Term recap
October Term 1981 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1981, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
168
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
46
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 19, 1981 and the last on September 9, 1982. The busiest single day was June 28, 1982 with 9 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1981 · 1 decision
November 1981 · 3 decisions
December 1981 · 9 decisions
- Weinberger v. Catholic Action of Hawaii/Peace Education Project
- Watt v. Energy Action Educational Foundation
- Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn., Inc. v. McNary
- National Labor Relations Board v. Hendricks County Rural Electric Membership Corp.
- Widmar v. Vincent
- Harris v. Rivera
- Tennessee v. Arkansas
- Citizens Against Rent Control/Coalition for Fair Housing v. City of Berkeley
- Polk County v. Dodson
January 1982 · 22 decisions
- Central Trust Co. v. Official Creditors' Committee of Geiger Enterprises, Inc.
- Chardon v. Fernandez
- Boag v. MacDougall
- DONOVAN, SECRETARY OF LABOR, Et Al. v. RICHLAND COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS
- Leeke v. Timmerman
- Blanding v. DuBose
- United States v. Clark
- Texaco, Inc. v. Short
- Charles D. Bonanno Linen Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.
- Cabell v. Chavez-Salido
- Community Communications Co. v. City of Boulder
- United States v. Vogel Fertilizer Co.
- Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Mullins
- Princeton University v. Schmid
- Washington v. Chrisman
- Eddings v. Oklahoma
- Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe
- Ralston v. Robinson
- In Re RMJ
- Common Cause v. Schmitt
- Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno
February 1982 · 12 decisions
- Smith v. Phillips
- Santosky v. Kramer
- United States v. Lee
- Tully v. Mobil Oil Corp.
- City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc.
- Jewett v. Commissioner
- New England Power Co. v. New Hampshire
- Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
- CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION OF DELAWARE v. KASSEL Et Al.
- Baldrige v. Shapiro
- Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman
- G. D. Searle & Co. v. Cohn
March 1982 · 18 decisions
- Railway Labor Executives' Assn. v. Gibbons
- Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.
- Rose v. Lundy
- United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Funds v. Robinson
- Marine Bank v. Weaver
- Bread Political Action Committee v. Federal Election Commission
- Wainwright v. Torna
- Sumner v. Mata
- Hutto v. Davis
- Fletcher v. Weir
- U. S. Industries/Federal Sheet Metal, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
- United Transportation Union v. Long Island Rail Road
- American Medical Assn. v. FTC
- Underwriters National Assurance Co. v. North Carolina Life & Accident & Health Insurance Guaranty Ass'n
- United States v. New Mexico
- Weinberger v. Rossi
- United States v. MacDonald
April 1982 · 13 decisions
- Upham v. Seamon
- California Ex Rel. Cooper v. Mitchell Brothers' Santa Ana Theater
- Brown v. Hartlage
- American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson
- Mills v. Habluetzel
- White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security
- Schweiker v. McClure
- United States v. Erika, Inc.
- International Longshoremen's Association v. Allied International, Inc.
- Murphy v. Hunt
- Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. Commercial Metals Co.
- Pullman-Standard v. Swint
- Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo
May 1982 · 15 decisions
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran
- Lane v. Williams
- McElroy v. United States
- O'DELL v. Espinoza
- Zant v. Stephens
- North Haven Board of Education v. Bell
- Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp.
- Finnegan v. Leu
- United States Department of State v. Washington Post Co.
- Greene v. Lindsey
- Finley v. Murray
- United States v. Frady
- Oregon v. Kennedy
- Hopper v. Evans
- Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Abramson
June 1982 · 59 decisions
- United States v. Louisiana
- Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee
- California v. Nevada
- United States v. Ross
- Summit Valley Industries, Inc. v. Local 112, United Brotherhood of Carpenters
- Army and Air Force Exchange Service v. Sheehan
- Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc.
- Larson v. Valente
- Tibbs v. Florida
- Johnson v. Board of Ed. of Chicago
- Rodriguez v. Popular Democratic Party
- Jackson Transit Authority v. Local Division 1285, Amalgamated Transit Union
- Cory v. White
- General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon
- Texas v. Oklahoma
- Zobel v. Williams
- Blum v. Bacon
- Diedrich v. Commissioner
- Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc. v. Avagliano
- Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. Romeo
- Mills v. Rogers
- Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society
- United States v. Goodwin
- California v. Grace Brethren Church
- Blue Shield of Va. v. McCready
- Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'n
- Engle v. Isaac
- Schweiker v. Hogan
- Schmidt v. Oakland Unified School District
- United States v. Johnson
- Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla.
- Connecticut v. Teal
- Taylor v. Alabama
- Edgar v. Mite Corp.
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of Norfolk
- Jacksonville Bulk Terminals, Inc. v. International Longshoremen's Ass'n
- Nixon v. Fitzgerald
- Harlow v. Fitzgerald
- Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.
- Rendell-Baker v. Kohn
- Board of Ed., Island Trees Union Free School Dist. No. 26 v. Pico
- Blum v. Yaretsky
- Michigan v. Thomas
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. v. Hydrolevel Corp.
- Ford Motor Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. Rowley
- South Dakota v. Nebraska
- Toll v. Moreno
- Union Labor Life Insurance v. Pireno
- Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. De La Cuesta
- United States v. Hollywood Motor Car Co.
- General Building Contractors Assn., Inc. v. Pennsylvania
- Williams v. United States
- Richard W. Velde v. National Black Police Association, Inc.
- Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp.
- Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc.
- Crawford v. Board of Ed. of Los Angeles
- Lehman Ex Rel. Lehman v. Lycoming County Children's Services Agency
- Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1
July 1982 · 9 decisions
- Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
- Alfred L. Snapp & Son, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Ex Rel. Barez
- Rice v. Norman Williams Co.
- Florida Department of State v. Treasure Salvors, Inc.
- Enmund v. Florida
- United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal
- Ramah Navajo School Bd., Inc. v. Bureau of Revenue of NM
- New York v. Ferber
- Sporhase v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Douglas
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