| Vacco v. Quill | Wrote a special concurrence | Thursday, June 26, 1997 | 9-0 |
| Commissioner v. Estate of Hubert | Wrote a dissent, joined Scalia's dissent | Tuesday, March 18, 1997 | 7-2 |
| United States v. LaBonte | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, May 27, 1997 | 6-3 |
| Boggs v. Boggs | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 2, 1997 | 5-4 |
| Turner Broadcasting System v. FCC | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, March 31, 1997 | 5-4 |
| Metro-North Commuter R.R. Co. v. Buckley | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 23, 1997 | 7-2 |
| Atherton v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, As Receiver For City Savings, F. S. B. | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, January 14, 1997 | 9-0 |
| Bryan County, Oklahoma v. Brown | Wrote a dissent, joined Souter's dissent | Monday, April 28, 1997 | 5-4 |
| Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, May 12, 1997 | 7-2 |
| Klehr Et Ux. v. A. O. Smith Corp. | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 19, 1997 | 9-0 |
| Printz v. United States | Wrote a dissent, joined Stevens' dissent | Friday, June 27, 1997 | 5-4 |
| City of Boerne v. Flores | Wrote a dissent, joined O'Connor's dissent | Wednesday, June 25, 1997 | 6-2 |
| Raines v. Byrd | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 26, 1997 | 7-2 |
| United States v. Watts | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, January 6, 1997 | 7-1 |
| Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, February 19, 1997 | 6-3 |
| Clinton v. Jones | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, May 27, 1997 | 9-0 |
| Washington v. Glucksberg | Wrote a special concurrence | Thursday, June 26, 1997 | 9-0 |
| Saratoga Fishing Co. v. J. M. Martinac & Co. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 2, 1997 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Gonzales | Wrote a dissent, joined Stevens' dissent | Monday, March 3, 1997 | 7-2 |
| Abrams v. Johnson | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 19, 1997 | 5-4 |
| Richardson v. McKnight | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 23, 1997 | 5-4 |
| Young v. Ford Ice | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, March 31, 1997 | 9-0 |
| Kansas v. Hendricks | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 23, 1997 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Brockamp | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, February 18, 1997 | 9-0 |
| Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, June 25, 1997 | 6-2 |
