Term recap
October Term 1987 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1987, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
152
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
43
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 19, 1987 and the last on September 15, 1988. The busiest single day was May 16, 1988 with 9 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1987 · 1 decision
November 1987 · 2 decisions
December 1987 · 8 decisions
- United Paperworkers International Union v. Misco, Inc.
- Karcher v. May
- Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc.
- Langley v. Federal Deposit Insurance
- Commissioner v. McCoy
- Omni Capital International, Ltd. v. Rudolf Wolff & Co.
- Vermont v. Rick Cox
- National Labor Relations Board v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23
January 1988 · 11 decisions
- Thompson v. Thompson
- Yates v. Aiken
- Deakins v. Monaghan
- Forrester v. White
- Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
- Westfall v. Erwin
- Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill
- Honig v. Doe
- United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd.
- Virginia v. American Booksellers Assn., Inc.
- Mullins Coal Co. of Va. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
February 1988 · 12 decisions
- Hartigan v. Zbaraz
- Marino v. Ortiz
- United States v. Owens
- ETSI Pipeline Project v. Missouri
- Department of the Navy v. Egan
- Laborers Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Advanced Lightweight Concrete Co.
- United States v. Robinson
- Bowen v. Galbreath
- Pennell v. City of San Jose
- Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell
- Mathews v. United States
- Peralta v. Heights Medical Center, Inc.
March 1988 · 21 decisions
- United States v. LOUISIANA
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Abudu
- City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik
- Arkansas Best Corp. v. Commissioner
- Basic Inc. v. Levinson
- Norwest Bank Worthington v. Ahlers
- K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc.
- Lowenfield v. Phelps
- Buchanan v. Stanships, Inc.
- United States v. Fausto
- Haig v. Bissonette
- Boos v. Barry
- Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co.
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. Mayacamas Corp.
- Commissioner v. Bollinger
- Lyng v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers
- United States v. Wells Fargo Bank
- Bowen v. Kizer
- Taylor v. Illinois
- Texas v. New Mexico
- Bennett v. Arkansas
April 1988 · 14 decisions
- Federal Labor Relations Authority v. Aberdeen Proving Ground
- Bethesda Hospital Assn. v. Bowen
- Gardebring v. Jenkins
- Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs v. Isla Petroleum Corp.
- Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Assn.
- Tulsa Professional Collection Services, Inc. v. Pope
- Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council
- Traynor v. Turnage
- Regents of the University v. Public Employment Relations Board
- Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
- Employment Division, Department of Human Resources v. Smith
- Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. Feiock
- Landers v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation
- United States Postal Service v. National Association of Letter Carriers, Afl-Cio
May 1988 · 21 decisions
- United States v. Providence Journal Co.
- Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp Electronics Corp.
- Huddleston v. United States
- Kungys v. United States
- McLaughlin v. Richland Shoe Co.
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Mississippi
- California v. Greenwood
- D. H. Holmes Co., Ltd. v. McNamara
- United States Department of Justice v. Julian
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Commercial Office Products Co.
- Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw
- City of New York v. Federal Communications Commission
- Chick Kam Choo v. Exxon Corp.
- Goodyear Atomic Corp. v. Miller
- Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co.
- Federal Deposit Insurance v. Mallen
- Amadeo v. Zant
- Satterwhite v. Texas
- New Energy Co. of Indiana v. Limbach
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Martin Exploration Management Co.
- K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc.
June 1988 · 58 decisions
- Mills v. Maryland
- Monessen Southwestern Railway Co. v. Morgan
- Maynard v. Cartwright
- Clark v. Jeter
- Meyer v. Grant
- McCoy v. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District 1
- Lingle v. Norge Division of Magic Chef, Inc.
- Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard
- South Carolina v. Baker
- Michigan v. Chesternut
- Shapero v. Kentucky Bar Assn.
- Loeffler v. Frank
- Johnson v. Mississippi
- Berkovitz v. United States
- Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc.
- Huffman v. Western Nuclear, Inc.
- Webster v. Doe
- Pinter v. Dahl
- Arizona v. Roberson
- Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman
- Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Schlunk
- Liljeberg v. Health Services Acquisition Corp.
- Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.
- Bendix Autolite Corp. v. Midwesco Enterprises, Inc.
- City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co.
- MacKey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc.
- West v. Atkins
- United States Catholic Conference v. Abortion Rights Mobilization, Inc.
- Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman
- New York State Club Assn., Inc. v. City of New York
- Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp.
- Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States
- Felder v. Casey
- Doe v. United States
- Braswell v. United States
- Houston v. Lack
- Patterson v. Illinois
- Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public Schools
- Sheridan v. United States
- Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Mississippi Ex Rel. Moore
- Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co.
- Schweiker v. Chilicky
- United States v. Taylor
- Murray v. United States
- Frisby v. Schultz
- Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.
- Pierce v. Underwood
- Coy v. Iowa
- Riley v. National Federation of Blind of North Carolina, Inc.
- Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust
- Thompson v. Oklahoma
- Communications Workers of America v. Beck
- United States v. Kozminski
- Bowen v. Kendrick
- Bowen v. Massachusetts
- Morrison v. Olson
- Wheat v. United States
- Patrick v. Burget
August 1988 · 1 decision
September 1988 · 3 decisions
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