Term recap
October Term 1985 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1985, 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
52
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down November 4, 1985 and the last on September 11, 1986. The busiest single day was April 21, 1986 with 8 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
November 1985 · 7 decisions
December 1985 · 9 decisions
January 1986 · 11 decisions
- California State Board of Equalization v. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
- Vasquez v. Hillery
- Wainwright v. Greenfield
- United States v. Von Neumann
- Davidson v. Cannon
- Daniels v. Williams
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Dimension Financial Corp.
- Cabana v. Bullock
- Thomas v. Arn
- Green v. Mansour
- Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama Bank
February 1986 · 9 decisions
- New York v. Class
- United States v. Mechanik
- United States v. Koecher
- United States v. Maine
- Texas v. McCullough
- National Labor Relations Board v. Financial Institution Employees, Local 1182
- Nix v. Whiteside
- Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations v. Gould Inc.
- Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
March 1986 · 16 decisions
- United States v. Loud Hawk
- Whitley v. Albers
- Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. Hudson
- Malley v. Briggs
- Moran v. Burbine
- Exxon Corp. v. Hunt
- United States v. Inadi
- Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. v. State Oil & Gas Board
- Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind
- Paulussen v. Herion
- Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati
- Goldman v. Weinberger
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
- Holbrook v. Flynn
- United States v. Lane
April 1986 · 24 decisions
- Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles
- Michigan v. Jackson
- United States v. City of Fulton
- At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers
- Delaware v. Van Arsdall
- City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.
- Morris v. Mathews
- Icicle Seafoods, Inc. v. Worthington
- Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps
- United States v. Quinn
- City of Los Angeles v. Heller
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
- Dennison Manufacturing Co. v. Panduit Corp.
- Aetna Life Insurance v. Lavoie
- United States v. American College of Physicians
- Sorenson v. Secretary of the Treasury
- New York v. P. J. Video, Inc.
- Fisher v. City of Berkeley
- Skipper v. South Carolina
- McLaughlin v. United States
- Eeoc v. Flra
- Diamond v. Charles
- Batson v. Kentucky
- Turner v. Murray
May 1986 · 13 decisions
- Smalis v. Pennsylvania
- Lockhart v. McCree
- Poland v. Arizona
- Bowen v. Owens
- Brock v. Pierce County
- Bender v. Williamsport Area School District
- Henderson v. United States
- Dow Chemical Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Administrator
- Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. FCC
- Federal Deposit Insurance v. Philadelphia Gear Corp.
- Square D Co. v. Niagara Frontier Tariff Bureau, Inc.
- Public Service Commission of Maryland v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland
- International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. Davis
June 1986 · 51 decisions
- Federal Trade Commission v. Indiana Federation of Dentists
- Bowen v. City of New York
- City of Los Angeles v. Preferred Communications, Inc.
- South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc.
- Lee v. Illinois
- United States v. Hughes Properties, Inc.
- Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority
- United States v. Hemme
- Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians
- Evans v. Jeff D. Ex Rel. Johnson
- Bowen v. American Hospital Assn.
- Crane v. Kentucky
- United States v. Dion
- Bowen v. Roy
- Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- United States v. Mottaz
- Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C.
- East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc.
- Nantahala Power & Light Co. v. Thornburg
- Attorney General of New York v. Soto-Lopez
- Young v. Community Nutrition Institute
- Wardair Canada Inc. v. Florida Department of Revenue
- Schiavone v. Fortune
- Bowen v. Public Agencies Opposed to Social Security Entrapment
- McMillan v. Pennsylvania
- Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson
- Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire
- United States v. American Bar Endowment
- Maine v. Taylor
- Atkins v. Rivera
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
- Memphis Community School District v. Stachura
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Brock
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
- Murray v. Carrier
- Ford v. Wainwright
- Smith v. Murray
- Kimmelman v. Morrison
- Kuhlmann v. Wilson
- Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Dayton Christian Schools, Inc.
- United States Department of Transportation v. Paralyzed Veterans of America
- Lyng v. Castillo
- Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms v. Galioto
- City of Riverside v. Rivera
- Davis v. Bandemer
- Allen v. Hardy
- Japan Whaling Ass'n v. American Cetacean Society
- Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Riverside
- Thornburg v. Gingles
- California v. Ciraolo
- Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education
July 1986 · 18 decisions
- Allen v. Illinois
- Posadas De Puerto Rico Associates v. Tourism Co. of Puerto Rico
- Papasan v. Allain
- Library of Congress v. Shaw
- Bazemore v. Friday
- Rose v. Clark
- Baker v. General Motors Corp.
- Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Randall v. Loftsgaarden
- Local Number 93, International Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of Cleveland
- Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
- United States v. James
- Bowsher v. Synar
- Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson
- University of Tennessee v. Elliott
- Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor
- Arcara v. Cloud Books, Inc.
August 1986 · 2 decisions
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