| Dunn v. Blumstein | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, March 21, 1972 | 6-1 |
| Flood v. Kuhn | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, June 19, 1972 | 5-3 |
| Perry v. Sindermann | Wrote a regular concurrence | Thursday, June 29, 1972 | 5-3 |
| Laird v. Tatum | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 26, 1972 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Topco Associates | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, March 29, 1972 | 6-1 |
| Groppi v. Leslie | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, January 13, 1972 | 7-0 |
| Reed v. Reed | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, November 22, 1971 | 7-0 |
| Milton v. Wainwright | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 22, 1972 | 5-4 |
| Rabe v. Washington | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, March 20, 1972 | 9-0 |
| Cole v. Richardson | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, April 18, 1972 | 4-3 |
| Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, June 26, 1972 | 9-0 |
| Healy v. James | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, June 26, 1972 | 9-0 |
| Loper v. Beto | Wrote a dissent, joined Rehnquist's dissent | Wednesday, March 22, 1972 | 5-4 |
| Eisenstadt v. Baird | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, March 22, 1972 | 6-1 |
| Townsend v. Swank | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, December 20, 1971 | 7-0 |
| The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 12, 1972 | 8-1 |
| Ford Motor Co. v. United States | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, March 29, 1972 | 5-2 |
| Doe v. Bolton | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, January 22, 1973 | 7-2 |
| Carleson v. Remillard | Wrote a regular concurrence | Wednesday, June 7, 1972 | 9-0 |
| Roe v. Wade | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, January 22, 1973 | 7-2 |
| Wisconsin v. Yoder | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 15, 1972 | 7-0 |
| Mitchum v. Foster | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, June 19, 1972 | 7-0 |
| Gooding v. Wilson | Wrote a dissent, joined Blackmun's dissent | Thursday, March 23, 1972 | 5-2 |
| Board of Regents v. Roth | Wrote a regular concurrence | Thursday, June 29, 1972 | 5-3 |
| Brooks v. Tennessee | Wrote a dissent, joined Rehnquist's dissent | Wednesday, June 7, 1972 | 6-3 |
| Kirby v. Illinois | Wrote a regular concurrence | Wednesday, June 7, 1972 | 5-4 |
| Adams v. Illinois | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, March 6, 1972 | 5-2 |
| Santobello v. New York | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, December 20, 1971 | 4-3 |
| Wright v. Council Of City Of Emporia | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 22, 1972 | 5-4 |
| Peters v. Kiff | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 22, 1972 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Orito | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 21, 1973 | 5-4 |
| Giglio v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, February 24, 1972 | 7-0 |
| United States v. Scotland Neck City Board Of Education | Wrote a special concurrence | Friday, March 19, 2010 | 9-0 |
| Furman v. Georgia | Wrote a dissent, joined Powell's dissent, joined Rehnquist's dissent | Thursday, June 29, 1972 | 5-4 |
| Morrissey v. Brewer | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 29, 1972 | 9-0 |
| Mayer v. City Of Chicago | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, December 13, 1971 | 7-0 |
| United States v. Midwest Video Corp. | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, June 7, 1972 | 5-4 |
| Miller v. California | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 21, 1973 | 5-4 |
| Wilwording v. Swenson | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, December 14, 1971 | 6-1 |
| United States v. 12 200-Ft. Reels Of Film | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 21, 1973 | 5-4 |
| Stanley v. Illinois | Wrote a dissent | Monday, April 3, 1972 | 5-2 |
| United States v. Brewster | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 29, 1972 | 6-3 |
| Bullock v. Carter | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, February 24, 1972 | 7-0 |
| Argersinger v. Hamlin | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, June 12, 1972 | 9-0 |
