Cases - 1985 term

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Case Docket No. Argued Decided Majority Author Vote
Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Lavoie 84-1601 12/04/1985 04/22/1986 Warren E. Burger 8-0
Allen v. Illinois 85-5404 04/30/1986 07/01/1986 William H. Rehnquist 5-4
Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. 84-1602 12/03/1985 06/25/1986 Byron R. White 6-3
Arcara v. Cloud Books, Inc. 85-437 04/29/1986 07/07/1986 Warren E. Burger 6-3
At&T Technologies v. Communications Workers 84-1913 01/22/1986 04/07/1986 Byron R. White 9-0
Atkins v. Rivera 85-632 04/21/1986 06/23/1986 Harry A. Blackmun 9-0
Attorney General Of N. Y. v. Soto-Lopez 84-1803 01/15/1986 06/17/1986 William J. Brennan, Jr. 6-3
Automobile Workers v. Brock 84-1777 03/25/1986 06/25/1986 Thurgood Marshall 5-4
Baker v. General Motors Corp. 85-117 04/02/1986 07/02/1986 John Paul Stevens 6-3
Batson v. Kentucky 84-6263 12/12/1985 04/30/1986 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 7-2
Bazemore v. Friday 85-93 04/22/1986 07/01/1986 9-0
Bender v. Williamsport Area School Dist. 84-773 10/15/1985 03/25/1986 John Paul Stevens 5-4
Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser 84-1667 03/03/1986 07/07/1986 Warren E. Burger 7-2
Board Of Governors, Frs v. Dimension Financial 84-1274 11/04/1985 01/22/1986 Warren E. Burger 8-0
Bowen v. Agencies Opposed To Soc. Sec. Entrap. 85-521 04/28/1986 06/19/1986 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 9-0
Bowen v. American Hospital Assn. 84-1529 01/15/1986 06/09/1986 John Paul Stevens 5-3
Bowen v. City Of New York 84-1923 02/26/1986 06/02/1986 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 9-0
Bowen v. Mich. Academy Of Family Physicians 85-225 01/22/1986 06/09/1986 John Paul Stevens 8-0
Bowen v. Owens 84-1905 02/26/1986 05/19/1986 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 6-3
Bowen v. Roy 84-780 01/14/1986 06/11/1986 Warren E. Burger 8-1
Bowers v. Hardwick 85-140 03/31/1986 06/30/1986 Byron R. White 5-4
Bowsher v. Synar 85-1377 04/23/1986 07/07/1986 Warren E. Burger 7-2
Brock v. Pierce County 85-385 04/01/1986 05/19/1986 Thurgood Marshall 9-0
Brown-Forman Distillers v. N. Y. Liquor Auth. 84-2030 03/03/1986 06/03/1986 Thurgood Marshall 5-3
Cabana v. Bullock 84-1236 11/05/1985 01/22/1986 Byron R. White 5-4
California v. Ciraolo 84-1513 12/10/1985 05/19/1986 Warren E. Burger 5-4
Celotex Corp. v. Catrett 85-198 04/01/1986 06/25/1986 William H. Rehnquist 5-4
Cleavinger v. Saxner 84-732 10/16/1985 12/10/1985 Harry A. Blackmun 6-3
Colorado v. Connelly 85-660 01/13/1986 9-0
Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Schor 85-621 04/29/1986 07/07/1986 Sandra Day O'Connor 7-2
Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. 84-1555 12/02/1985 02/26/1986 Byron R. White 9-0
Crane v. Kentucky 85-5238 04/23/1986 06/09/1986 Sandra Day O'Connor 9-0
Daniels v. Williams 84-5872 11/06/1985 01/21/1986 William H. Rehnquist 9-0
Darden v. Wainwright 85-5319 01/13/1986 06/23/1986 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 5-4
Darden v. Wainwright 85-5319 09/03/1985
Davidson v. Cannon 84-6470 11/06/1985 01/21/1986 William H. Rehnquist 6-3
Davis v. Bandemer 84-1244 10/07/1985 06/30/1986 Byron R. White 6-3
Delaware v. Van Arsdall 84-1279 01/22/1986 04/07/1986 William H. Rehnquist 7-2
Department Of Transp. v. Paralyzed Veterans 85-289 03/26/1986 06/27/1986 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 6-3
Department Of Treasury v. Galioto 84-1904 03/26/1986 06/26/1986 Warren E. Burger 9-0
Diamond v. Charles 84-1379 11/05/1985 04/30/1986 Harry A. Blackmun 9-0
Dow Chemical Co. v. United States 84-1259 12/10/1985 05/19/1986 Warren E. Burger 5-4
East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc. 84-1726 01/21/1986 06/16/1986 Harry A. Blackmun 9-0
EEOC v. FLRA 84-1728 01/22/1986 04/29/1986 7-1
Evans v. Jeff D. 84-1288 11/13/1985 04/21/1986 John Paul Stevens 6-3
Exxon Corp. v. Hunt 84-978 12/09/1985 03/10/1986 Thurgood Marshall 7-1
FDIC v. Philadelphia Gear 84-1972 03/04/1986 05/27/1986 Sandra Day O'Connor 6-3
Firefighters v. Cleveland 84-1999 02/25/1986 07/02/1986 William J. Brennan, Jr. 6-3
Fisher v. Berkeley 84-1538 11/12/1985 02/26/1986 Thurgood Marshall 8-1
Ford v. Wainwright 85-5542 04/22/1986 06/26/1986 Thurgood Marshall 5-4