| Commissioner Of Internal Revenue v. Fink | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, June 22, 1987 | 8-1 |
| Welch v. Texas Highways & Public Transp. Dept. | Wrote a regular concurrence | Thursday, June 25, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Fort Halifax Packing Co. v. Coyne | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 1, 1987 | 5-4 |
| California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, February 25, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Western Air Lines v. Board Of Equalization | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, February 24, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Cruz v. New York | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, April 21, 1987 | 5-4 |
| McNally v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, June 24, 1987 | 7-2 |
| Ricketts v. Adamson | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 22, 1987 | 5-4 |
| California Federal S. & L. Assn. v. Guerra | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, January 13, 1987 | 6-3 |
| California v. Rooney | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, June 23, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Brock v. Roadway Express, Inc. | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, April 22, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Cts Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. Of America | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, April 21, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Corporation of Presiding Bishop v. Amos | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, June 24, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Amoco Production Co. v. Gambell | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, March 24, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Kungys v. United States | Wrote a dissent | Monday, May 2, 1988 | 6-2 |
| United States v. Dunn | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, March 3, 1987 | 7-2 |
| Commissioner v. Groetzinger | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, February 24, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Johnson v. Transportation Agency | Wrote a dissent, joined Scalia's dissent | Tuesday, March 24, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Texas v. New Mexico | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 8, 1987 | 8-0 |
| Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co. | Wrote the majority opinion | Friday, June 19, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Pleasant Grove v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, January 21, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Airport Commissioners v. Jews for Jesus | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, June 15, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Martin v. Ohio | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, February 25, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Shaare Tefila Congregation v. Cobb | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 18, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Clarke v. Securities Industry Assn. | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, January 14, 1987 | 8-0 |
| Utah Div. Of State Lands v. United States | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 8, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Edwards v. Aguillard | Wrote a special concurrence | Friday, June 19, 1987 | 7-2 |
| Saint Francis College v. Al-Khazraji | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 18, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Pope v. Illinois | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 4, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Sumner v. Shuman | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 22, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Booth v. Maryland | Wrote a dissent, joined Scalia's dissent | Monday, June 15, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Arizona v. Hicks | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, March 3, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Griffith v. Kentucky | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, January 13, 1987 | 6-3 |
| NLRB v. Electrical Workers | Wrote a dissent | Monday, May 18, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Rose v. Rose | Wrote a dissent | Monday, May 18, 1987 | 8-1 |
| Fec v. Massachusetts Citizens For Life, Inc. | Wrote a dissent, joined Rehnquist's dissent | Monday, December 15, 1986 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Paradise | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, February 25, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Munro v. Socialist Workers Party | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, December 10, 1986 | 7-2 |
| Wright v. Roanoke Rede v. & Housing Auth. | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, January 14, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Young v. U.S. Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A. | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, May 26, 1987 | 5-4 |
