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Official portrait of Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas

Associate Justice1991–presentAppointed by George Herbert Walker Bush (Republican)

Clarence Thomas was born in the Pinpoint community near Savannah, Georgia on June 23, 1948. He attended Conception Seminary from 1967-1968 and received an A.B., cum laude, from College of the Holy Cross in 1971 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974. He was admitted to law practice in Missouri in 1974, and served as an Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, 1974-1977; an attorney with the Monsanto Company, 1977-1979; and Legislative Assistant to Senator John Danforth, 1979-1981. From 1981–1982 he served as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, and as Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1982-1990. From 1990–1991, he served as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. President Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and he took his seat October 23, 1991. He married Virginia Lamp on May 30, 1987 and has one child, Jamal Adeen by a previous marriage.

Selected Majority Opinions

No. 25-429Blanche v. Lau
Jun 23, 2026
No. 24-983Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
May 21, 2026
No. 24-924Hencely v. Fluor Corporation
Apr 22, 2026
No. 24-813Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Apr 17, 2026
No. 24-171Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment
Mar 25, 2026
No. 24-351United States Postal Service v. Konan
Feb 24, 2026
No. 23-1122Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton
Jun 27, 2025
No. 23-1067Oklahoma v. Environmental Protection Agency
Jun 18, 2025
No. 23-1229Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC
Jun 18, 2025
No. 24-320Soto v. United States
Jun 12, 2025
No. 23-1259BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman
Jun 5, 2025
No. 23-825Delligatti v. United States
Mar 21, 2025
No. 23-713Bufkin v. Collins
Mar 5, 2025
No. 23-14Diaz v. United States
Jun 20, 2024
No. 22-976Garland v. Cargill
Jun 14, 2024
No. 22-704Vidal v. Elster
Jun 13, 2024
No. 23-367Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney
Jun 13, 2024
No. 23-146Connelly v. Internal Revenue Service
Jun 6, 2024
No. 22-448Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited
May 16, 2024
No. 22-913Devillier v. Texas
Apr 16, 2024
No. 22-196Samia v. United States
Jun 23, 2023
No. 21-857Jones v. Hendrix
Jun 22, 2023
No. 21-1326U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc.
Jun 1, 2023
No. 21-1496Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh
May 18, 2023
No. 21-1454Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
May 18, 2023
No. 21-1170Ciminelli v. United States
May 11, 2023
No. 20-843New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen
Jun 23, 2022
No. 21-5726Kemp v. United States
Jun 13, 2022
No. 21-147Egbert v. Boule
Jun 8, 2022
No. 20-1263Gallardo v. Marstiller
Jun 6, 2022
No. 21-309Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon
Jun 6, 2022
No. 20-1009Shinn v. Ramirez
May 23, 2022
No. 20-443United States v. Tsarnaev
Mar 4, 2022
No. 19-416Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe I
Jun 17, 2021
No. 20-5904Terry v. United States
Jun 14, 2021
No. 20-382Guam v. United States
May 24, 2021
No. 20-157Caniglia v. Strom
May 17, 2021
No. 19-968Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski
Mar 8, 2021
No. 19-546Brownback v. King
Feb 25, 2021
No. 19-71Tanzin v. Tanvir
Dec 10, 2020
No. 19-431Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania
Jul 8, 2020
No. 18-1048GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA LLC
Jun 1, 2020
No. 18-556Kansas v. Glover
Apr 6, 2020
No. 18-328Rotkiske v. Klemm
Dec 10, 2019
No. 18-389Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton
Jun 10, 2019
No. 17-8995Mont v. United States
Jun 2, 2019
No. 17-1471Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. v. Jackson
May 28, 2019
No. 17-1299Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt
May 13, 2019
No. 18-315Cochise Consultancy Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Hunt
May 13, 2019
No. 17-1229Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.
Jan 22, 2019
No. 17-5554Stokeling v. United States
Jan 15, 2019
No. 17-773Culbertson v. Berryhill
Jan 8, 2019
No. 16-1140National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra
Jun 26, 2018
No. 16-1454Ohio v. American Express Co.
Jun 25, 2018
No. 15-1085WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.
Jun 22, 2018
No. 16-1011WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.
Jun 22, 2018
No. 16-712Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC
Apr 24, 2018
No. 16-1362Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro
Apr 2, 2018
No. 16-498Patchak v. Zinke
Feb 27, 2018
No. 15-1485District of Columbia v. Wesby
Jan 22, 2018
No. 16-6219Davila v. Davis
Jun 26, 2017
No. 15-1039Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc.
Jun 12, 2017
No. 16-54Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions
May 30, 2017
No. 16-341TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
May 22, 2017
No. 15-7250Manrique v. United States
Apr 19, 2017
No. 15-866Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc.
Mar 22, 2017
No. 15-8544Beckles v. United States
Mar 6, 2017
No. 14-1373Utah v. Strieff
Jun 20, 2016
No. 14-916Kingdomware Technologies Inc. v. United States
Jun 16, 2016
No. 15-7Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar
Jun 16, 2016
No. 15-233Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust
Jun 13, 2016
No. 14-1406Nebraska v. Parker
Mar 22, 2016
No. 14-1095Musacchio v. United States
Jan 25, 2016
No. 14-723Montanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan
Jan 20, 2016
No. 13-502Reed v. Town of Gilbert, Arizona
Jun 18, 2015
No. 14-378McFadden v. United States
Jun 18, 2015
No. 14-103Baker Botts, L.L.P. v. ASARCO, L.L.C.
Jun 15, 2015
No. 13-1421Bank of America, N.A. v. Caulkett
Jun 1, 2015
No. 13-1032Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl
Mar 3, 2015
No. 13-1010M&G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett
Jan 26, 2015
No. 13-433Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk
Dec 8, 2014
No. 13-298Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International
Jun 19, 2014
No. 13-193Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
Jun 16, 2014
No. 12-1200Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v. Arkison
Jun 9, 2014
No. 12-9490Navarette v. California
Apr 22, 2014
No. 12-820Lozano v. Alvarez
Mar 5, 2014
No. 12-574Walden v. Fiore
Feb 25, 2014
No. 12-729Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Dec 16, 2013
No. 11-9335Alleyne v. United States
Jun 17, 2013
No. 12-398Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Jun 13, 2013
No. 12-123Horne v. Department of Agriculture
Jun 10, 2013
No. 12-43PPL Corp. and Subsidiaries v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
May 20, 2013
No. 11-1059Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk
Apr 16, 2013
No. 11-10362Millbrook v. United States
Mar 27, 2013
No. 11-1175Marx v. General Revenue Corp.
Feb 26, 2013
No. 10-930Ryan v. Gonzales
Jan 8, 2013
No. 11-218Tibbals v. Carter
Jan 8, 2013
No. 11-45Elgin v. Dep’t of the Treasury
Jun 11, 2012
No. 11-262Reichle v. Howards
Jun 4, 2012
No. 10-1219Kappos v. Hyatt
Apr 18, 2012
No. 10-879Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp.
Feb 29, 2012
No. 10-577Kawashima v. Holder
Feb 21, 2012
No. 10-507Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid
Jan 11, 2012
No. 09-993PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing
Jun 23, 2011
No. 09-525Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders
Jun 13, 2011
No. 10-313Talk America Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.
Jun 9, 2011
No. 10-5258McNeill v. United States
Jun 6, 2011
No. 10-188Schindler Elevator Corp. v. US ex rel. Kirk
May 16, 2011
No. 137 OriginalMontana v. Wyoming and North Dakota
May 2, 2011
No. 22o137Montana v. Wyoming and North Dakota
May 2, 2011
No. 08-1438Sossamon v. Texas
Apr 20, 2011
No. 09-1088Cullen v. Pinholster
Apr 4, 2011
No. 09-571Connick v. Thompson
Mar 29, 2011
No. 08-728Bloate v. United States
Aug 3, 2010
No. 08-1214Granite Rock Company v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Jun 24, 2010
No. 09-158Magwood v. Patterson
Jun 24, 2010
No. 08-538Schwab v. Reilly
Jun 17, 2010
No. 08-1322Astrue v. Ratliff
Jun 14, 2010
No. 09-448Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co.
May 24, 2010
No. 08-1134United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa
Mar 23, 2010
No. 08-103Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick
Feb 3, 2010
No. 08-214Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc., et al. v. Townsend
Jun 25, 2009
No. 08-441Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
Jun 18, 2009
No. 08-660U.S. ex rel. Eisenstein v. City of New York
Jun 8, 2009
No. 07-1437Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc.
May 4, 2009
No. 07-58114 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett
Apr 1, 2009
No. 07-1315Knowles v. Mirzayance
Mar 24, 2009
No. 07-526Carcieri v. Kempthorne
Feb 24, 2009
No. 07-772Waddington v. Sarausad
Jan 21, 2009
No. 07-6984Jimenez v. Quarterman
Jan 13, 2009
No. 07-312Florida Dept. of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias
Jun 16, 2008
No. 06-937Quanta v. LG
Jun 9, 2008
No. 07-210Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity
Jun 9, 2008
No. 06-1456Cuellar v. US
Jun 2, 2008
No. 06-713Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party
Mar 18, 2008
No. 06-1221Sprint/United Management v. Mendelsohn
Feb 26, 2008
No. 06-9130Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
Jan 22, 2008

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