Term recap
October Term 1969 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1969, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
142
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
38
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 13, 1969 and the last on June 29, 1970. The busiest single day was June 29, 1970 with 14 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1969 · 9 decisions
November 1969 · 2 decisions
December 1969 · 12 decisions
- Bryson v. United States
- Conway v. California Adult Authority
- Minor v. United States
- Carlos v. New York
- Hall v. Beals
- United States v. Knox
- Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co.
- City of Chicago v. United States
- First National Bank in Plant City v. Dickinson
- Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad v. United Transportation Union
- Nacirema Operating Co. v. Johnson
- Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc.
January 1970 · 12 decisions
- Dowell v. Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools
- Morales v. New York
- Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene Cty.
- Gutknecht v. United States
- Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board
- Turner v. Fouche
- Wade v. Wilson
- Molinaro v. New Jersey
- Cowgill v. California
- Turner v. United States
- Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.
- Breen v. Selective Service Local Board No. 16
February 1970 · 17 decisions
- Shapiro v. Doe
- Goldstein v. Cox
- Sigler v. Parker
- United States v. ICC
- Zuber v. Allen
- National Labor Relations Board v. J. H. Rutter-Rex Manufacturing Co.
- Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board
- Kolden v. Selective Serv. Local Bd. No. 4
- United States v. Cotton
- United States v. Reynolds
- United States v. Kordel
- Czosek v. O'MARA
- Arkansas v. Tennessee
- Colonnade Catering Corp. v. United States
- Reetz v. Bozanich
- Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City
- Md. & Va. Churches v. Sharpsburg Ch.
March 1970 · 17 decisions
- Evans v. Abney
- Toussie v. United States
- H. K. Porter Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp
- United States v. Seckinger
- International Longshoremen's Ass'n, Local 1416 v. Ariadne Shipping Co.
- Barlow v. Collins
- Northcross v. Board of Ed. of Memphis City Schools
- Taggart v. Weinacker's, Inc.
- Cole v. Richardson
- Wheeler v. Montgomery
- United States v. Estate of Donnelly
- Cain v. Kentucky
- Jones v. State Board of Education
- United States v. Davis
- United States v. Key
April 1970 · 15 decisions
- Waller v. Florida
- United States v. W. M. Webb, Inc.
- Illinois v. Allen
- Bachellar v. Maryland
- Standard Industries, Inc. v. Tigrett Industries, Inc.
- Woodward v. Commissioner
- Dandridge v. Williams
- Ashe v. Swenson
- American Farm Lines v. Black Ball Freight Service
- Rosado v. Wyman
- United States v. Hilton Hotels Corp.
- Tooahnippah v. Hickel
- Richard S. v. City of New York
- Santana v. Texas
- United States v. Van Leeuwen
May 1970 · 17 decisions
- Parker v. North Carolina
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Carpet, Linoleum, Soft Tile & Resilient Floor Covering Layers, Local Union No. 419
- In the Matter of Dan A. Spencer
- Lampton v. Bonin
- McMann v. Richardson
- Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New York
- Brady v. United States
- Goldberg v. Kelly
- Hester v. Illinois
- Nash v. United States
- In Re WINSHIP
- National Labor Relations Board v. Raytheon Co.
- Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. Bresler
- Dickey v. Florida
- Daniel v. Goliday
- Schacht v. United States
- Monks v. New Jersey
June 1970 · 41 decisions
- Bloss v. Dykema
- United States v. Armour & Co.
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
- Maxwell v. Bishop
- Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma
- Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770
- Wyman v. Rothstein
- Lewis v. Martin
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
- Moon v. Maryland
- Price v. Georgia
- Rowan v. United States Post Office Department
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.
- Mulloy v. United States
- Walker v. Ohio
- Welsh v. United States
- Evans v. Cornman
- Mitchell v. Donovan
- Vale v. Louisiana
- Illinois v. Missouri
- Baldwin v. New York
- Coleman v. Alabama
- Williams v. Florida
- Perkins v. Standard Oil Co. of California
- City of Phoenix v. Kolodziejski
- Arkansas v. Tennessee
- California v. Green
- United States v. Phillipsburg National Bank & Trust Co.
- United States v. Sisson
- Hocker v. Heffley
- Chandler v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit
- Williams v. Illinois
- Nelson v. George
- Gunn v. University Committee to End the War in Viet Nam
- Kelley v. Arizona
- Crouse v. Wood
- Perini v. Colosimo
- Hoyt v. Minnesota
- Phillip Morris v. Hiram Schoonfield, Warden
- New Haven Inclusion Cases
- United States v. Sweet
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