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Aguilar v. Felton
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Air France v. Saks
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Ake v. Oklahoma
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Alabama And Mississippi Boundary Case
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Alexander v. Choate
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Lueck
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

American National Bank & Tr. Co. v. Haroco, Inc.
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Anderson v. Bessemer City
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent, authored a dissent

Atkins v. Parker
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Baldwin v. Alabama
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

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

Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards, Inc. v. Berner
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Bennett v. Kentucky Dept. Of Education
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Bennett v. New Jersey
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Black v. Romano
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Brandon v. Holt
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Burlington School Comm. v. Mass. Dept. Of Ed.
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Caldwell v. Mississippi
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

California v. Carney
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Carchman v. Nash
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Central States Pension Fund v. Central Transp.
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Central Transport, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's judgment of the court

Chemical Manufacturers Assn. v. Nrdc
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Cia v. Sims
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Cleburne, TX v. Cleburne Living Center
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's special concurrence

Cleveland Board Of Education v. Loudermill
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Weintraub
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Connecticut Dept. Of Income Maint. v. Heckler
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Ed. Fund
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Cornelius v. Nutt
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

County Of Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Dowling v. United States
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Estate of Thornton v. Caldor
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Evitts v. Lucey
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Federal Election Commission v. NCPAC
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

First National Bank v. Bartow Cty. Tax Assessors
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Florida Power & Light Co. v. Lorion
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Francis v. Franklin
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Garcia v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Garrett v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Gould v. Ruefenacht
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Grand Rapids School District v. Ball
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Hallie v. Eau Claire
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Hayes v. Florida
Voted with the majority, concurred with White's opinion

Heckler v. Chaney
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Heckler v. Turner
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Herb's Welding, Inc. v. Gray
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Labs.
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Hooper v. Bernalillo County Assessor
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Hunter v. Underwood
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

In Re Snyder
Did not participate

Ins v. Rios-Pineda
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Jean v. Nelson
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Johnson v. Mayor & City Council Of Baltimore
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Kentucky v. Graham
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Kerr-Mcgee Corp. v. Navajo Tribe
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Lawrence County v. Lead-Deadwood School Dist.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Lindahl v. Opm
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

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

Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida, Dept of Corrections v. Johnny Paul Witt
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Lowe v. SEC
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

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

Marek v. Chesny
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Marrese v. American Academy Of Ortho. Surgeons
Did not participate

Maryland v. Macon
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Russell
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's special concurrence

Mcdonald v. Smith
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's concurrence

Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Massachusetts
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Ward
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent

Mitchell v. Forsyth
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Mitsubishi Motors v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Santa Ana
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

NAACP v. Hampton County Election Comm'n
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

NLRB v. Action Automotive, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

NLRB v. Longshoremen
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

National Farmers Union Ins. Cos. v. Crow Tribe
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

National R. Passenger Corp. v. A. T. & S. F. R. Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

New Jersey v. T.L.O.
Disagreed with grant

Northeast Bancorp, Inc. v. Federal Reserve System
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Northwest Stationers v. Pacific Stationery
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Ohio v. Kovacs
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Oklahoma City v. Tuttle
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's special concurrence

Oregon Fish & Wildlife Dept. v. Klamath Tribe
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Oregon v. Elstad
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Park'n Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park And Fly, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Pattern Makers v. NLRB
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Paulsen v. Commissioner
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Ponte v. Real
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' concurrence

Rhode Island And New York Boundary Case
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Richardson-Merrell Inc. v. Koller
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

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

Schreiber v. Burlington Northern, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Shea v. Louisiana
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conf. v. U.S.
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Springfield Township School Dist. v. Knoll
Voted with the majority

Superintendent v. Hill
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Supreme Court Of New Hampshire v. Piper
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Tennessee v. Garner
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Tennessee v. Street
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Thomas v. Union Carbide Agric. Products Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's special concurrence

Tiffany Fine Arts, Inc. v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Tiverton Bd. Of License Comm'rs v. Pastore
Voted with the majority

Tony & Susan Alamo Foundation v. Sec'y Of Labor
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

United States v. 50 Acres Of Land
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

United States v. Abel
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

United States v. Albertini
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

United States v. Bagley
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

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

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

United States v. Hensley
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

United States v. Johns
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

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

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

United States v. Montoya De Hernandez
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

United States v. National Bank Of Commerce
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

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

United States v. Sharpe
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

United States v. Shearer
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's special concurrence

United States v. Young
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Wallace v. Jaffree
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Walters v. Nat. Assn. Of Radiation Survivors
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's concurrence

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

Webb v. Dyer County Bd. Of Ed.
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Criswell
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Williams v. Vermont
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Williamson Planning Comm'n v. Hamilton Bank
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Wilson v. Garcia
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Winston v. Lee
Voted with the majority, concurred with Brennan's opinion

Zauderer v. Office Of Disciplinary Counsel
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion