Term recap
October Term 1990 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1990, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
129
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
45
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 29, 1990 and the last on September 13, 1991. The busiest single day was February 19, 1991 with 9 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1990 · 1 decision
November 1990 · 6 decisions
December 1990 · 4 decisions
January 1991 · 14 decisions
- Temple v. Synthes Corp.
- Demarest v. Manspeaker
- Cheek v. United States
- Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United Distribution Cos.
- Langenkamp v. Culp
- In Re Berger
- Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell
- Firstier Mortgage Co. v. Investors Mortgage Insurance
- Grogan v. Garner
- Perry v. Louisiana
- Arcadia v. Ohio Power Co.
- United States v. R. Enterprises, Inc.
- Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Parker v. Dugger
February 1991 · 15 decisions
- Freeport-McMoRan Inc. v. K N Energy, Inc.
- Lozada v. Deeds
- Ford v. Georgia
- Trinova Corp. v. Michigan Department of Treasury
- McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander
- Burden v. Zant
- Gozlon-Peretz v. United States
- Ohio v. Huertas
- In Re Sindram
- International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots v. Brown
- Dennis v. Higgins
- McNary v. Haitian Refugee Center, Inc.
- Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc.
- Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union
- Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla.
March 1991 · 12 decisions
- Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip
- United States v. France
- West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. American Train Dispatchers' Ass'n
- Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. O'Neill
- Salve Regina College v. Russell
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement v. Johnson Controls, Inc.
- United States v. Smith
- Martin v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
- United States v. Gaubert
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co.
- Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.
April 1991 · 13 decisions
- City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc.
- Powers v. Ohio
- Leathers v. Medlock
- McCleskey v. Zant
- Kay v. Ehrler
- Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd
- United States v. Centennial Savings Bank FSB
- Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute
- Cottage Savings Assn. v. Commissioner
- American Hospital Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board
- California v. Hodari D.
- Stevens v. Department of Treasury
- In Re Demos
May 1991 · 24 decisions
- Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.
- County of Riverside v. McLaughlin
- McCarthy v. Bronson
- International Primate Protection League v. Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund
- Michigan v. Lucas
- Lankford v. Idaho
- Touby v. United States
- Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc.
- Arizona v. Fulminante
- Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Department of Revenue of Fla.
- McCormick v. United States
- Siegert v. Gilley
- Farrey v. Sanderfoot
- Rust v. Sullivan
- Florida v. Jimeno
- Owen v. Owen
- Illinois v. Kentucky
- Clark v. Roemer
- Summit Health, Ltd. v. Pinhas
- Braxton v. United States
- Hernandez v. New York
- Burns v. Reed
- Chapman v. United States
- Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Assn.
June 1991 · 33 decisions
- Exxon Corp. v. Central Gulf Lines, Inc.
- California v. Acevedo
- Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.
- Connecticut v. Doehr
- Gollust v. Mendell
- Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Solimino
- Johnson v. Home State Bank
- Melkonyan v. Sullivan
- Toibb v. Radloff
- Burns v. United States
- Litton Financial Printing Div., Litton Business Systems, Inc. v. NLRB
- McNeil v. Wisconsin
- Renne v. Geary
- Oklahoma v. New Mexico
- Wilson v. Seiter
- Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc.
- Florida v. Bostick
- Chisom v. Roemer
- Gregory v. Ashcroft
- Houston Lawyers' Assn. v. Attorney General of Tex.
- Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
- James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia
- Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier
- Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.
- Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak
- Pauley v. BethEnergy Mines, Inc.
- Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.
- Ylst v. Nunnemaker
- Peretz v. United States
- Virginia Bankshares, Inc. v. Sandberg
- Freytag v. Commissioner
- Gentile v. State Bar of Nev.
- Harmelin v. Michigan
August 1991 · 3 decisions
September 1991 · 4 decisions
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