Supreme Court of the United States

Opinions of October Term 1997

The 102 opinions the Supreme Court issued in the term that opened in October 1997: 91 signed by a Justice and 11 per curiam.

Decided	Case	Opinion by	Citation	Cited
June 26, 1998	Beth Ann Faragher v. City of Boca Raton	David Hackett Souter	524 U.S. 775 (1998)	6226
June 26, 1998	Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Kimberly B. Ellerth	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	524 U.S. 742 (1998)	4775
June 26, 1998	Angel Jaime Monge v. California	Sandra Day O'Connor	524 U.S. 721 (1998)	610
June 25, 1998	United States v. Aloyzas Balsys	David Hackett Souter	524 U.S. 666 (1998)	174
June 25, 1998	Randon Bragdon v. Sidney Abbott, et al.	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	524 U.S. 624 (1998)	1379
June 25, 1998	National Endowment for the Arts, et al. v. Karen Finley, et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	524 U.S. 569 (1998)	488
June 25, 1998	Eastern Enterprises v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security, et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	524 U.S. 498 (1998)	720
June 25, 1998	William J. Clinton, President of the United States, et al. v. City of New York, et al.	John Paul Stevens	524 U.S. 417 (1998)	641
June 25, 1998	Swidler & Berlin and James Hamilton v. United States	William Hubbs Rehnquist	524 U.S. 399 (1998)	387
June 22, 1998	Wisconsin Department of Corrections, et al. v. Keith D. Schacht	Stephen Gerald Breyer	524 U.S. 381 (1998)	1341
June 22, 1998	Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole v. Keith M. Scott	Clarence Thomas	524 U.S. 357 (1998)	588
June 22, 1998	United States v. Hosep Krikor Bajakajian	Clarence Thomas	524 U.S. 321 (1998)	1395
June 22, 1998	Gerald R. Caron v. United States	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	524 U.S. 308 (1998)	203
June 22, 1998	Alida Star Gebser and Alida Jean McCullough v. Lago Vista Independent School District	Sandra Day O'Connor	524 U.S. 274 (1998)	1376
June 15, 1998	Sandra K. Forney v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security	Stephen Gerald Breyer	524 U.S. 266 (1998)	117
June 15, 1998	Arnold F. Hohn v. United States	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	524 U.S. 236 (1998)	439
June 15, 1998	American Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Central Office Telephone, Inc.	Antonin Scalia	524 U.S. 214 (1998)	376
June 15, 1998	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. v. Ronald R. Yeskey	Antonin Scalia	524 U.S. 206 (1998)	1374
June 15, 1998	Sillasse Bryan v. United States	John Paul Stevens	524 U.S. 184 (1998)	683
June 15, 1998	Thomas R. Phillips, et al. v. Washington Legal Foundation, et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	524 U.S. 156 (1998)	509
June 8, 1998	New Mexico, Ex Rel. Manuel Ortiz v. Timothy Reed	Per curiam	524 U.S. 151 (1998)	–
June 8, 1998	Frank J. Muscarello v. United States	Stephen Gerald Breyer	524 U.S. 125 (1998)	848
June 8, 1998	Philomena Dooley, Personal Representative of the Estate of Cecelio Chuapoco, et al. v. Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd.	Clarence Thomas	524 U.S. 116 (1998)	–
June 8, 1998	Cass County, Minnesota, et al. v. Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians	Clarence Thomas	524 U.S. 103 (1998)	–
June 8, 1998	Frank X. Hopkins Petitioner v. Randolph K. Reeves	Clarence Thomas	524 U.S. 88 (1998)	237
June 8, 1998	Bonnie L. Geissal, Beneficiary and Representative of the Estate of James W. Geissal, Deceased v. Moore Medical Corporation et al.	David Hackett Souter	524 U.S. 74 (1998)	–
June 8, 1998	United States v. Bestfoods, et al.	David Hackett Souter	524 U.S. 51 (1998)	1059
June 8, 1998	United States v. Chris W. Beggerly, et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	524 U.S. 38 (1998)	578
June 1, 1998	Federal Election Commission v. James E. Akins, Richard Curtiss, Paul Findley, Robert J. Hanks, Andrew Killgore, and Orin Parker	Stephen Gerald Breyer	524 U.S. 11 (1998)	845
June 1, 1998	United States v. Vickie S. Cabrales	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	524 U.S. 1 (1998)	270
May 26, 1998	Air Line Pilots Association v. Robert a. Miller, et al.	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	523 U.S. 866 (1998)	143
May 26, 1998	County of Sacramento, et al. v. Teri Lewis and Thomas Lewis, Personal Representatives of the Estate of Philip Lewis, Deceased	David Hackett Souter	523 U.S. 833 (1998)	6212
May 26, 1998	State of New Jersey v. State of New York	David Hackett Souter	523 U.S. 767 (1998)	–
May 26, 1998	Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	523 U.S. 751 (1998)	393
May 26, 1998	Arthur Calderon, Warden, et al. v. Troy Ashmus, Etc.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	523 U.S. 740 (1998)	345
May 18, 1998	Ohio Forestry Association, Inc. v. Sierra Club, et al.	Stephen Gerald Breyer	523 U.S. 726 (1998)	757
May 18, 1998	Montana, et al. v. Crow Tribe of Indians et al.	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	523 U.S. 696 (1998)	–
May 18, 1998	Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. Ralph P. Forbes	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	523 U.S. 666 (1998)	501
May 18, 1998	Textron Lycoming Reciprocating Engine Division, Avco Corp. v. United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, International Union and Its Local 787	Antonin Scalia	523 U.S. 653 (1998)	200
May 18, 1998	Terry Stewart, Director, Arizona Department of Correction, et al. v. Ramon Martinez-Villareal	William Hubbs Rehnquist	523 U.S. 637 (1998)	644
May 18, 1998	Kenneth Eugene Bousley v. United States	William Hubbs Rehnquist	523 U.S. 614 (1998)	5336
May 15, 1998	Lewis v. Brunswick Corp.	Per curiam	523 U.S. 1113 (1998)	–
May 4, 1998	Randall Ricci v. Village of Arlington Heights	Per curiam	523 U.S. 613 (1998)	–
May 4, 1998	Leonard Rollon Crawford-El v. Patricia Britton	John Paul Stevens	523 U.S. 574 (1998)	2583
April 29, 1998	Arthur Calderon, Warden v. Thomas Thompson	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	523 U.S. 538 (1998)	1326
April 29, 1998	United States v. Estate of Francis J. Romani et al.	John Paul Stevens	523 U.S. 517 (1998)	105
April 28, 1998	Edwards v. United States	Stephen Gerald Breyer	523 U.S. 511 (1998)	316
April 22, 1998	California and State Lands Commission v. Deep Sea Research, Inc., et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	523 U.S. 491 (1998)	120
April 22, 1998	Lorelyn Penero Miller v. Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State	John Paul Stevens	523 U.S. 420 (1998)	239
April 21, 1998	David R. Beach, et Ux. v. Ocwen Federal Bank	David Hackett Souter	523 U.S. 410 (1998)	412
April 21, 1998	Terry Campbell v. Louisiana	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	523 U.S. 392 (1998)	173
April 21, 1998	Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	Antonin Scalia	523 U.S. 382 (1998)	100
April 14, 1998	Angel Francisco Breard v. Fred W. Greene, Warden	Per curiam	523 U.S. 371 (1998)	405
March 31, 1998	United States v. United States Shoe Corporation	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	523 U.S. 360 (1998)	132
March 31, 1998	C. Elvin Feltner, Jr. v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.	Clarence Thomas	523 U.S. 340 (1998)	372
March 31, 1998	United States v. Edward G. Scheffer	Clarence Thomas	523 U.S. 303 (1998)	1617
March 31, 1998	Texas v. United States et al.	Antonin Scalia	523 U.S. 296 (1998)	1234
March 25, 1998	Ohio Adult Parole Authority, et al. v. Eugene Woodard	William Hubbs Rehnquist	523 U.S. 272 (1998)	357
March 24, 1998	Hugo Roman Almendarez-Torres v. United States	Stephen Gerald Breyer	523 U.S. 224 (1998)	12622
March 24, 1998	Edward S. Cohen v. Hilda De La Cruz et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	523 U.S. 213 (1998)	919
March 23, 1998	Caterpillar Inc. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America	Per curiam	523 U.S. 1015 (1998)	–
March 23, 1998	Janice E. Hetzel v. Prince William County, Virginia, and Charlie T. Deane	Per curiam	523 U.S. 208 (1998)	–
March 9, 1998	Glendora v. John Porzio, et al.	Per curiam	523 U.S. 206 (1998)	–
March 9, 1998	Kevin D. Gray v. Maryland	Stephen Gerald Breyer	523 U.S. 185 (1998)	723
March 9, 1998	Debra Faye Lewis v. United States	Stephen Gerald Breyer	523 U.S. 155 (1998)	130
March 9, 1998	Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L'Anza Research International, Inc.	John Paul Stevens	523 U.S. 135 (1998)	–
March 4, 1998	Steel Company, Aka Chicago Steel and Pickling Company v. Citizens for a Better Environment	Antonin Scalia	523 U.S. 83 (1998)	10096
March 4, 1998	Joseph Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Incorporated, et al.	Antonin Scalia	523 U.S. 75 (1998)	3700
March 4, 1998	United States v. Hernan Ramirez	William Hubbs Rehnquist	523 U.S. 65 (1998)	408
March 3, 1998	Margaret Kawaauhau, et Vir v. Paul W. Geiger	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	523 U.S. 57 (1998)	2007
March 3, 1998	Daniel Bogan and Marilyn Roderick v. Janet Scott-Harris	Clarence Thomas	523 U.S. 44 (1998)	706
March 3, 1998	Lexecon Inc. et al. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach et al.	David Hackett Souter	523 U.S. 26 (1998)	670
March 3, 1998	Randy G. Spencer v. Mike Kemna, Superintendent, Western Missouri Correctional Center, et al.	Antonin Scalia	523 U.S. 1 (1998)	3515
February 25, 1998	Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government et al.	Clarence Thomas	522 U.S. 520 (1998)	175
February 25, 1998	National Credit Union Administration v. First National Bank & Trust Co. et al.	Clarence Thomas	522 U.S. 479 (1998)	369
February 24, 1998	Mary Anna Rivet, et al. v. Regions Bank of Louisiana et al.	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	522 U.S. 470 (1998)	895
February 24, 1998	Regions Hospital v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	522 U.S. 448 (1998)	200
February 23, 1998	Lorenzo Arteaga v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Per curiam	522 U.S. 446 (1998)	–
February 23, 1998	Newsweek, Inc. v. Florida Department of Revenue et al.	Per curiam	522 U.S. 442 (1998)	–
January 26, 1998	Dolores M. Oubre v. Entergy Operations, Inc.	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	522 U.S. 422 (1998)	242
January 26, 1998	James Brogan v. United States	Antonin Scalia	522 U.S. 398 (1998)	254
January 26, 1998	Allentown Mack Sales and Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board	Antonin Scalia	522 U.S. 359 (1998)	595
January 26, 1998	South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux Tribe et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	522 U.S. 329 (1998)	205
January 21, 1998	Christopher H. Lunding, et Ux. v. New York Tax Appeals Tribunal et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	522 U.S. 287 (1998)	–
January 21, 1998	Douglas McArthur Buchanan, Jr. v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	522 U.S. 269 (1998)	353
January 21, 1998	Janice R. Lachance, Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management v. Lester E. Erickson, Jr., et al.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	522 U.S. 262 (1998)	220
January 14, 1998	George G. Rogers v. United States	John Paul Stevens	522 U.S. 252 (1998)	–
January 13, 1998	Kenneth Lee Baker and Steven Robert Baker, by His Next Friend, Melissa Thomas v. General Motors Corporation	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	522 U.S. 222 (1998)	516
January 13, 1998	Fidelity Financial Services, Inc. v. Richard v Fink, Trustee	David Hackett Souter	522 U.S. 211 (1998)	–
December 15, 1997	Bay Area Laundry and Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corporation of California, Inc., and Stephen Barnes	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	522 U.S. 192 (1997)	534
December 15, 1997	City of Chicago, et al. v. International College of Surgeons et al.	Sandra Day O'Connor	522 U.S. 156 (1997)	6055
December 15, 1997	General Electric Company, et al. v. Robert K. Joiner et Ux.	William Hubbs Rehnquist	522 U.S. 136 (1997)	4535
December 10, 1997	Lynne Kalina v. Rodney Fletcher	John Paul Stevens	522 U.S. 118 (1997)	1173
December 10, 1997	John Hudson, Larry Baresel, and Jack Butler Rackley v. United States	William Hubbs Rehnquist	522 U.S. 93 (1997)	1410
December 9, 1997	Richard F. Trest v. Burl Cain, Warden	Stephen Gerald Breyer	522 U.S. 87 (1997)	363
December 9, 1997	Melvin Jefferson, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Alberta K. Jefferson, Deceased, et al. v. City of Tarrant, Alabama	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	522 U.S. 75 (1997)	–
December 2, 1997	Murphy J. Foster, Jr., Governor of Louisiana, et al. v. G. Scott Love, Paul S. Bergeron, Kathleen B. Balhoff, and Bennie Baker-Bourgeois	David Hackett Souter	522 U.S. 67 (1997)	–
December 2, 1997	Mario Salinas v. United States	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	522 U.S. 52 (1997)	1039
November 17, 1997	City of Monroe, et al. v. United States	Per curiam	522 U.S. 34 (1997)	–
November 4, 1997	Garrit Bates v. United States	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	522 U.S. 23 (1997)	321
November 4, 1997	State Oil Company v. Barkat U. Khan and Khan & Associates, Inc.	Sandra Day O'Connor	522 U.S. 3 (1997)	–
October 20, 1997	Carson Lynn Brown v. R. Williams et al.	Per curiam	522 U.S. 1 (1997)	–

← All Supreme Court opinions

Source: opinions from October Term 1997, 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.