Supreme Court of the United States

Opinions of October Term 1984

The 153 opinions the Supreme Court issued in the term that opened in October 1984: 139 signed by a Justice and 14 per curiam.

Decided	Case	Opinion by	Citation	Cited
July 2, 1985	Cornelius, Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management v. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	473 U.S. 788 (1985)	1935
July 2, 1985	Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife et al. v. Klamath Indian Tribe	John Paul Stevens	473 U.S. 753 (1985)	–
July 2, 1985	Carchman, Mercer County Prosecutor v. Nash	Harry Andrew Blackmun	473 U.S. 716 (1985)	495
July 2, 1985	United States v. Bagley	Harry Andrew Blackmun	473 U.S. 667 (1985)	8539
July 2, 1985	Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.	Harry Andrew Blackmun	473 U.S. 614 (1985)	3702
July 1, 1985	American National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago et al. v. Haroco, Inc., et al.	Per curiam	473 U.S. 606 (1985)	437
July 1, 1985	Thomas, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	473 U.S. 568 (1985)	1222
July 1, 1985	United States v. Montoya De Hernandez	William Hubbs Rehnquist	473 U.S. 531 (1985)	982
July 1, 1985	Sedima, S.p.r.l. v. Imrex Co., Inc., et al.	Byron Raymond White	473 U.S. 479 (1985)	3595
July 1, 1985	City of Cleburne, Texas, et al. v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc., et al.	Byron Raymond White	473 U.S. 432 (1985)	7112
July 1, 1985	Aguilar et al. v. Felton et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	473 U.S. 402 (1985)	270
July 1, 1985	School District of the City of Grand Rapids et al. v. Ball et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	473 U.S. 373 (1985)	448
June 28, 1985	Walters, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, et al. v. National Association of Radiation Survivors et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	473 U.S. 305 (1985)	527
June 28, 1985	Atascadero State Hospital et al. v. Scanlon	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	473 U.S. 234 (1985)	1877
June 28, 1985	Dowling v. United States	Harry Andrew Blackmun	473 U.S. 207 (1985)	268
June 28, 1985	Williamson County Regional Planning Commission et al. v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City	Harry Andrew Blackmun	473 U.S. 172 (1985)	2607
June 28, 1985	Kentucky, Dba Bureau of State Police v. Graham et al.	Thurgood Marshall	473 U.S. 159 (1985)	11385
June 27, 1985	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al. v. Russell	John Paul Stevens	473 U.S. 134 (1985)	1937
June 27, 1985	Pattern Makers' League of North America, Afl-Cio, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board et al.	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	473 U.S. 95 (1985)	122
June 27, 1985	National Labor Relations Board v. International Longshoremen'S Assn., Afl-Cio, et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	473 U.S. 61 (1985)	–
June 27, 1985	United States v. Shearer, Individually and as Administratrix for the Estate of Shearer	Warren Earl Burger	473 U.S. 52 (1985)	602
June 27, 1985	Marek et al. v. Chesny, Individually, and as Administrator of the Estate of Chesny	Warren Earl Burger	473 U.S. 1 (1985)	923
June 26, 1985	Jean et al. v. Nelson, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	472 U.S. 846 (1985)	513
June 26, 1985	Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	472 U.S. 797 (1985)	1691
June 26, 1985	Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc.	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	472 U.S. 749 (1985)	866
June 26, 1985	United States v. National Bank of Commerce	Harry Andrew Blackmun	472 U.S. 713 (1985)	792
June 26, 1985	Estate of Thornton et al. v. Caldor, Inc.	Warren Earl Burger	472 U.S. 703 (1985)	222
June 24, 1985	United States v. Albertini	Sandra Day O'Connor	472 U.S. 675 (1985)	731
June 24, 1985	Cornelius, Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management v. Nutt et al.	Harry Andrew Blackmun	472 U.S. 648 (1985)	147
June 24, 1985	In Re Snyder	Warren Earl Burger	472 U.S. 634 (1985)	385
June 24, 1985	Hooper et al. v. Bernalillo County Assessor	Warren Earl Burger	472 U.S. 612 (1985)	209
June 19, 1985	Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp.	John Paul Stevens	472 U.S. 585 (1985)	677
June 19, 1985	Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund et al. v. Central Transport, Inc., et al.	Thurgood Marshall	472 U.S. 559 (1985)	573
June 19, 1985	Mitchell v. Forsyth	Byron Raymond White	472 U.S. 511 (1985)	8858
June 19, 1985	Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc., et al.	Byron Raymond White	472 U.S. 491 (1985)	810
June 19, 1985	McDonald v. Smith	Warren Earl Burger	472 U.S. 479 (1985)	449
June 17, 1985	Maryland v. Macon	Sandra Day O'Connor	472 U.S. 463 (1985)	625
June 17, 1985	Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole v. Hill et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	472 U.S. 445 (1985)	4010
June 17, 1985	Richardson-Merrell Inc. v. Koller, an Infant, by and Through Koller et Ux., Her Natural Guardians, et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	472 U.S. 424 (1985)	814
June 17, 1985	Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Criswell et al.	John Paul Stevens	472 U.S. 400 (1985)	239
June 17, 1985	Baldwin v. Alabama	Harry Andrew Blackmun	472 U.S. 372 (1985)	158
June 17, 1985	Johnson et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore et al.	Thurgood Marshall	472 U.S. 353 (1985)	–
June 11, 1985	Caldwell v. Mississippi	Thurgood Marshall	472 U.S. 320 (1985)	2827
June 11, 1985	Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards, Inc. v. Berner et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	472 U.S. 299 (1985)	322
June 11, 1985	Northwest Wholesale Stationers, Inc. v. Pacific Stationery & Printing Co.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	472 U.S. 284 (1985)	435
June 10, 1985	Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Pueblo of Santa Ana	John Paul Stevens	472 U.S. 237 (1985)	233
June 10, 1985	Lowe et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission	John Paul Stevens	472 U.S. 181 (1985)	209
June 10, 1985	Northeast Bancorp, Inc., et al. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	472 U.S. 159 (1985)	156
June 4, 1985	Atkins, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare v. Parker et al.	John Paul Stevens	472 U.S. 115 (1985)	377
June 4, 1985	Wallace, Governor of Alabama, et al. v. Jaffree et al.	John Paul Stevens	472 U.S. 38 (1985)	898
June 4, 1985	Williams et al. v. Vermont et al.	Byron Raymond White	472 U.S. 14 (1985)	183
June 4, 1985	Schreiber v. Burlington Northern, Inc., et al.	Warren Earl Burger	472 U.S. 1 (1985)	229
June 3, 1985	Russell v. United States	John Paul Stevens	471 U.S. 858 (1985)	306
June 3, 1985	National Farmers Union Insurance Cos. et al. v. Crow Tribe of Indians et al.	John Paul Stevens	471 U.S. 845 (1985)	701
June 3, 1985	City of Oklahoma City v. Tuttle, Individually, and as Administratrix of the Estate of Tuttle	William Hubbs Rehnquist	471 U.S. 808 (1985)	3810
June 3, 1985	Garrett v. United States	William Hubbs Rehnquist	471 U.S. 773 (1985)	1001
June 3, 1985	Montana et al. v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	471 U.S. 759 (1985)	491
June 3, 1985	Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Massachusetts	Harry Andrew Blackmun	471 U.S. 724 (1985)	1645
June 3, 1985	Hillsborough County, Florida, et al. v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc.	Thurgood Marshall	471 U.S. 707 (1985)	1364
May 28, 1985	Gould v. Ruefenacht et al	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	471 U.S. 701 (1985)	–
May 28, 1985	Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth et al.	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	471 U.S. 681 (1985)	514
May 28, 1985	Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio	Byron Raymond White	471 U.S. 626 (1985)	809
May 20, 1985	Black, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections and Human Resources, et al. v. Romano	Sandra Day O'Connor	471 U.S. 606 (1985)	620
May 20, 1985	Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., et al. v. Nation Enterprises et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	471 U.S. 539 (1985)	1191
May 20, 1985	Connecticut Department of Income Maintenance v. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.	John Paul Stevens	471 U.S. 524 (1985)	113
May 20, 1985	Ponte, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution v. Real	William Hubbs Rehnquist	471 U.S. 491 (1985)	708
May 20, 1985	Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	471 U.S. 462 (1985)	12253
May 13, 1985	Hopfmann et al. v. Connolly et al.	Per curiam	471 U.S. 459 (1985)	–
May 13, 1985	Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Rios-Pineda et al.	Byron Raymond White	471 U.S. 444 (1985)	366
May 13, 1985	Liparota v. United States	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	471 U.S. 419 (1985)	890
May 13, 1985	Tennessee v. Street	Warren Earl Burger	471 U.S. 409 (1985)	713
May 13, 1985	California v. Carney	Warren Earl Burger	471 U.S. 386 (1985)	1276
May 12, 1985	United States v. Benchimol	Per curiam	471 U.S. 453 (1985)	201
April 29, 1985	School Committee of the Town of Burlington, Massachusetts, et al. v. Department of Education of Massachusetts et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	471 U.S. 359 (1985)	1566
April 29, 1985	Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub et al.	Thurgood Marshall	471 U.S. 343 (1985)	753
April 29, 1985	Francis, Warden v. Franklin	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	471 U.S. 307 (1985)	2053
April 23, 1985	Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation et al. v. Secretary of Labor	Byron Raymond White	471 U.S. 290 (1985)	590
April 17, 1985	Springfield Township School District et al. v. Knoll	Per curiam	471 U.S. 288 (1985)	–
April 17, 1985	Wilson et al. v. Garcia	John Paul Stevens	471 U.S. 261 (1985)	4134
April 17, 1985	Webb v. County Board of Education of Dyer County, Tennessee, et al.	John Paul Stevens	471 U.S. 234 (1985)	405
April 16, 1985	Hunter et al. v. Underwood et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	471 U.S. 222 (1985)	419
April 16, 1985	Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Lueck	Harry Andrew Blackmun	471 U.S. 202 (1985)	2375
April 16, 1985	Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Navajo Tribe of Indians et al.	Warren Earl Burger	471 U.S. 195 (1985)	–
April 16, 1985	Central Intelligence Agency et al. v. Sims et al.	Warren Earl Burger	471 U.S. 159 (1985)	503
April 15, 1985	Mintzes, Warden v. Buchanon	Per curiam	471 U.S. 154 (1985)	–
April 1, 1985	Honig, Superintendent of Public Instruction of California, et al. v. Students of the California School for the Blind et al.	Per curiam	471 U.S. 148 (1985)	100
April 1, 1985	United States v. Miller	Thurgood Marshall	471 U.S. 130 (1985)	752
April 1, 1985	United States et al. v. Locke et al.	Thurgood Marshall	471 U.S. 84 (1985)	836
March 27, 1985	Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc., et al. v. United States	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	471 U.S. 48 (1985)	275
March 27, 1985	Town of Hallie et al. v. City of Eau Claire	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	471 U.S. 34 (1985)	492
March 27, 1985	Tennessee v. Garner et al.	Byron Raymond White	471 U.S. 1 (1985)	4272
March 26, 1985	Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. et al. v. Ward et al.	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	470 U.S. 869 (1985)	343
March 26, 1985	Ball v. United States	Warren Earl Burger	470 U.S. 856 (1985)	1092
March 20, 1985	Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Chaney et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	470 U.S. 821 (1985)	2484
March 20, 1985	Hayes v. Florida	Byron Raymond White	470 U.S. 811 (1985)	603
March 20, 1985	Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	470 U.S. 768 (1985)	666
March 20, 1985	Winston, Sheriff, et al. v. Lee	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	470 U.S. 753 (1985)	733
March 20, 1985	Florida Power & Light Co. v. Lorion, Dba Center for Nuclear Responsibility, et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	470 U.S. 729 (1985)	1823
March 20, 1985	United States v. Sharpe et al.	Warren Earl Burger	470 U.S. 675 (1985)	2970
March 19, 1985	Bennett, Secretary of Education v. Kentucky Department of Education	Sandra Day O'Connor	470 U.S. 656 (1985)	157
March 19, 1985	Bennett, Secretary of Education v. New Jersey	Sandra Day O'Connor	470 U.S. 632 (1985)	216
March 19, 1985	Wayte v. United States	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	470 U.S. 598 (1985)	1692
March 19, 1985	First National Bank of Atlanta, as Successor in Interest to First National Bank of Cartersville, Georgia v. Bartow County Board of Tax Assessors et al.	Harry Andrew Blackmun	470 U.S. 583 (1985)	–
March 19, 1985	Anderson v. City of Bessemer City, North Carolina	Byron Raymond White	470 U.S. 564 (1985)	11658
March 19, 1985	Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill et al.	Byron Raymond White	470 U.S. 532 (1985)	6903
March 18, 1985	United States v. Gagnon et al.	Per curiam	470 U.S. 522 (1985)	1062
March 18, 1985	Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	470 U.S. 480 (1985)	388
March 18, 1985	National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al.	Thurgood Marshall	470 U.S. 451 (1985)	444
March 18, 1985	Herb'S Welding, Inc., et al. v. Gray et al.	Byron Raymond White	470 U.S. 414 (1985)	243
March 4, 1985	St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Dickerson	Per curiam	470 U.S. 409 (1985)	222
March 4, 1985	Air France v. Saks	Sandra Day O'Connor	470 U.S. 392 (1985)	438
March 4, 1985	Marrese et al. v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	Sandra Day O'Connor	470 U.S. 373 (1985)	1589
March 4, 1985	Oregon v. Elstad	Sandra Day O'Connor	470 U.S. 298 (1985)	2824
March 4, 1985	Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	470 U.S. 274 (1985)	294
March 4, 1985	County of Oneida, New York, et al. v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York State et al.	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	470 U.S. 226 (1985)	600
March 4, 1985	Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd	Thurgood Marshall	470 U.S. 213 (1985)	2684
February 27, 1985	Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Turner et al.	Harry Andrew Blackmun	470 U.S. 184 (1985)	179
February 27, 1985	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al. v. Hampton County Election Commission et al.	Byron Raymond White	470 U.S. 166 (1985)	–
February 27, 1985	Chemical Manufacturers Association et al. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al.	Byron Raymond White	470 U.S. 116 (1985)	407
February 26, 1985	United States v. Louisiana et al. (alabama and Mississippi Boundary Case)	Harry Andrew Blackmun	470 U.S. 93 (1985)	–
February 20, 1985	Ake v. Oklahoma	Thurgood Marshall	470 U.S. 68 (1985)	3332
February 20, 1985	Shea v. Louisiana	Harry Andrew Blackmun	470 U.S. 51 (1985)	233
February 20, 1985	United States v. Dann et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	470 U.S. 39 (1985)	–
February 20, 1985	United States v. Young	Warren Earl Burger	470 U.S. 1 (1985)	4689
February 19, 1985	Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority et al.	Harry Andrew Blackmun	469 U.S. 528 (1985)	1304
February 19, 1985	United States v. Maine et al. (rhode Island and New York Boundary Case)	Harry Andrew Blackmun	469 U.S. 504 (1985)	–
February 19, 1985	National Labor Relations Board v. Action Automotive, Inc.	Warren Earl Burger	469 U.S. 490 (1985)	–
January 21, 1985	United States v. Johns et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	469 U.S. 478 (1985)	515
January 21, 1985	Brandon et al. v. Holt, Director of Police for the City of Memphis, et al.	John Paul Stevens	469 U.S. 464 (1985)	1538
January 21, 1985	Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections v. Witt	William Hubbs Rehnquist	469 U.S. 412 (1985)	3997
January 21, 1985	Evitts, Superintendent, Blackburn Correctional Complex, et al. v. Lucey	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	469 U.S. 387 (1985)	3068
January 15, 1985	New Jersey v. T. L. O.	Byron Raymond White	469 U.S. 325 (1985)	2391
January 9, 1985	Tiffany Fine Arts, Inc., et al. v. United States et al.	Thurgood Marshall	469 U.S. 310 (1985)	–
January 9, 1985	Alexander, Governor of Tennessee, et al. v. Choate et al.	Thurgood Marshall	469 U.S. 287 (1985)	1271
January 9, 1985	Ohio v. Kovacs, Dba B & W Enterprises et al.	Byron Raymond White	469 U.S. 274 (1985)	419
January 9, 1985	Lawrence County et al. v. Lead-Deadwood School District No. 40-1	Byron Raymond White	469 U.S. 256 (1985)	143
January 9, 1985	United States v. Boyle, Executor of the Estate of Boyle	Warren Earl Burger	469 U.S. 241 (1985)	1888
January 8, 1985	Board of License Commissioners of the Town of Tiverton v. Pastore, Liquor Control Administrator of Rhode Island, et al.	Per curiam	469 U.S. 238 (1985)	–
January 8, 1985	United States v. Hensley	Sandra Day O'Connor	469 U.S. 221 (1985)	2340
January 8, 1985	Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park and Fly, Inc.	Sandra Day O'Connor	469 U.S. 189 (1985)	962
January 8, 1985	Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder et al.	John Paul Stevens	469 U.S. 153 (1985)	145
January 8, 1985	Paulsen et Ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	William Hubbs Rehnquist	469 U.S. 131 (1985)	–
January 8, 1985	Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston et al.	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	469 U.S. 111 (1985)	1808
January 7, 1985	United States v. Woodward	Per curiam	469 U.S. 105 (1985)	174
December 10, 1984	Smith v. Illinois	Per curiam	469 U.S. 91 (1984)	1225
December 10, 1984	Garcia et al. v. United States	William Hubbs Rehnquist	469 U.S. 70 (1984)	768
December 10, 1984	United States v. Powell	William Hubbs Rehnquist	469 U.S. 57 (1984)	2102
December 10, 1984	United States v. Abel	William Hubbs Rehnquist	469 U.S. 45 (1984)	1044
December 10, 1984	Luce v. United States	Warren Earl Burger	469 U.S. 38 (1984)	2427
December 4, 1984	United States v. 50 Acres of Land et al.	John Paul Stevens	469 U.S. 24 (1984)	189
November 26, 1984	Thompson v. Louisiana	Per curiam	469 U.S. 17 (1984)	326
November 26, 1984	United States Department of Justice et al. v. Provenzano	Per curiam	469 U.S. 14 (1984)	–
November 13, 1984	Florida v. Rodriguez	Per curiam	469 U.S. 1 (1984)	466

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