| Commissioner Of Internal Revenue v. Fink | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 22, 1987 | 8-1 |
| Stringfellow v. Concerned Neighbors In Action | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, March 9, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Welch v. Texas Highways & Public Transp. Dept. | Wrote the judgment of the Court | Thursday, June 25, 1987 | 5-4 |
| McCleskey v. Kemp | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, April 22, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Arizona v. Mauro | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 4, 1987 | 5-4 |
| FCC v. Florida Power Corp. | Wrote a regular concurrence | Wednesday, February 25, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, February 25, 1987 | 8-1 |
| 324 Liquor Corp. v. Duffy | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, January 13, 1987 | 7-2 |
| United States v. Johnson | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 18, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Cts Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. Of America | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, April 21, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Houston v. Hill | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, June 15, 1987 | 8-1 |
| Pennsylvania v. Ritchie | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, February 24, 1987 | 5-2 |
| Ins v. Cardoza-Fonseca | Wrote a dissent | Monday, March 9, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co. | Wrote a regular concurrence | Friday, June 19, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Pleasant Grove v. United States | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, January 21, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Martin v. Ohio | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, February 25, 1987 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Hohri | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 1, 1987 | 8-0 |
| Bowen v. Yuckert | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 8, 1987 | 6-3 |
| San Francisco Arts & Athletics v. US Olympic Committee | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 25, 1987 | 5-4 |
| California Coastal Comm'n v. Granite Rock Co. | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, March 24, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Greer v. Miller | Wrote the majority opinion | Friday, June 26, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Colorado v. Spring | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, January 27, 1987 | 7-2 |
| Lukhard v. Reed | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, April 22, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Rotary Int. v. Rotary Club | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 4, 1987 | 7-0 |
| Edwards v. Aguillard | Wrote a regular concurrence | Friday, June 19, 1987 | 7-2 |
| Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco Inc. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, April 6, 1987 | 9-0 |
| Fall River Dyeing & Finishing Corp. v. NLRB | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 1, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Kelly v. Robinson | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, November 12, 1986 | 7-2 |
| Booth v. Maryland | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 15, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Arizona v. Hicks | Wrote a dissent, joined O'Connor's dissent | Tuesday, March 3, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Rankin v. McPherson | Wrote a regular concurrence | Wednesday, June 24, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Griffith v. Kentucky | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, January 13, 1987 | 6-3 |
| Burger v. Kemp | Wrote a dissent, joined Blackmun's dissent | Friday, June 26, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Gray v. Mississippi | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, May 18, 1987 | 5-4 |
| International Paper Co. v. Ouellette | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, January 21, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Newton v. Rumery | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, March 9, 1987 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Paradise | Wrote a regular concurrence | Wednesday, February 25, 1987 | 5-4 |
| Young v. U.S. Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A. | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, May 26, 1987 | 5-4 |
