JAY COURT
John Jay
(1789-95)
John Rutledge
(1790-91)
Thomas Johnson
(1792-93)
William Paterson
(1793-1806)
William Cushing
(1790-1810)
James Wilson
(1789-98)
John Blair
(1790-95)
James Iredell
(1790-99)
Important cases
- Chisholm v. Georgia (1793)
RUTLEDGE COURT
John Rutledge
(1795)
William Cushing
(1790-1810)
James Wilson
(1789-98)
John Blair Jr.
(1790-95)
James Iredell
(1790-99)
William Paterson
(1793-1806)
Important cases
- Talbot v. Janson (1795)
Rutledge was a recess appointment but was rejected.
MARSHALL COURT
John Marshall
(1801-35)
William Cushing
(1790-1810)
Joseph Story
(1812-45)
Wiliam Paterson
(1793-1806)
Henry Brockholst Livingston
(1807-23)
Smith Thompson
(1823-43)
Samuel Chase
(1796-1811)
Gabriel Duvall
(1811-35)
Bushrod Washington
(1798-1829)
Henry Baldwin
(1830-44)
Alfred Moore
(1800-04)
William Johnson
(1804-1834)
James Moore Wayne
(1835-67)
Thomas Todd
(1807-26)
Robert Trimble
(1826-28)
John McLean
(1829-61)
Important cases
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- Fletcher v. Peck (1810)
- Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1817)
- McCulloch v. Marlyand (1819)
- Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)
- Johnson v. McIntosh (1823)
- Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
- Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
- Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
TANEY COURT
Roger B. Taney
(1836-64)
Joseph Story
(1812-45)
Levi Woodbury
(1845-51)
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
(1851-57)
Nathan Clifford
(1858-81)
Smith Thompson
(1823-43)
Samuel Nelson
(1845-72)
John McLean
(1829-61)
Noah Haynes Swayne
(1862-81)
Henry Baldwin
(1830-44)
Robert Cooper Grier
(1846-70)
James Moore Wayne
(1835-67)
Philip P. Barbour
(1836-41)
Peter Vivian Daniel
(1842-60)
Samuel Freeman Miller
(1862-90)
John Catron
(1837-65)
John McKinley
(1838-52)
John Archibald Campbell
(1853-61)
David Davis
(1862-77)
Stephen Johnson Field
(1863-97)
Important cases
- Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1837)
- Luther v. Borden (1849)
- Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1852)
- Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
- Ableman v. Booth (1859)
CHASE COURT
Samuel P. Chase
(1864-73)
James Moore Wayne
(1835-67)
John Catron
(1837-65)
Samuel Nelson
(1845-72)
Ward Hunt
(1873-80)
Robert Cooper Grier
(1846-70)
William Strong
(1870-80)
Nathan Clifford
(1858-81)
Noah Haynes Swayne
(1862-81)
Samuel Freeman Miller
(1862-90)
David Davis
(1862-77)
Stephen Johnson Field
(1863-97)
Joseph P. Bradley
(1870-92)
Important cases
- Ex parte Milligan (1866)
- Mississippi v. Johnson (1867)
- Crandall v. Nevada (1868)
- Georgia v. Stanton (1868)
- Texas v. White (1869)
- Legal Tender Cases (1871)
- United States v. Klein (1871)
- The Slaughter-House Cases (1873)
WAITE COURT
Morrison Waite
(1874-88)
Nathan Clifford
(1858-81)
Horace Gray
(1882-1902)
Noah Haynes Swayne
(1862-81)
Stanley Matthews
(1881-89)
Samuel Freeman Miller
(1862-90)
David Davis
(1862-77)
John Marshall Harlan
(1877-1911)
Stephen Johnson Field
(1863-97)
William Strong
(1870-80)
William Burnham Woods
(1881-87)
Lucius Q. C. Lamar
(1888-93)
Joseph P. Bradley
(1870-92)
Ward Hunt
(1873-82)
Samuel Blatchford
(1882-93)
Important cases
- United States v. Reese (1875)
- Minor v. Happerset (1875)
- United States v. Cruikshank (1875)
- Reynolds v. United States (1878)
- Pennoyer v. Neff (1878)
- Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)
- Pace v. Alabama (1883)
- The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
- Elk v. Wilkins (1884)
- The Railroad Commission Cases (1886)
- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois (1886)
- Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. (1886)
- Presser v. Illinois (1886)
- THe Telephone Cases (1888)
FULLER COURT
Melville Fuller
(1888-1910)
Samuel Freeman Miller
(1862-90)
Henry Billings Brown
(1891-1906)
William Henry Moody
(1906-10)
Stephen Johnson Field
(1863-97)
Joseph McKenna
(1898-1925)
Samuel Nelson
(1845-72)
Joseph P. Bradley
(1870-92)
George Shiras
(1892-1903)
William R. Day
(1903-22)
John Marshall Harlan
(1877-1911)
Stanley Matthews
(1881-89)
David Josiah Brewer
(1890-1910)
Horace Gray
(1882-1902)
Oliver Wendell Holmes
(1902-32)
Samuel Blatchford
(1882-93)
Edward Douglass White
(1894-1921)
Lucius Q. C. Lamar
(1888-93)
Howell Edmunds Jackson
(1893-95)
Rufus W. Peckham
(1896-1903)
Horace Harmon Lurton
(1910-14)
Important cases
- Chae Chan Ping v. United States (1889)
- Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895)
- United States v. E. C. Knight Co. (1895)
- Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
- Allgeyer v. Louisiana (1897)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago (1897)
- United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)
- The Insular Cases (1901)
- Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock (1903)
- Swift & Co. v. United States (1905)
- Lochner v. New York (1905)
- Hodges v. United States (1906)
- Adair v. United States (1906)
- Loewe v. Lewlor (1908)
- Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus (1908)
- Ex parte Young (1908)
WHITE COURT
Edward Douglass White
(1894-1921)
John Marhsall Harlan
(1877-1911)
Mahlon Pitney
(1912-22)
Joseph McKenna
(1898-1925)
Oliver Wendell Holmes
(1902-32)
William R. Day
(1903-22)
Horace Harmon Lurton
(1910-14)
James Clark McReynolds
(1914-41)
Charles Evans Hughes
(1910-16)
John Hessin Clarke
(1916-22)
Willis Van Devanter
(1911-1937)
Joseph Rucker Lamar
(1911-16)
Louis Brandeis
(1916-39)
Important cases
- Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States (1911)
- Houston East & West Texan Railway Co. v. United States (1914)
- Guinn v. United States (1915)
- Burshaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. (1916)
- Selective Draft Law Cases (1918)
- Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)
- Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock (1903)
- International News Service v. Associated Press (1918)
- Schenck v. United States (1919)
- Abrams v. United States (1919)
- Missouri v. Holland (1920)
- United States v. Wheeler (1920)
- Newberry v. United States (1921)
TAFT COURT
William Howard Taft
(1921-30)
Joseph McKenna
(1898-1925)
Harlan Fiske Stone
(1925-46)
Oliver Whendell Holmes
(1902-32)
William R. Day
(1903-22)
Pierce Butler
(1923-39)
Willis Van Devanter
(1911-37)
Mahlon Pitney
(1912-22)
Edward Terry Sanford
(1923-30)
James McReynolds
(1914-41)
Louis Brandeis
(1916-39)
John Hessin Clarke
(1916-22)
George Sutherland
(1922-38)
Important cases
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon (1922)
- Houston East & West Texan Railway Co. v. United States (1922)
- Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co. (1922)
- Moore v. Dempsey (1923)
- Adkins v. Children's Hospital (1923)
- Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925)
- Gitlow v. New York (1925)
- Carroll v. United States (1925)
- Village of Euclid v. Amber Realty Co. (1926)
- Buck v. Bell (1927)
- Lum v. Rice (1927)
- Olmstead v. United States (1928)
HUGHES COURT
Charles Evans Hughes
(1930-41)
Oliver Wendell Holmes
(1902-32)
Benjamin N. Cardozo
(1932-38)
Felix Frankfurter
(1939-62)
Willis Van Devanter
(1911-37)
Hugo Black
(1937-71)
James Clark McReynolds
(1914-41)
Louis Brandeis
(1916-39)
William O. Douglas
(1939-75)
George Sutherland
(1922-38)
Stanley Forman Reed
(1938-57)
Pierce Butler
(1923-39)
Frank Murphy
(1940-49)
Edward Terry Sanford
(1923-30)
Owen Roberts
(1930-45)
Harlan F. Stone
(1925-46)
Important cases
- Near v. Minnesota (1931)
- A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp v. United States (1935)
- United States v. Butler (1936)
- United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936)
- West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937)
- NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (1937)
- United States v. Carolene Products Co. (1938)
- Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938)
- Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)
- Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940)
- United States v. Darby Lumber Co. (1941)
STONE COURT
Harlan F. Stone
(1925-46)
Owen Roberts
(1930-45)
Harold Hitz Burton
(1945-58)
Hugo Black
(1937-71)
Stanley Forman Reed
(1938-57)
Felix Frankfurter
(1939-62)
William O. Douglas
(1939-75)
Frank Murphy
(1940-49)
James F. Byrnes
(1941-42)
Wiley Blount Rutledge
(1943-49)
Robert H. Jackson
(1941-54)
Important cases
- Glasser v. United States (1942)
- Betts v. Brandy (1942)
- Wickard v. Filburn (1942)
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
- Smith v. Allwright (1944)
- Korematsu v. United States (1944)
- International Shoe Co. v. Washington (1945)
- Edwards v. California (1941)
VINSON COURT
Fred M. Vinson
(1946-53)
Hugo Black
(1937-71)
Stanley Forman Reed
(1938-57)
Felix Frankfurter
(1939-62)
William O. Douglas
(1939-75)
Felix Murphy
(1940-49)
Tom C. Clark
(1949-67)
Robert H. Jackson
(1941-54)
Wiley Blount Rutledge
(1943-49)
Sherman Minton
(1949-56)
Harold Hitz Burton
(1945-58)
Important cases
- Everson v. Board of Education (1947)
- Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)
- McCollum v. Board of Education (1945)
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. (1948)
- Dennis v. United States (1951)
- Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson (1952)
- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)
- United States v. Reynolds (1953)
WARREN COURT
Earl Warren
(1953-69)
Hugo Black
(1937-71)
Stanley Forman Reed
(1938-57)
Charles Evans Whittaker
(1957-62)
Byron White
(1962-93)
Felix Frankfurter
(1939-62)
Arthur Goldberg
(1962-65)
Abe Fortas
(1965-69)
William O. Douglas
(1939-75)
Robert H. Jackson
(1941-54)
John Marshall Harlan II
(1955-71)
Harold Hitz Burton
(1945-58)
Potter Stewart
(1958-81)
Tom C. Clark
(1949-67)
Thurgood Marshall
(1967-91)
Sherman Minton
(1949-56)
William J. Brennan Jr.
(1956-90)
Important cases
- Bolling v. Sharpe (1954)
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)
- Lucy v. Adams (1955)
- Roth v. United States (1957)
- Yates v. United States (1957)
- Cooper v. Aaron (1958)
- Trop v. Dulles (1958)
- Boynton v. Virginia (1960)
- Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960)
- Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
- Baker v. Carr (1962)
- Engel v. Vitale (1962)
- Robinson v. California (1962)
- Abington School District v. Schempp (1963)
- Brady v. Maryland (1963)
- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
- Sherbert v. Verner (1963)
- Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
- Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County (1964)
- Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964)
- New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
- Reynolds v. Sims (1964)
- Wesberry v. Sanders (1964)
- Memoirs v. Massachusetts (1964)
- Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
- Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
- Katz v. United States (1967)
- Loving v. Virginia (1967)
- Green v. School Board of New Ken County (1968)
- Terry v. Ohio (1968)
- Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
- Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)
BURGER COURT
Warren Burger
(1969-86)
Hugo Black
(1937-71)
Lewis Powell
(1972-87)
William O. Douglas
(1939-75)
John Paul Stevens
(1975-2010)
John Marshall Harlan II
(1955-71)
William Rehnquist
(1972-2005)
William J. Brennan
(1956-90)
Potter Stewart
(1958-81)
Sandra Day O'Connor
(1981-2006)
Byron White
(1962-93)
Thurgood Marshall
(1967-91)
Harry Blackmun
(1970-94)
Important cases
- Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
- New York Times v. United States (1971)
- Roe v. Wade (1973)
- Miller v. California (1973)
- United States v. Nixon (1974)
- Milliken v. Bradley (1974)
- Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
- Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
- Bob Jones University v. United States (1983)
REHNQUIST COURT
William Rehnquist
(1972-2005)
William J. Brennan Jr.
(1956-90)
David Souter
(1990-2009)
Byron White
(1962-93)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(1993-2020)
Thurgood Marshall
(1967-91)
Clarence Thomas
(1991-present)
Harry Blackmun
(1970-94)
Stephen Breyer
(1994-2022)
Lewis F. Powell
(1972-87)
Anthony Kennedy
(1988-2018)
John Paul Stevens
(1975-2010)
Sandra Day O'Connor
(1981-2006)
Antonin Scalia
(1986-2016)
Important cases
- Texas v. Johnson (1989)
- Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)
- United States v. Lopez (1995)
- United States v. Morrison (2000)
- Bush v. Gore (2000)
- Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
- Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
- McConnell v. FEC (2003)
ROBERTS COURT
John Roberts
(2005-present)
John Paul Stevens
(1985-2010)
Elena Kagan
(2010-present)
Sandra Day O'Connor
(1981-2006)
Samuel Alito
(2006-present)
Antonin Scalia
(1986-2016)
Neil Gorsuch
(2017-present)
Anthony Kennedy
(1998-2018)
Brett Kavanaugh
(2018-present)
David Souter
(1990-2009)
Sonia Sotomayor
(2009-present)
Clarence Thomas
(1991-present)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(1993-2020)
Amy Coney Barrett
(2020-present)
Stephen Breyer
(1994-2022)
Ketanji Brown Jackson
(2022-present)
Important cases
- Massachusetts v. EPA (2007)
- Medellin v. Texas (2008)
- District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
- Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008)
- Ashcroft v. Iqbal (2009)
- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)
- National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012)
- Arizona v. United States (2012)
- Shelby County v. Holder (2013)
- Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014)
- Riley v. California (2014)
- Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
- Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt (2016)
- Trump v. Hawaii (2018)
- Carpenter v. United States (2018)
- Janus v. AFSCME (2018)
- Timbs v. Indiana (2019)
- Rucho v. Common Cause (2019)
- Bostock v. Clayton County (2020)
- Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue (2020)
- New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen (2022)
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022)
- Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022)
- Moore v. Harper (2023)
- Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023)
- 303 Creative LLC. v. Elenis (2023)
- Trump v. Anderson (2024)
- Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024)
- Trump v. United States (2024)