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Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Lavoie
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Allen v. Illinois
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent

Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Arcara v. Cloud Books, Inc.
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent

At&T Technologies v. Communications Workers
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Atkins v. Rivera
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Attorney General Of N. Y. v. Soto-Lopez
Voted with the majority, authored a judgment of the court

Automobile Workers v. Brock
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Baker v. General Motors Corp.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Batson v. Kentucky
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' concurrence

Bazemore v. Friday
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Bender v. Williamsport Area School Dist.
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Board Of Governors, Frs v. Dimension Financial
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Bowen v. Agencies Opposed To Soc. Sec. Entrap.
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Bowen v. American Hospital Assn.
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent

Bowen v. City Of New York
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Bowen v. Mich. Academy Of Family Physicians
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Bowen v. Owens
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Bowen v. Roy
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's special concurrence

Bowers v. Hardwick
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent, joined Stevens' dissent

Bowsher v. Synar
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Brock v. Pierce County
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Brown-Forman Distillers v. N. Y. Liquor Auth.
Did not participate

Cabana v. Bullock
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent, joined Blackmun's dissent, joined Stevens' dissent

California v. Ciraolo
Voted with the minority, joined Powell's dissent

Celotex Corp. v. Catrett
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Cleavinger v. Saxner
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Colorado v. Connelly
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Schor
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Crane v. Kentucky
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Daniels v. Williams
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Darden v. Wainwright
Voted with the majority

Darden v. Wainwright
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent, joined Blackmun's dissent

Davidson v. Cannon
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Davis v. Bandemer
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Delaware v. Van Arsdall
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Department Of Transp. v. Paralyzed Veterans
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Department Of Treasury v. Galioto
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Diamond v. Charles
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Dow Chemical Co. v. United States
Voted with the minority, joined Powell's dissent

EEOC v. FLRA
Voted with the majority

East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Evans v. Jeff D.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Exxon Corp. v. Hunt
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

FDIC v. Philadelphia Gear
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Firefighters v. Cleveland
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Fisher v. Berkeley
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Ford v. Wainwright
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Ftc v. Indiana Federation Of Dentists
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Golden State Transit Corp. v. Los Angeles
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Goldman v. Weinberger
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Green v. Mansour
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent, joined Marshall's dissent, joined Blackmun's dissent

Heath v. Alabama
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent, joined Marshall's dissent

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

Hill v. Lockhart
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Holbrook v. Flynn
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Icicle Seafoods, Inc. v. Worthington
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Japan Whaling Assn. v. American Cetacean Soc.
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Kimmelman v. Morrison
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Kuhlmann v. Wilson
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Lake Coal Co., Inc. v. Roberts & Schaefer Co.
Voted with the majority

Lee v. Illinois
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Library Of Congress v. Shaw
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Local 28 v. EEOC
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Lockhart v. McCree
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Longshoremen v. Davis
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Los Angeles v. Preferred Communications, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Louisiana Public Service Comm'n v. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Lyng v. Castillo
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Lyng v. Payne
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Macdonald, Sommer & Frates v. Yolo County
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Maine v. Moulton
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Maine v. Taylor
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Malley v. Briggs
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Matsushita Elec. Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent

McLaughlin v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Mcmillan v. Pennsylvania
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Memphis Community School Dist. v. Stachura
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's special concurrence

Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's special concurrence

Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Michigan v. Jackson
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Midlantic Nat. Bank v. N. J. Dept. Of E. P.
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Miller v. Fenton
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Moran v. Burbine
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent

Morris v. Mathews
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Murray v. Carrier
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

NLRB v. Financial Institution Employees
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Nantahala Power & Light v. Thornburg
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

New Mexico v. Earnest
Voted with the majority

New York v. Class
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

New York v. P. J. Video, Inc.
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Nix v. Whiteside
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence, joined Blackmun's special concurrence

Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire
Voted with the minority, joined Powell's dissent

Ohio Civil Rights Comm'n v. Dayton Schools
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' special concurrence

Pa. Bureau Of Correction v. U.S. Marshals
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. v. Public Util. Comm'n
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's judgment of the court

Papasan v. Allain
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama Bank
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Paulussen v. Herion
Voted with the majority

Pembaur v. Cincinnati
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Pennsylvania v. Del. Valley Citizens' Council
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent

Pennsylvania v. Del. Valley Citizens' Council
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent

Philadelphia Newspapers Inc. v. Hepps
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

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

Posadas de Puerto Rico Ass. v. Tourism Co. of PR
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court
Voted with the majority, joined Burger's opinion

Private Truck Council Of America, Inc. v. Quinn
Disagreed with denial/dismissal, joined White's dissent from denial

Public Service Comm'n v. C. & P. Tel. Co.
Voted with the majority

Randall v. Loftsgaarden
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Reed v. Campbell
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Regents Of University Of Michigan v. Ewing
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Renton v. Playtime Theatres Inc.
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Riverside v. Rivera
Voted with the majority, authored a judgment of the court

Rose v. Clark
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent

Schiavone v. Fortune
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Skipper v. South Carolina
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Smalis v. Pennsylvania
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

Smith v. Murray
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent, joined Stevens' dissent

Sorenson v. Secretary Of Treasury
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Square D Co. v. Niagara Frontier Tariff Bur.
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Teachers v. Hudson
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Texas v. Mccullough
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Thomas v. Arn
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Thornburg v. Gingles
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Thornburgh v. Amer. Coll. of Obst. & Gyn.
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Three Affiliated Tribes v. Wold Engineering
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent

Transcontinental Pipe Line v. State Oil & Gas Bd.
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Turner v. Murray
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence, joined Marshall's special concurrence

United States v. American Bar Endowment
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

United States v. American College of Physicians
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

United States v. City of Fulton
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

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

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

United States v. Hughes Properties, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

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

United States v. James
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's opinion

United States v. Koecher
Voted with the majority

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

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

United States v. Maine
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

United States v. Mechanik
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's special concurrence

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

United States v. Quinn
Voted with the majority

United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined White's opinion

United States v. Rojas-Contreras
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's special concurrence

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

University Of Tennessee v. Elliott
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent

Vasquez v. Hillery
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Wainwright v. Greenfield
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' opinion

Wardair Canada v. Florida Dept. Of Revenue
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Whitley v. Albers
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Wisconsin Dept. Of Industry v. Gould Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's opinion

Witters v. Wash. Dept. Of Services For Blind
Voted with the majority, joined Marshall's opinion

Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent

Young v. Community Nutrition Institute
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion