Term recap
October Term 1971 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1971, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
176
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
46
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 12, 1971 and the last on July 7, 1972. The busiest single day was June 12, 1972 with 10 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1971 · 6 decisions
November 1971 · 12 decisions
December 1971 · 15 decisions
- Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson
- National Labor Relations Board v. Plasterers' Local Union No. 79
- National Labor Relations Board v. Nash-Finch Co.
- Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
- Britt v. North Carolina
- Mayer v. City of Chicago
- North Carolina v. Rice
- WILWORDING Et Al. v. SWENSON, WARDEN
- Santobello v. New York
- United States v. Campos-Serrano
- United States v. Bass
- United States v. State of Louisiana
- Picard v. Connor
- Townsend v. Swank
- United States v. Marion
January 1972 · 17 decisions
- Diffenderfer v. Central Baptist Church of Miami, Florida, Inc.
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Medical Committee for Human Rights
- Norfolk & Western Railroad v. Nemitz
- United States v. Tucker
- Lego v. Twomey
- California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited
- Groppi v. Leslie
- Trbovich v. United Mine Workers
- Love v. Pullman Co.
- O'KEEFFE v. Aerojet-General Shipyards, Inc.
- Connor v. Williams
- United States v. Christian Echoes National Ministry, Inc.
- Board of Regents v. New Left Education Project
- United States v. Chas. Pfizer & Co.
- Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law
- Bradley v. United States
- In Re Little
February 1972 · 19 decisions
- Federal Power Commission v. Florida Power & Light Co.
- Haines v. Kerner
- Colombo v. New York
- Boyd v. Dutton
- Schilb v. Kuebel
- Parisi v. Davidson
- Duncan v. Tennessee
- Lindsey v. Normet
- National Labor Relations Board v. Scrivener
- Roudebush v. Hartke
- SWARB Et Al. v. LENNOX Et Al.
- Giglio v. United States
- Bullock v. Carter
- D. H. Overmyer Co., Inc. of Ohio v. Frick Co.
- Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville
- Smith v. Florida
- United States v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal.
- Reliance Electric Co. v. Emerson Electric Co.
- Iowa Beef Packers, Inc. v. Thompson
March 1972 · 18 decisions
- Federal Trade Commission v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co.
- Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal.
- Adams v. Illinois
- United States v. Mississippi Chemical Corp.
- Cruz v. Beto
- Willis v. Prudential Insurance Company of America
- Commissioner v. First Security Bank of Utah, N. A.
- Schneble v. Florida
- Dunn v. Blumstein
- Fein v. Selective Serv. System Local Bd. No. 7 of Yonkers
- Eisenstadt v. Baird
- Loper v. Beto
- Humphrey v. Cady
- Gooding v. Wilson
- United States v. Generes
- Richardson v. Wright
- United States v. Topco Associates, Inc.
- Ford Motor Co. v. United States
April 1972 · 16 decisions
- Stanley v. Illinois
- Carter v. Stanton
- Alexander v. Louisiana
- Cole v. Richardson
- Grubbs v. General Electric Credit Corp.
- Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District v. Delta Airlines, Inc.
- Sierra Club v. Morton
- Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
- Illinois v. City of Milwaukee
- S&E Contractors, Inc. v. United States
- Vermont v. New York
- Nebraska v. Iowa
- Rabe v. Washington
- Washington v. General Motors Corp.
- Lynch v. Household Finance Corp.
- Sixty-Seventh Minnesota State Senate v. Beens
May 1972 · 18 decisions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Burns International Security Services, Inc.
- United States v. Biswell
- Huffman v. Boersen
- Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad Co.
- Wisconsin v. Yoder
- Johnson v. Louisiana
- Caplin v. Marine Midland Grace Trust Co. of New York
- Apodaca v. Oregon
- Strait v. Laird
- Zicarelli v. New Jersey State Commission of Investigation
- Utah v. United States
- Sarno v. Illinois Crime Investigating Commission
- Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner
- Lake Carriers' Assn. v. MacMullan
- Socialist Labor Party v. Gilligan
- International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150 v. Flair Builders, Inc.
- Deepsouth Packing Co. v. Laitram Corp.
June 1972 · 54 decisions
- Brooks v. Tennessee
- United States v. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp.
- Kirby v. Illinois
- Brunette MacHine Works, Ltd. v. Kockum Industries, Inc.
- Carleson v. Remillard
- Aikens v. California
- Federal Power Commission v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.
- Jackson v. Indiana
- Argersinger v. Hamlin
- Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States
- James v. Strange
- Adams v. Williams
- Ivan v. v. City of New York
- Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis
- Taylor v. McKeithen
- The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.
- Flower v. United States
- Colten v. Kentucky
- McNeil v. Director, Patuxent Institution
- Mitchum v. Foster
- Flood v. Kuhn
- United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- Dukes v. Warden, Connecticut State Prison
- Pennsylvania v. New York
- Murel v. Baltimore City Criminal Court
- Shadwick v. City of Tampa
- Milton v. Wainwright
- Pipefitters Local Union No. 562 v. United States
- United States v. Scotland Neck City Board of Education
- Wright v. Council of Emporia
- Peters v. Kiff
- Turner v. Arkansas
- Barker v. Wingo
- Central Hardware Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley
- Kastigar v. United States
- Mancusi v. Stubbs
- Combs v. United States
- Beecher v. Alabama
- Laird v. Tatum
- Grayned v. City of Rockford
- Healy v. James
- Gelbard v. United States
- Kois v. Wisconsin
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth
- Port of Portland v. United States
- United States v. Brewster
- Gravel v. United States
- Morrissey v. Brewer
- Stewart v. Massachusetts
- Kleindienst v. Mandel
- Furman v. Georgia
- Perry v. Sindermann
- Branzburg v. Hayes
July 1972 · 1 decision
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