| Federal Open Market Committee v. Merrill | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, June 27, 1979 | 7-2 |
| Lake Country Estates v. Tahoe Planning Agcy. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, March 5, 1979 | 6-3 |
| New York Tel. Co. v. New York Labor Dept. | Wrote the judgment of the Court | Wednesday, March 21, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Cbs | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, April 17, 1979 | 8-1 |
| Douglas Oil Co. v. Petrol Stops Northwest | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, April 18, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Board Of Governors v. First Lincolnwood Corp. | Wrote a dissent | Monday, December 11, 1978 | 7-2 |
| Personnel Administrator MA v. Feeney | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, June 5, 1979 | 7-2 |
| Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Org. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 14, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Leroy v. Great Western United Corp. | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, June 26, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Parker v. Randolph | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, May 29, 1979 | 5-3 |
| Washington v. Fishing Vessel Assn. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, July 2, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Corbitt v. New Jersey | Wrote a dissent | Monday, December 11, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Burch v. Louisiana | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, April 17, 1979 | 9-0 |
| Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Evans | Wrote a dissent | Monday, May 21, 1979 | 5-4 |
| Cannon v. University Of Chicago | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 14, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Givhan v. Western Line Consol. School Dist. | Wrote a regular concurrence | Thursday, January 4, 1979 | 9-0 |
| Leis v. Flynt | Wrote a dissent | Monday, January 15, 1979 | 5-3 |
| United States v. Caceres | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, April 2, 1979 | 7-2 |
| Southern R. Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 11, 1979 | 8-0 |
| Holt Civic Club v. Tuscaloosa | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, November 28, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Bell v. Wolfish | Wrote a dissent | Monday, May 14, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Nevada v. Hall | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, March 5, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Butner v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, February 21, 1979 | 9-0 |
| Rose v. Mitchell | Wrote a regular concurrence, joined White's concurrence | Monday, July 2, 1979 | 7-2 |
| New Motor Vehicle Bd. Of Cal. v. Orrin W. Fox Co. | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, December 5, 1978 | 8-1 |
| FCC v. Midwest Video Corp. | Wrote a dissent | Monday, April 2, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Marchioro v. Chaney | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 4, 1979 | 8-0 |
| Ulster County Court v. Allen | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 4, 1979 | 5-4 |
| Detroit Edison Co. v. NLRB | Wrote a dissent | Monday, March 5, 1979 | 5-4 |
| Orr v. Orr | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, March 5, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Baker v. Mccollan | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, June 26, 1979 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Timmreck | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 21, 1979 | 9-0 |
| Illinois Elections Bd. v. Socialist Workers Party | Wrote a special concurrence | Thursday, February 22, 1979 | 9-0 |
| United California Bank v. United States | Wrote a dissent | Monday, December 11, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Great American Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Novotny | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, June 11, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Dunaway v. New York | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, June 5, 1979 | 6-2 |
| New York Transit Authority v. Beazer | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, March 21, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Jackson v. Virginia | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, June 27, 1979 | 8-0 |
| Dalia v. United States | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, April 18, 1979 | 5-4 |
| Mobile v. Bolden | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, April 22, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Bellotti v. Baird | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, July 2, 1979 | 8-1 |
| Dougherty County Bd. Of Ed. v. White | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, November 28, 1978 | 5-4 |
| Payton v. New York | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, April 15, 1980 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Addonizio | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 4, 1979 | 7-0 |
| Moore v. Sims | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 11, 1979 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Helstoski | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 18, 1979 | 6-2 |
| Caban v. Mohammed | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, April 24, 1979 | 5-4 |
