Term recap
October Term 1972 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1972, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
183
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
46
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 10, 1972 and the last on June 25, 1973. The busiest single day was June 25, 1973 with 14 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1972 · 9 decisions
November 1972 · 5 decisions
December 1972 · 14 decisions
- Cool v. United States
- Webb v. Texas
- Evco v. Jones
- Union Oil Co. of Cal. v. the San Jacinto
- Tidewater Oil Co. v. United States
- Neil v. Biggers
- National Labor Relations Board v. Granite State Joint Board, Textile Workers Union of America, Local 1029
- Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
- One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United States
- DILLARD v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF VIRGINIA Et Al.
- California v. Krivda
- Erlenbaugh v. United States
- Heublein, Inc. v. South Carolina Tax Commission
- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of Cleveland
January 1973 · 22 decisions
- Nebraska v. Iowa
- United States v. Jim
- Couch v. United States
- Ricci v. Chicago Mercantile Exchange
- Bronston v. United States
- Philpott v. Essex County Welfare Board
- United States v. Kras
- American Trial Lawyers Assn. v. New Jersey Supreme Court
- Richardson v. Morris
- United States v. Fuller
- Almota Farmers Elevator & Warehouse Co. v. United States
- Ham v. South Carolina
- Goosby v. Osser
- Gomez v. Perez
- Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink
- United States v. Mara
- Swenson v. Stidham
- United States v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.
- United States v. Dionisio
- United States v. Chandler
- Roe v. Wade
- United States v. Glaxo Group Ltd.
February 1973 · 16 decisions
- California v. LaRue
- Tacon v. Arizona
- McGinnis v. Royster
- Chambers v. Mississippi
- Michigan v. Ohio
- Morris v. Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
- United States v. Enmons
- Department of Motor Vehicles of Cal. v. Rios
- Robinson v. Neil
- Doe v. Bolton
- District of Columbia v. Carter
- Tillman v. Wheaton-Haven Recreation Assn., Inc.
- Illinois v. Somerville
- Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky
- United States v. Falstaff Brewing Corp.
- United States v. First Nat. Bancorporation, Inc.
March 1973 · 18 decisions
- United Air Lines, Inc. v. Mahin
- Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
- Bradley v. United States
- Linda RS v. Richard D.
- Hurtado v. United States
- Indiana Employment Security Division v. Burney
- Ohio v. Kentucky
- Papish v. Board of Curators of the University of Missouri
- LaVallee v. Delle Rose
- Marston v. Lewis
- Burns v. Fortson
- Salyer Land Co. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District
- Associated Enterprises, Inc. v. Toltec Watershed Improvement District
- Camp v. Pitts
- Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States
- Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co.
- McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission
- Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones
April 1973 · 18 decisions
- Ortwein v. Schwab
- Mahan v. Howell
- Fontaine v. United States
- Lemon v. Kurtzman
- United States v. Basye
- Brennan v. Arnheim & Neely, Inc.
- United States v. Indrelunas
- Davis v. United States
- Tollett v. Henderson
- Hensley v. Municipal Court, San Jose-Milpitas Judicial Dist., Santa Clara Cty.
- Employees of Department of Public Health v. Department of Public Health
- Ohio Municipal Judges Assn. v. Davis
- San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
- Rosario v. Rockefeller
- Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc.
- Tonasket v. Washington
- Palmore v. United States
- United States v. Russell
May 1973 · 28 decisions
- United States v. Cartwright
- New Jersey Welfare Rights Organization v. Cahill
- Preiser v. Rodriguez
- Gibson v. Berryhill
- Kern County Land Co. v. Occidental Petroleum Corp.
- Brown v. Chote
- Federal Power Commission v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division
- Georgia v. United States
- Gaca v. United States
- Frontiero v. Richardson
- Gagnon v. Scarpelli
- United States v. Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical Corp.
- Federal Maritime Commission v. Seatrain Lines, Inc.
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
- Texas v. Louisiana
- City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc.
- Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Federal Power Commission
- Michigan v. Payne
- National Labor Relations Board v. Boeing Co.
- Hall v. Cole
- Chaffin v. Stynchcombe
- MacHinists v. NLRB
- Doe v. McMillan
- Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee
- Keeble v. United States
- Cupp v. Murphy
- United States v. Bishop
June 1973 · 53 decisions
- United States v. State Tax Commission
- Askew v. American Waterways Operators, Inc.
- Northcross v. Memphis Board of Education
- Douglas v. Buder
- United States v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
- United States v. Mason
- Butz v. Glover Livestock Commission Co.
- Dean v. Gadsden Times Publishing Corp.
- Mattz v. Arnett
- Strunk v. United States
- Fri v. Sierra Club
- Logue v. United States
- Wardius v. Oregon
- City of Kenosha v. Bruno
- United States v. Nevada
- Vlandis v. Kline
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Wichita Board of Trade
- Weinberger v. Bentex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Moor v. County of Alameda
- White v. Weiser
- Ciba Corp. v. Weinberger
- Goldstein v. California
- Barnes v. United States
- Weinberger v. Hynson, Westcott & Dunning, Inc.
- USV Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Weinberger
- United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP)
- Gaffney v. Cummings
- United States v. Little Lake Misere Land Co.
- White v. Regester
- Gilligan v. Morgan
- Colgrove v. Battin
- Almeida-Sanchez v. United States
- Kaplan v. California
- United States v. Orito
- United States v. 12 200-Ft. Reels of Super 8MM. Film
- United States v. Ash
- New York State Department of Social Services v. Dublino
- Cady v. Dombrowski
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. New York
- Levitt v. Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty
- In Re Griffiths
- Sugarman v. Dougall
- Gosa v. Mayden
- Roaden v. Kentucky
- Broadrick v. Oklahoma
- Heller v. New York
- United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno
- Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist
- Norwood v. Harrison
- United States Department of Agriculture v. Murry
- Sloan v. Lemon
- United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers
- Hunt v. McNair
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