Cases - 1997 term

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Case Docket No. Argued Decided Majority Author Vote
Air Line Pilots Association v. Miller 97-428 03/23/1998 05/26/1998 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 7-2
Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government 96-1577 12/10/1997 02/25/1998 Clarence Thomas 9-0
Allentown Mack Sales v. NLRB 96-795 10/15/1997 01/26/1998 Antonin Scalia 5-4
Allentown Mack Sales v. NLRB 96-795 10/15/1997 01/26/1998
Almendarez-Torres v. United States 96-6839 10/14/1997 03/24/1998 Stephen G. Breyer 5-4
Arkansas Ed. Television Comm. v. Forbes 96-779 10/08/1997 05/18/1998 Anthony M. Kennedy 6-3
AT&T v. Central Office Telephone, Inc. 97-679 03/23/1998 06/15/1998 Antonin Scalia 7-1
Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co. v. IRS 97-147 03/02/1998 04/21/1998 Antonin Scalia 9-0
Baker v. General Motors Corp. 96-653 10/15/1997 01/13/1998 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 9-0
Bates v. United States 96-7185 10/07/1997 11/04/1997 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 9-0
Bay Area Laundry & Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corp. 96-370 11/10/1997 12/15/1997 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 9-0
Beach v. Ocwen Federal Bank 97-5310 03/02/1998 04/21/1998 David H. Souter 9-0
Bogan and Roderick v. Scott-Harris 96-1569 12/03/1997 03/03/1998 Clarence Thomas 9-0
Bousley v. United States 96-8516 03/03/1998 05/18/1998 William H. Rehnquist 7-2
Bragdon v. Abbott 97-156 03/30/1998 06/25/1998 Anthony M. Kennedy 5-4
Breard v. Greene 97-8214 04/14/1998 6-3
Brogan v. United States 96-1579 12/02/1997 01/26/1998 Antonin Scalia 7-2
Bryan v. United States 96-8422 03/31/1998 06/15/1998 John Paul Stevens 6-3
Buchanan v. Angelone 96-8400 11/03/1997 01/21/1998 William H. Rehnquist 6-3
Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth 97-569 04/22/1998 06/26/1998 Anthony M. Kennedy 7-2
Calderon v. Ashmus 97-391 03/24/1998 05/26/1998 William H. Rehnquist 9-0
Calderon v. Thompson 97-215 12/09/1997 04/29/1998 Anthony M. Kennedy 5-4
California v. Deep Sea Research 96-1400 12/01/1997 04/22/1998 Sandra Day O'Connor 9-0
Campbell v. Louisiana 96-1584 01/20/1998 04/21/1998 Anthony M. Kennedy 7-2
Caron v. United States 97-6270 04/21/1998 06/22/1998 Anthony M. Kennedy 6-3
Cass County, MN v. Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians 97-174 02/24/1998 06/08/1998 Clarence Thomas 9-0
Caterpillar, Inc. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and... 96-1925 01/20/1998 03/23/1998
City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons 96-910 10/14/1997 12/15/1997 Sandra Day O'Connor 7-2
City of Monroe v. United States 97-122 11/17/1997 7-2
Clinton v. City of New York 97-1374 04/27/1998 06/25/1998 John Paul Stevens 6-3
Cohen v. De La Cruz 96-1923 01/20/1998 03/24/1998 Sandra Day O'Connor 9-0
Crawford-El v. Britton 96-827 12/01/1997 05/04/1998 John Paul Stevens 5-4
Dooley v. Korean Airlines 97-704 04/27/1998 06/08/1998 Clarence Thomas 9-0
Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel 97-42 03/04/1998 06/25/1998 Sandra Day O'Connor 5-4
Edwards v. United States 96-8732 02/23/1998 04/28/1998 Stephen G. Breyer 9-0
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton 97-282 03/25/1998 06/26/1998 David H. Souter 7-2
FEC v. Akins 96-1590 01/14/1998 06/01/1998 Stephen G. Breyer 6-3
Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. 96-1768 01/21/1998 03/31/1998 Clarence Thomas 9-0
Fidelity Financial Services, Inc. v. Fink 96-1370 11/03/1997 01/13/1998 David H. Souter 9-0
Forney v. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security 97-5737 04/22/1998 06/15/1998 Stephen G. Breyer 9-0
Foster v. Love 96-670 10/06/1997 12/02/1997 David H. Souter 9-0
GE v. Joiner 96-188 10/14/1997 12/15/1997 William H. Rehnquist 9-0
Gebser v. Lago Vista Ind. School Dist. 96-1866 03/25/1998 06/22/1998 Sandra Day O'Connor 5-4
Geissal v. Moore Medical Corporation 97-689 04/29/1998 06/08/1998 David H. Souter 9-0
Gray v. Maryland 96-8653 12/08/1997 03/09/1998 Stephen G. Breyer 5-4
Hohn v. United States 96-8986 03/03/1998 06/15/1998 Anthony M. Kennedy 5-4
Hopkins, Warden v. Reeves 96-1693 02/23/1998 06/08/1998 Clarence Thomas 8-1
Hudson v. United States 96-976 10/08/1997 12/10/1997 William H. Rehnquist 9-0
Jefferson, Individually And As Administrator Of The Estate Of Jefferson,... 96-957 11/04/1997 12/09/1997 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 8-1
Kalina v. Fletcher 96-792 10/07/1997 12/10/1997 John Paul Stevens 9-0