| Will v. Calvert Fire Ins. Co. | Wrote a dissent | Friday, June 23, 1978 | 5-4 |
| Scott v. United States | Wrote a dissent | Monday, May 15, 1978 | 7-2 |
| FCC v. Pacifica Foundation | Wrote a dissent, joined Stewart's dissent | Monday, July 3, 1978 | 5-4 |
| Moorman Mfg. Co. v. Bair | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 15, 1978 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Scott | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, June 14, 1978 | 5-4 |
| Beth Israel Hospital v. NLRB | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 22, 1978 | 9-0 |
| Parham v. J. R. | Wrote a dissent | Wednesday, June 20, 1979 | 6-3 |
| Monell v. New York City Dept. Of Social Services | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, June 6, 1978 | 7-2 |
| Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Carpenters | Wrote a dissent | Monday, May 15, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Commissioner v. Kowalski | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, November 29, 1977 | 7-2 |
| Elkins v. Moreno | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, April 19, 1978 | 7-2 |
| Ballew v. Georgia | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, March 21, 1978 | 9-0 |
| National Broiler Marketing Assn. v. U.S. | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, June 12, 1978 | 7-2 |
| Baldwin v. Fish & Game Commission of Montana | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, May 23, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Slodov v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 22, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 26, 1978 | 5-3 |
| Durst v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, February 22, 1978 | 8-0 |
| Central Illinois Public Serv. Co. v. United States | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, February 28, 1978 | 9-0 |
| Hicklin v. Orbeck | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 22, 1978 | 9-0 |
| Kulko v. California Superior Court | Wrote a dissent | Monday, May 15, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Pinkus v. United States | Wrote a special concurrence | Tuesday, May 23, 1978 | 8-1 |
| Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, March 29, 1978 | 5-4 |
| Taylor v. Kentucky | Wrote a regular concurrence | Tuesday, May 30, 1978 | 7-2 |
| Fulman v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, February 22, 1978 | 7-1 |
| SEC v. Sloan | Wrote a special concurrence | Monday, May 15, 1978 | 9-0 |
| California v. Texas | Wrote a regular concurrence | Thursday, June 22, 1978 | 9-0 |
| Trans Alaska Pipeline Rate Cases | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, June 6, 1978 | 8-0 |
| Penn Central Transport Co. v. New York | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 26, 1978 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Sheffield Board Of Comm'rs | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, March 6, 1978 | 6-3 |
| Mcdaniel v. Paty | Wrote a special concurrence | Wednesday, April 19, 1978 | 8-0 |
| Massachusetts v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, March 29, 1978 | 6-2 |
| Hutto v. Finney | Wrote a regular concurrence | Friday, June 23, 1978 | 5-4 |
| Simpson v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, February 28, 1978 | 8-1 |
