Cases - 1986 term

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Case Docket No. Argued Decided Majority Author Vote
324 Liquor Corp. v. Duffy 84-2022 11/03/1986 01/13/1987 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 7-2
Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Assocs. 86-497 04/21/1987 06/22/1987 Sandra Day O'Connor 9-0
Airport Commissioners v. Jews for Jesus 86-104 03/03/1987 06/15/1987 Sandra Day O'Connor 9-0
Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Brock 85-920 12/01/1986 03/24/1987 Harry A. Blackmun 9-0
American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Scheiner 86-357 04/28/1987 06/23/1987 John Paul Stevens 5-4
Amoco Production Co. v. Gambell 85-1239 01/12/1987 03/24/1987 Byron R. White 9-0
Anderson v. Creighton 85-1520 02/23/1987 06/25/1987 Antonin Scalia 6-3
Ansonia Board Of Education v. Philbrook 85-495 10/14/1986 11/17/1986 William H. Rehnquist 8-1
Ansonia Board Of Education v. Philbrook 85-495 10/14/1986 11/17/1986
Arizona v. Hicks 85-1027 12/08/1986 03/03/1987 Antonin Scalia 6-3
Arizona v. Mauro 85-2121 03/31/1987 05/04/1987 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 5-4
Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland 85-1370 01/20/1987 04/22/1987 Thurgood Marshall 7-2
Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court 85-693 11/05/1986 02/24/1987 Sandra Day O'Connor 9-0
Atchison T. & S. F. R. Co. v. Buell 85-1140 12/01/1986 03/24/1987 John Paul Stevens 9-0
Board Of Pardons v. Allen 86-461 04/01/1987 06/09/1987 William J. Brennan, Jr. 6-3
Booth v. Maryland 86-5020 03/24/1987 06/15/1987 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 5-4
Bourjaily v. United States 85-6725 04/01/1987 06/23/1987 William H. Rehnquist 6-3
Bowen v. Gilliard 86-509 04/22/1987 06/25/1987 John Paul Stevens 6-3
Bowen v. Yuckert 85-1409 01/13/1987 06/08/1987 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 6-3
Brock v. Roadway Express, Inc. 85-1530 12/03/1986 04/22/1987 Thurgood Marshall 6-3
Brock v. Roadway Express, Inc. 85-1530 12/03/1986 04/22/1987 7-2
Brock v. Roadway Express, Inc. 85-1530 12/03/1986 04/22/1987 7-2
Buchanan v. Kentucky 85-5348 01/12/1987 06/24/1987 Harry A. Blackmun 6-3
Burger v. Kemp 86-5375 03/30/1987 06/26/1987 John Paul Stevens 5-4
Burke v. Barnes 85-781 11/04/1986 01/14/1987 William H. Rehnquist 6-2
Burlington No. R. Co. v. Maintenance Employes 86-39 02/23/1987 04/28/1987 William J. Brennan, Jr. 9-0
Burlington No. R. Co. v. Okla. Tax Comm'n 86-337 03/25/1987 04/28/1987 Thurgood Marshall 9-0
Burlington Northern R. Co. v. Woods 85-1088 11/04/1986 02/24/1987 Thurgood Marshall 9-0
California Coastal Comm'n v. Granite Rock Co. 85-1200 12/02/1986 03/24/1987 Sandra Day O'Connor 5-4
California Federal S. & L. Assn. v. Guerra 85-494 10/08/1986 01/13/1987 Thurgood Marshall 6-3
California v. Brown 85-1563 12/02/1986 01/27/1987 William H. Rehnquist 5-4
California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians 85-1708 12/09/1986 02/25/1987 Byron R. White 6-3
California v. Rooney 85-1835 03/25/1987 06/23/1987 6-3
California v. Superior Court Of California 86-381 04/22/1987 06/09/1987 Sandra Day O'Connor 7-2
Cargill, Inc. v. Monfort Of Colorado, Inc. 85-473 10/06/1986 12/09/1986 William J. Brennan, Jr. 6-2
Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams 86-526 04/21/1987 06/09/1987 William J. Brennan, Jr. 9-0
Cerbone v. Conway 84-1947 11/05/1986 11/17/1986 9-0
Citicorp Industrial Credit, Inc. v. Brock 86-88 04/20/1987 06/22/1987 Thurgood Marshall 7-2
Clarke v. Securities Industry Assn. 85-971 11/03/1986 01/14/1987 Byron R. White 8-0
Colorado v. Bertine 85-889 11/10/1986 01/14/1987 William H. Rehnquist 7-2
Colorado v. Connelly 85-660 10/08/1986 12/10/1986 William H. Rehnquist 7-2
Colorado v. Spring 85-1517 12/09/1986 01/27/1987 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 7-2
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue v. Fink 86-511 04/27/1987 06/22/1987 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 8-1
Commissioner v. Groetzinger 85-1226 12/08/1986 02/24/1987 Harry A. Blackmun 6-3
Connecticut v. Barrett 85-899 12/09/1986 01/27/1987 William H. Rehnquist 7-0
Corporation of Presiding Bishop v. Amos 86-179 03/31/1987 06/24/1987 Byron R. White 9-0
Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc. 86-322 04/29/1987 06/15/1987 William H. Rehnquist 7-2
Cruz v. New York 85-5939 12/01/1986 04/21/1987 Antonin Scalia 5-4
Cts Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. Of America 86-71 03/02/1987 04/21/1987 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 6-3
Edwards v. Aguillard 85-1513 12/10/1986 06/19/1987 William J. Brennan, Jr. 7-2