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Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

American Bank & Trust Co. v. Dallas County
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent

American Paper Inst. v. American Elec. Power
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Anderson v. Celebrezze
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Arizona Governing Committee v. Norris
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's special concurrence

Arizona v. California
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Arizona v. San Carlos Apache Tribe
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Arkansas Elec. Coop. v. Ark. Public Ser v. Comm'n
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Associated General Contractors v. Carpenters
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. Nrdc
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

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

Barclay v. Florida
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Barefoot v. Estelle
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Bearden v. Georgia
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Belknap, Inc. v. Hale
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Bell v. New Jersey
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

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

Bill Johnson's Restaurants, Inc. v. NLRB
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

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

Block v. North Dakota
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Bob Jones University v. U. S.
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp.
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Bowen v. United States Postal Service
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Bowsher v. Merck & Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's special concurrence

Briscoe v. Lahue
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Comm.
Voted with the minority, joined O'Connor's dissent

Brown v. Thompson
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's concurrence

Burlington Northern Inc. v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Bush v. Lucas
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

California v. Ramos
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Carpenters v. Scott
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Chappell v. Wallace
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Chardon v. Fumero Soto
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Colorado v. New Mexico
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's concurrence

Commissioner v. Tufts
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Community Television Of So. Cal. v. Gottfried
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Connecticut v. Johnson
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Connick v. Myers
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Container Corp. v. Franchise Tax Bd.
Did not participate

Crown, Cork & Seal Co. v. Parker
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

D.C. Court Of Appeals v. Feldman
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Delcostello v. Teamsters
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Dickerson v. New Banner Institute, Inc.
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent

Director, Owcp v. Perini North River Assoc.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Dirks v. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

EEOC v. Wyoming
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Edward J. Debartolo Corp. v. NLRB
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Energy Reserves Group v. Kansas Power & Light
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Exxon Corp. v. Eagerton
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Fall City Industries v. Vanco Beverage
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Fec v. National Right To Work Committee
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Firefighters v. Boston Chapter, NAACP
Voted with the majority

First Nat. City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Florida v. Casal
Voted with the majority

Florida v. Royer
Voted with the majority, joined White's judgment of the court

Franchise Tax Bd. v. Laborers Vacation Trust
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Ftc v. Grolier Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

General Motors Corp. v. Devex Corp.
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Gillette Co. v. Miner
Voted with the majority

Guardians Assn. v. Civil Service Comm'n, N. Y. C.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

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

Heckler v. Campbell
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Hensley v. Eckerhart
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Herman & Maclean v. Huddleston
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Hewitt v. Helms
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Hillsboro National Bank v. Commissioner
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Idaho Ex Rel. Evans v. Oregon
Voted with the minority, joined O'Connor's dissent

Illinois v. Abbott & Associates, Inc.
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

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

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

Illinois v. Lafayette
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Jefferson County Pharm. Assn. v. Abbott Labs.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent, joined O'Connor's dissent

Jim Mcneff, Inc. v. Todd
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. Pfeifer
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Jones v. Barnes
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

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

Karcher v. Daggett
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Kolender v. Lawson
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Kush v. Rutledge
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Landon v. Plasencia
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Lehr v. Robertson
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Lockhart v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Los Angeles v. Lyons
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Marsh v. Chambers
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Marshall v. Lonberger
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Martinez v. Bynum
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Memphis Bank & Trust Co. v. Garner
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Mennonite Board Of Missions v. Adams
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Metropolitan Edison Co. v. NLRB
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Metropolitan Edison v. People Vs. Nuclear Energy
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

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

Minn. Star & Trib. Co. v. MN Comm. of Rev.
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Missouri v. Hunter
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Montana v. Jackson
Disagreed with denial/dismissal, authored a dissent from denial

Morris v. Slappy
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's special concurrence

Morrison-Knudsen Constr. Co. v. Director, Owcp
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Moses H. Cone Hospital v. Mercury Constr. Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. v. State Farm Mut.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Mueller v. Allen
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

NLRB v. Transportation Management Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

National Assn. Of Greeting Card Pubs. v. Usps
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

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

New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock v. EEOC
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

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

Olim v. Wakinekona
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Operating Engineers v. Jones
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Oregon v. Bradshaw
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Pacific G & E Co. v. State Energy Res. C & D Com.
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's special concurrence

Pallas Shipping Agency, Ltd. v. Duris
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Pennhurst State School & Hosp. v. Halderman
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Perry Ed. Assn. v. Perry Local Educators' Assn.
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

Philko Aviation, Inc. v. Shacket
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Pickett v. Brown
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Pillsbury Co. v. Conboy
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Planned Parenthood Assn. v. Ashcroft
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent

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

Public Service Comm'n v. Mid-Louisiana Gas Co.
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Regan v. Taxation With Representation Of Wash.
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Revere v. Massachusetts General Hospital
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Rice v. Rehner
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Ruckelshaus v. Sierra Club
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Shepard v. NLRB
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Simopoulos v. Virginia
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Smith v. Wade
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

Solem v. Helm
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Sony Corp v. Universal City Studios
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

South Dakota v. Neville
Disagreed with grant, authored a dissent from grant

Texas v. Brown
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Texas v. New Mexico
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

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

U.S. Postal Service Bd. Of Govs. v. Aikens
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

United States v. $8,850
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

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

United States v. Generix Drug Corp.
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

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

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

United States v. Knotts
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's special concurrence, authored a special concurrence

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

United States v. Place
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

United States v. Ptasynski
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

United States v. Rodgers
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent

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

United States v. Security Industrial Bank
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

United States v. Sells Engineering, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's opinion

United States v. Villamonte-Marquez
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent

United States v. Whiting Pools, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Verlinden B. V. v. Central Bank Of Nigeria
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

W. R. Grace & Co. v. Rubber Workers
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Washington v. United States
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent

Watt v. Western Nuclear, Inc.
Voted with the minority, joined Powell's dissent

White v. Mass. Council Of Constr. Employers
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Xerox Corp. v. County Of Harris
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Zant v. Stephens
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion