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1960-1969

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1990-1999

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1978 Term

Addington v. Texas
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Alexander v. U.S. Dept. Of HUD
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Ambach v. Norwick
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Andrus v. Sierra Club
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Arizona Public Service Co. v. Snead
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Arkansas v. Sanders
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co.
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Babbitt v. Farm Workers
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Baker v. Mccollan
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Barry v. Barchi
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Bell v. Wolfish
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Bellotti v. Baird

Board Of Governors v. First Lincolnwood Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Cbs
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Brown v. Felsen
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Brown v. Texas
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Burch v. Louisiana
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Burks v. Lasker
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Butner v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Caban v. Mohammed
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Califano v. Aznavorian
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Califano v. Boles
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Califano v. Westcott
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Califano v. Yamasaki
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

California v. Arizona
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Cannon v. University Of Chicago
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent

Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Org.
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Chrysler Corp. v. Brown
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Colautti v. Franklin
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Columbus Board Of Education v. Penick
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Corbitt v. New Jersey
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

County Of Los Angeles v. Davis
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Dalia v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Davis v. Passman
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Dayton Board Of Education v. Brinkman
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Delaware v. Prouse
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Detroit Edison Co. v. NLRB
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Director, Workers' Comp. Progs. v. Rasmussen
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Dougherty County Bd. Of Ed. v. White
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Douglas Oil Co. v. Petrol Stops Northwest
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Dunaway v. New York
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Dunn v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Duren v. Missouri
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatl.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Electrical Workers v. Foust
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

FCC v. Midwest Video Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Fare v. Michael C.
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Federal Open Market Committee v. Merrill
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Ferc v. Pennzoil Producing Co.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Ford Motor Co. v. NLRB
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Friedman v. Rogers
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Gannett Co. v. DePasquale
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Givhan v. Western Line Consol. School Dist.
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Gladstone, Realtors v. Village Of Bellwood
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Great A & P Tea Co. v. Ftc
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Great American Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Novotny
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Greenholtz v. Nebraska Penal Inmates
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Group Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Royal Drug Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Harrah Independent School Dist. v. Martin
Voted with the majority

Helstoski v. Meanor
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Herbert v. Lando
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Hisquierdo v. Hisquierdo
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Holt Civic Club v. Tuscaloosa
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Hughes v. Oklahoma
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Hunter v. Dean

Hutchinson v. Proxmire
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Illinois Elections Bd. v. Socialist Workers Party
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Jackson v. Virginia
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Japan Line, Ltd. v. County Of Los Angeles
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Jones v. Wolf
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Kentucky v. Whorton
Voted with the majority

Lake Country Estates v. Tahoe Planning Agcy.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Lalli v. Lalli
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Leis v. Flynt
Voted with the majority

Leo Sheep Co. v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Leroy v. Great Western United Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Lo-Ji Sales, Inc. v. New York
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Mackey v. Montrym
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Marchioro v. Chaney
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Marquette Nat. Bank v. First Of Omaha Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Michigan v. Defillippo
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Michigan v. Doran
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Miller v. Youakim
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Mobile v. Bolden
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Montana v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Moore v. Sims
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

NLRB v. Baptist Hospital, Inc.
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

NLRB v. Catholic Bishop Of Chicago
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

National Muffler Dealers Assn. v. United States
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Nevada v. Hall
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

New Jersey v. Portash
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

New Motor Vehicle Bd. Of Cal. v. Orrin W. Fox Co.
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

New York Tel. Co. v. New York Labor Dept.
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

New York Transit Authority v. Beazer
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

North Carolina v. Butler
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Orr v. Orr
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Evans
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

P. C. Pfeiffer Co. v. Ford
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Parham v. Hughes
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent

Parker v. Randolph
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Payton v. New York
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Personnel Administrator MA v. Feeney
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Quern v. Jordan
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Rakas v. Illinois
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Ramsey v. New York

Reiter v. Sonotone Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Rose v. Mitchell
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Sandstrom v. Montana
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Scott v. Illinois
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Secy. Of Pub. Welf. v. Institutionalized Juveniles
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Employees
Voted with the majority

Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Smith v. Maryland
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Southeastern Community College v. Davis
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Southern R. Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Stafford v. Briggs
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Teamsters v. Daniel
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Thor Power Tool Co. v. Commissioner
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Toll v. Moreno
Voted with the majority

Torres v. Puerto Rico
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's special concurrence

Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. Lewis
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Ulster County Court v. Allen
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

United California Bank v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mccombs
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

United States v. 564.54 Acres Of Land
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

United States v. Addonizio
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

United States v. Batchelder
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

United States v. Caceres
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

United States v. Helstoski
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

United States v. Naftalin
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

United States v. Rutherford
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

United States v. Timmreck
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

United Steelworkers of America v. Weber
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Vance v. Bradley
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Washington v. Fishing Vessel Assn.
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Washington v. Yakima Indian Nation
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Williams v. Brown
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Wilson v. Omaha Indian Tribe
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Wolston v. Reader's Digest Assn., Inc.
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence