Annual Timeline
1991
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
In 1991, Justice O'Connor was serving as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Calendar year 1991 included the U.S. Supreme Court terms 1990 and 1991.
Justice O'Connor wrote 27 Supreme Court opinions and gave 6 speeches or interviews during the year.
January
Coverage - Law review article
Affirmative Action: Will Justice O'Connor Author Its End? by Rocco Potenza (student author)
Coverage - Law review article
Coverage - Law review article
Coverage - Law review article
Justice O'Connor's Intellectual Property Opinions: Currents and Crosscurrents, by Marci A. Hamilton
Coverage - Law review article
Justice O'Connor's Pragmatic View of Coerced Self-Incrimination, by George C. Thomas III
Coverage - Law review article
Sandra Day O'Connor, Conservative Discourse, and Reproductive Freedom, by Dorothy E. Roberts
February
March
26
Event
Turns 61 years old
April
15
Award
Receives Centennial Medal from Daughters of the American Revolution
May
18
Honorary Degree
Receives honorary Doctor of Laws from Widener University
June
August
September
11
Coverage - Law review article
A Freshman Justice Confronts the Constitution: Justice O'Connor and the First Amendment, by Paula C. Arledge & Edward V. Heck
October
November
19
Coverage - Book
Sandra Day O'Connor: A New Justice, A New Voice (The Great Lives Series), by Beverly Berwald