| Commissioner Of Internal Revenue v. Fink | Wrote a special concurrence | June 22, 1987 | 8-1 |
| Welch v. Texas Highways & Public Transp. Dept. | Wrote a special concurrence | June 25, 1987 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Mendoza-Lopez | Wrote a dissent | May 26, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Hodel v. Irving | Wrote a regular concurrence | May 18, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Cruz v. New York | Wrote the majority opinion | April 21, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Tyler Pipe Industries v. Dept. Of Revenue | Wrote a dissent | June 23, 1987 | 6-2 |
| California Federal S. & L. Assn. v. Guerra | Wrote a special concurrence | January 13, 1987 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Johnson | Wrote a dissent | May 18, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Cts Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. Of America | Wrote a special concurrence | April 21, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Houston v. Hill | Wrote a special concurrence, joined Powell's concurrence | June 15, 1987 | 8-1 |
| Kungys v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | May 2, 1988 | 6-2 |
| United States v. Dunn | Wrote a regular concurrence | March 3, 1987 | 7-2 |
| O'connor v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | November 4, 1986 | 9-0 |
| Ins v. Cardoza-Fonseca | Wrote a special concurrence | March 9, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Tashjian v. Republican Party Of Connecticut | Wrote a dissent, joined Stevens' dissent | December 10, 1986 | 5-4 |
| Hitchcock v. Dugger | Wrote the majority opinion | April 22, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Johnson v. Transportation Agency | Wrote a dissent | March 24, 1987 | 6-3 |
| American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Scheiner | Wrote a dissent | June 23, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Tull v. United States | Wrote a special concurrence | April 28, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Assocs. | Wrote a special concurrence | June 22, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Hewitt v. Helms | Wrote the majority opinion | June 19, 1987 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Stanley | Wrote the majority opinion | June 25, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Richardson v. Marsh | Wrote the majority opinion | April 21, 1987 | 6-3 |
| California Coastal Comm'n v. Granite Rock Co. | Wrote a dissent | March 24, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Nollan v. California Coastal Commission | Wrote the majority opinion | June 26, 1987 | 5-4 |
| O'Connor v. Ortega | Wrote a special concurrence | March 31, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Lukhard v. Reed | Wrote the judgment of the Court | April 22, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Edwards v. Aguillard | Wrote a dissent | June 19, 1987 | 7-2 |
| Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco Inc. | Wrote a regular concurrence | April 6, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Pope v. Illinois | Wrote a regular concurrence | May 4, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Booth v. Maryland | Wrote a dissent, joined White's dissent | June 15, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Arizona v. Hicks | Wrote the majority opinion | March 3, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Icc v. Locomotive Engineers | Wrote the majority opinion | June 8, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Rankin v. McPherson | Wrote a dissent | June 24, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Griffin v. Wisconsin | Wrote the majority opinion | June 26, 1987 | 5-4 |
| NLRB v. Electrical Workers | Wrote a special concurrence | May 18, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Rose v. Rose | Wrote a special concurrence | May 18, 1987 | 8-1 |
| Anderson v. Creighton | Wrote the majority opinion | June 25, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland | Wrote a dissent | April 22, 1987 | 7-2 |
| Gray v. Mississippi | Wrote a dissent | May 18, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Puerto Rico v. Branstad | Wrote a special concurrence | June 23, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Citicorp Industrial Credit, Inc. v. Brock | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 22, 1987 | 7-2 |
| Young v. U.S. Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A. | Wrote a special concurrence | May 26, 1987 | 5-4 |
| IRS v. FLRA | Wrote the majority opinion | April 17, 1990 | 7-2 |
| Butterworth v. Smith | Wrote a regular concurrence | March 21, 1990 | 9-0 |
| Maislin Industries, US, Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc. | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 21, 1990 | 7-2 |
| Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of Health | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 25, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce | Wrote a dissent, joined Kennedy's dissent | March 27, 1990 | 6-3 |
| Sullivan v. Finkelstein | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 18, 1990 | 9-0 |
| Department of Labor v. Triplett | Wrote the majority opinion | March 27, 1990 | 9-0 |
| Fort Stewart Schools v. FLRA | Wrote the majority opinion | May 29, 1990 | 9-0 |
| Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation | Wrote the majority opinion | June 27, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno | Wrote a regular concurrence | April 17, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Illinois v. Rodriguez | Wrote the majority opinion | June 21, 1990 | 6-3 |
| Ferens v. John Deere Co. | Wrote a dissent | March 5, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp. | Wrote the majority opinion | March 5, 1990 | 9-0 |
| NLRB v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc. | Wrote a dissent | April 17, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Begier v. IRS | Wrote a special concurrence | June 4, 1990 | 9-0 |
| Carden v. Arkoma Associates | Wrote the majority opinion | February 27, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. v. Sperling | Wrote a dissent | December 11, 1989 | 7-2 |
| Holland v. Illinois | Wrote the majority opinion | January 22, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Employment Division v. Smith | Wrote the majority opinion | April 17, 1990 | 6-3 |
| John Doe Agency v. John Doe Corp. | Wrote a dissent | December 11, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Sisson v. Ruby | Wrote a special concurrence | June 25, 1990 | 9-0 |
| Burnham v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Marin | Wrote the judgment of the Court | May 29, 1990 | 9-0 |
| Kirkpatrick Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp. | Wrote the majority opinion | January 17, 1990 | 9-0 |
| United States v. Munoz-Flores | Wrote a special concurrence | May 21, 1990 | 9-0 |
| Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 25, 1990 | 6-3 |
| Pavelic & LeFlore v. Marvel Entertainment | Wrote the majority opinion | December 5, 1989 | 8-1 |
| Hodgson v. Minnesota | Wrote a special concurrence, joined Kennedy's concurrence | June 25, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Tafflin v. Levitt | Wrote a regular concurrence | January 22, 1990 | 9-0 |
| Crandon v. United States | Wrote a special concurrence | February 27, 1990 | 9-0 |
| North Dakota v. United States | Wrote a special concurrence | May 21, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Grady v. Corbin | Wrote a dissent | May 29, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Walton v. Arizona | Wrote a special concurrence | June 27, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Eli Lilly & Co. v. Medtronic, Inc. | Wrote the majority opinion | June 18, 1990 | 6-2 |
| Maryland v. Craig | Wrote a dissent | June 27, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois | Wrote a dissent | June 21, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Sullivan v. Everhart | Wrote the majority opinion | February 21, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Texaco, Inc. v. Hasbrouck | Wrote a special concurrence | June 14, 1990 | 9-0 |
| Taylor v. United States | Wrote a special concurrence | May 29, 1990 | 9-0 |
| FW/PBS, Inc. v. Dallas | Wrote a dissent | January 9, 1990 | 6-3 |
| McKoy v. North Carolina | Wrote a dissent | March 5, 1990 | 6-3 |
| South Carolina v. Baker | Wrote a special concurrence | April 20, 1988 | 7-1 |
| Morrison v. Olson | Wrote a dissent | June 27, 1988 | 7-1 |
| Bendix Autolite Corp. v. Midwesco Enterprises | Wrote a special concurrence | June 17, 1988 | 8-1 |
| Business Electronics v. Sharp Electronics | Wrote the majority opinion | May 2, 1988 | 6-2 |
| Webster v. Doe | Wrote a dissent | June 15, 1988 | 6-2 |
| K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc. | Wrote a dissent | May 31, 1988 | 5-4 |
| Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw | Wrote a special concurrence, joined White's concurrence, joined O'Connor's concurrence | May 16, 1988 | 6-1 |
| P. R. Consumer Affairs Dept. v. Isla Petroleum | Wrote the majority opinion | April 19, 1988 | 8-0 |
| Mathews v. United States | Wrote a special concurrence | February 24, 1988 | 6-2 |
| United States v. Fausto | Wrote the majority opinion | January 25, 1988 | 5-3 |
| Coy v. Iowa | Wrote the majority opinion | June 29, 1988 | 6-2 |
| Langley v. Fdic | Wrote the majority opinion | December 1, 1987 | 8-0 |
| United States v. Providence Journal Co. | Wrote a regular concurrence | May 2, 1988 | 6-2 |
| United States v. Owens | Wrote the majority opinion | February 23, 1988 | 6-2 |
| Pierce v. Underwood | Wrote the majority opinion | June 27, 1988 | 6-2 |
| Boyle v. United Technologies Corp. | Wrote the majority opinion | June 27, 1988 | 5-4 |
| Thompson v. Oklahoma | Wrote a dissent | June 29, 1988 | 5-3 |
| Honig v. Doe | Wrote a dissent | January 20, 1988 | 6-2 |
| Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co. | Wrote the majority opinion | May 23, 1988 | 9-0 |
| K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc. | Wrote a dissent | March 7, 1988 | 5-3 |
| Pennell v. San Jose | Wrote a dissent | February 24, 1988 | 6-2 |
| NLRB v. Food & Commercial Workers | Wrote a regular concurrence | December 14, 1987 | 8-0 |
| Riley v. National Federation Of Blind | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 29, 1988 | 7-2 |
| Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman | Wrote the majority opinion | June 15, 1988 | 6-2 |
| West v. Atkins | Wrote a special concurrence | June 20, 1988 | 9-0 |
| United Savings Assn. v. Timbers Of Inwood Forest | Wrote the majority opinion | January 20, 1988 | 8-0 |
| Houston v. Lack | Wrote a dissent | June 24, 1988 | 5-4 |
| Commissioner v. Bollinger | Wrote the majority opinion | March 22, 1988 | 8-0 |
| Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co. | Wrote a special concurrence | June 24, 1988 | 8-1 |
| Murray v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | June 27, 1988 | 4-3 |
| Bank Of Nova Scotia v. United States | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 22, 1988 | 8-1 |
| Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. Mayacamas Corp. | Wrote a regular concurrence | March 22, 1988 | 8-0 |
| United States v. Taylor | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 24, 1988 | 6-3 |
| Bowen v. Massachusetts | Wrote a dissent | June 29, 1988 | 6-3 |
| Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp. | Wrote a dissent | June 20, 1988 | 8-1 |
| Gwaltney v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Wrote a special concurrence | December 1, 1987 | 8-0 |
| Ins v. Pangilinan | Wrote the majority opinion | June 17, 1988 | 8-0 |
| New Energy Company of Indiana v. Limbach | Wrote the majority opinion | May 31, 1988 | 9-0 |
| Thompson v. Thompson | Wrote a special concurrence | January 12, 1988 | 8-0 |
| United States Dept. Of Justice v. Julian | Wrote a dissent | May 16, 1988 | 5-3 |
| Mississippi Power v. Miss. Ex Rel. Moore | Wrote a special concurrence | June 24, 1988 | 6-3 |
| New York State Club Association. v. City of New York | Wrote a special concurrence | June 20, 1988 | 9-0 |
| Board Of Trustees, State Univ. Of N. Y. v. Fox | Wrote the majority opinion | June 29, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Flight Attendants v. Zipes | Wrote the majority opinion | June 22, 1989 | 6-2 |
| Stanford v. Kentucky | Wrote the majority opinion | June 26, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Healy v. The Beer Institute | Wrote a special concurrence | June 19, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Coit Independence Joint Venture v. Fslic | Wrote a special concurrence | March 21, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Carella v. California | Wrote a special concurrence | June 15, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Jones v. Thomas | Wrote a dissent | June 19, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Hoffman v. Connecticut Income Maint. Dept. | Wrote a special concurrence | June 23, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Michael H. v. Gerald D. | Wrote the judgment of the Court | June 15, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock | Wrote a dissent | February 21, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Green v. Bock Laundry Machine Co. | Wrote a special concurrence | May 22, 1989 | 6-3 |
| New Orleans Pub. Serv., Inc. v. New Orleans | Wrote the majority opinion | June 19, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Goldberg v. Sweet | Wrote a special concurrence | January 10, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Pittston Coal Group v. Sebben | Wrote the majority opinion | December 6, 1988 | 5-4 |
| Jett v. Dallas Independent School Dist. | Wrote a special concurrence | June 22, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. | Wrote a dissent | June 15, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. | Wrote a special concurrence | January 23, 1989 | 6-3 |
| South Carolina v. Gathers | Wrote a dissent | June 12, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Amerada Hess Corp. v. N. J. Taxation Di | Wrote a special concurrence | April 3, 1989 | 8-0 |
| Nat. Treas. Employees Union v. Von Raab | Wrote a dissent | March 21, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Blanchard v. Bergeron | Wrote a special concurrence | February 21, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital | Wrote a regular concurrence | December 12, 1988 | 9-0 |
| Lorance v. At&T Technologies, Inc. | Wrote the majority opinion | June 12, 1989 | 5-3 |
| Webster v. Reproductive Health Services | Wrote a special concurrence | July 3, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Brower v. Inyo County | Wrote the majority opinion | March 21, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Mistretta v. United States | Wrote a dissent | January 18, 1989 | 8-1 |
| American Trucking Associations v. Smith | Wrote a special concurrence | June 4, 1990 | 5-4 |
| Massachusetts v. Oakes | Wrote a special concurrence | June 21, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Midland Asphalt Corp. v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | March 28, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Duquesne Light Co. v. Barasch | Wrote a regular concurrence | January 11, 1989 | 8-0 |
| Granfinanciera, S. A. v. Nordberg | Wrote a special concurrence | June 23, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Chan v. Korean Air Lines, Ltd. | Wrote the majority opinion | April 18, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Dellmuth v. Muth | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 15, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Schmuck v. United States | Wrote a dissent | March 22, 1989 | 5-4 |
| H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. | Wrote a special concurrence | June 26, 1989 | 9-0 |
| United States v. Stuart | Wrote a special concurrence | February 28, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Lauro Lines S.R.L. v. Chasser | Wrote a regular concurrence | May 22, 1989 | 9-0 |
| The Florida Star v. B. J. F. | Wrote a special concurrence | June 21, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Castille v. Peoples | Wrote the majority opinion | February 22, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Harte-Hanks Communications v. Connaughton | Wrote a special concurrence | June 22, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Sable Communications of California v. FCC | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 23, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Finley v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | May 22, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch | Wrote a regular concurrence | February 21, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Reed v. United Transportation Union | Wrote a special concurrence | January 11, 1989 | 8-1 |
| Penry v. Lynaugh | Wrote a special concurrence | June 26, 1989 | 5-4 |
