| White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker | Wrote the majority opinion | Friday, June 27, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Exxon Corp. v. Wisconsin Dept. Of Revenue | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, June 10, 1980 | 8-0 |
| Fullilove v. Klutznick | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, July 2, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Rhode Island v. Innis | Wrote a dissent | Monday, May 12, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Central Machinery Co. v. Arizona Tax Comm'n | Wrote the majority opinion | Friday, June 27, 1980 | 5-4 |
| Vance v. Terrazas | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, January 15, 1980 | 5-4 |
| Marshall v. Jerrico, Inc. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, April 28, 1980 | 9-0 |
| Adams v. Texas | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, June 25, 1980 | 8-1 |
| World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson | Wrote a dissent | Monday, January 21, 1980 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Euge | Wrote a dissent, joined Brennan's dissent | Wednesday, February 20, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Roberts v. United States | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, April 15, 1980 | 8-1 |
| Rush v. Savchuk | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, January 21, 1980 | 7-2 |
| Bloomer v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, March 3, 1980 | 8-1 |
| Jenkins v. Anderson | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, June 10, 1980 | 7-2 |
| United States v. Clark | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, February 26, 1980 | 7-2 |
| PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, June 9, 1980 | 9-0 |
| Cuyler v. Sullivan | Wrote a dissent | Monday, May 12, 1980 | 8-1 |
| Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Ser v. Comm'n | Wrote a regular concurrence | Friday, June 20, 1980 | 7-2 |
| Beck v. Alabama | Wrote a special concurrence | Friday, June 20, 1980 | 7-2 |
| Godfrey v. Georgia | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, May 19, 1980 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Raddatz | Wrote a dissent, joined Stewart's dissent | Monday, June 23, 1980 | 5-4 |
| Williams v. Zbaraz | Wrote a dissent, joined Brennan's dissent | Monday, June 30, 1980 | 5-4 |
| California Brewers Assn. v. Bryant | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, February 20, 1980 | 4-3 |
| United States v. Salvucci | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, June 25, 1980 | 7-2 |
| City Of Rome v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, April 22, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Industrial Union Dept. v. Amer. Petroleum Inst. | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, July 2, 1980 | 5-4 |
| Baldasar v. Illinois | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, April 22, 1980 | 5-4 |
| American Export Lines, Inc. v. Alvez | Wrote a jurisdictional dissent | Monday, May 12, 1980 | 6-0 |
| Walker v. Armco Steel Corp. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 2, 1980 | 9-0 |
| Coffy v. Republic Steel Corp. | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, June 10, 1980 | 9-0 |
| Harris v. McRae | Wrote a dissent, joined Brennan's dissent | Monday, June 30, 1980 | 5-4 |
| Gomez v. Toledo | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, May 27, 1980 | 9-0 |
| United States v. Mitchell | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, April 15, 1980 | 5-3 |
| Rawlings v. Kentucky | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, June 25, 1980 | 7-2 |
| NLRB v. Longshoremen | Wrote the majority opinion | Friday, June 20, 1980 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Payner | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 23, 1980 | 6-3 |
| Gte Sylvania, Inc. v. Consumers Union | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, March 19, 1980 | 9-0 |
