Supreme Court decisions of October Term 1989

The Court’s 1989 Term began in October 1989. These are the 140 decisions SCDB records for it, decided between October 10, 1989 and June 28, 1990, during the Rehnquist Court.

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Decided by one vote (39)

• Michael Terrell v. Terry L. Morris
  493 U.S. 1Decided October 10, 19895–4Per curiam
• Spallone v. United States
  493 U.S. 265Decided January 10, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• James v. Illinois
  493 U.S. 307Decided January 10, 19905–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Holland v. Illinois
  493 U.S. 474Decided January 22, 19905–4Antonin Scalia
• Bob Reves v. Ernst & Young
  494 U.S. 56Decided February 21, 19905–4Thurgood Marshall
• Louis W. Sullivan v. Sandra Everhart
  494 U.S. 83Decided February 21, 19905–4Antonin Scalia
• Marlus C. Zinermon v. Darrell E. Burch
  494 U.S. 113Decided February 27, 19905–4Harry A. Blackmun
• C. T. Carden v. Arkoma Associates
  494 U.S. 185Decided February 27, 19905–4Antonin Scalia
• Scott Wayne Blystone v. Pennsylvania
  494 U.S. 299Decided February 28, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• Michigan v. Tyris Lemont Harvey
  494 U.S. 344Decided March 5, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• Richard Boyde v. California
  494 U.S. 370Decided March 5, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• Horace Butler v. Kenneth D. McKellar
  494 U.S. 407Decided March 5, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• Saffle v. Parks
  494 U.S. 484Decided March 5, 19905–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Ferens et Ux. v. John Deere Co.
  494 U.S. 516Decided March 5, 19905–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Clemons v. Mississippi
  494 U.S. 738Decided March 28, 19905–4Byron R. White
• National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc.
  494 U.S. 775Decided April 17, 19905–4Thurgood Marshall
• Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno
  494 U.S. 827Decided April 17, 19905–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• New York v. Harris
  495 U.S. 14Decided April 18, 19905–4Byron R. White
• Delo v. Stokes
  495 U.S. 320Decided May 11, 19905–4Per curiam
• North Dakota v. United States
  495 U.S. 423Decided May 21, 19905–4John Paul Stevens
• Grady v. Corbin
  495 U.S. 508Decided May 29, 19905–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Demosthenes v. Baal
  495 U.S. 731Decided June 3, 19905–4Per curiam
• Gary E. Peel v. Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of IllinoisLaw held unconstitutional
  496 U.S. 91Decided June 4, 19905–4John Paul Stevens
• American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Maurice Smith
  496 U.S. 167Decided June 4, 19905–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• United States v. Shawn D. EichmanLaw held unconstitutional
  496 U.S. 310Decided June 11, 19905–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Louis W. Sullivan v. Elizabeth Stroop
  496 U.S. 478Decided June 14, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• L. Douglas Wilder v. Virginia Hospital Association
  496 U.S. 498Decided June 14, 19905–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois
  497 U.S. 62Decided June 21, 19905–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Kansas v. Utilicorp United Inc.
  497 U.S. 199Decided June 21, 19905–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Sawyer v. Smith
  497 U.S. 227Decided June 21, 19905–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Cruzan v. Director
  497 U.S. 261Decided June 25, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• Alvarado v. United States
  497 U.S. 543Decided June 25, 19905–4Per curiam
• Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
  497 U.S. 547Decided June 27, 19905–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Walton v. Arizona
  497 U.S. 639Decided June 27, 19905–4Byron R. White
• United States v. Kokinda
  497 U.S. 720Decided June 27, 19905–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Lewis v. Jeffers
  497 U.S. 764Decided June 27, 19905–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Idaho v. Wright
  497 U.S. 805Decided June 27, 19905–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Maryland v. Craig
  497 U.S. 836Decided June 27, 19905–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation
  497 U.S. 871Decided June 27, 19905–4Antonin Scalia

All decisions, in order

• Michael Terrell v. Terry L. Morris
  493 U.S. 1Decided October 10, 19895–4Per curiam
• James M. White, Etc. v. United States
  493 U.S. 5Decided October 16, 19898–1Per curiam
• Northbrook National Insurance Company v. Larry W. Brewer
  493 U.S. 6Decided November 7, 19898–1Thurgood Marshall
• Olaf A. Hallstrom v. Tillamook County
  493 U.S. 20Decided November 7, 19897–2Sandra Day O'Connor
• Michigan Citizens for an Independent Press v. Thornburgh
  493 U.S. 38Decided November 13, 19894–4
• Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Nancy J. Schwalb and William McGlone
  493 U.S. 40Decided November 28, 19899–0Byron R. White
• United States v. Sperry Corporation
  493 U.S. 52Decided November 28, 19899–0Byron R. White
• Lynn L. Breininger v. Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local Union No. 6
  493 U.S. 67Decided December 5, 19897–2William J. Brennan Jr.
• Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles
  493 U.S. 103Decided December 5, 19896–3John Paul Stevens
• Pavelic & Leflore v. Marvel Entertainment Group
  493 U.S. 120Decided December 5, 19898–1Antonin Scalia
• United States v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Affiliates
  493 U.S. 132Decided December 11, 19899–0Thurgood Marshall
• John Doe Agency and John Doe Government Agency v. John Doe Corporation
  493 U.S. 146Decided December 11, 19896–3Harry A. Blackmun
• Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. v. Richard Sperling
  493 U.S. 165Decided December 11, 19897–2Anthony M. Kennedy
• University of Pennsylvania v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  493 U.S. 182Decided January 9, 19909–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Indianapolis Power & Light Co.
  493 U.S. 203Decided January 9, 19909–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Fw/pbs, Inc. v. City of DallasLaw held unconstitutional
  493 U.S. 215Decided January 10, 19906–3Sandra Day O'Connor
• Spallone v. United States
  493 U.S. 265Decided January 10, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• James v. Illinois
  493 U.S. 307Decided January 10, 19905–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Franchise Tax Board of California v. Alcan Aluminium Ltd.
  493 U.S. 331Decided January 10, 19909–0Byron R. White
• Dowling v. United States
  493 U.S. 342Decided January 10, 19906–3Byron R. White
• Guidry v. Sheet Metal Workers National Pension Fund
  493 U.S. 365Decided January 17, 19909–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California
  493 U.S. 378Decided January 17, 19909–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• W. S. Kirkpatrick & Co., Inc. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp.Altered precedent
  493 U.S. 400Decided January 17, 19909–0Antonin Scalia
• Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Association
  493 U.S. 411Decided January 22, 19906–3John Paul Stevens
• Tafflin v. Levitt
  493 U.S. 455Decided January 22, 19909–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Holland v. Illinois
  493 U.S. 474Decided January 22, 19905–4Antonin Scalia
• Sullivan v. Zebley
  493 U.S. 521Decided February 20, 19907–2Harry A. Blackmun
• Baltimore City Department of Social Services v. Bouknight
  493 U.S. 549Decided February 20, 19907–2Sandra Day O'Connor
• J. Paul Preseault v. Interstate Commerce Commission
  494 U.S. 1Decided February 21, 19909–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• Elizabeth Dole v. United Steelworkers of America
  494 U.S. 26Decided February 21, 19907–2William J. Brennan Jr.
• Bob Reves v. Ernst & Young
  494 U.S. 56Decided February 21, 19905–4Thurgood Marshall
• Louis W. Sullivan v. Sandra Everhart
  494 U.S. 83Decided February 21, 19905–4Antonin Scalia
• John Henry Selvage v. James A. Collins
  494 U.S. 108Decided February 21, 19909–0Per curiam
• State of Texas v. State of New Mexico
  494 U.S. 111Decided February 26, 19909–0
• Marlus C. Zinermon v. Darrell E. Burch
  494 U.S. 113Decided February 27, 19905–4Harry A. Blackmun
• Lawrence H. Crandon v. United States
  494 U.S. 152Decided February 27, 19909–0John Paul Stevens
• C. T. Carden v. Arkoma Associates
  494 U.S. 185Decided February 27, 19905–4Antonin Scalia
• Washington v. Walter Harper
  494 U.S. 210Decided February 27, 19906–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• United States v. Rene Martin Verdugo-Urquidez
  494 U.S. 259Decided February 28, 19906–3William H. Rehnquist
• Scott Wayne Blystone v. Pennsylvania
  494 U.S. 299Decided February 28, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• Maryland v. Jerome Edward Buie
  494 U.S. 325Decided February 28, 19907–2Byron R. White
• Michigan v. Tyris Lemont Harvey
  494 U.S. 344Decided March 5, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• Richard Boyde v. California
  494 U.S. 370Decided March 5, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• Horace Butler v. Kenneth D. McKellar
  494 U.S. 407Decided March 5, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• McKoy v. North CarolinaLaw held unconstitutional
  494 U.S. 433Decided March 5, 19906–3Thurgood Marshall
• Gerald A. Lewis v. Continental Bank Corporation
  494 U.S. 472Decided March 5, 19909–0Antonin Scalia
• Saffle v. Parks
  494 U.S. 484Decided March 5, 19905–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Ferens et Ux. v. John Deere Co.
  494 U.S. 516Decided March 5, 19905–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Smith v. Ohio
  494 U.S. 541Decided March 5, 19908–1Per curiam
• John S. Lytle v. Household Manufacturing, Inc.
  494 U.S. 545Decided March 20, 19909–0Thurgood Marshall
• Chauffeurs v. Terry
  494 U.S. 558Decided March 20, 19906–3Thurgood Marshall
• United States v. Dalm
  494 U.S. 596Decided March 20, 19906–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• Butterworth v. SmithLaw held unconstitutional
  494 U.S. 624Decided March 21, 19909–0William H. Rehnquist
• Adams Fruit Co., Inc. v. Barrett
  494 U.S. 638Decided March 21, 19909–0Thurgood Marshall
• Austin v. Michigan State Chamber of Commerce
  494 U.S. 652Decided March 27, 19906–3Thurgood Marshall
• United States Department of Labor v. Triplett
  494 U.S. 715Decided March 27, 19909–0Antonin Scalia
• Clemons v. Mississippi
  494 U.S. 738Decided March 28, 19905–4Byron R. White
• National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc.
  494 U.S. 775Decided April 17, 19905–4Thurgood Marshall
• Yellow Freight System, Inc. v. Donnelly
  494 U.S. 820Decided April 17, 19909–0John Paul Stevens
• Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno
  494 U.S. 827Decided April 17, 19905–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Employment Division v. Smith
  494 U.S. 872Decided April 17, 19906–3Antonin Scalia
• Department of the Treasury v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
  494 U.S. 922Decided April 17, 19907–2Antonin Scalia
• Florida v. Wells
  495 U.S. 1Decided April 18, 19909–0William H. Rehnquist
• New York v. Harris
  495 U.S. 14Decided April 18, 19905–4Byron R. White
• Missouri v. Jenkins
  495 U.S. 33Decided April 18, 19909–0Byron R. White
• Venegas v. Mitchell
  495 U.S. 82Decided April 18, 19909–0Byron R. White
• Minnesota v. Olson
  495 U.S. 91Decided April 18, 19907–2Byron R. White
• Osborne v. Ohio
  495 U.S. 103Decided April 18, 19906–3Byron R. White
• Whitmore v. Arkansas
  495 U.S. 149Decided April 24, 19907–2William H. Rehnquist
• Ngiraingas v. Sanchez
  495 U.S. 182Decided April 24, 19906–2Harry A. Blackmun
• Stewart v. Abend
  495 U.S. 207Decided April 24, 19906–3Sandra Day O'Connor
• United States v. Ojeda Rios
  495 U.S. 257Decided April 30, 19906–3Byron R. White
• California v. American Stores Co.
  495 U.S. 271Decided April 30, 19909–0John Paul Stevens
• Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. v. Feeney
  495 U.S. 299Decided April 30, 19909–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Delo v. Stokes
  495 U.S. 320Decided May 11, 19905–4Per curiam
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. USA Petroleum Co.
  495 U.S. 328Decided May 14, 19907–2William J. Brennan Jr.
• United Steelworkers of America v. Rawson
  495 U.S. 362Decided May 14, 19906–3Byron R. White
• United States v. Munoz-Flores
  495 U.S. 385Decided May 21, 19909–0Thurgood Marshall
• Hughey v. United States
  495 U.S. 411Decided May 21, 19909–0Thurgood Marshall
• North Dakota v. United States
  495 U.S. 423Decided May 21, 19905–4John Paul Stevens
• Davis et Ux. v. United States
  495 U.S. 472Decided May 21, 19909–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  495 U.S. 490Decided May 21, 19909–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Grady v. Corbin
  495 U.S. 508Decided May 29, 19905–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• United States v. Energy Resources Co., Inc.
  495 U.S. 545Decided May 29, 19908–1Byron R. White
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport et Ux.
  495 U.S. 552Decided May 29, 19907–2Thurgood Marshall
• Taylor v. United States
  495 U.S. 575Decided May 29, 19909–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Burnham v. Superior Court of California
  495 U.S. 604Decided May 29, 19909–0Antonin Scalia
• Fort Stewart Schools v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
  495 U.S. 641Decided May 29, 19909–0Antonin Scalia
• Citibank, N.A. v. Wells Fargo Asia Ltd.
  495 U.S. 660Decided May 29, 19908–1Anthony M. Kennedy
• Duro v. Reina
  495 U.S. 676Decided May 29, 19907–2Anthony M. Kennedy
• United States v. Montalvo-Murillo
  495 U.S. 711Decided May 29, 19906–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• Demosthenes v. Baal
  495 U.S. 731Decided June 3, 19905–4Per curiam
• Eddie Keller v. State Bar of California
  496 U.S. 1Decided June 4, 19909–0William H. Rehnquist
• McKesson Corporation v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco
  496 U.S. 18Decided June 4, 19909–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• Harry P. Begier, Jr., Etc. v. Internal Revenue Service
  496 U.S. 53Decided June 4, 19909–0Thurgood Marshall
• Vera M. English v. General Electric Company
  496 U.S. 72Decided June 4, 19909–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Gary E. Peel v. Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of IllinoisLaw held unconstitutional
  496 U.S. 91Decided June 4, 19905–4John Paul Stevens
• Terry Brice Horton v. California
  496 U.S. 128Decided June 4, 19907–2John Paul Stevens
• Commissioner v. Marie Lucie Jean
  496 U.S. 154Decided June 4, 19909–0John Paul Stevens
• American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Maurice Smith
  496 U.S. 167Decided June 4, 19905–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools, Etc. v. Bridget C. Mergens
  496 U.S. 226Decided June 4, 19908–1Sandra Day O'Connor
• Illinois v. Lloyd Perkins
  496 U.S. 292Decided June 4, 19908–1Anthony M. Kennedy
• United States v. Shawn D. EichmanLaw held unconstitutional
  496 U.S. 310Decided June 11, 19905–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Alabama v. Vanessa Rose White
  496 U.S. 325Decided June 11, 19906–3Byron R. White
• Rudy Perpich v. Department of Defense
  496 U.S. 334Decided June 11, 19909–0John Paul Stevens
• Mark Howlett v. Scott Rose
  496 U.S. 356Decided June 11, 19909–0John Paul Stevens
• Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corporation
  496 U.S. 384Decided June 11, 19908–1Sandra Day O'Connor
• Office of Personnel Management v. Charles Richmond
  496 U.S. 414Decided June 11, 19907–2Anthony M. Kennedy
• Michigan Department of State Police v. Rick Sitz
  496 U.S. 444Decided June 14, 19906–3William H. Rehnquist
• Louis W. Sullivan v. Elizabeth Stroop
  496 U.S. 478Decided June 14, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• L. Douglas Wilder v. Virginia Hospital Association
  496 U.S. 498Decided June 14, 19905–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• General Motors Corporation v. United States
  496 U.S. 530Decided June 14, 19909–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Texaco Inc. v. Ricky Hasbrouck
  496 U.S. 543Decided June 14, 19909–0John Paul Stevens
• Pennsylvania v. Inocencio Muniz
  496 U.S. 582Decided June 18, 19908–1William J. Brennan Jr.
• Louis W. Sullivan v. Marilyn Finkelstein
  496 U.S. 617Decided June 18, 19909–0Byron R. White
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corporation
  496 U.S. 633Decided June 18, 19908–1Harry A. Blackmun
• Eli Lilly and Company v. Medtronic, Inc.
  496 U.S. 661Decided June 18, 19906–2Antonin Scalia
• Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
  497 U.S. 1Decided June 21, 19907–2William H. Rehnquist
• Collins v. YoungbloodAltered precedent
  497 U.S. 37Decided June 21, 19909–0William H. Rehnquist
• Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois
  497 U.S. 62Decided June 21, 19905–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Maislin Industries, U.S., Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc.
  497 U.S. 116Decided June 21, 19907–2William J. Brennan Jr.
• Portland Golf Club v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  497 U.S. 154Decided June 21, 19909–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Illinois v. Rodriguez
  497 U.S. 177Decided June 21, 19906–3Antonin Scalia
• Kansas v. Utilicorp United Inc.
  497 U.S. 199Decided June 21, 19905–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Sawyer v. Smith
  497 U.S. 227Decided June 21, 19905–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Cruzan v. Director
  497 U.S. 261Decided June 25, 19905–4William H. Rehnquist
• Sisson v. Ruby
  497 U.S. 358Decided June 25, 19909–0Thurgood Marshall
• Georgia v. South Carolina
  497 U.S. 376Decided June 25, 19909–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Hodgson v. MinnesotaLaw held unconstitutional
  497 U.S. 417Decided June 25, 19906–3John Paul Stevens
• Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health
  497 U.S. 502Decided June 25, 19906–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• Alvarado v. United States
  497 U.S. 543Decided June 25, 19905–4Per curiam
• Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
  497 U.S. 547Decided June 27, 19905–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Walton v. Arizona
  497 U.S. 639Decided June 27, 19905–4Byron R. White
• United States v. Kokinda
  497 U.S. 720Decided June 27, 19905–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Lewis v. Jeffers
  497 U.S. 764Decided June 27, 19905–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Idaho v. Wright
  497 U.S. 805Decided June 27, 19905–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Maryland v. Craig
  497 U.S. 836Decided June 27, 19905–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation
  497 U.S. 871Decided June 27, 19905–4Antonin Scalia
• Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Caryl
  497 U.S. 916Decided June 28, 19909–0Per curiam
• National Mines Corp. v. Caryl
  497 U.S. 922Decided June 28, 19909–0Per curiam

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