Term recap
October Term 1980 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1980, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
153
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
42
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 20, 1980 and the last on September 23, 1981. The busiest single day was June 15, 1981 with 11 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1980 · 1 decision
November 1980 · 3 decisions
December 1980 · 12 decisions
- Wisconsin v. Illinois
- United States v. California
- County of Imperial v. Munoz
- Environmental Protection Agency v. National Crushed Stone Ass'n
- Webb's Fabulous Pharmacies, Inc. v. Beckwith
- United States v. DiFrancesco
- Vincent v. Texas
- Allen v. McCurry
- Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Oil Co.
- Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
- United States v. Will
- Delaware State College v. Ricks
January 1981 · 15 decisions
- United States v. Darusmont
- Stone v. Graham
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord
- Upjohn Co. v. United States
- Watkins v. Sowders
- United States v. California
- Mariscal v. United States
- Fedorenko v. United States
- Sumner v. Mata
- Cuyler v. Adams
- United States v. Cortez
- Rubin v. United States
- Consolidated Rail Corporation v. National Assn. of Recycling Industries, Inc.
- Chandler v. Florida
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Associated Dry Goods Corp.
February 1981 · 9 decisions
- United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz
- HCSC-Laundry v. United States
- United States v. Morrison
- Pacileo v. Walker
- Weaver v. Graham
- Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System v. Investment Co. Institute
- Hudson v. Louisiana
- Carson v. American Brands, Inc.
- Democratic Party of United States v. Wisconsin Ex Rel. La Follette
March 1981 · 19 decisions
- Allstate Insurance v. Hague
- Commissioner v. Portland Cement Co. of Utah
- Diamond v. Diehr
- Schweiker v. Wilson
- Wood v. Georgia
- Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine
- Diamond v. Bradley
- Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co.
- Carter v. Kentucky
- Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. August
- Albernaz v. United States
- Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County
- Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co.
- Walter Fleisher Co., Inc. v. County of Los Angeles
- H. L. v. Matheson
- KIRCHBERG v. FEENSTRA Et Al.
- Federal Communications Commission v. WNCN Listeners Guild
- Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del.
- San Diego Gas & Electric Co. v. City of San Diego
April 1981 · 19 decisions
- Universities Research Assn., Inc. v. Coutu
- Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division
- Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
- United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Mitchell
- Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union
- Florida Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Florida Nursing Home Ass'n
- Steadman v. Securities & Exchange Commission
- Watt v. Alaska
- Steagald v. United States
- Rosales-Lopez v. United States
- Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha Wang
- Doe v. Delaware
- California v. Sierra Club
- City of Milwaukee v. Illinois
- University of Texas v. Camenisch
- Ball v. James
- Staats v. Bristol Laboratories Div. of Bristol-Myers Co.
May 1981 · 18 decisions
- Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Reis
- Bullington v. Missouri
- Rosewell v. LaSalle National Bank
- Parratt v. Taylor
- Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.
- United States v. Swank
- Estelle v. Smith
- Flynt v. Ohio
- Webb v. Webb
- Beltran v. Myers
- J. Truett Payne Co. v. Chrysler Motors Corp.
- Maryland v. Louisiana
- Schweiker v. Hansen
- Western & Southern Life Ins. Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization of Cal.
- Clayton v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers
- Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc.
- H. A. Artists & Associates, Inc. v. Actors' Equity Ass'n
- St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church v. South Dakota
June 1981 · 46 decisions
- McDaniel v. Sanchez
- Minnick v. California Department of Corrections
- Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Cenance
- Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim
- Gulf Oil Co. v. Bernard
- Little v. Streater
- Montana v. United States
- County of Washington v. Gunther
- American Express Co. v. Koerner
- Anderson Bros. Ford v. Valencia
- Rowan Cos. v. United States
- Hodel v. Indiana
- City of Memphis v. Greene
- Maryland v. Louisiana
- Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc.
- California v. Arizona
- National Gerimedical Hospital and Gerontology Center v. Blue Cross of Kansas City
- Rhodes v. Chapman
- Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Moitie
- United States v. Maine
- Arizona v. Manypenny
- Jones v. Helms
- United States v. Turkette
- Donovan v. Dewey
- Howe v. Smith
- American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc. v. Donovan
- Connecticut Board of Pardons v. Dumschat
- Monroe v. Standard Oil Co.
- Edwards v. Arizona
- New York State Liquor Authority v. Bellanca
- United States v. Louisiana
- Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc.
- Michigan v. Summers
- Plumbers & Pipefitters v. Plumbers & Pipefitters
- First National Maintenance Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
- United States Postal Service v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations
- Schweiker v. Gray Panthers
- Rostker v. Goldberg
- Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn.
- Lehman v. Nakshian
- McCarty v. McCarty
- California Medical Ass'n v. Federal Election Commission
- City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc.
- California v. Prysock
- Haig v. Agee
- National Labor Relations Board v. Amax Coal Co.
July 1981 · 6 decisions
August 1981 · 3 decisions
September 1981 · 2 decisions
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