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Opinions

1970-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

1970-1979 Terms

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1977 Term

Adamo Wrecking Co. v. United States
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

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

Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

American Broadcasting Cos. v. Writers Guild
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent

Andrus v. Charlestone Stone Products Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Arizona v. Washington
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Baldwin v. Fish & Game Commission of Montana
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Ballew v. Georgia
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Bankers Trust Co. v. Mallis
Voted with the majority

Bell v. Ohio
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's judgment of the court

Beth Israel Hospital v. NLRB
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Board Of Curators, Univ. Of Mo. v. Horowitz
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Bordenkircher v. Hayes
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Browder v. Director, Ill. Dept. Of Corrections
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

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

Butz v. Economou
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent

Califano v. Jobst
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

California v. Southland Royalty Co.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

California v. Texas
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's concurrence

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

Carey v. Piphus
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Central Illinois Public Serv. Co. v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Christiansburg Garment Co. v. EEOC
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Citizens & Southern Nat. Bank v. Bougas
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Commissioner v. Kowalski
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Crist v. Bretz
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Duke Power Co. v. Carolina En v. Study Group
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent, authored a dissent

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

Eastex, Inc. v. NLRB
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Elkins v. Moreno
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Exxon Corp. v. Governor Of Maryland
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

FCC v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

FCC v. Pacifica Foundation
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

First Federal S. & L. v. Massachusetts Tax Comm'n
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

First National Bank Of Boston v. Bellotti
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Fmc v. Pacific Maritime Assn.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Foley v. Connelie
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent, authored a dissent

Frank Lyon Co. v. United States
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Franks v. Delaware
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

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

Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Gardner v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Greene v. Massey
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Greyhound Corp. v. Mt. Hood Stages, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Hicklin v. Orbeck
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Holloway v. Arkansas
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Houchins v. KQED Inc.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Hutto v. Finney
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

In Re Primus
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

J. W. Bateson Co. v. Board Of Trustees
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Key v. Doyle
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Kulko v. California Superior Court
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

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

Lakeside v. Oregon
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Lockett v. Ohio
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's judgment of the court

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

Los Angeles Dept. Of Water & Power v. Manhart
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Malone v. White Motor Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Marshall v. Barlow's, Inc.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

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

Mcadams v. Mcsurely

Mcdaniel v. Paty
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's judgment of the court

Memphis Light, Gas & Water Div. v. Craft
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Michigan v. Tyler
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Mincey v. Arizona
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Monell v. New York City Dept. Of Social Services
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Moore v. Illinois
Did not participate

Moorman Mfg. Co. v. Bair
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

NLRB v. Iron Workers
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent

NLRB v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co.
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Nashville Gas Co. v. Satty
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

National Broiler Marketing Assn. v. U.S.
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

National Soc. Of Professional Engineers v. U.S.
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

New York v. Cathedral Academy
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn.
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. Sanders
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Parham v. J. R.
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Parker v. Flook
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Penn Central Transport Co. v. New York
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent

Pfizer Inc. v. India
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Philadelphia v. New Jersey
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

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

Procunier v. Navarette
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Quern v. Mandley
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

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

Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Raymond Motor Transportation, Inc. v. Rice
Did not participate

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Richmond Unified School District v. Berg
Voted with the majority

Rinaldi v. United States
Voted with the majority

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

SEC v. Sloan
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

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

Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

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

Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Carpenters
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

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

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

St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Barry
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Stump v. Sparkman
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Swisher v. Brady
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Taylor v. Kentucky
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Trans Alaska Pipeline Rate Cases
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Tva v. Hill
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

U.S. Steel Corp. v. Multistate Tax Comm.
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

United Air Lines, Inc. v. Mcmann
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

United States v. California
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

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

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

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

United States v. Jacobs

United States v. John
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

United States v. Lasalle National Bank
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent

United States v. Macdonald
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

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

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

United States v. New York Telephone Co.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

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

United States v. Sheffield Board Of Comm'rs
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

United States v. Sotelo
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent

United States v. United States Gypsum Co.
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

United States v. Wheeler
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Vitek v. Jones
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Washington Rev. Dept. v. Stevedoring Assn.
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Will v. Calvert Fire Ins. Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's judgment of the court

Wise v. Lipscomb
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Zablocki v. Redhail
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Zurcher v. The Stanford Daily
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent