Term recap
October Term 1970 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1970, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
143
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
39
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 12, 1970 and the last on June 30, 1971. The busiest single day was April 5, 1971 with 14 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1970 · 6 decisions
November 1970 · 4 decisions
December 1970 · 7 decisions
January 1971 · 14 decisions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Local 825, International Union of Operating Engineers
- John Harry Bruno v. Pennsylvania
- Wyman v. James
- U. S. Bulk Carriers, Inc. v. Arguelles
- Blount v. Rizzi
- Perkins v. Matthews
- Kennerly v. District Court of the Ninth Judicial District of Montana
- Wisconsin v. Constantineau
- Mayberry v. Pennsylvania
- United States v. Jorn
- Piccirillo v. New York
- Groppi v. Wisconsin
- Donaldson v. United States
- Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp.
February 1971 · 17 decisions
- Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond
- Boyle v. Landry
- Byrne v. Karalexis
- Sanks v. Georgia
- Baird v. State Bar of Arizona
- Dyson v. Stein
- SAMUELS Et Al. v. MACKELL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF QUEENS COUNTY, Et Al.
- Perez v. Ledesma
- Younger v. Harris
- In Re Stolar
- Ocala Star-Banner Co. v. Damron
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers v. Hardeman
- Relford v. Commandant, US Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
- Harris v. New York
- Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy
- Ramsey v. United Mine Workers
- United States v. Weller
March 1971 · 16 decisions
- Bernard M. Decker, United States District Judge v. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.
- Boddie v. Connecticut
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe
- Tate v. Short
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
- Grove Press, Inc. v. Maryland Bd. of Censors
- Askew v. Hargrave
- Gillette v. United States
- Procunier v. Atchley
- Durham v. United States
- United Mine Workers v. Railing
- Ohio v. Wyandotte Chemicals Corp.
- United States v. District Court in & for Water Division No. 5
- United States v. Randall
- United States v. District Court in & for the County of Eagle
- Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State Penitentiary
April 1971 · 26 decisions
- Investment Company Institute v. Camp
- MacKey v. United States
- Time, Inc. v. Pape
- Kitchens v. Smith
- Williams v. United States
- United Transportation Union v. State Bar of Michigan
- Johnson v. United States
- Rogers v. Bellei
- Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp.
- Rewis v. United States
- United States v. Freed
- United States v. United States Coin & Currency
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.
- Hill v. California
- Magnesium Casting Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Davis v. Board of School Comm'rs of Mobile Cty.
- Moore v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
- McDaniel v. Barresi
- North Carolina State Board of Education v. Swann
- Ehlert v. United States
- United States v. Vuitch
- Rosenberg v. Yee Chien Woo
- California Department of Human Resources Development v. Java
- United States v. Southern Ute Tribe or Band of Indians
- James v. Valtierra
- Perez v. United States
May 1971 · 16 decisions
- McGautha v. California
- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation
- Richardson v. Perales
- Triangle Improvement Council v. Ritchie
- McGee v. United States
- Labine v. Vincent
- Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe
- United States v. White
- Radich v. New York
- Schlanger v. Seamans
- California v. Byers
- United States v. Ryan
- Astrup v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- Palmer v. City of Euclid
- Gainesville Utilities Department v. Florida Power Corp.
- Bell v. Burson
June 1971 · 37 decisions
- Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union
- United States v. International Minerals & Chemical Corp.
- Dewey v. Reynolds Metals Co.
- Perez. v. Campbell
- United States v. Greater Buffalo Press, Inc.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Natural Gas Utility District
- Coates v. City of Cincinnati
- Nelson v. O'NEIL
- United States v. Armour & Co.
- Griffin v. Breckenridge
- Whitcomb v. Chavis
- Ely v. Klahr
- Utah v. United States
- Abate v. Mundt
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
- Gordon v. Lance
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.
- United States v. Mitchell
- Cohen v. California
- Connell v. Higginbotham
- Commissioner v. Lincoln Savings & Loan Ass'n
- Johnson v. Mississippi
- Connor v. Johnson
- United States v. Reidel
- Amalgamated Ass'n of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America v. Lockridge
- United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs
- Graham v. Richardson
- Hodgson v. Local Union 6799, United Steelworkers
- Simpson v. Florida
- Coolidge v. New Hampshire
- New York Times Co. v. United States
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics
- United States v. Harris
- Tilton v. Richardson
- Clay v. United States
- McKeiver v. Pennsylvania
- Hunter v. Tennessee
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