| Federal Open Market Committee v. Merrill | Wrote a dissent | June 27, 1979 | 7-2 |
| Lake Country Estates v. Tahoe Planning Agcy. | Wrote the majority opinion | March 5, 1979 | 6-3 |
| New York Tel. Co. v. New York Labor Dept. | Wrote the judgment of the Court | March 21, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Cbs | Wrote a dissent | April 17, 1979 | 8-1 |
| Douglas Oil Co. v. Petrol Stops Northwest | Wrote a dissent | April 18, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Board Of Governors v. First Lincolnwood Corp. | Wrote a dissent | December 11, 1978 | 7-2 |
| Personnel Administrator MA v. Feeney | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 5, 1979 | 7-2 |
| Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Org. | Wrote the majority opinion | May 14, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Leroy v. Great Western United Corp. | Wrote the majority opinion | June 26, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Parker v. Randolph | Wrote a dissent | May 29, 1979 | 5-3 |
| Washington v. Fishing Vessel Assn. | Wrote the majority opinion | July 2, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Corbitt v. New Jersey | Wrote a dissent | December 11, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Burch v. Louisiana | Wrote a regular concurrence | April 17, 1979 | 9-0 |
| Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Evans | Wrote a dissent | May 21, 1979 | 5-4 |
| Cannon v. University Of Chicago | Wrote the majority opinion | May 14, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Givhan v. Western Line Consol. School Dist. | Wrote a regular concurrence | January 4, 1979 | 9-0 |
| Leis v. Flynt | Wrote a dissent | January 15, 1979 | 5-3 |
| United States v. Caceres | Wrote the majority opinion | April 2, 1979 | 7-2 |
| Southern R. Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. | Wrote the majority opinion | June 11, 1979 | 8-0 |
| Holt Civic Club v. Tuscaloosa | Wrote a regular concurrence | November 28, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Bell v. Wolfish | Wrote a dissent | May 14, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Nevada v. Hall | Wrote the majority opinion | March 5, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Butner v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | February 21, 1979 | 9-0 |
| Rose v. Mitchell | Wrote a regular concurrence, joined White's concurrence | July 2, 1979 | 7-2 |
| New Motor Vehicle Bd. Of Cal. v. Orrin W. Fox Co. | Wrote a dissent | December 5, 1978 | 8-1 |
| FCC v. Midwest Video Corp. | Wrote a dissent | April 2, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Marchioro v. Chaney | Wrote the majority opinion | June 4, 1979 | 8-0 |
| Ulster County Court v. Allen | Wrote the majority opinion | June 4, 1979 | 5-4 |
| Detroit Edison Co. v. NLRB | Wrote a dissent | March 5, 1979 | 5-4 |
| Orr v. Orr | Wrote a regular concurrence | March 5, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Baker v. Mccollan | Wrote a dissent | June 26, 1979 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Timmreck | Wrote the majority opinion | May 21, 1979 | 9-0 |
| Illinois Elections Bd. v. Socialist Workers Party | Wrote a special concurrence | February 22, 1979 | 9-0 |
| United California Bank v. United States | Wrote a dissent | December 11, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Great American Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Novotny | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 11, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Dunaway v. New York | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 5, 1979 | 6-2 |
| New York Transit Authority v. Beazer | Wrote the majority opinion | March 21, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Jackson v. Virginia | Wrote a special concurrence | June 27, 1979 | 8-0 |
| Dalia v. United States | Wrote a dissent | April 18, 1979 | 5-4 |
| Mobile v. Bolden | Wrote a special concurrence | April 22, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Bellotti v. Baird | Wrote a special concurrence | July 2, 1979 | 8-1 |
| Dougherty County Board of Education v. White | Wrote a regular concurrence | November 28, 1978 | 5-4 |
| Payton v. New York | Wrote the majority opinion | April 15, 1980 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Addonizio | Wrote the majority opinion | June 4, 1979 | 7-0 |
| Moore v. Sims | Wrote a dissent | June 11, 1979 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Helstoski | Wrote a dissent | June 18, 1979 | 6-2 |
| Caban v. Mohammed | Wrote a dissent | April 24, 1979 | 5-4 |
| White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker | Wrote a dissent | June 27, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Bifulco v. United States | Wrote a dissent | June 16, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Fullilove v. Klutznick | Wrote a dissent | July 2, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Ferri v. Ackerman | Wrote the majority opinion | December 4, 1979 | 9-0 |
| Deposit Guaranty Nat. Bank v. Roper | Wrote a regular concurrence | March 19, 1980 | 7-2 |
| Rhode Island v. Innis | Wrote a dissent | May 12, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Mohasco Corp. v. Silver | Wrote the majority opinion | June 23, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Thomas v. Washington Gas Light Co. | Wrote the judgment of the Court | June 27, 1980 | 7-2 |
| Vance v. Terrazas | Wrote a dissent | January 15, 1980 | 5-4 |
| Brown v. Glines | Wrote a dissent | January 21, 1980 | 5-3 |
| Maher v. Gagne | Wrote the majority opinion | June 25, 1980 | 9-0 |
| Wengler v. Druggists Mutual Ins. Co. | Wrote a special concurrence | April 22, 1980 | 8-1 |
| Board Of Regents v. Tomanio | Wrote a special concurrence | May 19, 1980 | 7-2 |
| NLRB v. Retail Store Employees | Wrote a special concurrence | June 20, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Rush v. Savchuk | Wrote a dissent | January 21, 1980 | 7-2 |
| Chiarella v. United States | Wrote a regular concurrence | March 18, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Texas v. New Mexico | Wrote a dissent | May 19, 1980 | 8-1 |
| Martinez v. California | Wrote the majority opinion | January 15, 1980 | 9-0 |
| Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper | Wrote a special concurrence | June 23, 1980 | 9-0 |
| Jenkins v. Anderson | Wrote a special concurrence | June 10, 1980 | 7-2 |
| O'bannon v. Town Court Nursing Center | Wrote the majority opinion | June 23, 1980 | 7-1 |
| United States v. Ward | Wrote a dissent | June 27, 1980 | 8-1 |
| Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Ser v. Comm'n | Wrote a special concurrence | June 20, 1980 | 7-2 |
| Beck v. Alabama | Wrote the majority opinion | June 20, 1980 | 7-2 |
| Harrison v. Ppg Industries, Inc. | Wrote a dissent | May 27, 1980 | 7-2 |
| United States v. Bailey | Wrote a regular concurrence | January 21, 1980 | 6-2 |
| Mobil Oil Corp. v. Commissioner Of Taxes | Wrote a dissent | March 19, 1980 | 6-1 |
| Williams v. Zbaraz | Wrote a dissent | June 30, 1980 | 5-4 |
| Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guar. Corp. | Wrote the majority opinion | May 12, 1980 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Kubrick | Wrote a dissent | November 28, 1979 | 6-3 |
| City Of Rome v. United States | Wrote a regular concurrence | April 22, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Industrial Union Dept. v. Amer. Petroleum Inst. | Wrote the judgment of the Court | July 2, 1980 | 5-4 |
| Walter v. United States | Wrote the judgment of the Court | June 20, 1980 | 5-4 |
| Andrus v. Idaho | Wrote a jurisdictional dissent | April 16, 1980 | 8-0 |
| Harris v. McRae | Wrote a dissent | June 30, 1980 | 5-4 |
| New York Gaslight Club, Inc. v. Carey | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 9, 1980 | 7-2 |
| Illinois v. Vitale | Wrote a dissent | June 19, 1980 | 5-4 |
| Andrus v. Utah | Wrote the majority opinion | May 19, 1980 | 5-4 |
| Snepp v. United States | Wrote a dissent | February 19, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Richmond Newspapers Inc. v. Virginia | Wrote a regular concurrence | July 2, 1980 | 7-1 |
| Branti v. Finkel | Wrote the majority opinion | March 31, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Dawson Chemical Co. v. Rohm & Haas Co. | Wrote a dissent, joined White's dissent | June 27, 1980 | 5-4 |
| Committee For Public Education v. Regan | Wrote a dissent | February 20, 1980 | 5-4 |
| Kissinger v. Reporters Committee | Wrote a dissent | March 3, 1980 | 5-2 |
| Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. Liepelt | Wrote the majority opinion | February 19, 1980 | 7-2 |
| Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission of New ... | Wrote a special concurrence | June 20, 1980 | 8-1 |
| Hampton v. Mow Sun Wong | Wrote the majority opinion | June 1, 1976 | 5-4 |
| Mathews v. Diaz | Wrote the majority opinion | June 1, 1976 | 9-0 |
| Alfred Dunhill Of London, Inc. v. Cuba | Wrote a regular concurrence | May 24, 1976 | 5-4 |
| National League of Cities v. Usery | Wrote a dissent | June 24, 1976 | 5-4 |
| Bayside Enterprises, Inc. v. NLRB | Wrote the majority opinion | January 11, 1977 | 9-0 |
| United States v. Donovan | Wrote a dissent | January 18, 1977 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Ramsey | Wrote a dissent | June 6, 1977 | 6-3 |
| Wolman v. Walter | Wrote a special concurrence | June 24, 1977 | 7-2 |
| Smith v. United States | Wrote a dissent | May 23, 1977 | 5-4 |
| Nixon v. Administrator Of General Services | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 28, 1977 | 7-2 |
| Alexander v. Fioto | Wrote the majority opinion | April 4, 1977 | 8-0 |
| Mandel v. Bradley | Wrote a dissent | June 16, 1977 | 7-1 |
| Craig v. Boren | Wrote a regular concurrence | December 20, 1976 | 7-2 |
| Gardner v. Florida | Wrote the judgment of the Court | March 22, 1977 | 8-1 |
| Carey v. Population Services International | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 9, 1977 | 7-2 |
| Wainwright v. Sykes | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 23, 1977 | 7-2 |
| Estelle v. Gamble | Wrote a dissent | November 30, 1976 | 8-1 |
| Moore v. East Cleveland | Wrote a special concurrence | May 31, 1977 | 5-4 |
| Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green | Wrote a special concurrence | March 23, 1977 | 8-1 |
| Marks v. United States | Wrote a dissent | March 1, 1977 | 5-4 |
| Manson v. Brathwaite | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 16, 1977 | 7-2 |
| Ingraham v. Wright | Wrote a dissent, joined White's dissent | April 19, 1977 | 5-4 |
| Lefkowitz v. Cunningham | Wrote a dissent | June 13, 1977 | 7-1 |
| Dixon v. Love | Wrote a regular concurrence | May 16, 1977 | 8-0 |
| Swain v. Pressley | Wrote the majority opinion | March 22, 1977 | 9-0 |
| Jeffers v. United States | Wrote a dissent | June 16, 1977 | 5-4 |
| Splawn v. California | Wrote a dissent | June 6, 1977 | 5-4 |
| Ward v. Illinois | Wrote a dissent | June 9, 1977 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Lovasco | Wrote a dissent | June 9, 1977 | 8-1 |
| Califano v. Goldfarb | Wrote a special concurrence | March 2, 1977 | 5-4 |
| Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries | Wrote a dissent | February 23, 1977 | 7-2 |
| Knebel v. Hein | Wrote the majority opinion | January 11, 1977 | 9-0 |
| Don E. Williams Co. v. Commissioner | Wrote a regular concurrence | February 22, 1977 | 7-2 |
| Third National Bank v. Impac Limited, Inc. | Wrote the majority opinion | June 17, 1977 | 6-3 |
| Moody v. Daggett | Wrote a dissent | November 15, 1976 | 7-2 |
| Brewer v. Williams | Wrote a regular concurrence | March 23, 1977 | 5-4 |
| Abood v. Detroit Board Of Education | Wrote a regular concurrence | May 23, 1977 | 9-0 |
| United States v. County Of Fresno | Wrote a dissent | January 25, 1977 | 8-1 |
| Commissioner v. Standard Life & Acc. Ins. Co. | Wrote the majority opinion | June 23, 1977 | 8-0 |
| Henderson v. Kibbe | Wrote the majority opinion | May 16, 1977 | 8-0 |
| Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp. | Wrote a dissent | June 29, 1977 | 5-4 |
| Dayton Board Of Education v. Brinkman | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 27, 1977 | 8-0 |
| Dobbert v. Florida | Wrote a dissent | June 17, 1977 | 6-3 |
| Epa v. Brown | Wrote a dissent | May 2, 1977 | 8-1 |
| Shaffer v. Heitner | Wrote a special concurrence | June 24, 1977 | 7-1 |
| U.S. Steel Corp. v. Fortner Enterprises | Wrote the majority opinion | February 22, 1977 | 9-0 |
| United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co. | Wrote a special concurrence | April 4, 1977 | 7-1 |
| Trainor v. Hernandez | Wrote a dissent | May 31, 1977 | 5-4 |
| Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co. | Wrote a dissent | June 28, 1977 | 5-4 |
| Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Union | Wrote a special concurrence | June 23, 1977 | 7-2 |
| Hazelwood School District v. United States | Wrote a dissent | June 27, 1977 | 8-1 |
| E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Train | Wrote the majority opinion | February 23, 1977 | 8-0 |
| Juidice v. Vail | Wrote a special concurrence | March 22, 1977 | 6-3 |
| Codd v. Velger | Wrote a dissent | February 22, 1977 | 5-4 |
| Whalen v. Roe | Wrote the majority opinion | February 22, 1977 | 9-0 |
| United Air Lines, Inc. v. Evans | Wrote the majority opinion | May 31, 1977 | 7-2 |
| Puyallup Tribe v. Washington Game Dept. | Wrote the majority opinion | June 23, 1977 | 7-2 |
| Scott v. Kentucky Parole Board | Wrote a dissent | November 2, 1976 | 6-3 |
| Zurcher v. The Stanford Daily | Wrote a dissent | May 31, 1978 | 5-3 |
| Adamo Wrecking Co. v. United States | Wrote a dissent | January 10, 1978 | 5-4 |
| Michigan v. Tyler | Wrote a regular concurrence | May 31, 1978 | 7-1 |
| Memphis Light, Gas & Water Div. v. Craft | Wrote a dissent | May 1, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham | Wrote the majority opinion | June 5, 1978 | 6-2 |
| Foley v. Connelie | Wrote a dissent, joined Marshall's dissent | March 22, 1978 | 6-3 |
| FCC v. Pacifica Foundation | Wrote the majority opinion | July 3, 1978 | 5-4 |
| Houchins v. KQED Inc. | Wrote a dissent | June 26, 1978 | 4-3 |
| Vitek v. Jones | Wrote a dissent | May 23, 1978 | 8-1 |
| Parker v. Flook | Wrote the majority opinion | June 22, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Moorman Mfg. Co. v. Bair | Wrote the majority opinion | June 15, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Sanabria v. United States | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 14, 1978 | 7-2 |
| Monell v. New York City Dept. Of Social Services | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 6, 1978 | 7-2 |
| Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Carpenters | Wrote the majority opinion | May 15, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Marshall v. Barlow's, Inc. | Wrote a dissent | May 23, 1978 | 5-3 |
| Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks | Wrote a dissent | May 15, 1978 | 5-3 |
| Frank Lyon Co. v. United States | Wrote a dissent | April 18, 1978 | 7-2 |
| Ballew v. Georgia | Wrote a regular concurrence | March 21, 1978 | 9-0 |
| Arizona v. Washington | Wrote the majority opinion | February 21, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc. | Wrote a dissent | April 18, 1978 | 5-4 |
| First Federal S. & L. v. Massachusetts Tax Comm'n | Wrote the majority opinion | June 15, 1978 | 8-1 |
| Nashville Gas Co. v. Satty | Wrote a special concurrence | December 6, 1977 | 9-0 |
| Pennsylvania v. Mimms | Wrote a dissent | December 5, 1977 | 6-3 |
| Pinkus v. United States | Wrote a regular concurrence | May 23, 1978 | 8-1 |
| United States v. New York Telephone Co. | Wrote a dissent | December 7, 1977 | 5-4 |
| Procunier v. Navarette | Wrote a dissent | February 22, 1978 | 7-2 |
| Taylor v. Kentucky | Wrote a dissent | May 30, 1978 | 7-2 |
| Fulman v. United States | Wrote a special concurrence | February 22, 1978 | 7-1 |
| NLRB v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co. | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 15, 1978 | 9-0 |
| J. W. Bateson Co. v. Board Of Trustees | Wrote a dissent | February 22, 1978 | 6-2 |
| Califano v. Jobst | Wrote the majority opinion | November 8, 1977 | 9-0 |
| Regents of the University of California v. Bakke | Wrote a special concurrence | June 26, 1978 | 5-4 |
| Duke Power Co. v. Carolina En v. Study Group | Wrote a dissent, joined Rehnquist's dissent | June 26, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay | Wrote the majority opinion | June 21, 1978 | 9-0 |
| Zablocki v. Redhail | Wrote a special concurrence | January 18, 1978 | 8-1 |
| Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co. | Wrote a special concurrence | March 6, 1978 | 6-3 |
| United States v. United States Gypsum Co. | Wrote a special concurrence | June 29, 1978 | 7-1 |
| United States v. Sheffield Board Of Comm'rs | Wrote a dissent | March 6, 1978 | 6-3 |
| National Soc. Of Professional Engineers v. U.S. | Wrote the majority opinion | April 25, 1978 | 8-0 |
| Lakeside v. Oregon | Wrote a dissent | March 22, 1978 | 6-2 |
| Los Angeles Dept. Of Water & Power v. Manhart | Wrote the majority opinion | April 25, 1978 | 6-2 |
| California v. Southland Royalty Co. | Wrote a dissent | May 31, 1978 | 4-3 |
| Gardner v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. | Wrote the majority opinion | June 21, 1978 | 9-0 |
| Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland | Wrote the majority opinion | June 14, 1978 | 7-1 |
| Hutto v. Finney | Wrote the majority opinion | June 23, 1978 | 5-4 |
| Roberts v. Louisiana | Wrote the judgment of the Court | July 2, 1976 | 5-4 |
| Colorado River Water Cons. Dist. v. U.S. | Wrote a dissent, joined Stewart's dissent | March 24, 1976 | 6-3 |
| Oil Workers v. Mobil Oil Corp. | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 14, 1976 | 7-2 |
| Roemer v. Maryland Public Works Bd. | Wrote a dissent | June 21, 1976 | 5-4 |
| Machinists v. Wisconsin Emp. Rel. Comm'n | Wrote a dissent | June 25, 1976 | 6-3 |
| General Electric Co. v. Gilbert | Wrote a dissent | December 7, 1976 | 6-3 |
| Doyle v. Ohio | Wrote a dissent | June 17, 1976 | 6-3 |
| Montanye v. Haymes | Wrote a dissent | June 25, 1976 | 6-3 |
| Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer | Wrote a special concurrence | June 28, 1976 | 9-0 |
| United States v. Maccollom | Wrote a dissent | June 10, 1976 | 5-4 |
| Washington v. Davis | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 7, 1976 | 7-2 |
| Norton v. Mathews | Wrote a dissent | June 29, 1976 | 6-3 |
| Eastlake v. Forest City Enterprises, Inc. | Wrote a dissent | June 21, 1976 | 6-3 |
| Runyon v. McCrary | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 25, 1976 | 7-2 |
| United States v. Agurs | Wrote the majority opinion | June 24, 1976 | 7-2 |
| Buffalo Forge Co. v. Steelworkers | Wrote a dissent | July 6, 1976 | 5-4 |
| Bishop v. Wood | Wrote the majority opinion | June 10, 1976 | 5-4 |
| Singleton v. Wulff | Wrote a regular concurrence | July 1, 1976 | 5-4 |
| Planned Parenthood Of Missouri v. Danforth | Wrote a dissent | July 1, 1976 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Foster Lumber Co. | Wrote a regular concurrence | November 2, 1976 | 5-4 |
| Henderson v. Morgan | Wrote the majority opinion | June 17, 1976 | 7-2 |
| Brown v. GSA | Wrote a dissent | June 1, 1976 | 6-2 |
| Goldberg v. United States | Wrote a regular concurrence | March 30, 1976 | 9-0 |
| Nebraska Press Assoc. v. Stuart | Wrote a special concurrence | June 30, 1976 | 9-0 |
| Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. | Wrote the majority opinion | July 6, 1976 | 6-3 |
| Jurek v. Texas | Wrote the judgment of the Court | July 2, 1976 | 7-2 |
| Radzanower v. Touche Ross & Co. | Wrote a dissent | June 7, 1976 | 8-1 |
| Burrell v. Mcray | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 14, 1976 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Chesapeake & Ohio R. Co. | Wrote a dissent | June 17, 1976 | 6-2 |
| Mathews v. Lucas | Wrote a dissent | June 29, 1976 | 6-3 |
| Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp. | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 24, 1976 | 6-3 |
| Young v. American Mini Theatres | Wrote the majority opinion | June 24, 1976 | 5-4 |
| Ludwig v. Massachusetts | Wrote a dissent | June 30, 1976 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Santana | Wrote a regular concurrence | June 24, 1976 | 7-2 |