Cases - 1970-1979 term

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Case Docket No. Argued Decided Majority Author Votesort icon
Lake Country Estates v. Tahoe Planning Agcy. 77-1327 12/04/1978 03/05/1979 John Paul Stevens 6-3
New York Tel. Co. v. New York Labor Dept. 77-961 10/30/1978 03/21/1979 John Paul Stevens 6-3
Douglas Oil Co. v. Petrol Stops Northwest 77-1547 12/05/1978 04/18/1979 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 6-3
Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Org. 77-719 10/02/1978 05/14/1979 John Paul Stevens 6-3
Leroy v. Great Western United Corp. 78-759 04/17/1979 06/26/1979 John Paul Stevens 6-3
Washington v. Fishing Vessel Assn. 77-983 02/28/1979 07/02/1979 John Paul Stevens 6-3
Corbitt v. New Jersey 77-5903 10/03/1978 12/11/1978 Byron R. White 6-3
National Muffler Dealers Assn. v. United States 77-1172 11/27/1978 03/20/1979 Harry A. Blackmun 6-3
Cannon v. University Of Chicago 77-926 01/09/1979 05/14/1979 John Paul Stevens 6-3
Williams v. Brown 78-357 03/19/1979 04/22/1980 6-3
Colautti v. Franklin 77-891 10/03/1978 01/09/1979 Harry A. Blackmun 6-3
Holt Civic Club v. Tuscaloosa 77-515 10/11/1978 11/28/1978 William H. Rehnquist 6-3
Bell v. Wolfish 77-1829 01/16/1979 05/14/1979 William H. Rehnquist 6-3
Nevada v. Hall 77-1337 11/07/1978 03/05/1979 John Paul Stevens 6-3
FCC v. Midwest Video Corp. 77-1575 01/10/1979 04/02/1979 Byron R. White 6-3
Orr v. Orr 77-1119 11/27/1978 03/05/1979 William J. Brennan, Jr. 6-3
Kentucky v. Whorton 78-749 04/16/1979 05/21/1979 6-3
Baker v. Mccollan 78-752 04/23/1979 06/26/1979 William H. Rehnquist 6-3
United California Bank v. United States 77-1016 10/04/1978 12/11/1978 Byron R. White 6-3
Michigan v. Defillippo 77-1680 02/21/1979 06/25/1979 Warren E. Burger 6-3
Great American Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Novotny 78-753 04/18/1979 06/11/1979 Potter Stewart 6-3
Dunaway v. New York 78-5066 03/21/1979 06/05/1979 William J. Brennan, Jr. 6-2
New York Transit Authority v. Beazer 77-1427 12/06/1978 03/21/1979 John Paul Stevens 6-3
Secy. Of Pub. Welf. v. Institutionalized Juveniles 77-1715 10/10/1978 06/20/1979 Warren E. Burger 6-3
Herbert v. Lando 77-1105 10/31/1978 04/18/1979 Byron R. White 6-3
Mobile v. Bolden 77-1844 03/19/1979 04/22/1980 Potter Stewart 6-3
Payton v. New York 78-5420 03/26/1979 04/15/1980 John Paul Stevens 6-3
United States v. Helstoski 78-349 03/27/1979 06/18/1979 Warren E. Burger 6-2
White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker 78-1177 01/14/1980 06/27/1980 Thurgood Marshall 6-3
Bifulco v. United States 79-5010 02/27/1980 06/16/1980 Harry A. Blackmun 6-3
United States v. Henry 79-121 01/16/1980 06/16/1980 Warren E. Burger 6-3
Fullilove v. Klutznick 78-1007 11/27/1979 07/02/1980 Warren E. Burger 6-3
Rhode Island v. Innis 78-1076 10/30/1979 05/12/1980 Potter Stewart 6-3
Brown v. Louisiana 79-5364 03/25/1980 06/16/1980 William J. Brennan, Jr. 6-3
Mohasco Corp. v. Silver 79-616 03/25/1980 06/23/1980 John Paul Stevens 6-3
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson 78-1078 10/03/1979 01/21/1980 Byron R. White 6-3
Ohio v. Kentucky 27 ORIG 12/03/1979 01/21/1980 Harry A. Blackmun 6-3
United States v. Euge 78-1453 11/26/1979 02/20/1980 William H. Rehnquist 6-3
Maine v. Thiboutot 79-838 04/22/1980 06/25/1980 William J. Brennan, Jr. 6-3
Aaron v. SEC 79-66 02/25/1980 06/02/1980 Potter Stewart 6-3
NLRB v. Retail Store Employees 79-672 04/15/1980 06/20/1980 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 6-3
Busic v. United States 78-6020 02/27/1980 05/19/1980 William J. Brennan, Jr. 6-3
Chiarella v. United States 78-1202 11/05/1979 03/18/1980 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 6-3
Ohio v. Roberts 78-756 11/26/1979 06/25/1980 Harry A. Blackmun 6-3
Ybarra v. Illinois 78-5937 10/09/1979 11/28/1979 Potter Stewart 6-3
Lewis v. United States 78-1595 01/07/1980 02/27/1980 Harry A. Blackmun 6-3
United States v. Bailey 78-990 11/07/1979 01/21/1980 William H. Rehnquist 6-2
Godfrey v. Georgia 78-6899 02/20/1980 05/19/1980 Potter Stewart 6-3
Mobil Oil Corp. v. Commissioner Of Taxes 78-1201 11/07/1979 03/19/1980 Harry A. Blackmun 6-1
Kaiser Aetna v. United States 78-738 10/01/1979 12/04/1979 William H. Rehnquist 6-3
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