Term recap
October Term 1978 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1978, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
165
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
44
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 2, 1978 and the last on July 2, 1979. The busiest single day was October 2, 1978 with 10 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1978 · 13 decisions
- United States v. Scott
- California v. Southland Royalty Co.
- Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland
- Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. Bair
- Zurcher v. Stanford Daily
- Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus
- Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation
- Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City
- Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn.
- Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham
- LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CO. v. ABERDEEN & ROCKFISH RAILROAD CO. Et Al.
- Carey v. Wynn
- National Labor Relations Board v. Baylor University Medical Center
November 1978 · 5 decisions
December 1978 · 10 decisions
- United States v. Ceccolini
- New Motor Vehicle Bd. of Cal. v. Orrin W. Fox Co.
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. First Lincolnwood Corp.
- Lalli v. Lalli
- United California Bank v. United States
- Califano v. Aznavorian
- Corbitt v. New Jersey
- Jacquelyn E. Hunter v. Gerald Wallace Dean, Sheriff
- Michigan v. Doran
- Marquette National Bank of Minneapolis v. First of Omaha Service Corp.
January 1979 · 15 decisions
- Arizona v. California
- Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District
- Duren v. Missouri
- Colautti v. Franklin
- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore
- Hutto v. Finney
- Harlin v. Missouri
- Lee v. Missouri
- Rakas v. Illinois
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Pennzoil Producing Co.
- Thor Power Tool Co. v. Commissioner
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Daniel
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Sheehan
- Massachusetts v. White
- Hisquierdo v. Hisquierdo
February 1979 · 13 decisions
- Butner v. United States
- Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Rasmussen
- Montana v. United States
- Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party
- Vance v. Bradley
- California v. Arizona
- Miller v. Youakim
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Federal Trade Commission
- Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation
- Mobay Chemical Corp. v. Costle
- FERC v. Shell Oil Co.
- Harrah Independent School District v. Martin
- Group Life & Health Insurance v. Royal Drug Co.
March 1979 · 16 decisions
- Detroit Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Anders v. Floyd
- Orr v. Orr
- Nevada v. Hall
- Scott v. Illinois
- Quern v. Jordan
- Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co.
- New Jersey v. Portash
- Chase Manhattan Bank, N. A. v. Finance Administration of New York
- New York Telephone Co. v. New York State Department of Labor
- National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop
- National Muffler Dealers Assn., Inc. v. United States
- New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer
- County of Los Angeles v. Davis
- Delaware v. Prouse
- Connor v. Coleman
April 1979 · 27 decisions
- Leo Sheep Co. v. United States
- Federal Communications Commission v. Midwest Video Corp.
- United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc.
- United States v. Caceres
- Friedman v. Rogers
- Lake Country Estates, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
- United States v. Bodcaw Co.
- Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Alexander v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development
- Ambach v. Norwick
- Burch v. Louisiana
- Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood
- Arizona Public Service Co. v. Snead
- Herbert v. Lando
- Douglas Oil Co. of Cal. v. Petrol Stops Northwest
- Dalia v. United States
- Chrysler Corp. v. Brown
- Ramsey v. New York
- North Carolina v. Butler
- Hughes v. Oklahoma
- Parham v. Hughes
- Caban v. Mohammed
- Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Employees, Local 1315
- Toll v. Moreno
- Wilkins v. United States
- Addington v. Texas
- Japan Line, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles
May 1979 · 16 decisions
- Leis v. Flynt
- Burks v. Lasker
- Bell v. Wolfish
- United States v. 564.54 Acres of Monroe and Pike County Land
- Cannon v. University of Chicago
- Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization
- Ford Motor Co. (Chicago Stamping Plant) v. National Labor Relations Board
- United States v. Timmreck
- United States v. Naftalin
- Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Evans
- Peggy J. Connor v. J. P. Coleman, Judge, United States Court of Appeals
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Foust
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex
- Great Western Sugar Co. v. Nelson
- Green v. Georgia
- Parker v. Randolph
June 1979 · 44 decisions
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen
- Dunn v. United States
- United States v. Batchelder
- Marchioro v. Chaney
- Brown v. Felsen
- United States v. Addonizio
- Dunaway v. New York
- Davis v. Passman
- Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney
- Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union
- Great American Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Novotny
- Andrus v. Sierra Club
- Southeastern Community College v. Davis
- Lo-Ji Sales, Inc. v. New York
- Moore v. Sims
- Reiter v. Sonotone Corp.
- United States v. Rutherford
- United States v. Helstoski
- Sandstrom v. Montana
- Helstoski v. Meanor
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. McCombs
- Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington
- Torres v. Puerto Rico
- Secretary of Public Welfare of Pa. v. Institutionalized Juveniles
- Smith v. Maryland
- Wilson v. Omaha Indian Tribe
- National Labor Relations Board v. Baptist Hospital, Inc.
- Califano v. Yamasaki
- Arkansas v. Sanders
- Parham v. J. R.
- Barry v. Barchi
- Brown v. Texas
- Califano v. Westcott
- Michigan v. DeFillippo
- MacKey v. Montrym
- Leroy v. Great Western United Corp.
- Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Co.
- Hutchinson v. Proxmire
- Wolston v. Reader's Digest Assn., Inc.
- Baker v. McCollan
- Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
- Califano v. Boles
- United Steelworkers of America v. Weber
- Federal Open Market Committee of Federal Reserve System v. Merrill
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