Cases - 1970-1979 term

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Case Docket No. Argued Decided Majority Author Votesort icon
United States v. First Nat. Bancorporation 71-703 10/16/1972 02/28/1973 4-4
Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States 71-991 12/05/1972 02/22/1973 William O. Douglas 4-3
Rakas v. Illinois 77-5781 10/03/1978 12/05/1978 William H. Rehnquist 5-4
Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatl. 78-479 03/19/1979 06/27/1979 Byron R. White 5-3
Mackey v. Montrym 77-69 11/29/1978 06/25/1979 Warren E. Burger 5-4
Smith v. Maryland 78-5374 03/28/1979 06/20/1979 Harry A. Blackmun 5-3
Group Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Royal Drug Co. 77-952 10/11/1978 02/27/1979 Potter Stewart 5-4
Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. Lewis 77-1645 03/20/1979 11/13/1979 Potter Stewart 5-4
United Steelworkers of America v. Weber 78-432 03/28/1979 06/27/1979 William J. Brennan, Jr. 5-2
Fare v. Michael C. 78-334 02/27/1979 06/20/1979 Harry A. Blackmun 5-4
Davis v. Passman 78-5072 02/27/1979 06/05/1979 William J. Brennan, Jr. 5-4
Stafford v. Briggs 77-1546 04/24/1979 02/20/1980 Warren E. Burger 5-2
Parker v. Randolph 78-99 03/20/1979 05/29/1979 William H. Rehnquist 5-3
Jones v. Wolf 78-91 01/16/1979 07/02/1979 Harry A. Blackmun 5-4
Califano v. Boles 78-808 04/25/1979 06/27/1979 William H. Rehnquist 5-4
Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Evans 78-275 02/28/1979 05/21/1979 William J. Brennan, Jr. 5-4
Leis v. Flynt 77-1618 01/15/1979 5-3
Ambach v. Norwick 76-808 01/10/1979 04/17/1979 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 5-4
Lalli v. Lalli 77-1115 10/04/1978 12/11/1978 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 5-4
Dayton Board Of Education v. Brinkman 78-627 04/24/1979 07/02/1979 Byron R. White 5-4
Gannett Co. v. DePasquale 77-1301 11/07/1978 07/02/1979 Potter Stewart 5-4
Ulster County Court v. Allen 77-1554 02/22/1979 06/04/1979 John Paul Stevens 5-4
Detroit Edison Co. v. NLRB 77-968 11/06/1978 03/05/1979 Potter Stewart 5-4
North Carolina v. Butler 78-354 03/27/1979 04/24/1979 Potter Stewart 5-3
Parham v. Hughes 78-3 01/15/1979 04/24/1979 Potter Stewart 5-4
Dalia v. United States 77-1722 01/09/1979 04/18/1979 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 5-4
Greenholtz v. Nebraska Penal Inmates 78-201 01/17/1979 05/29/1979 Warren E. Burger 5-4
County Of Los Angeles v. Davis 77-1553 12/05/1978 03/27/1979 William J. Brennan, Jr. 5-4
Scott v. Illinois 77-1177 12/04/1978 03/05/1979 William H. Rehnquist 5-4
Dougherty County Board of Education v. White 77-120 10/02/1978 11/28/1978 Thurgood Marshall 5-4
NLRB v. Catholic Bishop Of Chicago 77-752 10/30/1978 03/21/1979 Warren E. Burger 5-4
Moore v. Sims 78-6 02/26/1979 06/11/1979 William H. Rehnquist 5-4
Caban v. Mohammed 77-6431 11/06/1978 04/24/1979 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 5-4
Califano v. Westcott 78-437 04/16/1979 06/25/1979 Harry A. Blackmun 5-4
Diamond v. Chakrabarty 79-136 03/17/1980 06/16/1980 Warren E. Burger 5-4
Reeves Inc. v. Stake 79-677 04/16/1980 06/19/1980 Harry A. Blackmun 5-4
NLRB v. Yeshiva University 78-857 10/10/1979 02/20/1980 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 5-4
Central Machinery Co. v. Arizona Tax Comm'n 78-1604 01/14/1980 06/27/1980 Thurgood Marshall 5-4
Vance v. Terrazas 78-1143 10/30/1979 01/15/1980 Byron R. White 5-4
Brown v. Glines 78-1006 11/06/1979 01/21/1980 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 5-3
Estes v. Metropolitan Branches, Dallas NAACP 78-253 10/29/1979 01/21/1980 5-3
Vance v. Universal Amusement Co. 78-1588 11/28/1979 03/18/1980 5-4
United States v. Raddatz 79-8 02/25/1980 06/23/1980 Warren E. Burger 5-4
Williams v. Zbaraz 79-4 04/21/1980 06/30/1980 Potter Stewart 5-4
Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guar. Corp. 78-1557 01/07/1980 05/12/1980 John Paul Stevens 5-4
Industrial Union Dept. v. Amer. Petroleum Inst. 78-911 10/10/1979 07/02/1980 John Paul Stevens 5-4
United States v. Havens 79-305 03/19/1980 05/27/1980 Byron R. White 5-4
Walter v. United States 79-67 02/26/1980 06/20/1980 John Paul Stevens 5-4
Baldasar v. Illinois 77-6219 11/26/1979 04/22/1980 5-4
Rummel v. Estelle 78-6386 01/07/1980 03/18/1980 William H. Rehnquist 5-4
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