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Justice William H. Rehnquist

Voting and opinion record for William H. Rehnquist in the Supreme Court Database, covering the 1971 through 2004 Terms.

Served as Chief Justice during the period SCDB labels the Rehnquist Court.

4,437decisions participated in
83%in the majority
765dissenting votes
456majority opinions written

Court eras served in this data: Burger Court, Rehnquist Court.

Majority opinions by issue area

Most often on the same side

JusticeSame sideCases together
Warren E. Burger87.6%2,375
Anthony M. Kennedy87.4%1,768
Antonin Scalia86.9%2,001
Clarence Thomas86.4%1,269
Sandra Day O'Connor86.1%2,808

Least often on the same side

JusticeSame sideCases together
William O. Douglas43.2%570
Thurgood Marshall50.2%3,040
William J. Brennan Jr.51.4%2,933
John Paul Stevens61.4%3,669
Ruth Bader Ginsburg69.9%1,051

“Same side” means both Justices were in the majority, or both in dissent, in decisions where both voted; pairs with fewer than 50 shared decisions are left out.

Majority opinions written (456)

Dissents in argued cases (most recent 30 of 710)

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Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error