| Walters v. Nat. Assn. Of Radiation Survivors | Wrote the majority opinion | Friday, June 28, 1985 | 6-3 |
| Ponte v. Real | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 20, 1985 | 6-2 |
| Aguilar v. Felton | Wrote a dissent, joined O'Connor's dissent | Monday, July 1, 1985 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Powell | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, December 10, 1984 | 9-0 |
| Garcia v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, December 10, 1984 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Abel | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, December 10, 1984 | 9-0 |
| Evitts v. Lucey | Wrote a dissent | Monday, January 21, 1985 | 7-2 |
| Brandon v. Holt | Wrote a dissent | Monday, January 21, 1985 | 8-1 |
| Ake v. Oklahoma | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, February 20, 1985 | 8-1 |
| United States v. Montoya De Hernandez | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, July 1, 1985 | 7-2 |
| Heckler v. Chaney | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, March 20, 1985 | 9-0 |
| Jean v. Nelson | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, June 26, 1985 | 6-2 |
| Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, June 26, 1985 | 8-0 |
| Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida, Dept of Corrections v. Johnny Paul Witt | Wrote the majority opinion | Saturday, March 20, 2010 | 7-2 |
| Supreme Court Of New Hampshire v. Piper | Wrote a dissent | Monday, March 4, 1985 | 8-1 |
| Federal Election Commission v. NCPAC | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, March 18, 1985 | 7-2 |
| Burlington School Comm. v. Mass. Dept. Of Ed. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, April 29, 1985 | 9-0 |
| Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, March 19, 1985 | 8-1 |
| NLRB v. Longshoremen | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 27, 1985 | 6-3 |
| Wallace v. Jaffree | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, June 4, 1985 | 6-3 |
| Garrett v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 3, 1985 | 5-3 |
| Northeast Bancorp, Inc. v. Federal Reserve System | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 10, 1985 | 8-0 |
| Hunter v. Underwood | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, April 16, 1985 | 8-0 |
| Grand Rapids School District v. Ball | Wrote a dissent | Monday, July 1, 1985 | 5-4 |
| Francis v. Franklin | Wrote a dissent | Monday, April 29, 1985 | 5-4 |
| Oklahoma City v. Tuttle | Wrote the judgment of the Court | Monday, June 3, 1985 | 7-1 |
| Marek v. Chesny | Wrote a regular concurrence | Thursday, June 27, 1985 | 6-3 |
| Shea v. Louisiana | Wrote a dissent, joined White's dissent | Wednesday, February 20, 1985 | 5-4 |
| Caldwell v. Mississippi | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, June 11, 1985 | 5-3 |
| Paulsen v. Commissioner | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, January 8, 1985 | 6-2 |
| Lawrence County v. Lead-Deadwood School Dist. | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, January 9, 1985 | 7-2 |
