| Edgar v. Mite Corporation | Wrote a regular concurrence | Wednesday, June 23, 1982 | 6-3 |
| Larson v. Valente | Wrote a regular concurrence | Wednesday, April 21, 1982 | 5-4 |
| General Building Contractors Assn. v. Pa. | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, June 29, 1982 | 7-2 |
| Mcelroy v. United States | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, March 23, 1982 | 8-1 |
| Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, April 27, 1982 | 8-1 |
| Ralston v. Robinson | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, December 2, 1981 | 6-3 |
| Herweg v. Ray | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, February 23, 1982 | 8-1 |
| Engle v. Isaac | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, April 5, 1982 | 7-2 |
| Blue Shield Of Virginia v. Mccready | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 21, 1982 | 5-4 |
| Rice v. Norman Williams Co. | Wrote a special concurrence | Thursday, July 1, 1982 | 9-0 |
| Texaco, Inc. v. Short | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, January 12, 1982 | 5-4 |
| Ridgway v. Ridgway | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, November 10, 1981 | 5-3 |
| Sporhase v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Douglas | Wrote the majority opinion | Friday, July 2, 1982 | 7-2 |
| Lane v. Williams | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, March 23, 1982 | 6-3 |
| California v. Grace Brethren Church | Wrote a dissent | Friday, June 18, 1982 | 7-2 |
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith v. Curran | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 3, 1982 | 5-4 |
| NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. | Wrote the majority opinion | Friday, July 2, 1982 | 8-0 |
| United States v. Goodwin | Wrote the majority opinion | Friday, June 18, 1982 | 7-2 |
| United States v. Macdonald | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, March 31, 1982 | 6-3 |
| Oregon v. Kennedy | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, May 24, 1982 | 9-0 |
| Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc. | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, June 30, 1982 | 7-2 |
| U.S. Ind./Fed. Sheet Metal, Inc. v. Director, Owcp | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, March 23, 1982 | 6-2 |
| Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court | Wrote a jurisdictional dissent | Wednesday, June 23, 1982 | 6-2 |
| American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson | Wrote a dissent | Monday, April 5, 1982 | 5-4 |
| Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, December 8, 1981 | 4-3 |
| Widmar v. Vincent | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, December 8, 1981 | 8-1 |
| Schweiker v. Hogan | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 21, 1982 | 9-0 |
| Clements v. Fashing | Wrote a regular concurrence | Friday, June 25, 1982 | 5-4 |
| Charles D. Bonanno Linen Service v. NLRB | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, January 11, 1982 | 5-4 |
| New York v. Ferber | Wrote a special concurrence | Friday, July 2, 1982 | 9-0 |
| City Of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, February 23, 1982 | 9-0 |
| UMWA Health & Retirement Funds v. Robinson | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, March 8, 1982 | 9-0 |
| Rogers v. Lodge | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, July 1, 1982 | 6-3 |
| Jewett v. Commissioner | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, February 23, 1982 | 6-3 |
| Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society | Wrote the majority opinion | Friday, June 18, 1982 | 4-3 |
| Pullman-Standard v. Swint | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, April 27, 1982 | 7-2 |
| United States v. Frady | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, April 5, 1982 | 6-1 |
| United States v. Ross | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, June 1, 1982 | 6-3 |
| Florida Dept. of State v. Treasure Salvors, Inc. | Wrote the judgment of the Court | Thursday, July 1, 1982 | 5-4 |
| Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. | Wrote a dissent | Monday, May 17, 1982 | 5-4 |
| Community Communications Co., v. Boulder | Wrote a regular concurrence | Wednesday, January 13, 1982 | 5-3 |
| Fec v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Comm. | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, November 10, 1981 | 9-0 |
| Jacksonville Bulk Terminals v. Longshoremen | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 24, 1982 | 6-3 |
| General Telephone Co. Of Southwest v. Falcon | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 14, 1982 | 8-1 |
| Rose v. Lundy | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, March 3, 1982 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Lee | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, February 23, 1982 | 9-0 |
| Valley Forge CC v. Americans United | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, January 12, 1982 | 5-4 |
| G. D. Searle & Co. v. Cohn | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, February 24, 1982 | 8-1 |