David Souter

Also known as David Hackett Souter

American lawyer and jurist (1939–2025)

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Regulating Our Utilities
The economic impact of telecommunications on rural livelihoods and poverty reduction
Regional assessment 62
THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN POSTCONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
General View of the Agriculture of the County of Banff (Agriculture in Recent Scottish History)

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Acting · Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S.

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RBG — Self - Supreme Court Justice (archive footage)2018
RBG — Self (archive footage)2018
Fahrenheit 9/11 — Self (archive footage)2004

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1940-02-28

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Article

David Hackett Souter (/ˈsuːtər/ SOO-tər; September 17, 1939 – May 8, 2025) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1990 to 2009. Appointed by President George H. W. Bush to fill the seat that had been vacated by William J. Brennan Jr., Souter was a member of both the Rehnquist and Roberts courts.

Raised in New England, Souter attended Harvard College; Magdalen College, Oxford; and Harvard Law School. After briefly working in private practice, he moved to public service. He served as a prosecutor in the office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire (1968–1976); as attorney general of New Hampshire (1976–1978); as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court (1978–1983); as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court (1983–1990); and as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1990).