| June 27, 1997 | William R. Pounders, Judge, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County v. Penelope Watson | Per curiam | 521 U.S. 982 (1997) | – |
| June 27, 1997 | B. C. Foreman et al. v. Dallas County, Texas, et al. | Per curiam | 521 U.S. 979 (1997) | – |
| June 27, 1997 | Jay Printz, Sheriff/coroner, Ravalli County, Montana v. United States | Antonin Scalia | 521 U.S. 898 (1997) | 937 |
| June 26, 1997 | Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States, et al. v. American Civil Liberties Union et al. | John Paul Stevens | 521 U.S. 844 (1997) | 1180 |
| June 26, 1997 | Frederick D. Raines, Director, Office of Management and Budget, et al. v. Robert C. Byrd et al. | William Hubbs Rehnquist | 521 U.S. 811 (1997) | 1682 |
| June 26, 1997 | Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of New York, et al. v. Timothy E. Quill et al. | William Hubbs Rehnquist | 521 U.S. 793 (1997) | 210 |
| June 26, 1997 | Washington, et al. v. Harold Glucksberg et al. | William Hubbs Rehnquist | 521 U.S. 702 (1997) | 2664 |
| June 25, 1997 | United States v. James Herman O'Hagan | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 521 U.S. 642 (1997) | 478 |
| June 25, 1997 | Amchem Products, Inc., et al. v. George Windsor et al. | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 521 U.S. 591 (1997) | 4991 |
| June 25, 1997 | C. Martin Lawyer, III v. Department of Justice et al. | David Hackett Souter | 521 U.S. 567 (1997) | – |
| June 25, 1997 | City of Boerne v. P. F. Flores, Archbishop of San Antonio, and United States | Anthony McLeod Kennedy | 521 U.S. 507 (1997) | 1926 |
| June 25, 1997 | Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc., et al. | John Paul Stevens | 521 U.S. 457 (1997) | 181 |
| June 23, 1997 | Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company v. Michael Buckley | Stephen Gerald Breyer | 521 U.S. 424 (1997) | 198 |
| June 23, 1997 | Daryll Richardson and John Walker v. Ronnie Lee McKnight | Stephen Gerald Breyer | 521 U.S. 399 (1997) | 446 |
| June 23, 1997 | Kansas v. Leroy Hendricks | Clarence Thomas | 521 U.S. 346 (1997) | 2057 |
| June 23, 1997 | Aaron Lindh v. James P. Murphy, Warden | David Hackett Souter | 521 U.S. 320 (1997) | 4248 |
| June 23, 1997 | Idaho, et al. v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe of Idaho, Etc., et al. | Anthony McLeod Kennedy | 521 U.S. 261 (1997) | 1372 |
| June 23, 1997 | Rachel Agostini, et al. v. Betty-Louise Felton et al. | Sandra Day O'Connor | 521 U.S. 203 (1997) | 1924 |
| June 19, 1997 | Marvin Klehr, et Ux. v. a. O. Smith Corporation and a. O. Smith Harvestore Products, Inc. | Stephen Gerald Breyer | 521 U.S. 179 (1997) | 453 |
| June 19, 1997 | Joseph Roger O'Dell, III v. J. D. Netherland, Warden, et al. | Sandra Day O'Connor | 521 U.S. 151 (1997) | 521 |
| June 19, 1997 | Metropolitan Stevedore Company v. John Rambo et al. | David Hackett Souter | 521 U.S. 121 (1997) | 252 |
| June 19, 1997 | Lucious Abrams, Jr., G. L. Avery, William Gary Chambers, Sr., and Karen Watson v. Davida Johnson et al. | Anthony McLeod Kennedy | 521 U.S. 74 (1997) | 233 |
| June 19, 1997 | United States of America v. State of Alaska | Sandra Day O'Connor | 521 U.S. 1 (1997) | – |
| June 16, 1997 | Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General of Montana v. James H. Armstrong et al. | Per curiam | 520 U.S. 968 (1997) | 2432 |
| June 16, 1997 | Associates Commercial Corporation v. Elray Rash et Ux. | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 520 U.S. 953 (1997) | 471 |
| June 16, 1997 | Hughes Aircraft Company v. United States, Ex Rel. William J. Schumer | Clarence Thomas | 520 U.S. 939 (1997) | 600 |
| June 9, 1997 | Eileen Vey v. William J. Clinton, President of the United States, et al. | Per curiam | 520 U.S. 937 (1997) | – |
| June 9, 1997 | James E. Gilbert, President, East Stroudsburg University, et al. v. Richard Homar | Antonin Scalia | 520 U.S. 924 (1997) | 838 |
| June 9, 1997 | Marian Johnson, et al. v. Kristine L. Fankell | John Paul Stevens | 520 U.S. 911 (1997) | 302 |
| June 9, 1997 | William Bracy v. Richard B. Gramley, Warden | William Hubbs Rehnquist | 520 U.S. 899 (1997) | 1476 |
| June 2, 1997 | Lords Landing Village Condominium Council of Unit Owners v. Continental Insurance Company | Per curiam | 520 U.S. 893 (1997) | – |
| June 2, 1997 | Saratoga Fishing Company v. J. M. Martinac & Company and Marco Seattle Inc. | Stephen Gerald Breyer | 520 U.S. 875 (1997) | 152 |
| June 2, 1997 | Sandra Jean Dale Boggs v. Thomas F. Boggs, Harry M. Boggs and David B. Boggs | Anthony McLeod Kennedy | 520 U.S. 833 (1997) | 491 |
| June 2, 1997 | Arkansas v. Farm Credit Services of Central Arkansas et al. | Anthony McLeod Kennedy | 520 U.S. 821 (1997) | 118 |
| June 2, 1997 | Barbara a. De Buono, New York Commissioner of Health, et al. v. Nysa-Ila Medical and Clinical Services Fund, Etc., et al. | John Paul Stevens | 520 U.S. 806 (1997) | 317 |
| June 2, 1997 | Walter McMillian v. Monroe County, Alabama | William Hubbs Rehnquist | 520 U.S. 781 (1997) | 879 |
| May 27, 1997 | United States v. George Labonte, Alfred Lawrence Hunnewell, and Stephen Dyer | Clarence Thomas | 520 U.S. 751 (1997) | 423 |
| May 27, 1997 | Bernadine Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency | David Hackett Souter | 520 U.S. 725 (1997) | 426 |
| May 27, 1997 | William Jefferson Clinton v. Paula Corbin Jones | John Paul Stevens | 520 U.S. 681 (1997) | 2415 |
| May 27, 1997 | United States v. Robert E. Hyde | William Hubbs Rehnquist | 520 U.S. 670 (1997) | 246 |
| May 19, 1997 | Jon E. Edmond v. United States | Antonin Scalia | 520 U.S. 651 (1997) | 345 |
| May 19, 1997 | Gary Edwards and Tana Wood v. Jerry B. Balisok | Antonin Scalia | 520 U.S. 641 (1997) | 2485 |
| May 19, 1997 | Camps Newfound/owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison, Maine, et al. | John Paul Stevens | 520 U.S. 564 (1997) | 392 |
| May 12, 1997 | Harbor Tug and Barge Company v. John Papai et Ux. | Anthony McLeod Kennedy | 520 U.S. 548 (1997) | 225 |
| May 12, 1997 | Cary Michael Lambrix v. Harry K. Singletary, Jr., Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections | Antonin Scalia | 520 U.S. 518 (1997) | 1014 |
| May 12, 1997 | Inter-Modal Rail Employees Association, et al. v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, et al. | Sandra Day O'Connor | 520 U.S. 510 (1997) | 113 |
| May 12, 1997 | Janet Reno, Attorney General v. Bossier Parish School Board et al. | Sandra Day O'Connor | 520 U.S. 471 (1997) | 215 |
| May 12, 1997 | Joyce B. Johnson v. United States | William Hubbs Rehnquist | 520 U.S. 461 (1997) | 4572 |
| April 28, 1997 | William Strate, Associate Tribal Judge, Tribal Court of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, et al. v. A-1 Contractors and Lyle Stockert | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 520 U.S. 438 (1997) | 380 |
| April 28, 1997 | Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County, Oklahoma v. Jill Brown et al. | Sandra Day O'Connor | 520 U.S. 397 (1997) | 7185 |
| April 28, 1997 | Steiney Richards v. Wisconsin | John Paul Stevens | 520 U.S. 385 (1997) | 959 |
| April 28, 1997 | Michele L. Timmons, Acting Director, Ramsey County Department of Property Records and Revenue, et al. v. Twin Cities Area New Party | William Hubbs Rehnquist | 520 U.S. 351 (1997) | 645 |
| April 21, 1997 | Linda J. Blessing, Director, Arizona Department of Economic Security v. Cathy Freestone, Etc., et al. | Sandra Day O'Connor | 520 U.S. 329 (1997) | 1415 |
| April 15, 1997 | Walker L. Chandler, et al. v. Zell D. Miller, Governor of Georgia, et al. | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 520 U.S. 305 (1997) | 524 |
| April 14, 1997 | In Re Eileen Vey | Per curiam | 520 U.S. 303 (1997) | – |
| March 31, 1997 | Martin D. Lambert, Gallatin County Attorney v. Susan Wicklund et al. | Per curiam | 520 U.S. 292 (1997) | – |
| March 31, 1997 | Thomas Young, et al. v. Kirk Fordice et al. | Stephen Gerald Breyer | 520 U.S. 273 (1997) | – |
| March 31, 1997 | United States v. David W. Lanier | David Hackett Souter | 520 U.S. 259 (1997) | 2070 |
| March 31, 1997 | Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., et al. v. Federal Communications Commission et al. | Anthony McLeod Kennedy | 520 U.S. 180 (1997) | 464 |
| March 19, 1997 | Brad Bennett, et al. v. Michael Spear, et al. | Antonin Scalia | 520 U.S. 154 (1997) | 3786 |
| March 18, 1997 | Leroy L. Young, et al. v. Ernest Eugene Harper | Clarence Thomas | 520 U.S. 143 (1997) | 170 |
| March 18, 1997 | Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate of Otis C. Hubert, Deceased, C & S Soveran Trust Company (georgia) N. a., Co-Executor | Anthony McLeod Kennedy | 520 U.S. 93 (1997) | – |
| March 3, 1997 | Guy E. Adams, et al. v. Charlie Frank Robertson and Liberty National Life Insurance Company | Per curiam | 520 U.S. 83 (1997) | – |
| March 3, 1997 | Arizonans for Official English and Robert D. Park v. Arizona et al. | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 520 U.S. 43 (1997) | 2323 |
| March 3, 1997 | Warner-Jenkinson Company, Inc., et al. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co. | Clarence Thomas | 520 U.S. 17 (1997) | 1430 |
| March 3, 1997 | United States v. Miguel Gonzales, Orlenis Hernandez-Diaz and Mario Perez | Sandra Day O'Connor | 520 U.S. 1 (1997) | 905 |
| February 26, 1997 | United States v. Jerry E. Wells and Kenneth R. Steele | David Hackett Souter | 519 U.S. 482 (1997) | 565 |
| February 25, 1997 | William C. Dunn and Delta Consultants, Inc. v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission et al. | John Paul Stevens | 519 U.S. 465 (1997) | 135 |
| February 19, 1997 | Francis Bernard Auer, et al. v. David a. Robbins et al. | Antonin Scalia | 519 U.S. 452 (1997) | 2686 |
| February 19, 1997 | Kenneth Lynce v. Hamilton Mathis, Superintendent, Tomoka Correctional Institution, et al. | John Paul Stevens | 519 U.S. 433 (1997) | 732 |
| February 19, 1997 | Regents of the University of California, et al. v. John Doe Etc. | John Paul Stevens | 519 U.S. 425 (1997) | 1008 |
| February 19, 1997 | Maryland v. Jerry Lee Wilson | William Hubbs Rehnquist | 519 U.S. 408 (1997) | 1555 |
| February 19, 1997 | Paul Schenck and Dwight Saunders v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York et al. | William Hubbs Rehnquist | 519 U.S. 357 (1997) | 347 |
| February 18, 1997 | D. Dean Bibles, Director, Oregon Bureau of Land Management v. Oregon Natural Desert Association | Per curiam | 519 U.S. 355 (1997) | – |
| February 18, 1997 | United States v. Marian Brockamp, Administrator of the Estate of Stanley B. McGill, Deceased | Stephen Gerald Breyer | 519 U.S. 347 (1997) | 489 |
| February 18, 1997 | Charles T. Robinson, Sr. v. Shell Oil Company | Clarence Thomas | 519 U.S. 337 (1997) | 2720 |
| February 18, 1997 | California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, et al. v. Dillingham Construction, N. a., Inc., and Manuel J. Arceo, Dba Sound Systems Media | Clarence Thomas | 519 U.S. 316 (1997) | 752 |
| February 18, 1997 | General Motors Corporation v. Roger W. Tracy, Tax Commissioner of Ohio | David Hackett Souter | 519 U.S. 278 (1997) | 447 |
| February 18, 1997 | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., et al. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor, et al. | Sandra Day O'Connor | 519 U.S. 248 (1997) | – |
| January 21, 1997 | Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Marvin K. Youpee, Sr., et al. | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 519 U.S. 234 (1997) | – |
| January 14, 1997 | Tom Grimmett, Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of Vincent Siragusa, and Joanne Siragusa v. Patricia L. Brown et al. | Per curiam | 519 U.S. 233 (1997) | – |
| January 14, 1997 | John W. Atherton, Jr. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver for City Savings, F. S. B. | Stephen Gerald Breyer | 519 U.S. 213 (1997) | 279 |
| January 14, 1997 | Darlene Walters v. Metropolitan Educational Enterprises, Inc. | Antonin Scalia | 519 U.S. 202 (1997) | 447 |
| January 14, 1997 | Johnny Lynn Old Chief v. United States | David Hackett Souter | 519 U.S. 172 (1997) | 2913 |
| January 6, 1997 | United States v. Vernon Watts | Per curiam | 519 U.S. 148 (1997) | 1575 |
| December 16, 1996 | Daniel Greene v. Georgia | Per curiam | 519 U.S. 145 (1996) | – |
| December 16, 1996 | M. L. B. v. S. L. J., Individually and as Next Friend of the Minor Children, S. L. J. and M. L. J., et Ux. | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 519 U.S. 102 (1996) | – |
| December 10, 1996 | Kevin M. O'Gilvie and Stephanie L. O'Gilvie, Minors v. United States | Stephen Gerald Breyer | 519 U.S. 79 (1996) | 175 |
| December 10, 1996 | Caterpillar Inc. v. James David Lewis | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 519 U.S. 61 (1996) | 2132 |
| December 2, 1996 | In Re Maria Luisa Costell Gaydos | Per curiam | 519 U.S. 59 (1996) | – |
| December 2, 1996 | United States et al. v. Laddie F. Jose, Trustee of Jose Business Trust, et al. | Per curiam | 519 U.S. 54 (1996) | – |
| November 18, 1996 | Ohio v. Robert D. Robinette | William Hubbs Rehnquist | 519 U.S. 33 (1996) | 2025 |
| November 13, 1996 | Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Yueh-Shaio Yang | Antonin Scalia | 519 U.S. 26 (1996) | 288 |
| November 6, 1996 | Vicky M. Lopez, et al. v. Monterey County, California, et al. | Sandra Day O'Connor | 519 U.S. 9 (1996) | – |
| November 4, 1996 | California et al. v. Kenneth Duane Roy | Per curiam | 519 U.S. 2 (1996) | 374 |
| October 21, 1996 | United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, et al. v. Legal Assistance for Vietnamese Asylum Seekers, Inc., et al. | Per curiam | 519 U.S. 1 (1996) | – |