Term recap
October Term 1988 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1988, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
153
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
41
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 17, 1988 and the last on August 30, 1989. The busiest single day was February 21, 1989 with 8 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1988 · 2 decisions
November 1988 · 3 decisions
December 1988 · 8 decisions
- Carlucci v. Doe
- McNAMARA v. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
- Pittston Coal Group v. Sebben
- National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. Tarkanian
- Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital
- Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Rainey
- Olden v. Kentucky
- Harbison-Walker Refractories, a Division of Dresser Industries, Inc. v. Eugene F. Brieck
January 1989 · 13 decisions
- Town of Huntington v. Huntington Branch
- Perry v. Leeke
- Owens v. Okure
- Goldberg v. Sweet
- Duquesne Light Co. v. Barasch
- Reed v. United Transportation Union
- Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. Commission of Webster Cty.
- Mistretta v. United States
- Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Lynn
- City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co.
- Arizona v. Youngblood
- United States v. Broce
- Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.
February 1989 · 15 decisions
- Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.
- Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch
- Blanchard v. Bergeron
- In Re McDonald
- Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney
- Mesa v. California
- Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana
- DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services
- Harris v. Reed
- United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.
- Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee
- Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants
- City of Canton v. Harris
- United States v. Stuart
March 1989 · 20 decisions
- Volt Info. Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. U.
- Karahalios v. National Federation of Federal Employees, Local 1263
- Barnard v. Thorstenn
- Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Flight Attendants
- Northwest Central Pipeline Corp. v. State Corporation Comm'n of Kan.
- Blanton v. City of North Las Vegas
- Mark H. Oring v. State Bar of California
- Brower Ex Rel. Estate of Caldwell v. County of Inyo
- Coit Independence Joint Venture v. Federal Savings & Loan Insurance
- Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.
- National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab
- Commissioner v. Clark
- United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
- Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris
- Texas State Teachers Ass'n v. Garland Independent School District
- Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury
- Midland Asphalt Corp. v. United States
- Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security
- Zant v. Moore
- Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Graham
April 1989 · 16 decisions
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield
- Federal Savings & Loan Insurance v. Ticktin
- United States v. Sokolow
- Florida v. Riley
- City of Dallas v. Stanglin
- Amerada Hess Corp. v. Director, Division of Taxation, New Jersey Department of the Treasury
- Teague v. Lane
- Wrenn v. Benson
- Dugger v. Adams
- Massachusetts v. Morash
- Chan v. Korean Air Lines, Ltd.
- California v. ARC America Corp.
- American Foreign Service Assn. v. Garfinkel
- Skinner v. Mid-America Pipeline Co.
- Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico
- Frank v. Minnesota Newspaper Assn., Inc.
May 1989 · 19 decisions
- Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources Council
- Mallard v. United States Dist. Court for Southern Dist. of Iowa
- Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council
- Neitzke v. Williams
- Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins
- Graham v. Connor
- United States v. Halper
- Thornburgh v. Abbott
- Maleng v. Cook
- Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc.
- Kentucky Department of Corrections v. Thompson
- Schmuck v. United States
- Castille v. Peoples
- Hardin v. Straub
- Finley v. United States
- Green v. Bock Laundry MacHine Co.
- Lauro Lines S.R.L. v. Chasser
- Asarco Inc. v. Kadish
- Mansell v. Mansell
June 1989 · 42 decisions
- Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid
- Mead Corp. v. Tilley
- Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
- Alabama v. Smith
- California v. United States
- Gomez v. United States
- Sullivan v. Hudson
- Lorance v. At&t Technologies, Inc.
- California State Board of Equalization v. Sierra Summit, Inc.
- Colonial American Life Insurance v. Commissioner
- Quinn v. Millsap
- Dellmuth v. Muth
- Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
- Will v. Michigan Department of State Police
- Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co.
- Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.
- Healy v. Beer Institute
- New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. Council of City of New Orleans
- Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. Agyei
- United States v. Zolin
- Texas v. Johnson
- Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad v. Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n
- Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice
- Massachusetts v. Oakes
- Florida Star v. B. J. F.
- United States v. Monsanto
- Jett v. Dallas Independent School District
- Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered v. United States
- Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Zipes
- Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. Connaughton
- Granfinanciera, S.A. v. Nordberg
- United States Department of Justice v. Tax Analysts
- Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio v. Betts
- Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- Murray v. Giarratano
- Hoffman v. Connecticut Department of Income Maintenance
- Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc.
- Duckworth v. Eagan
- H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
- Penry v. Lynaugh
- Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox
- BRENDALE v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION Et Al.
July 1989 · 4 decisions
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