Term recap
October Term 1983 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1983, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
172
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
55
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 3, 1983 and the last on September 18, 1984. The busiest single day was June 25, 1984 with 7 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1983 · 2 decisions
November 1983 · 9 decisions
- Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Virginia
- Aloha Airlines, Inc. v. Director of Taxation of Hawaii
- Russello v. United States
- Maggio v. Williams
- Torres-Valencia v. United States
- Iron Arrow Honor Society v. Heckler
- Wainwright v. Goode
- Sullivan v. Wainwright
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
December 1983 · 1 decision
January 1984 · 20 decisions
- Commissioner v. Engle
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Phinpathya
- United States v. Mendoza
- United States v. Stauffer Chemical Co.
- Secretary of the Interior v. California
- Michigan v. Clifford
- Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.
- Woodard v. Hutchins
- Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
- Donovan v. Lone Steer, Inc.
- Badaracco v. Commissioner
- Daily Income Fund, Inc. v. Fox
- McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood
- Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
- Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education
- McKaskle v. Wiggins
- Pulley v. Harris
- Southland Corp. v. Keating
- Antone v. Dugger
February 1984 · 14 decisions
- Flanagan v. United States
- McCain v. Lybrand
- Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges v. Knight
- United Building & Constr. Trades Council of Camden Cty. v. Mayor and Council of Camden
- Minnesota v. Murphy
- Dixson v. United States
- South Carolina v. Regan
- Solem v. Bartlett
- United States v. One Assortment of 89 Firearms
- National Labor Relations Board v. Bildisco & Bildisco
- Grove City College v. Bell
- United States v. Doe
- Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Darrone
- Solem v. Stumes
March 1984 · 14 decisions
- Heckler v. Mathews
- Lynch v. Donnelly
- United States v. Weber Aircraft Corp.
- Calder v. Jones
- Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp.
- Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.
- Kosak v. United States
- United States v. Arthur Young & Co.
- Heckler v. Edwards
- Blum v. Stenson
- National Labor Relations Board v. City Disposal Systems, Inc.
- Koehler v. Engle
- Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde
- Escambia County v. McMillan
April 1984 · 23 decisions
- Louisiana v. Mississippi
- United States v. Jacobsen
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Shell Oil Co.
- Dickman v. Commissioner
- Colorado v. Nunez
- Arizona v. California
- Oliver v. United States
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Delgado
- Justices of Boston Municipal Court v. Lydon
- Schneider Moving & Storage Co. v. Robbins
- Limbach v. Hooven & Allison Co.
- McDonald v. City of West Branch
- Board of Ed. of Paris Union School Dist. No. 95 v. Vail
- Capital Cities Media, Inc. v. Toole
- Florida v. Meyers
- Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Tully
- Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall
- Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes
- Palmore v. Sidoti
- Federal Communications Commission v. ITT World Communications, Inc.
- United States v. Rodgers
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Christine Vaughn
May 1984 · 22 decisions
- Heckler v. Ringer
- NLRB v. Ironworkers
- United States v. Cronic
- Pulliam v. Allen
- Hoover v. Ronwin
- Massachusetts v. Upton
- Welsh v. Wisconsin
- Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent
- Waller v. Georgia
- Kirby Forest Industries, Inc. v. United States
- Seattle Times Co. v. Rhinehart
- Heckler v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc.
- Hishon v. King & Spalding
- South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke
- Heckler v. Day
- Arizona v. Rumsey
- United States v. Gouveia
- Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C.
- United States v. Lorenzetti
- New York v. Uplinger
- Bernal v. Fainter
- Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff
June 1984 · 41 decisions
- Schall v. Martin
- Baldwin County Welcome Center v. Brown
- Block v. Community Nutrition Institute
- Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Franklin Mint Corp.
- Summa Corp. v. California Ex Rel. State Lands Commission
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Stevic
- Aluminum Co. of America v. Central Lincoln Peoples' Utility District
- Michigan Canners & Freezers Assn., Inc. v. Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Bd.
- California v. Trombetta
- Nix v. Williams
- Mabry v. Johnson
- Franchise Tax Board v. United States Postal Service
- Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts
- Hayfield Northern Railroad v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.
- New York v. Quarles
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co.
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jerry T. O'Brien, Inc.
- Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp
- United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense
- United States v. Morton
- Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp.
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
- Sure-Tan, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Strickland v. Washington
- Escondido Mutual Water Co. v. La Jolla Band of Mission Indians
- Tower v. Glover
- Cooper v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- James v. Kentucky
- Secretary of State of Md. v. Joseph H. Munson Co.
- Patton v. Yount
- Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co.
- Burnett v. Grattan
- Thigpen v. Roberts
- National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
- United States v. Yermian
- Reed v. Ross
- Securities Industry Ass'n v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Securities Industry Ass'n v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence
- Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias
- Richardson v. United States
July 1984 · 16 decisions
- Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California
- Hobby v. United States
- Spaziano v. Florida
- Brown v. Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders International Union Local 54
- Berkemer v. McCarty
- Wasman v. United States
- Roberts v. United States Jaycees
- Regan v. Time, Inc.
- Block v. Rutherford
- Hudson v. Palmer
- Massachusetts v. Sheppard
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Lopez-Mendoza
- Smith v. Robinson
- Segura v. United States
- Irving Independent School District v. Tatro
- Selective Service System v. Minnesota Public Interest Research Group
August 1984 · 6 decisions
September 1984 · 4 decisions
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