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Adamo Wrecking Co. v. United States
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent

Agosto v. Ins
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

American Broadcasting Cos. v. Writers Guild
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent

Andrus v. Charlestone Stone Products Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Arizona v. Washington
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Baldwin v. Fish & Game Commission of Montana
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Ballew v. Georgia
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Bankers Trust Co. v. Mallis
Voted with the majority

Bell v. Ohio
Did not participate

Beth Israel Hospital v. NLRB
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Board Of Curators, Univ. Of Mo. v. Horowitz
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent

Bordenkircher v. Hayes
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent

Browder v. Director, Ill. Dept. Of Corrections
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Burks v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Butz v. Economou
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Califano v. Jobst
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

California v. Southland Royalty Co.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

California v. Texas
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

California v. United States
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent

Carey v. Piphus
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Central Illinois Public Serv. Co. v. United States
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Christiansburg Garment Co. v. EEOC
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Citizens & Southern Nat. Bank v. Bougas
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Commissioner v. Kowalski
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Crist v. Bretz
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Duke Power Co. v. Carolina En v. Study Group
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Durst v. United States
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Eastex, Inc. v. NLRB
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Elkins v. Moreno
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Exxon Corp. v. Governor Of Maryland
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

FCC v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting
Did not participate

FCC v. Pacifica Foundation
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent, joined Stewart's dissent

First Federal S. & L. v. Massachusetts Tax Comm'n
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

First National Bank Of Boston v. Bellotti
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent

Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks
Did not participate

Fmc v. Pacific Maritime Assn.
Voted with the minority, joined Powell's dissent

Foley v. Connelie
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent, joined Stevens' dissent

Frank Lyon Co. v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Franks v. Delaware
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Fulman v. United States
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's special concurrence

Gardner v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Greene v. Massey
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Greyhound Corp. v. Mt. Hood Stages, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Hicklin v. Orbeck
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Holloway v. Arkansas
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Houchins v. KQED Inc.
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent

Hutto v. Finney
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

In Re Primus
Did not participate

J. W. Bateson Co. v. Board Of Trustees
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent

Key v. Doyle
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Kulko v. California Superior Court
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Lakeside v. Oregon
Did not participate

Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia
Did not participate

Lockett v. Ohio
Did not participate

Lorillard v. Pons
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Los Angeles Dept. Of Water & Power v. Manhart
Did not participate

Malone v. White Motor Corp.
Did not participate

Marshall v. Barlow's, Inc.
Did not participate

Massachusetts v. United States
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Mcadams v. Mcsurely

Mcdaniel v. Paty
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Memphis Light, Gas & Water Div. v. Craft
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Michigan v. Tyler
Did not participate

Mincey v. Arizona
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's concurrence

Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham
Did not participate

Monell v. New York City Dept. Of Social Services
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Moore v. Illinois
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Moorman Mfg. Co. v. Bair
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

NLRB v. Iron Workers
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

NLRB v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's special concurrence

Nashville Gas Co. v. Satty
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's special concurrence

National Broiler Marketing Assn. v. U.S.
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

National Soc. Of Professional Engineers v. U.S.
Did not participate

New York v. Cathedral Academy
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent

Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn.
Did not participate

Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe
Did not participate

Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. Sanders
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent

Parham v. J. R.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Parker v. Flook
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Penn Central Transport Co. v. New York
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Pfizer Inc. v. India
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Philadelphia v. New Jersey
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Pinkus v. United States
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Procunier v. Navarette
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Quern v. Mandley
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

Quilloin v. Walcott
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Raymond Motor Transportation, Inc. v. Rice
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's concurrence

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Voted with the minority, co-authored a dissent

Richmond Unified School District v. Berg
Voted with the majority

Rinaldi v. United States
Voted with the majority

Robertson v. Wegmann
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent

SEC v. Sloan
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Sanabria v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Scott v. United States
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Carpenters
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Simpson v. United States
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Slodov v. United States
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Barry
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Stump v. Sparkman
Did not participate

Swisher v. Brady
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Taylor v. Kentucky
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Trans Alaska Pipeline Rate Cases
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Tva v. Hill
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

U.S. Steel Corp. v. Multistate Tax Comm.
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

United Air Lines, Inc. v. Mcmann
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

United States v. California
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's opinion

United States v. Ceccolini
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

United States v. Culbert
Did not participate

United States v. Grayson
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent

United States v. Jacobs

United States v. John
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

United States v. Lasalle National Bank
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

United States v. Macdonald
Did not participate

United States v. Mauro
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

United States v. New Mexico
Voted with the minority, joined Powell's dissent

United States v. New York Telephone Co.
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent

United States v. Scott
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

United States v. Sheffield Board Of Comm'rs
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

United States v. Sotelo
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent

United States v. United States Gypsum Co.
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

United States v. Wheeler
Did not participate

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Vitek v. Jones
Voted with the majority

Washington Rev. Dept. v. Stevedoring Assn.
Did not participate

Will v. Calvert Fire Ins. Co.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Wise v. Lipscomb
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Zablocki v. Redhail
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Zurcher v. The Stanford Daily
Did not participate