (2005)	824
2005	Keyse G. Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement	543 U.S. 335 (2005)	589
2004	Gerald Devenpeck, et al. v. Jerome Anthony Alford	543 U.S. 146 (2004)	1825
2004	Dora B. Schriro, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. Warren Wesley Summerlin	542 U.S. 348 (2004)	2419
2004	Ralph Howard Blakely, Jr. v. Washington	542 U.S. 296 (2004)	13994
2004	Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance et al.	542 U.S. 55 (2004)	1545
2004	Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global Group, L. P., et al.	541 U.S. 567 (2004)	1346
2004	Richard Vieth, Norma Jean Vieth, and Susan Furey v. Robert C. Jubelirer, President of the Pennsylvania Senate, et al.	541 U.S. 267 (2004)	394
2004	Engine Manufacturers Association and Western States Petroleum Association v. South Coast Air Quality Management District et al.	541 U.S. 246 (2004)	236
2004	Michael D. Crawford v. Washington	541 U.S. 36 (2004)	14756
2004	Verizon Communications Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis v Trinko, Llp	540 U.S. 398 (2004)	412
2003	Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security v. Pauline Thomas	540 U.S. 20 (2003)	1983
2003	Virginia v. Kevin Lamont Hicks	539 U.S. 113 (2003)	643
2003	Dastar Corporation v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation et al.	539 U.S. 23 (2003)	486
2003	Susan Jinks v. Richland County, South Carolina	538 U.S. 456 (2003)	187
2003	Pacificare Health Systems, Inc., et al. v. Jeffrey Book et al.	538 U.S. 401 (2003)	222
2003	Kentucky Association of Health Plans, Inc., et al. v. Janie a. Miller, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Insurance	538 U.S. 329 (2003)	243
2003	Beatrice Branch, et al. v. John Robert Smith et al.	538 U.S. 254 (2003)	257
2003	Federal Communications Commission v. Nextwave Personal Communications Inc. et al.	537 U.S. 293 (2003)	214
2003	David Allen Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania	537 U.S. 101 (2003)	379
2002	Republican Party of Minnesota, et al. v. Suzanne White, Chairperson, Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards, et al.	536 U.S. 765 (2002)	488
2002	Kay Barnes, Etc., et al. v. Jeffrey Gorman	536 U.S. 181 (2002)	655
2002	The Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc.	535 U.S. 826 (2002)	617
2002	Verizon Md. Inc. v. Public Service Comm'N of Md.	535 U.S. 635 (2002)	1977
2002	Walter Mickens, Jr. v. John Taylor, Warden	535 U.S. 162 (2002)	1451
2002	Cornelius P. Young, et Ux. v. United States	535 U.S. 43 (2002)	393
2002	Caren Cronk Thomas and Windy City Hemp Development Board v. Chicago Park District	534 U.S. 316 (2002)	478
2002	Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, et al. v. Janette Knudson and Eric Knudson	534 U.S. 204 (2002)	1264
2001	Nevada, et al. v. Floyd Hicks, et al.	533 U.S. 353 (2001)	439
2001	Danny Lee Kyllo v. United States	533 U.S. 27 (2001)	1834
2001	Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation v. Celestine Garris, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Garris, Deceased	532 U.S. 811 (2001)	–
2001	National Labor Relations Board v. Kentucky River Community Care, Inc., et al.	532 U.S. 706 (2001)	185
2001	James Alexander, Director, Alabama Department of Public Safety, et al. v. Martha Sandoval, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated	532 U.S. 275 (2001)	2468
2001	Semtek International Incorporated v. Lockheed Martin Corporation	531 U.S. 497 (2001)	1165
2001	Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency, et al. v. American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al.	531 U.S. 457 (2001)	1439
2000	Christopher Artuz, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility v. Tony Bruce Bennett	531 U.S. 4 (2000)	1366
2000	California Democratic Party, et al. v. Bill Jones, Secretary of State of California, et al.	530 U.S. 567 (2000)	350
2000	Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company v. Union Planters Bank, N. a.	530 U.S. 1 (2000)	1290
2000	Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States, Ex Rel., Jonathan Stevens	529 U.S. 765 (2000)	1463
2000	Ronald D. Edwards, Warden v. Robert W. Carpenter	529 U.S. 446 (2000)	1864
2000	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc.	529 U.S. 205 (2000)	687
2000	Leonard Portuondo, Superintendent, Fishkill Correctional Facility v. Ray Agard	529 U.S. 61 (2000)	329
2000	Janet Reno, Attorney General v. Bossier Parish School Board	528 U.S. 320 (2000)	140
2000	New York v. Michael Hill	528 U.S. 110 (2000)	565
1999	College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board et al.	527 U.S. 666 (1999)	1377
1999	Grupo Mexicano De Desarrollo, S. a., et al. v. Alliance Bond Fund, Inc., et al.	527 U.S. 308 (1999)	621
1999	United States v. Sun-Diamond Growers of California	526 U.S. 398 (1999)	229
1999	Wyoming v. Sandra Houghton	526 U.S. 295 (1999)	987
1999	Janet Reno, Attorney General, et al. v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, et al.	525 U.S. 471 (1999)	1485
1999	Your Home Visiting Nurse Services, Inc. v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services	525 U.S. 449 (1999)	149
1999	At&t Corporation, et al. v. Iowa Utilities Board et al.	525 U.S. 366 (1999)	548
1998	Ceasar Wright v. Universal Maritime Service Corporation et al.	525 U.S. 70 (1998)	487
1998	American Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Central Office Telephone, Inc.	524 U.S. 214 (1998)	376
1998	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. v. Ronald R. Yeskey	524 U.S. 206 (1998)	1374
1998	Textron Lycoming Reciprocating Engine Division, Avco Corp. v. United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, International Union and Its Local 787	523 U.S. 653 (1998)	200
1998	Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	523 U.S. 382 (1998)	100
1998	Texas v. United States et al.	523 U.S. 296 (1998)	1234
1998	Steel Company, Aka Chicago Steel and Pickling Company v. Citizens for a Better Environment	523 U.S. 83 (1998)	10096
1998	Joseph Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Incorporated, et al.	523 U.S. 75 (1998)	3700
1998	Randy G. Spencer v. Mike Kemna, Superintendent, Western Missouri Correctional Center, et al.	523 U.S. 1 (1998)	3515
1998	James Brogan v. United States	522 U.S. 398 (1998)	254
1998	Allentown Mack Sales and Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board	522 U.S. 359 (1998)	595
1997	Jay Printz, Sheriff/coroner, Ravalli County, Montana v. United States	521 U.S. 898 (1997)	937
1997	James E. Gilbert, President, East Stroudsburg University, et al. v. Richard Homar	520 U.S. 924 (1997)	838
1997	Jon E. Edmond v. United States	520 U.S. 651 (1997)	345
1997	Gary Edwards and Tana Wood v. Jerry B. Balisok	520 U.S. 641 (1997)	2485
1997	Cary Michael Lambrix v. Harry K. Singletary, Jr., Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections	520 U.S. 518 (1997)	1014
1997	Brad Bennett, et al. v. Michael Spear, et al.	520 U.S. 154 (1997)	3786
1997	Francis Bernard Auer, et al. v. David a. Robbins et al.	519 U.S. 452 (1997)	2686
1997	Darlene Walters v. Metropolitan Educational Enterprises, Inc.	519 U.S. 202 (1997)	447
1996	Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Yueh-Shaio Yang	519 U.S. 26 (1996)	288
1996	Samuel a. Lewis, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Fletcher Casey, Jr., et al.	518 U.S. 343 (1996)	7493
1996	Montana v. James Allen Egelhoff	518 U.S. 37 (1996)	816
1996	Michael a. Whren and James L. Brown v. United States	517 U.S. 806 (1996)	7105
1996	Barbara Smiley v. Citibank (south Dakota), N. a.	517 U.S. 735 (1996)	629
1996	Charles Carlisle v. United States	517 U.S. 416 (1996)	522
1996	James O'Connor v. Consolidated Coin Caterers Corporation	517 U.S. 308 (1996)	1487
1996	John W. Behrens v. Robert J. Pelletier	516 U.S. 299 (1996)	2084
1996	Marjorie Zicherman, Etc., et al. v. Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd.	516 U.S. 217 (1996)	241
1995	Citizens Bank of Maryland v. David Strumpf	516 U.S. 16 (1995)	594
1995	Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board, et al. v. Vincent J. Pinette, Donnie a. Carr and Knights of the Ku Klux Klan	515 U.S. 753 (1995)	598
1995	Vernonia School District 47j v. Wayne Acton, et Ux., Etc.	515 U.S. 646 (1995)	1470
1995	United States v. Michael E. Gaudin	515 U.S. 506 (1995)	2553
1995	Ed Plaut, et Ux., et al. v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc., et al.	514 U.S. 211 (1995)	1015
1995	Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor v. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company et al.	514 U.S. 122 (1995)	192
1995	Michael a. Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation	513 U.S. 374 (1995)	483
1995	Asgrow Seed Company v. Denny Winterboer and Becky Winterboer, Dba Deebees	513 U.S. 179 (1995)	196
1994	U. S. Bancorp Mortgage Company v. Bonner Mall Partnership	513 U.S. 18 (1994)	1229
1994	Roy Heck v. James Humphrey et al.	512 U.S. 477 (1994)	15294
1994	McI Telecommunications Corporation v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company	512 U.S. 218 (1994)	584
1994	O'Melveny & Myers v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver for American Diversified Savings Bank et al.	512 U.S. 79 (1994)	782
1994	Bfp v. Resolution Trust Corporation, as Receiver of Imperial Federal Savings Association, et al.	511 U.S. 531 (1994)	1012
1994	Matt T. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America	511 U.S. 375 (1994)	12961
1994	City of Chicago, et al. v. Environmental Defense Fund et al.	511 U.S. 328 (1994)	232
1994	John Patrick Liteky, Charles Joseph Liteky and Roy Lawrence Bourgeois v. United States	510 U.S. 540 (1994)	7016
1994	American Dredging Company v. William Robert Miller	510 U.S. 443 (1994)	620
1993	Hartford Fire Insurance Co., et al. v. California et al.	509 U.S. 764 (1993)	496
1993	United States v. Alvin J. Dixon and Michael Foster	509 U.S. 688 (1993)	2221
1993	St. Mary'S Honor Center, et al. v. Melvin Hicks	509 U.S. 502 (1993)	8844
1993	Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Richard H. Schaefer	509 U.S. 292 (1993)	4378
1993	Local 144 Nursing Home Pension Fund, et al. v. Nicholas Demisay et al.	508 U.S. 581 (1993)	–
1993	John Sullivan v. Louisiana	508 U.S. 275 (1993)	3512
1993	William J. Mertens, Alex W. Bandrowski, James a. Clark, and Russell Franz v. Hewitt Associates	508 U.S. 248 (1993)	1574
1993	Thomas Lee Deal v. United States	508 U.S. 129 (1993)	701
1993	United States by and Through Internal Revenue Service v. Bruce J. McDermott et al.	507 U.S. 447 (1993)	209
1993	Janet Reno, Attorney General, et al. v. Jenny Lisette Flores et al.	507 U.S. 292 (1993)	2046
1993	Peter C. Reiter, et al. v. Langdon M. Cooper, Trustee for Carolina Motor Express, Inc., et al.	507 U.S. 258 (1993)	660
1993	William Fex v. Michigan	507 U.S. 43 (1993)	278
1993	Joan Growe, Secretary of State of Minnesota, et al. v. James Emison, et al.	507 U.S. 25 (1993)	465
1993	Jayne Bray, et al. v. Alexandria Women'S Health Clinic et al.	506 U.S. 263 (1993)	871
1992	David H. Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council	505 U.S. 1003 (1992)	2333
1992	City of Burlington v. Ernest Dague, Sr., et al.	505 U.S. 557 (1992)	1519
1992	Rav v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota	505 U.S. 377 (1992)	2052
1992	Wisconsin Department of Revenue v. William Wrigley, Jr., Co.	505 U.S. 214 (1992)	164
1992	Republic of Argentina and Banco Central De La Republica Argentina v. Weltover, Inc., et al.	504 U.S. 607 (1992)	709
1992	Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of the Interior v. Defenders of Wildlife, et al.	504 U.S. 555 (1992)	24791
1992	Dan Morales, Attorney General of Texas v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., et al.	504 U.S. 374 (1992)	1837
1992	United States v. John H. Williams, Jr.	504 U.S. 36 (1992)	730
1992	United States v. Nordic Village Inc., David O. Simon, Trustee	503 U.S. 30 (1992)	1691
1992	Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Jairo Jonathan Elias-Zacarias	502 U.S. 478 (1992)	8324
1992	County of Yakima, et al. v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation	502 U.S. 251 (1992)	324
1991	Diane Griffin v. United States	502 U.S. 46 (1991)	1353
1991	Ronald Allen Harmelin v. Michigan	501 U.S. 957 (1991)	4521
1991	Eddie S. Ylst, Warden v. Owen Duane Nunnemaker	501 U.S. 797 (1991)	2430
1991	Edgar Blatchford, Commissioner, Department of Community and Regional Affairs of Alaska v. Native Village of Noatak and Circle Village	501 U.S. 775 (1991)	520
1991	Pearly L. Wilson v. Richard Seiter, et al.	501 U.S. 294 (1991)	6530
1991	Paul McNeil v. Wisconsin	501 U.S. 171 (1991)	1818
1991	Thomas Braxton v. United States	500 U.S. 344 (1991)	274
1991	Dwight H. Owen v. Helen Owen	500 U.S. 305 (1991)	633
1991	California v. Hodari D.	499 U.S. 621 (1991)	3670
1991	City of Columbia et al. v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc.	499 U.S. 365 (1991)	609
1991	West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Robert Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al.	499 U.S. 83 (1991)	884
1990	Arcadia, Ohio, et al. v. Ohio Power Company, et al.	498 U.S. 73 (1990)	140
1990	Lujan, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. National Wildlife Federation et al.	497 U.S. 871 (1990)	5583
1990	Illinois v. Rodriguez	497 U.S. 177 (1990)	2581
1990	Eli Lilly and Company v. Medtronic, Inc.	496 U.S. 661 (1990)	245
1990	Fort Stewart Schools v. Federal Labor Relations Authority et al.	495 U.S. 641 (1990)	231
1990	Burnham v. Superior Court of California, County of Marin (burnham, Real Party in Interest)	495 U.S. 604 (1990)	683
1990	Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, et al.	494 U.S. 922 (1990)	–
1990	Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon, et al. v. Smith et al.	494 U.S. 872 (1990)	2569
1990	United States Department of Labor v. Triplett et al.	494 U.S. 715 (1990)	245
1990	Gerald a. Lewis, Comptroller of the State of Florida v. Continental Bank Corporation, et al.	494 U.S. 472 (1990)	2306
1990	C. T. Carden, et al. v. Arkoma Associates	494 U.S. 185 (1990)	1364
1990	Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Sandra Everhart et al.	494 U.S. 83 (1990)	213
1990	Holland v. Illinois	493 U.S. 474 (1990)	489
1990	W. S. Kirkpatrick & Co., Inc., et al. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp., International	493 U.S. 400 (1990)	278
1989	Pavelic & Leflore v. Marvel Entertainment Group, a Division of Cadence Industries Corp., et al.	493 U.S. 120 (1989)	665
1989	Board of Trustees of the State University of New York et al. v. Fox et al.	492 U.S. 469 (1989)	1218
1989	Stanford v. Kentucky	492 U.S. 361 (1989)	438
1989	Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Zipes et al.	491 U.S. 754 (1989)	319
1989	New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. Council of the City of New Orleans et al.	491 U.S. 350 (1989)	1688
1989	Michael H. et al. v. Gerald D.	491 U.S. 110 (1989)	719
1989	Lorance et al. v. At&t Technologies, Inc., et al.	490 U.S. 900 (1989)	278
1989	Finley v. United States	490 U.S. 545 (1989)	708
1989	Chan et al. v. Korean Air Lines, Ltd.	490 U.S. 122 (1989)	264
1989	Midland Asphalt Corp. et al. v. United States	489 U.S. 794 (1989)	910
1989	Brower, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Caldwell (brower), et al. v. County of Inyo et al.	489 U.S. 593 (1989)	1476
1989	Castille, District Attorney of Philadelphia County, et al. v. Peoples	489 U.S. 346 (1989)	1587
1988	Pittston Coal Group, et al. v. Sebben, James, et al.	488 U.S. 105 (1988)	355
1988	Coy v. Iowa	487 U.S. 1012 (1988)	1295
1988	Pierce, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development v. Underwood et al.	487 U.S. 552 (1988)	6197
1988	Murray v. United States	487 U.S. 533 (1988)	1424
1988	Boyle, Personal Representative of the Heirs and Estate of Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.	487 U.S. 500 (1988)	1208
1988	Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Pangilinan et al.	486 U.S. 875 (1988)	347
1988	Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman et al.	486 U.S. 717 (1988)	308
1988	New Energy Company of Indiana v. Limbach, Tax Commissioner of Ohio, et al.	486 U.S. 269 (1988)	585
1988	Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co.	486 U.S. 196 (1988)	1283
1988	Kungys v. United States	485 U.S. 759 (1988)	789
1988	Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp Electronics Corp.	485 U.S. 717 (1988)	526
1988	Puerto RICO Department of Consumer Affairs, et al. v. Isla Petroleum Corporation et al.	485 U.S. 495 (1988)	228
1988	Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Jesse C. Bollinger et al.	485 U.S. 340 (1988)	–
1988	United States v. Owens	484 U.S. 554 (1988)	997
1988	United States v. Fausto	484 U.S. 439 (1988)	1008
1988	United Savings Association of Texas v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd.	484 U.S. 365 (1988)	1871
1987	Langley et Ux. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	484 U.S. 86 (1987)	720
1987	Griffin v. Wisconsin	483 U.S. 868 (1987)	2149
1987	Nollan et Ux. v. California Coastal Commission	483 U.S. 825 (1987)	1301
1987	United States et al. v. Stanley	483 U.S. 669 (1987)	644
1987	Anderson v. Creighton et al.	483 U.S. 635 (1987)	12768
1987	Hewitt et al. v. Helms	482 U.S. 755 (1987)	973
1987	Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers et al.	482 U.S. 270 (1987)	453
1987	Hitchcock v. Dugger, Florida Department of Corrections	481 U.S. 393 (1987)	760
1987	Lukhard, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Social Services v. Reed et al.	481 U.S. 368 (1987)	103
1987	Richardson, Warden v. Marsh	481 U.S. 200 (1987)	2670
1987	Cruz v. New York	481 U.S. 186 (1987)	734
1987	Arizona v. Hicks	480 U.S. 321 (1987)	1525
1986	O'Connor et Ux. v. United States	479 U.S. 27 (1986)	–

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Who appointed Antonin Scalia?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1986.
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