Supreme Court of the United States

Opinions of October Term 1987

The 148 opinions the Supreme Court issued in the term that opened in October 1987: 139 signed by a Justice and 9 per curiam.

Decided	Case	Opinion by	Citation	Cited
June 29, 1988	Coy v. Iowa	Antonin Scalia	487 U.S. 1012 (1988)	1295
June 29, 1988	Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust	Sandra Day O'Connor	487 U.S. 977 (1988)	1300
June 29, 1988	United States v. Kozminski et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	487 U.S. 931 (1988)	410
June 29, 1988	Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Massachusetts	John Paul Stevens	487 U.S. 879 (1988)	1281
June 29, 1988	Thompson v. Oklahoma	John Paul Stevens	487 U.S. 815 (1988)	617
June 29, 1988	Riley, District Attorney of the Tenth Prosecutorial District of North Carolina, et al. v. National Federation of the Blind of North Carolina, Inc., et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	487 U.S. 781 (1988)	913
June 29, 1988	Communications Workers of America et al. v. Beck et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	487 U.S. 735 (1988)	361
June 27, 1988	Morrison, Independent Counsel v. Olson et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	487 U.S. 654 (1988)	888
June 27, 1988	Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Kendrick et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	487 U.S. 589 (1988)	491
June 27, 1988	Pierce, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development v. Underwood et al.	Antonin Scalia	487 U.S. 552 (1988)	6197
June 27, 1988	Murray v. United States	Antonin Scalia	487 U.S. 533 (1988)	1424
June 27, 1988	Boyle, Personal Representative of the Heirs and Estate of Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.	Antonin Scalia	487 U.S. 500 (1988)	1208
June 27, 1988	Frisby et al. v. Schultz et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	487 U.S. 474 (1988)	1207
June 24, 1988	Kadrmas et al. v. Dickinson Public Schools et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	487 U.S. 450 (1988)	405
June 24, 1988	Schweiker et al. v. Chilicky et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	487 U.S. 412 (1988)	1110
June 24, 1988	Sheridan et Ux. v. United States	John Paul Stevens	487 U.S. 392 (1988)	442
June 24, 1988	Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Mississippi Ex Rel. Moore, Attorney General of Mississippi, et al.	John Paul Stevens	487 U.S. 354 (1988)	247
June 24, 1988	United States v. Taylor	Harry Andrew Blackmun	487 U.S. 326 (1988)	527
June 24, 1988	Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co. et al.	Thurgood Marshall	487 U.S. 312 (1988)	1233
June 24, 1988	Patterson v. Illinois	Byron Raymond White	487 U.S. 285 (1988)	1013
June 24, 1988	Houston v. Lack, Warden	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	487 U.S. 266 (1988)	6563
June 22, 1988	Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	487 U.S. 250 (1988)	986
June 22, 1988	Florida et al. v. Long et al.	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	487 U.S. 223 (1988)	–
June 22, 1988	Doe v. United States	Harry Andrew Blackmun	487 U.S. 201 (1988)	420
June 22, 1988	Franklin v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections	Byron Raymond White	487 U.S. 164 (1988)	852
June 22, 1988	Felder v. Casey et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	487 U.S. 131 (1988)	1126
June 22, 1988	Braswell v. United States	William Hubbs Rehnquist	487 U.S. 99 (1988)	345
June 22, 1988	Ross v. Oklahoma	William Hubbs Rehnquist	487 U.S. 81 (1988)	1289
June 20, 1988	United States Catholic Conference et al. v. Abortion Rights Mobilization, Inc., et al.	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	487 U.S. 72 (1988)	231
June 20, 1988	Supreme Court of Virginia et al. v. Friedman	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	487 U.S. 59 (1988)	132
June 20, 1988	West v. Atkins	Harry Andrew Blackmun	487 U.S. 42 (1988)	16767
June 20, 1988	Stewart Organization, Inc., et al. v. Ricoh Corp. et al.	Thurgood Marshall	487 U.S. 22 (1988)	3025
June 20, 1988	New York State Club Association, Inc. v. City of New York et al.	Byron Raymond White	487 U.S. 1 (1988)	718
June 17, 1988	Bendix Autolite Corp. v. Midwesco Enterprises, Inc., et al.	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	486 U.S. 888 (1988)	231
June 17, 1988	Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Pangilinan et al.	Antonin Scalia	486 U.S. 875 (1988)	347
June 17, 1988	Liljeberg v. Health Services Acquisition Corp.	John Paul Stevens	486 U.S. 847 (1988)	1932
June 17, 1988	Mackey et al. v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc.	Byron Raymond White	486 U.S. 825 (1988)	1042
June 17, 1988	Christianson et al. v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	486 U.S. 800 (1988)	2587
June 17, 1988	City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	486 U.S. 750 (1988)	1256
June 15, 1988	Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman et al.	Antonin Scalia	486 U.S. 717 (1988)	308
June 15, 1988	Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Schlunk, Administrator of the Estates of Schlunk et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	486 U.S. 694 (1988)	735
June 15, 1988	Arizona v. Roberson	John Paul Stevens	486 U.S. 675 (1988)	963
June 15, 1988	Huffman et al. v. Western Nuclear, Inc., et al.	Harry Andrew Blackmun	486 U.S. 663 (1988)	–
June 15, 1988	Pinter et al. v. Dahl et al.	Harry Andrew Blackmun	486 U.S. 622 (1988)	784
June 15, 1988	Webster, Director of Central Intelligence v. Doe	William Hubbs Rehnquist	486 U.S. 592 (1988)	942
June 13, 1988	Johnson v. Mississippi	John Paul Stevens	486 U.S. 578 (1988)	792
June 13, 1988	Michigan v. Chesternut	Harry Andrew Blackmun	486 U.S. 567 (1988)	1499
June 13, 1988	Loeffler v. Frank, Postmaster General of the United States	Harry Andrew Blackmun	486 U.S. 549 (1988)	551
June 13, 1988	Berkovitz et al. v. United States	Thurgood Marshall	486 U.S. 531 (1988)	1883
June 13, 1988	Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard	Thurgood Marshall	486 U.S. 517 (1988)	667
June 13, 1988	Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	486 U.S. 492 (1988)	308
June 13, 1988	Shapero v. Kentucky Bar Association	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	486 U.S. 466 (1988)	233
June 6, 1988	Clark v. Jeter	Sandra Day O'Connor	486 U.S. 456 (1988)	679
June 6, 1988	McCoy v. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District 1	John Paul Stevens	486 U.S. 429 (1988)	1718
June 6, 1988	Meyer, Colorado Secretary of State, et al. v. Grant et al.	John Paul Stevens	486 U.S. 414 (1988)	671
June 6, 1988	Lingle v. Norge Division of Magic Chef, Inc.	John Paul Stevens	486 U.S. 399 (1988)	1828
June 6, 1988	Mills v. Maryland	Harry Andrew Blackmun	486 U.S. 367 (1988)	1392
June 6, 1988	Maynard, Warden, et al. v. Cartwright	Byron Raymond White	486 U.S. 356 (1988)	1367
June 6, 1988	Monessen Southwestern Railway Co. v. Morgan	Byron Raymond White	486 U.S. 330 (1988)	279
May 31, 1988	K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc., et al.	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	486 U.S. 281 (1988)	1097
May 31, 1988	New Energy Company of Indiana v. Limbach, Tax Commissioner of Ohio, et al.	Antonin Scalia	486 U.S. 269 (1988)	585
May 31, 1988	Satterwhite v. Texas	Sandra Day O'Connor	486 U.S. 249 (1988)	926
May 31, 1988	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Mallen et al	John Paul Stevens	486 U.S. 230 (1988)	385
May 31, 1988	Amadeo v. Zant	Thurgood Marshall	486 U.S. 214 (1988)	361
May 31, 1988	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Martin Exploration Management Co. et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	486 U.S. 204 (1988)	–
May 23, 1988	Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co.	Antonin Scalia	486 U.S. 196 (1988)	1283
May 23, 1988	Goodyear Atomic Corp. v. Miller et al.	Thurgood Marshall	486 U.S. 174 (1988)	319
May 23, 1988	Wheat v. United States	William Hubbs Rehnquist	486 U.S. 153 (1988)	1962
May 16, 1988	Chick Kam Choo et al. v. Exxon Corp. et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	486 U.S. 140 (1988)	503
May 16, 1988	McLaughlin, Secretary of Labor v. Richland Shoe Co.	John Paul Stevens	486 U.S. 128 (1988)	1362
May 16, 1988	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Commercial Office Products Co.	Thurgood Marshall	486 U.S. 107 (1988)	443
May 16, 1988	Patrick v. Burget et al.	Thurgood Marshall	486 U.S. 94 (1988)	217
May 16, 1988	Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw	Thurgood Marshall	486 U.S. 71 (1988)	224
May 16, 1988	City of New York et al. v. Federal Communications Commission et al.	Byron Raymond White	486 U.S. 57 (1988)	254
May 16, 1988	California v. Greenwood et al.	Byron Raymond White	486 U.S. 35 (1988)	1059
May 16, 1988	D. H. Holmes Co., Ltd. v. McNamara, Secretary of Revenue and Taxation of Louisiana	William Hubbs Rehnquist	486 U.S. 24 (1988)	172
May 16, 1988	United States Department of Justice et al. v. Julian et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	486 U.S. 1 (1988)	367
May 2, 1988	Kungys v. United States	Antonin Scalia	485 U.S. 759 (1988)	789
May 2, 1988	Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp Electronics Corp.	Antonin Scalia	485 U.S. 717 (1988)	526
May 2, 1988	United States v. Providence Journal Co. et al.	Harry Andrew Blackmun	485 U.S. 693 (1988)	142
May 2, 1988	Huddleston v. United States	William Hubbs Rehnquist	485 U.S. 681 (1988)	2215
April 27, 1988	United States Postal Service v. National Association of Letter Carriers, Afl-Cio	Per curiam	485 U.S. 680 (1988)	–
April 27, 1988	Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of the State of Oregon, et al. v. Smith	John Paul Stevens	485 U.S. 660 (1988)	–
April 27, 1988	Landers v. National Railroad Passengers Corporation et al.	Byron Raymond White	485 U.S. 652 (1988)	–
April 27, 1988	Hicks, District Attorney for County of Orange, California, Acting on Behalf of Feiock v. Feiock	Byron Raymond White	485 U.S. 624 (1988)	861
April 25, 1988	Patterson v. McLean Credit Union	Per curiam	485 U.S. 617 (1988)	–
April 20, 1988	Regents of the University of California v. Public Employment Relations Board et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	485 U.S. 589 (1988)	–
April 20, 1988	Edward J. Debartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council et al.	Byron Raymond White	485 U.S. 568 (1988)	1067
April 20, 1988	Traynor v. Turnage, Administrator, Veterans' Administration, et al.	Byron Raymond White	485 U.S. 535 (1988)	359
April 20, 1988	South Carolina v. Baker, Secretary of the Treasury	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	485 U.S. 505 (1988)	235
April 19, 1988	Puerto RICO Department of Consumer Affairs, et al. v. Isla Petroleum Corporation et al.	Antonin Scalia	485 U.S. 495 (1988)	228
April 19, 1988	Tulsa Professional Collection Services, Inc. v. Joanne Pope, Executrix of the Estate of H. Everett Pope, Jr., Deceased	Sandra Day O'Connor	485 U.S. 478 (1988)	906
April 19, 1988	Richard E. Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	485 U.S. 439 (1988)	953
April 19, 1988	Sandra Gardebring, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services v. Kathryn Jenkins	John Paul Stevens	485 U.S. 415 (1988)	241
April 4, 1988	Federal Labor Relations Authority v. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Department of the Army	Per curiam	485 U.S. 409 (1988)	–
April 4, 1988	Bethesda Hospital Association, et al. v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	485 U.S. 399 (1988)	217
March 29, 1988	George S. Bennett v. Arkansas	Per curiam	485 U.S. 395 (1988)	128
March 23, 1988	Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Kenneth Kizer, Director of California Department of Health Services, et al.	Per curiam	485 U.S. 386 (1988)	–
March 23, 1988	Richard a. Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture v. International Union, United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Uaw, et al.	Byron Raymond White	485 U.S. 360 (1988)	286
March 23, 1988	United States v. Wells Fargo Bank et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	485 U.S. 351 (1988)	153
March 22, 1988	Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Jesse C. Bollinger et al.	Antonin Scalia	485 U.S. 340 (1988)	–
March 22, 1988	Michael Boos, J. Michael Waller and Bridget Brooker v. Marion S. Barry, Jr., Mayor, District of Columbia, et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	485 U.S. 312 (1988)	1104
March 22, 1988	Eric J. Schneidewind, et al. v. Anr Pipeline Company and Anr Storage Company	Harry Andrew Blackmun	485 U.S. 293 (1988)	488
March 22, 1988	Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation v. Mayacamas Corporation	Thurgood Marshall	485 U.S. 271 (1988)	1035
March 21, 1988	Mercilyn Buchanan Etc. v. Stanships, Inc., et al.	Per curiam	485 U.S. 265 (1988)	166
March 21, 1988	Alexander Haig, et al. v. Gladys Bissonette et al.	Per curiam	485 U.S. 264 (1988)	–
March 7, 1988	Basic Incorporated, et al. v. Max L. Levinson et al.	Harry Andrew Blackmun	485 U.S. 224 (1988)	3007
March 7, 1988	Arkansas Best Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	Thurgood Marshall	485 U.S. 212 (1988)	133
March 7, 1988	Norwest Bank Worthington, et al. v. James R. Ahlers et Ux.	Byron Raymond White	485 U.S. 197 (1988)	992
March 7, 1988	K Mart Corporation v. Cartier, Inc., et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	485 U.S. 176 (1988)	–
March 2, 1988	City of St. Louis v. James H. Praprotnik	Sandra Day O'Connor	485 U.S. 112 (1988)	3553
March 1, 1988	Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Assibi Abudu	John Paul Stevens	485 U.S. 94 (1988)	1927
March 1, 1988	United States of America v. State of Louisiana et al. (alabama and Mississippi Boundary Case)	Harry Andrew Blackmun	485 U.S. 88 (1988)	–
February 24, 1988	R. 'Roy' Peralta v. Heights Medical Center, Inc., Dba Heights Hospital, et al.	Byron Raymond White	485 U.S. 80 (1988)	789
February 24, 1988	Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Mary Alice Galbreath	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	485 U.S. 74 (1988)	109
February 24, 1988	Frederick Mathews v. United States	William Hubbs Rehnquist	485 U.S. 58 (1988)	1244
February 24, 1988	Hustler Magazine and Larry C. Flynt v. Jerry Falwell	William Hubbs Rehnquist	485 U.S. 46 (1988)	951
February 24, 1988	United States v. Thomas O. Robinson, Jr.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	485 U.S. 25 (1988)	647
February 24, 1988	Richard Pennell and Tri-County Apartment House Owners Association v. City of San Jose and City Council of San Jose	William Hubbs Rehnquist	485 U.S. 1 (1988)	609
February 23, 1988	United States v. Owens	Antonin Scalia	484 U.S. 554 (1988)	997
February 23, 1988	Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California et al. v. Advanced Lightweight Concrete Co., Inc.	John Paul Stevens	484 U.S. 539 (1988)	314
February 23, 1988	Department of the Navy v. Egan	Harry Andrew Blackmun	484 U.S. 518 (1988)	752
February 23, 1988	Etsi Pipeline Project v. Missouri et al.	Byron Raymond White	484 U.S. 495 (1988)	–
February 23, 1988	Phillips Petroleum Co. et al. v. Mississippi et al.	Byron Raymond White	484 U.S. 469 (1988)	117
January 25, 1988	United States v. Fausto	Antonin Scalia	484 U.S. 439 (1988)	1008
January 25, 1988	Taylor v. Illinois	John Paul Stevens	484 U.S. 400 (1988)	1952
January 25, 1988	Virginia v. American Booksellers Association, Inc., et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	484 U.S. 383 (1988)	975
January 20, 1988	United Savings Association of Texas v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd.	Antonin Scalia	484 U.S. 365 (1988)	1871
January 20, 1988	Carnegie-Mellon University et al. v. Cohill, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, et al.	Thurgood Marshall	484 U.S. 343 (1988)	9468
January 20, 1988	Honig, California Superintendent of Public Instruction v. Doe et al.	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	484 U.S. 305 (1988)	2029
January 13, 1988	Westfall et al. v. Erwin et Ux.	Thurgood Marshall	484 U.S. 292 (1988)	391
January 13, 1988	Hazelwood School District et al. v. Kuhlmeier et al.	Byron Raymond White	484 U.S. 260 (1988)	980
January 13, 1988	Lowenfield v. Phelps, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Corrections, et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	484 U.S. 231 (1988)	1385
January 12, 1988	Forrester v. White	Sandra Day O'Connor	484 U.S. 219 (1988)	2252
January 12, 1988	Yates v. Aiken, Warden, et al.	John Paul Stevens	484 U.S. 211 (1988)	185
January 12, 1988	Deakins et al. v. Monaghan et al.	Harry Andrew Blackmun	484 U.S. 193 (1988)	715
January 12, 1988	Thompson v. Thompson, Aka Clay	Thurgood Marshall	484 U.S. 174 (1988)	671
December 14, 1987	Vermont v. Cox	Per curiam	484 U.S. 173 (1987)	–
December 14, 1987	Mullins Coal Co., Inc. of Virginia, et al. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, et al.	John Paul Stevens	484 U.S. 135 (1987)	364
December 14, 1987	National Labor Relations Board et al. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23, Afl-Cio	William Joseph Brennan Jr.	484 U.S. 112 (1987)	524
December 8, 1987	Omni Capital International, Ltd., et al. v. Rudolf Wolff & Co., Ltd., et al.	Harry Andrew Blackmun	484 U.S. 97 (1987)	1419
December 1, 1987	Langley et Ux. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Antonin Scalia	484 U.S. 86 (1987)	720
December 1, 1987	Karcher, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, et al. v. May et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	484 U.S. 72 (1987)	308
December 1, 1987	Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc., et al.	Thurgood Marshall	484 U.S. 49 (1987)	955
December 1, 1987	United Paperworkers International Union, Afl-Cio, et al. v. Misco, Inc.	Byron Raymond White	484 U.S. 29 (1987)	2748
November 16, 1987	Carpenter et al. v. United States	Byron Raymond White	484 U.S. 19 (1987)	684
November 10, 1987	Church of Scientology of California v. Internal Revenue Service	William Hubbs Rehnquist	484 U.S. 9 (1987)	202
October 19, 1987	Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. McCoy, Executor of the Estate of McCoy	Per curiam	484 U.S. 3 (1987)	225

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Source: opinions from October Term 1987, the U.S. Reports (via govinfo.gov / supremecourt.gov), with authoring Justice and vote from the Supreme Court Database (Washington University) or the Court’s syllabus. Citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying.