| Healy v. James | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 26, 1972 | 9-0 |
| Kastigar v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 22, 1972 | 5-2 |
| Commissioner v. First Security Bank Of Utah | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, March 21, 1972 | 6-3 |
| Barker v. Wingo | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 22, 1972 | 9-0 |
| United States v. Byrum | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 26, 1972 | 6-3 |
| Zicarelli v. New Jersey Investigation Comm'n | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 22, 1972 | 5-2 |
| United States v. U.S. District Court | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 19, 1972 | 8-0 |
| First Nat. City Bk. v. Banco Nacional De Cuba | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, June 7, 1972 | 5-4 |
| Branzburg v. Hayes | Wrote a regular concurrence | Thursday, June 29, 1972 | 5-4 |
| James v. Strange | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 12, 1972 | 9-0 |
| Lake Carriers' Assn. v. Macmullan | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, May 30, 1972 | 7-2 |
| Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, April 24, 1972 | 8-1 |
| Boyd v. Dutton | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, February 22, 1972 | 5-4 |
| Kirby v. Illinois | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, June 7, 1972 | 5-4 |
| Operating Engineers v. Flair Builders, Inc. | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, May 30, 1972 | 7-2 |
| Shadwick v. City Of Tampa | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 19, 1972 | 9-0 |
| Central Hardware Co. v. NLRB | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 22, 1972 | 6-3 |
| Pipefitters v. United States | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 22, 1972 | 6-2 |
| Furman v. Georgia | Wrote a dissent, joined Burger's dissent, joined Rehnquist's dissent | Thursday, June 29, 1972 | 5-4 |
| Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 22, 1972 | 5-4 |
| Pennsylvania v. New York | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 19, 1972 | 6-3 |
| Argersinger v. Hamlin | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, June 12, 1972 | 9-0 |
