Term recap
October Term 1979 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1979, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
163
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
45
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 1, 1979 and the last on September 17, 1980. The busiest single day was January 21, 1980 with 10 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1979 · 9 decisions
November 1979 · 6 decisions
December 1979 · 4 decisions
January 1980 · 13 decisions
- Strycker's Bay Neighborhood Council, Inc. v. Karlen
- McLain v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans, Inc.
- Thompson v. United States
- Ybarra v. Illinois
- World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
- Hatzlachh Supply Co. v. United States
- United States v. Bailey
- Idaho Ex Rel. Evans v. Oregon
- Secretary of the Navy v. Huff
- Tague v. Louisiana
- Estes v. Metropolitan Branches of the Dallas NAACP
- Brown v. Glines
- Rush v. Savchuk
February 1980 · 12 decisions
- Gentry Crowell, Secretary of State of Tennessee v. Richard Mader
- Boeing Co. v. Van Gemert
- Stafford v. Briggs
- Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Regan
- Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Milhollin
- National Labor Relations Board v. Yeshiva University
- Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp. v. Shell Oil Co.
- Whirlpool Corp. v. Marshall
- Massachusetts v. Meehan
- United States v. Clark
- Lewis v. United States
- Trammel v. United States
March 1980 · 19 decisions
- Bloomer v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
- United States v. Apfelbaum
- California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc.
- Vance v. Terrazas
- Martinez v. California
- Forsham v. Harris
- Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
- Ohio v. Kentucky
- Crown Simpson Pulp Co. v. Costle
- Chiarella v. United States
- United States v. Clarke
- Rummel v. Estelle
- United States v. Gillock
- United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty
- GTE Sylvania, Inc. v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc.
- Mobil Oil Corp. v. Commissioner of Taxes of Vt.
- United States v. Crews
- Vitek v. Jones
- Branti v. Finkel
April 1980 · 15 decisions
- California Brewers Assn. v. Bryant
- Snepp v. United States
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Liepelt
- Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better Environment
- Payton v. New York
- Roberts v. United States
- Andrus v. Idaho
- Whalen v. United States
- United States v. Euge
- Williams v. Brown
- Carlson v. Green
- Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. General Electric Co.
- City of Mobile v. Bolden
- Wengler v. Druggists Mutual Insurance
- Marshall v. Jerrico, Inc.
May 1980 · 15 decisions
- Vance v. Universal Amusement Co.
- Gertrude Barnstone, Applicant v. University of Houston No. A-978
- American Export Lines, Inc. v. Alvez
- General Telephone Co. of the Northwest, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Cuyler v. Sullivan
- Rhode Island v. Innis
- Deposit Guaranty National Bank v. Roper
- Costle v. Pacific Legal Foundation
- Navarro Savings Assn. v. Lee
- Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY v. Tomanio
- Busic v. United States
- Godfrey v. Georgia
- Gomez v. Toledo
- Harrison v. PPG Industries, Inc.
- Andrus v. Glover Construction Co.
June 1980 · 53 decisions
- Aaron v. Securities & Exchange Commission
- United States v. Mitchell
- Andrus v. Shell Oil Co.
- Walker v. Armco Steel Corp.
- Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc.
- Owen v. City of Independence
- City of Rome v. United States
- Standefer v. United States
- PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins
- Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc.
- Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, Inc.
- New York Gaslight Club, Inc. v. Carey
- Jenkins v. Anderson
- Agins v. City of Tiburon
- Coffy v. Republic Steel Corp.
- California v. Nevada
- Exxon Corp. v. Department of Revenue of Wis.
- United States v. Henry
- Brown v. Louisiana
- Baldasar v. Illinois
- Bifulco v. United States
- United States v. Louisiana
- Hicks v. Oklahoma
- Diamond v. Chakrabarty
- Illinois v. Vitale
- Reeves, Inc. v. Stake
- Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission
- Beck v. Alabama
- National Labor Relations Board v. Retail Store Employees Union, Local 1001
- Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission
- Carey v. Brown
- National Labor Relations Board v. International Longshoremen's Ass'n
- Walter v. United States
- O'Bannon v. Town Court Nursing Center
- Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper
- Mohasco Corp. v. Silver
- Adams v. Texas
- Rawlings v. Kentucky
- Maher v. Gagne
- Ohio v. Roberts
- Maine v. Thiboutot
- United States v. Salvucci
- Thomas v. Washington Gas Light Co.
- Central MacHinery Co. v. Arizona State Tax Commission
- White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker
- United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
- Mabry v. Klimas
- Reid v. Georgia
- Andrus v. Utah
- Texas v. New Mexico
- Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- United States v. Mendenhall
- Harris v. McRae
July 1980 · 4 decisions
August 1980 · 11 decisions
September 1980 · 2 decisions
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