| South Carolina v. Baker | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, April 20, 1988 | 7-1 |
| Morrison v. Olson | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 27, 1988 | 7-1 |
| Bendix Autolite Corp. v. Midwesco Enterprises | Wrote a special concurrence | Friday, June 17, 1988 | 8-1 |
| Business Electronics v. Sharp Electronics | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 2, 1988 | 6-2 |
| Webster v. Doe | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, June 15, 1988 | 6-2 |
| K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc. | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, May 31, 1988 | 5-4 |
| Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw | Wrote a special concurrence, joined White's concurrence, joined O'Connor's concurrence | Monday, May 16, 1988 | 6-1 |
| P. R. Consumer Affairs Dept. v. Isla Petroleum | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, April 19, 1988 | 8-0 |
| Mathews v. United States | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, February 24, 1988 | 6-2 |
| United States v. Fausto | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, January 25, 1988 | 5-3 |
| Coy v. Iowa | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, June 29, 1988 | 6-2 |
| Langley v. Fdic | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, December 1, 1987 | 8-0 |
| United States v. Providence Journal Co. | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, May 2, 1988 | 6-2 |
| United States v. Owens | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, February 23, 1988 | 6-2 |
| Pierce v. Underwood | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 27, 1988 | 6-2 |
| Boyle v. United Technologies Corp. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 27, 1988 | 5-4 |
| Thompson v. Oklahoma | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, June 29, 1988 | 5-3 |
| Honig v. Doe | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, January 20, 1988 | 6-2 |
| Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 23, 1988 | 9-0 |
| K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc. | Wrote a dissent | Monday, March 7, 1988 | 5-3 |
| Pennell v. San Jose | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, February 24, 1988 | 6-2 |
| NLRB v. Food & Commercial Workers | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, December 14, 1987 | 8-0 |
| Riley v. National Federation Of Blind | Wrote a regular concurrence | Wednesday, June 29, 1988 | 7-2 |
| Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, June 15, 1988 | 6-2 |
| West v. Atkins | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, June 20, 1988 | 9-0 |
| United Savings Assn. v. Timbers Of Inwood Forest | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, January 20, 1988 | 8-0 |
| Houston v. Lack | Wrote a dissent | Friday, June 24, 1988 | 5-4 |
| Commissioner v. Bollinger | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, March 22, 1988 | 8-0 |
| Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co. | Wrote a special concurrence | Friday, June 24, 1988 | 8-1 |
| Murray v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 27, 1988 | 4-3 |
| Bank Of Nova Scotia v. United States | Wrote a regular concurrence | Wednesday, June 22, 1988 | 8-1 |
| Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. Mayacamas Corp. | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, March 22, 1988 | 8-0 |
| United States v. Taylor | Wrote a regular concurrence | Friday, June 24, 1988 | 6-3 |
| Bowen v. Massachusetts | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, June 29, 1988 | 6-3 |
| Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp. | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 20, 1988 | 8-1 |
| Gwaltney v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, December 1, 1987 | 8-0 |
| Ins v. Pangilinan | Wrote the majority opinion | Friday, June 17, 1988 | 8-0 |
| New Energy Company of Indiana v. Limbach | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, May 31, 1988 | 9-0 |
| Thompson v. Thompson | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, January 12, 1988 | 8-0 |
| United States Dept. Of Justice v. Julian | Wrote a dissent | Monday, May 16, 1988 | 5-3 |
| Mississippi Power v. Miss. Ex Rel. Moore | Wrote a special concurrence | Friday, June 24, 1988 | 6-3 |
| New York State Club Association. v. City of New York | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, June 20, 1988 | 9-0 |
