By Chief Justice
These lists are sorted chronologically by Chief Justice and include most major cases decided by the Court. There is also a list with cases from the Court's entire history (large article).
- Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth Courts (October 19, 1789 – December 15, 1800)
- Marshall Court (February 4, 1801 – July 6, 1835)
- Taney Court (March 28, 1836 – October 12, 1864)
- Chase Court (December 15, 1864 – May 7, 1873)
- Waite Court (March 4, 1874 – March 23, 1888)
- Fuller Court (October 8, 1888 – July 4, 1910)
- White Court (December 19, 1910 – May 19, 1921)
- Taft Court (July 11, 1921 – February 3, 1930)
- Hughes Court (February 24, 1930 – June 30, 1941)
- Stone Court (July 3, 1941 – April 22, 1946)
- Vinson Court (June 24, 1946 – September 8, 1953)
- Warren Court (October 5, 1953 – June 23, 1969) (also see Warren Court)
- Burger Court (June 23, 1969 – September 26, 1986)
- Rehnquist Court (September 26, 1986 – September 3, 2005)
- Roberts Court (September 29, 2005 to the present)
Read more about this topic: Lists Of United States Supreme Court Cases
Famous quotes containing the words chief justice, chief and/or justice:
“Chief Justice. Your means are very slender, and your waste is great.
Falstaff. I would it were otherwise. I would my means were greater, and my waist slenderer.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“God protect us from the efficient, go-getter businesswoman whose feminine instincts have been completely sterilized. Wherever women are functioning, whether in the home or in a job, they must remember that their chief function as women is a capacity for warm, understanding and charitable human relationships.”
—Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)
“A man may see how this world goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears;
see how yond justice rails upon yond simple thief. Hark in thine ear: change places, and handy-dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)