| Bowers v. Hardwick | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, June 30, 1986 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Lane | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, January 27, 1986 | 5-4 |
| Darden v. Wainwright | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, June 23, 1986 | 5-4 |
| Bender v. Williamsport Area School Dist. | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, March 25, 1986 | 5-4 |
| Department Of Treasury v. Galioto | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 26, 1986 | 9-0 |
| United States v. American College of Physicians | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, April 22, 1986 | 9-0 |
| Michigan v. Jackson | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, April 1, 1986 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Von Neumann | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, January 14, 1986 | 9-0 |
| Bowen v. Roy | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, June 11, 1986 | 8-1 |
| Batson v. Kentucky | Wrote a dissent, joined Rehnquist's dissent | Wednesday, April 30, 1986 | 7-2 |
| Attorney General Of N. Y. v. Soto-Lopez | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, June 17, 1986 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Quinn | Wrote a dissent | Monday, April 21, 1986 | 7-2 |
| Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, July 7, 1986 | 7-2 |
| Thornburgh v. Amer. Coll. of Obst. & Gyn. | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, June 11, 1986 | 5-4 |
| California v. Ciraolo | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 19, 1986 | 5-4 |
| Rose v. Clark | Wrote a regular concurrence | Wednesday, July 2, 1986 | 6-3 |
| Dow Chemical Co. v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 19, 1986 | 5-4 |
| Holbrook v. Flynn | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, March 25, 1986 | 9-0 |
| United States v. Mechanik | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, February 25, 1986 | 8-1 |
| Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 30, 1986 | 7-2 |
| Maine v. Moulton | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, December 10, 1985 | 5-4 |
| Bowsher v. Synar | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, July 7, 1986 | 7-2 |
| Davis v. Bandemer | Wrote a dissent, joined O'Connor's dissent | Monday, June 30, 1986 | 6-3 |
| Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Lavoie | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, April 22, 1986 | 8-0 |
| Cabana v. Bullock | Wrote a regular concurrence | Wednesday, January 22, 1986 | 5-4 |
| Board Of Governors, Frs v. Dimension Financial | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, January 22, 1986 | 8-0 |
| Kuhlmann v. Wilson | Wrote a regular concurrence | Thursday, June 26, 1986 | 6-3 |
| Wardair Canada v. Florida Dept. Of Revenue | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, June 18, 1986 | 8-1 |
| Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. v. Public Util. Comm'n | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, February 25, 1986 | 5-3 |
| Nix v. Whiteside | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, February 26, 1986 | 9-0 |
| United States v. Rojas-Contreras | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, December 16, 1985 | 9-0 |
| Arcara v. Cloud Books, Inc. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, July 7, 1986 | 6-3 |
| Riverside v. Rivera | Wrote a dissent, joined Rehnquist's dissent | Friday, June 27, 1986 | 5-4 |
| Texas v. Mccullough | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, February 26, 1986 | 6-3 |
| NLRB v. Financial Institution Employees | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, February 26, 1986 | 9-0 |
