Term recap
October Term 1977 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1977, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
148
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
54
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 3, 1977 and the last on July 3, 1978. The busiest single day was June 26, 1978 with 9 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1977 · 8 decisions
- Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois
- United States v. Lovasco
- Stencel Aero Engineering Corp. v. United States
- Bates v. State Bar of Arizona
- New Hampshire v. Maine
- Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp.
- SOUTHERN OVERLYING CARRIER CHAPTER OF THE CALIFORNIA DUMP TRUCK OWNERS ASSOCIATION Et Al. v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF CALIFORNIA
- General Atomic Co. v. Felter
November 1977 · 5 decisions
December 1977 · 8 decisions
January 1978 · 11 decisions
- Key v. Doyle
- Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Jerome
- Chase Manhattan Bank v. South Acres Development Co.
- Adamo Wrecking Co. v. United States
- Smith v. Digmon
- Shell Oil Co. v. Dartt
- Carter v. Miller
- National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 103, International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers
- Zablocki v. Redhail
- Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp.
- Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
February 1978 · 14 decisions
- United States Steel Corp. v. Multistate Tax Commission
- Raymond Motor Transportation, Inc. v. Rice
- Browder v. Director, Dept. of Corrections of Ill.
- Arizona v. Washington
- Fulman v. United States
- Durst v. United States
- Lorillard v. Pons
- United States v. Sotelo
- Procunier v. Navarette
- JW Bateson Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Bd. of Trustees of Nat. Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund
- Califano v. Torres
- Pfizer Inc. v. Government of India
- Simpson v. United States
- Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. United States
March 1978 · 16 decisions
- Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v. Horowitz
- Federal Maritime Commission v. Pacific Maritime Ass'n
- Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe
- Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
- Quilloin v. Walcott
- Bordenkircher v. Hayes
- United States v. Sheffield Bd. of Comm'rs
- Cleland v. National College of Business
- Carey v. Piphus
- Ballew v. Georgia
- Lakeside v. Oregon
- United States v. Wheeler
- Foley v. Connelie
- United States v. Culbert
- Massachusetts v. United States
- City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.
April 1978 · 11 decisions
- Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
- Malone v. White Motor Corp.
- Holloway v. Arkansas
- Proctor v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary
- Frank Lyon Co. v. United States
- Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.
- Elkins v. Moreno
- McDaniel v. Paty
- City of Los Angeles Department of Water v. Manhart
- National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States
- Department of Revenue v. Ass'n of Washington Stevedoring Companies
May 1978 · 22 decisions
- United States v. MacDonald
- United States v. Jacobs
- Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division v. Craft
- Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia
- Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks
- Bankers Trust Co. v. Mallis
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. San Diego County District Council of Carpenters
- United States v. California
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Sloan
- Slodov v. United States
- Vitek v. Jones
- United States v. Mauro
- Pinkus v. United States
- Baldwin v. Fish and Game Comm'n of Mont.
- Marshall v. Barlow's, Inc.
- Taylor v. Kentucky
- General Atomic Co. v. Felter
- In Re Primus
- Michigan v. Tyler
- Robertson v. Wegmann
- Andrus v. Charlestone Stone Products Co.
June 1978 · 48 decisions
- Greyhound Corp. v. Mt. Hood Stages, Inc.
- Stump v. Sparkman
- Trans Alaska Pipeline Rate Cases
- Quern v. Mandley
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
- Agosto v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- National Broiler Marketing Ass'n v. United States
- Terk v. Gordon
- Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting
- Burks v. United States
- Sanabria v. United States
- Greene v. Massey
- Crist v. Bretz
- First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Tax Commission
- National Labor Relations Board v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co.
- Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill
- United States v. LaSalle National Bank
- Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. Sanders
- Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States
- American Broadcasting Companies v. Writers Guild of America, West, Inc.
- Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay
- Gardner v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.
- Mincey v. Arizona
- Parker v. Flook
- Eastex, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Wise v. Lipscomb
- California v. Texas
- Hicklin v. Orbeck
- Beth Israel Hospital v. National Labor Relations Board
- City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey
- Will v. Calvert Fire Insurance
- United States v. John
- First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti
- Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San Francisco
- Franks v. Delaware
- United States v. Grayson
- Berry v. Doles
- Houchins v. KQED, Inc.
- Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc.
- McAdams v. McSurely
- Scott v. United States
- Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
- Swisher v. Brady
- Butz v. Economou
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Barry
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.
- Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters
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