Term recap
October Term 1986 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1986, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
161
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
40
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down November 3, 1986 and the last on September 21, 1987. The busiest single day was May 18, 1987 with 10 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
November 1986 · 8 decisions
- Rose v. Arkansas State Police
- North Carolina Department of Transportation v. Crest Street Community Council, Inc.
- O'CONNOR v. United States
- Kelly v. Robinson
- Vincent T. Cerbone, Justice of the Village Court, Village of Mt. Kisco, New York v. Lynn H. Conway
- Ansonia Board of Education v. Philbrook
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Hector
- City of Newport v. Iacobucci
December 1986 · 6 decisions
January 1987 · 16 decisions
- 324 Liquor Corp. v. Duffy
- Griffith v. Kentucky
- California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Guerra
- West Virginia v. United States
- Burke v. Barnes
- Clarke v. Securities Industry Assn.
- Wright v. City of Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority
- Colorado v. Bertine
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Texas
- Jersey Shore State Bank v. United States
- Wimberly v. Labor and Industrial Relations Comm'n of Mo.
- International Paper Co. v. Ouellette
- City of Pleasant Grove v. United States
- California v. Brown
- Connecticut v. Barrett
- Colorado v. Spring
February 1987 · 11 decisions
- Maryland v. Garrison
- Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
- Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Board of Equalization of SD
- Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Solano Cty.
- Iowa Mutual Insurance v. LaPlante
- Burlington Northern Railroad v. Woods
- Commissioner v. Groetzinger
- United States v. Paradise
- California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
- Federal Communications Commission v. Florida Power Corp.
- Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n of Fla.
March 1987 · 18 decisions
- Arizona v. Hicks
- Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca
- Illinois v. Krull
- Town of Newton v. Rumery
- Stringfellow v. Concerned Neighbors in Action
- Rodriguez v. United States
- Truesdale v. Aiken
- Amoco Production Co. v. Village of Gambell
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway v. Buell
- United States v. Merchant
- California Coastal Commission v. Granite Rock Co.
- James A. Lynaugh, Interim Director, Texas Department of Corrections v. Gregory Allen Petty
- Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Brock
- Missouri v. Blair
- Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara Cty.
- O'CONNOR v. Ortega
- United States v. Cherokee Nation of Okla.
April 1987 · 24 decisions
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Taylor
- Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux
- West v. Conrail
- Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco Inc.
- United States v. Dunn
- School Bd. of Nassau Cty. v. Arline
- Martin v. Ohio
- Richardson v. Marsh
- Tison v. Arizona
- United States v. John Doe, Inc. I
- Granberry v. Greer
- CTS Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. of America
- Cruz v. New York
- Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland
- United States v. General Dynamics Corp.
- Lukhard v. Reed
- Brock v. Roadway Express, Inc.
- Hitchcock v. Dugger
- City of Springfield v. Kibbe
- Montana v. Hall
- Burlington Northern Railroad v. Oklahoma Tax Commission
- Meese v. Keene
- Tull v. United States
- Burlington Northern Railroad v. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
May 1987 · 17 decisions
- Pope v. Illinois
- Board of Directors of Rotary International v. Rotary Club of Duarte
- Gray v. Mississippi
- Pennsylvania v. Finley
- United States v. Johnson
- Ray v. United States
- Hodel v. Irving
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. Yahn & McDonnell, Inc.
- Rose v. Rose
- National Labor Relations Board v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 340
- Shaare Tefila Congregation v. Cobb
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Hechler
- John R. Van Drasek v. James H. Webb, Jr., Secretary of the Navy
- Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A.
- Hilton v. Braunskill
- United States v. Salerno
- United States v. Mendoza-Lopez
June 1987 · 54 decisions
- Turner v. Safley
- Fort Halifax Packing Co. v. Coyne
- Commissioner v. Asphalt Products Co.
- Fall River Dyeing & Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
- United States v. Hohri
- Bowen v. Yuckert
- Texas v. New Mexico
- Utah Division of State Lands v. United States
- Rockford Life Insurance v. Illinois Department of Revenue
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
- McCleskey v. Kemp
- Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams
- First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles
- Miller v. Florida
- O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz
- Board of Pardons v. Allen
- California v. Superior Court of Cal., San Bernardino Cty.
- Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc.
- City of Houston v. Hill
- Societe Nat. Ind. Aero. v. US Dist. Court
- Perry v. Thomas
- Board of Airport Comm'rs of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc.
- Kentucky v. Stincer
- Frazier v. Heebe
- New York v. Burger
- Edwards v. Aguillard
- Hewitt v. Helms
- Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co.
- Ricketts v. Adamson
- Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc.
- Commissioner v. Fink
- Rock v. Arkansas
- Citicorp Industrial Credit, Inc. v. Brock
- Tanner v. United States
- Sumner v. Shuman
- Saint Francis College v. Al-Khazraji
- Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Washington State Department of Revenue
- Puerto Rico v. Branstad
- South Dakota v. Dole
- American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Scheiner
- Bourjaily v. United States
- Buchanan v. Kentucky
- Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos
- McNally v. United States
- San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee
- United States v. Stanley
- Bowen v. Gilliard
- Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public Transportation
- Anderson v. Creighton
- Rivera v. Minnich
- Arizona v. Mauro
- Griffin v. Wisconsin
- Nollan v. California Coastal Commission
- Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
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