| New York City Bd. Of Estimate v. Morris | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, March 22, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Will v. Michigan Dept. Of State Police | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 15, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Florida v. Riley | Wrote the judgment of the Court | Monday, January 23, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Carlucci v. Doe | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, December 6, 1988 | 9-0 |
| United States v. Monsanto | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 22, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Karahalios v. Federal Employees | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, March 6, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 5, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Hoffman v. Connecticut Income Maint. Dept. | Wrote the judgment of the Court | Friday, June 23, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Michael H. v. Gerald D. | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 15, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, February 21, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Canton v. Harris | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, February 28, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. | Wrote a special concurrence | Thursday, June 15, 1989 | 5-4 |
| California v. Arc America Corp. | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, April 18, 1989 | 7-0 |
| South Carolina v. Gathers | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, June 12, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Brendale v. Confederated Yakima Indian Nation | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 29, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Blanchard v. Bergeron | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, February 21, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Ncaa v. Tarkanian | Wrote a dissent | Monday, December 12, 1988 | 5-4 |
| Granfinanciera, S. A. v. Nordberg | Wrote a dissent | Friday, June 23, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Consol. Rail Corp. v. Railway Labor Executives | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, June 19, 1989 | 7-2 |
| Sullivan v. Hudson | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 12, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Frazee v. Illinois Employment Security Dept. | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, March 29, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 22, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Dugger v. Adams | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, February 28, 1989 | 5-4 |
| The Florida Star v. B. J. F. | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, June 21, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Harte-Hanks Communications v. Connaughton | Wrote a regular concurrence | Thursday, June 22, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Sable Communications of California v. FCC | Wrote the majority opinion | Friday, June 23, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Commissioner v. Clark | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, March 22, 1989 | 8-1 |
| Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, February 21, 1989 | 9-0 |
| Reed v. United Transportation Union | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, January 11, 1989 | 8-1 |
| Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, May 1, 1989 | 6-3 |
| Pittsburgh & L. E. R. Co. v. Railway Executives | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, June 21, 1989 | 5-4 |
| Sheet Metal Workers v. Lynn | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, January 18, 1989 | 8-0 |
| Teague v. Lane | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, February 22, 1989 | 7-2 |
