Term recap
October Term 1989 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1989, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
139
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
43
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 2, 1989 and the last on August 30, 1990. The busiest single day was June 4, 1990 with 12 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1989 · 2 decisions
November 1989 · 3 decisions
December 1989 · 4 decisions
January 1990 · 14 decisions
- Hallstrom v. Tillamook County
- Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. v. Sperling
- University of Pennsylvania v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Commissioner v. Indianapolis Power & Light Co.
- Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Alcan Aluminium Ltd.
- James v. Illinois
- FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas
- Spallone v. United States
- Guidry v. Sheet Metal Workers National Pension Fund
- Dowling v. United States
- Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California
- W. S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp., International
- Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Ass'n
- United States v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
February 1990 · 14 decisions
- Holland v. Illinois
- Pavelic & LeFlore v. Marvel Entertainment Group, Div. of Cadence Industries Corp.
- Sullivan v. Zebley
- Preseault v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- Selvage v. Collins
- Dole v. United Steelworkers
- Sullivan v. Everhart
- Department of the Treasury v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Zinermon v. Burch
- Carden v. Arkoma Associates
- Texas v. New Mexico
- Crandon v. United States
- Blystone v. Pennsylvania
- United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez
March 1990 · 13 decisions
- Saffle v. Parks
- Ferens v. John Deere Co.
- Maryland v. Buie
- Butler v. McKellar
- McKoy v. North Carolina
- Tafflin v. Levitt
- Smith v. Ohio
- Lytle v. Household Manufacturing, Inc.
- United States v. Dalm
- Butterworth v. Smith
- Adams Fruit Co. v. Barrett
- Austin v. Michigan State Chamber of Commerce
- United States Department of Labor v. Triplett
April 1990 · 20 decisions
- Washington v. Harper
- Reves v. Ernst & Young
- Yellow Freight System, Inc. v. Donnelly
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith
- Clemons v. Mississippi
- National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc.
- Florida v. Wells
- Venegas v. Mitchell
- New York v. Harris
- Minnesota v. Olson
- Missouri v. Jenkins
- Boyde v. California
- Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas
- Ngiraingas v. Sanchez
- Stewart v. Abend
- Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp.
- United States v. Ojeda Rios
- California v. American Stores Co.
- Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. v. Feeney
- Michigan v. Harvey
May 1990 · 17 decisions
- Delo v. Stokes
- Atlantic Richfield Co. v. USA Petroleum Co.
- United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC v. Rawson
- Chauffeurs, Teamsters & Helpers Local No. 391 v. Terry
- United States v. Munoz-Flores
- Davis v. United States
- North Dakota v. United States
- Hughey v. United States
- Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport
- United States v. Montalvo-Murillo
- United States v. Energy Resources Co.
- Burnham v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Marin
- Fort Stewart Schools v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Grady v. Corbin
- Citibank, N. A. v. Wells Fargo Asia Ltd.
- Duro v. Reina
- Taylor v. United States
June 1990 · 46 decisions
- Demosthenes v. Baal
- American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Smith
- Begier v. Internal Revenue Service
- Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens
- Peel v. Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of Illinois
- Horton v. California
- English v. General Electric Co.
- Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno
- McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Fla. Dept. of Business Regulation
- Osborne v. Ohio
- Keller v. State Bar of California
- Illinois v. Perkins
- Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jean
- Perpich v. Department of Defense
- Alabama v. White
- United States v. Eichman
- Howlett Ex Rel. Howlett v. Rose
- Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.
- Wilder v. Virginia Hospital Assn.
- Texaco Inc. v. Hasbrouck
- Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz
- General Motors Corp. v. United States
- Sullivan v. Stroop
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corp.
- Pennsylvania v. Muniz
- Sullivan v. Finkelstein
- Maislin Industries, U. S., Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc.
- Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
- Kansas v. UtiliCorp United Inc.
- Portland Golf Club v. Commissioner
- Illinois v. Rodriguez
- Collins v. Youngblood
- Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health
- Hodgson v. Minnesota
- Georgia v. South Carolina
- Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
- Sisson v. Ruby
- Alvarado v. United States
- United States v. Kokinda
- Maryland v. Craig
- Idaho v. Wright
- Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation
- California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Caryl
- National Mines Corp. v. Caryl
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