Cases - 1996 term

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Case Docket No. Argued Decided Majority Author Vote
Abrams v. Johnson 95-1425 12/09/1996 06/19/1997 Anthony M. Kennedy 5-4
Adams v. Robertson 95-1873 01/14/1997 03/03/1997 9-0
Agostini v. Felton 96-552 04/15/1997 06/23/1997 Sandra Day O'Connor 5-4
Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor 96-270 02/18/1997 06/25/1997 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 6-2
Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona 95-974 12/04/1996 03/03/1997 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 9-0
Arkansas v. Farm Credit Services 95-1918 04/21/1997 06/02/1997 Anthony M. Kennedy 9-0
Associates Commercial Corp. v. Rash 96-454 04/16/1997 06/16/1997 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 8-1
Atherton v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, As Receiver For City... 95-928 11/04/1996 01/14/1997 Stephen G. Breyer 9-0
Auer v. Robbins 95-897 12/10/1996 02/19/1997 Antonin Scalia 9-0
Babbitt v. Youpee 95-1595 12/02/1996 01/21/1997 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 8-1
Bennett v. Spear 95-813 11/13/1996 03/19/1997 Antonin Scalia 9-0
Bibles v. Oregon Natural Desert Ass'n 96-713 02/18/1997 9-0
Blessing v. Freestone 95-1441 01/06/1997 04/21/1997 Sandra Day O'Connor 9-0
Boggs v. Boggs 96-79 01/15/1997 06/02/1997 Anthony M. Kennedy 5-4
Bracy v. Gramley 96-6133 04/14/1997 06/09/1997 William H. Rehnquist 9-0
Bryan County, Oklahoma v. Brown 95-1100 11/05/1996 04/28/1997 Sandra Day O'Connor 5-4
Calif. Div. of Labor Standards Enf. v. Dillingham Constr. 95-789 11/05/1996 02/18/1997 Clarence Thomas 9-0
California v. Roy 95-2025 11/04/1996 9-0
Camps Newfound/Owatonna v. Harrison 94-1988 10/09/1996 05/19/1997 John Paul Stevens 5-4
Caterpillar Inc. v. Lewis 95-1263 11/12/1996 12/10/1996 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 9-0
Chandler v. Miller 96-126 01/14/1997 04/15/1997 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 8-1
City of Boerne v. Flores 95-2074 02/19/1997 06/25/1997 Anthony M. Kennedy 6-2
Clinton v. Jones 95-1853 01/13/1997 05/27/1997 John Paul Stevens 9-0
Commissioner v. Estate of Hubert 95-1402 11/12/1996 03/18/1997 Anthony M. Kennedy 7-2
DeBuono v. NYSA-ILA Med. and Clin. Service Fund 95-1594 02/24/1997 06/02/1997 John Paul Stevens 7-0
Dunn v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission 95-1181 11/13/1996 02/25/1997 John Paul Stevens 9-0
Edmond v. United States 96-262 02/24/1997 05/19/1997 Antonin Scalia 9-0
Edwards v. Balisok 95-1352 11/13/1996 05/19/1997 Antonin Scalia 9-0
Foreman v. Dallas County 96-987 06/27/1997 9-0
General Motors Corp. v. Tracy 95-1232 10/07/1996 02/18/1997 David H. Souter 8-1
Gilbert, President, East Stroudsburg University v. Homar 96-651 03/24/1997 06/09/1997 Antonin Scalia 9-0
Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott 95-1184 12/02/1996 06/25/1997 John Paul Stevens 5-4
Grimmett, Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of Siragusa v. Brown 95-1723 01/06/1997 01/14/1997 9-0
Harbor Tug and Barge Co. v. Papai 95-1621 01/13/1997 05/12/1997 Anthony M. Kennedy 6-3
Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States ex rel. Schumer 95-1340 02/25/1997 06/16/1997 Clarence Thomas 9-0
Idaho v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe of Idaho 94-1474 10/16/1996 06/23/1997 Anthony M. Kennedy 5-4
Immigration And Naturalization Service v. Yueh-Shaio Yang 95-938 10/15/1996 11/13/1996 Antonin Scalia 9-0
Ingalls Shipbuilding v. Office of Worker's Comp. Prog. 95-1081 11/12/1996 02/18/1997 Sandra Day O'Connor 9-0
Inter Modal Rail Employees Association v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe... 96-491 03/17/1997 05/12/1997 Sandra Day O'Connor 9-0
Johnson v. Fankell 96-292 02/26/1997 06/09/1997 John Paul Stevens 9-0
Johnson v. United States 96-203 02/25/1997 05/12/1997 William H. Rehnquist 9-0
Kansas v. Hendricks 95-1649 12/10/1996 06/23/1997 Clarence Thomas 5-4
Klehr Et Ux. v. A. O. Smith Corp. 96-663 04/21/1997 06/19/1997 Stephen G. Breyer 9-0
Lambert v. Wicklund 96-858 03/31/1997 9-0
Lambrix v. Singletary 96-5658 01/15/1997 05/12/1997 Antonin Scalia 5-4
Lawyer v. Department of Justice 95-2024 02/19/1997 06/25/1997 David H. Souter 5-4
Lindh v. Murphy 96-6298 04/14/1997 06/23/1997 David H. Souter 5-4
Lopez v. Monterey County 95-1201 10/08/1996 11/06/1996 Sandra Day O'Connor 9-0
Lords Landing Village v. Continental Ins. Co. 96-1033 06/02/1997 7-2
Lynce v. Mathis 95-7452 11/04/1996 02/19/1997 John Paul Stevens 9-0