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

Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Amadeo v. Zant
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Arizona v. Roberson
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Arkansas Best Corp. v. Commissioner
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Bank Of Nova Scotia v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Kennedy's opinion

Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Basic Inc. v. Levinson
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Bendix Autolite Corp. v. Midwesco Enterprises
Voted with the majority, joined Kennedy's opinion

Bennett v. Arkansas
Voted with the majority

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

Bethesda Hospital Assn. v. Bowen
Voted with the majority, joined Kennedy's opinion

Boos v. Barry
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent

Bowen v. Galbreath
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Bowen v. Kendrick
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Bowen v. Kizer
Voted with the majority

Bowen v. Massachusetts
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

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

Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's opinion

Business Electronics v. Sharp Electronics
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's opinion

California v. Greenwood
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Carnegie-Mellon Univ. v. Cohill
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

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

Catholic Conf. v. Abortion Rights Mobilization
Voted with the majority, joined Kennedy's opinion

Chick Kam Choo v. Exxon Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' concurrence

Church Of Scientology Of California v. Irs
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

City Of New York v. Fcc
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Clark v. Jeter
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Commissioner v. Bollinger
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's opinion

Communications Workers v. Beck
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Coy v. Iowa
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

D. H. Holmes Co. v. Mcnamara
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Deakins v. Monaghan
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Debartolo Corp. v. Fla. Gulf Coast Trades Council
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Department Of Navy v. Egan
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

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

EEOC v. Commercial Office Products Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Employment Division v. Smith
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Etsi Pipeline Project v. Missouri
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

FLRA v. Aberdeen Proving Ground
Voted with the majority

Fdic v. Mallen
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Felder v. Casey
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Ferc v. Martin Exploration Management Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Florida v. Long
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Forrester v. White
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Franklin v. Lynaugh
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's special concurrence

Frisby v. Schultz
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Gardebring v. Jenkins
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Goodyear Atomic Corp. v. Miller
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. Mayacamas Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Gwaltney v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Hicks v. Feiock
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Honig v. Doe
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Houston v. Lack
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

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

Huffman v. Western Nuclear, Inc.
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Ins v. Abudu
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Ins v. Pangilinan
Voted with the majority, concurred with Scalia's opinion

Johnson v. Mississippi
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc.
Voted with the minority, joined Scalia's dissent

Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public Schools
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent

Karcher v. May
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Laborers Tr. Fund v. Advanced Lightweight Conc.
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Landers v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Langley v. Fdic
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's opinion

Liljeberg v. Health Services Acquisition Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Lingle v. Norge Division Of Magic Chef, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Loeffler v. Frank
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Lowenfield v. Phelps
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Lyng v. Automobile Workers
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Lyng v. Northwest Indian CPA
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Mackey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Ser
Voted with the minority, joined Kennedy's dissent

Mathews v. United States
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent

Maynard v. Cartwright
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Mccoy v. Court Of Appeals Of Wisconsin
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Mclaughlin v. Richland Shoe Co.
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Meyer v. Grant
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Michigan v. Chesternut
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

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

Mississippi Power v. Miss. Ex Rel. Moore
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Monessen Southwestern R. Co. v. Morgan
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Morrison v. Olson
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Mullins Coal Co. v. Director, Owcp
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Murray v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's opinion

NLRB v. Food & Commercial Workers
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

New Energy Company of Indiana v. Limbach
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's opinion

New York State Club Assn. v. New York City
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Norwest Bank Worthington v. Ahlers
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Omni Capital Int'l v. Rudolf Wolff & Co.
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

P. R. Consumer Affairs Dept. v. Isla Petroleum
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's opinion

Paperworkers v. Misco, Inc.
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Patrick v. Burget
Did not participate

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

Patterson v. Mclean Credit Union
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent, authored a dissent, joined Stevens' dissent

Pennell v. San Jose
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Peralta v. Heights Medical Center, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Mississippi
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Pierce v. Underwood
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's special concurrence

Pinter v. Dahl
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Reagan v. Abourezk

Regents Of Univ. Of Cal. v. Public Empl. Rel. Bd.
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Riley v. National Federation Of Blind
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Ross v. Oklahoma
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Satterwhite v. Texas
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's special concurrence, authored a special concurrence

Schneidewind v. Anr Pipeline Co.
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Schweiker v. Chilicky
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Shapero v. Kentucky Bar Assn.
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

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

South Carolina v. Baker
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

St. Louis v. Praprotnik
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's special concurrence

Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's special concurrence

Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman
Voted with the majority, joined Kennedy's opinion

Taylor v. Illinois
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent, authored a dissent

Thompson v. Oklahoma
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' judgment of the court

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

Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Traynor v. Turnage
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Tulsa Professional Collection Services v. Pope
Voted with the majority, concurred with O'Connor's opinion

U.S. Postal Service v. Letter Carriers

United Savings Assn. v. Timbers Of Inwood Forest
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's opinion

United States Dept. Of Justice v. Julian
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

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

United States v. Kozminski
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' special concurrence

United States v. Owens
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's opinion

United States v. Providence Journal Co.
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

United States v. Robinson
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

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

United States v. Wells Fargo Bank
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Vermont v. Cox

Virginia v. American Booksellers Assn.
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Schlunk
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's special concurrence

Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Webster v. Doe
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

West v. Atkins
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Westfall v. Erwin
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Wheat v. United States
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent

Yates v. Aiken
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion