Supreme Court decisions of October Term 1990

The Court’s 1990 Term began in October 1990. These are the 129 decisions SCDB records for it, decided between October 29, 1990 and June 27, 1991, during the Rehnquist Court.

← 1989 Term · 1991 Term →

Decided by one vote (22)

• Robert Lacy Parker v. Richard L. Dugger
  498 U.S. 308Decided January 22, 19915–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. and Michael Shipp
  498 U.S. 533Decided February 26, 19915–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Arizona v. FulminanteAltered precedent
  499 U.S. 279Decided March 26, 19915–4Byron R. White
• County of Riverside and Cois Byrd v. McLaughlin
  500 U.S. 44Decided May 13, 19915–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Bryan Stuart Lankford v. Idaho
  500 U.S. 110Decided May 20, 19915–4John Paul Stevens
• Irving Rust v. Sullivan
  500 U.S. 173Decided May 23, 19915–4William H. Rehnquist
• Summit Health, Ltd. v. Simon J. Pinhas
  500 U.S. 322Decided May 28, 19915–4John Paul Stevens
• Dawud Majid Mu'min v. Virginia
  500 U.S. 415Decided May 30, 19915–4William H. Rehnquist
• James P. Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association
  500 U.S. 507Decided May 30, 19915–4Harry A. Blackmun
• G. Russell Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.
  501 U.S. 32Decided June 6, 19915–4Byron R. White
• William J. Burns v. United States
  501 U.S. 129Decided June 13, 19915–4Thurgood Marshall
• Litton Financial Printing Division v. National Labor Relations Board
  501 U.S. 190Decided June 13, 19915–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• States of Oklahoma and Texas v. State of New Mexico
  501 U.S. 221Decided June 17, 19915–4Byron R. White
• Pearly L. Wilson v. Richard Seiter
  501 U.S. 294Decided June 17, 19915–4Antonin Scalia
• Lampf v. John Gilbertson
  501 U.S. 350Decided June 20, 19915–4Harry A. Blackmun
• Michael Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.
  501 U.S. 560Decided June 21, 19915–4William H. Rehnquist
• Edward Harold Schad, Jr. v. Arizona
  501 U.S. 624Decided June 21, 19915–4David H. Souter
• Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.
  501 U.S. 663Decided June 24, 19915–4Byron R. White
• Peretz v. United States
  501 U.S. 923Decided June 27, 19915–4John Paul Stevens
• Ronald Allen Harmelin v. Michigan
  501 U.S. 957Decided June 27, 19915–4Antonin Scalia
• Dominic P. Gentile v. State Bar of NevadaLaw held unconstitutional
  501 U.S. 1030Decided June 27, 19915–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Virginia Bankshares, Inc. v. Doris I. Sandberg
  501 U.S. 1083Decided June 27, 19915–4David H. Souter

All decisions, in order

• Robert Lee Shell v. Mississippi
  498 U.S. 1Decided October 29, 19908–0Per curiam
• Billy J. Temple v. Synthes Corporation, Ltd.
  498 U.S. 5Decided November 5, 19909–0Per curiam
• United States of America v. State of Louisiana
  498 U.S. 9Decided November 5, 19908–0
• State of Mississippi v. United States
  498 U.S. 16Decided November 5, 19909–0
• Mercedel W. Miles v. Apex Marine Corporation
  498 U.S. 19Decided November 6, 19908–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Michael Owen Perry v. Louisiana
  498 U.S. 38Decided November 13, 19908–0Per curiam
• Tommy Cage v. Louisiana
  498 U.S. 39Decided November 13, 19909–0Per curiam
• R. Dobie Langenkamp v. C. A. Culp
  498 U.S. 42Decided November 13, 19908–0Per curiam
• Jay Palmer v. BRG of Georgia, Inc.
  498 U.S. 46Decided November 26, 19907–1Per curiam
• FMC Corporation v. Cynthia Ann Holliday
  498 U.S. 52Decided November 27, 19907–1Sandra Day O'Connor
• Arcadia v. Ohio Power Company
  498 U.S. 73Decided November 27, 19908–0Antonin Scalia
• Shirley W. Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs
  498 U.S. 89Decided December 3, 19907–1William H. Rehnquist
• Raymond J. Moskal, Sr. v. United States
  498 U.S. 103Decided December 3, 19905–3Thurgood Marshall
• Ingersoll-Rand Company v. Perry McClendon
  498 U.S. 133Decided December 3, 19909–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Robert S. Minnick v. Mississippi
  498 U.S. 146Decided December 3, 19906–2Anthony M. Kennedy
• Arthur Groves v. Ring Screw Works
  498 U.S. 168Decided December 10, 19909–0John Paul Stevens
• In re Michael Sindram
  498 U.S. 177Decided January 7, 19916–3Per curiam
• Richard Demarest v. James
  498 U.S. 184Decided January 8, 19919–0William H. Rehnquist
• John L. Cheek v. United States
  498 U.S. 192Decided January 8, 19916–2Byron R. White
• Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United Distribution Companies
  498 U.S. 211Decided January 8, 19918–0Byron R. White
• In re Berger
  498 U.S. 233Decided January 14, 19919–0Per curiam
• Board of Education of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Robert L. Dowell
  498 U.S. 237Decided January 15, 19915–3William H. Rehnquist
• Firstier Mortgage Company v. Investors Mortgage Insurance Company
  498 U.S. 269Decided January 15, 19919–0Thurgood Marshall
• Coy R. Grogan v. Frank J. Garner, Jr.
  498 U.S. 279Decided January 15, 19919–0John Paul Stevens
• United States v. R. Enterprises, Inc.
  498 U.S. 292Decided January 22, 19919–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Robert Lacy Parker v. Richard L. Dugger
  498 U.S. 308Decided January 22, 19915–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• United States v. Darlina K. France
  498 U.S. 335Decided January 22, 19914–4
• Ohio v. Ediberto Huertas
  498 U.S. 336Decided January 22, 19919–0Per curiam
• McDermott International, Inc. v. Jon C. Wilander
  498 U.S. 337Decided February 19, 19919–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Trinova Corporation v. Michigan Department of Treasury
  498 U.S. 358Decided February 19, 19916–2Anthony M. Kennedy
• Moshe Gozlon-Peretz v. United States
  498 U.S. 395Decided February 19, 19919–0Anthony M. Kennedy
• James A. Ford v. Georgia
  498 U.S. 411Decided February 19, 19919–0David H. Souter
• Freeport-McMoran Inc. v. K N Energy, Inc.
  498 U.S. 426Decided February 19, 19918–0Per curiam
• Jose M. Lozada v. George Deeds
  498 U.S. 430Decided February 19, 19917–2Per curiam
• Jimmie Burden, Jr. v. Walter Zant
  498 U.S. 433Decided February 19, 19919–0Per curiam
• Mark E. Dennis v. Margaret L. Higgins
  498 U.S. 439Decided February 20, 19917–2Byron R. White
• International Organization of Masters v. Timothy A. Brown
  498 U.S. 466Decided February 20, 19919–0John Paul Stevens
• Gene McNary v. Haitian Refugee Center, Inc.
  498 U.S. 479Decided February 20, 19917–2John Paul Stevens
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma
  498 U.S. 505Decided February 26, 19919–0William H. Rehnquist
• Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union
  498 U.S. 517Decided February 26, 19919–0William H. Rehnquist
• Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. and Michael Shipp
  498 U.S. 533Decided February 26, 19915–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Cleopatra Haslip
  499 U.S. 1Decided March 4, 19917–1Harry A. Blackmun
• Air Line Pilots Association v. Joseph E. O'Neill
  499 U.S. 65Decided March 19, 19919–0John Paul Stevens
• West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Robert Casey
  499 U.S. 83Decided March 19, 19916–3Antonin Scalia
• Norfolk & Western Railway Company v. American Train Dispatchers' Association
  499 U.S. 117Decided March 19, 19917–2Anthony M. Kennedy
• Lynn Martin v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
  499 U.S. 144Decided March 20, 19919–0Thurgood Marshall
• United States v. Marcus S. Smith
  499 U.S. 160Decided March 20, 19918–1Thurgood Marshall
• International Union v. Johnson Controls, Inc.
  499 U.S. 187Decided March 20, 19919–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Salve Regina College v. Sharon L. Russell
  499 U.S. 225Decided March 20, 19916–3Harry A. Blackmun
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co.
  499 U.S. 244Decided March 26, 19916–3William H. Rehnquist
• Arizona v. FulminanteAltered precedent
  499 U.S. 279Decided March 26, 19915–4Byron R. White
• United States v. Gaubert
  499 U.S. 315Decided March 26, 19919–0Byron R. White
• Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., Inc.
  499 U.S. 340Decided March 27, 19919–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc.
  499 U.S. 365Decided April 1, 19916–3Antonin Scalia
• Powers v. Ohio
  499 U.S. 400Decided April 1, 19917–2Anthony M. Kennedy
• Kay v. Ehrler
  499 U.S. 432Decided April 16, 19919–0John Paul Stevens
• Leathers v. Medlock
  499 U.S. 439Decided April 16, 19917–2Sandra Day O'Connor
• McCleskey v. Zant
  499 U.S. 467Decided April 16, 19916–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd
  499 U.S. 530Decided April 17, 19919–0Thurgood Marshall
• Cottage Savings Association v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  499 U.S. 554Decided April 17, 19917–2Thurgood Marshall
• United States v. Centennial Savings Bank FSB (Resolution Trust Corporation
  499 U.S. 573Decided April 17, 19917–2Thurgood Marshall
• Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute et Vir
  499 U.S. 585Decided April 17, 19917–2Harry A. Blackmun
• American Hospital Association v. National Labor Relations Board
  499 U.S. 606Decided April 23, 19919–0John Paul Stevens
• California v. Hodari D.
  499 U.S. 621Decided April 23, 19917–2Antonin Scalia
• Charles Z. Stevens v. Department of the Treasury
  500 U.S. 1Decided April 24, 19919–0Harry A. Blackmun
• In re John Robert Demos, Jr.
  500 U.S. 16Decided April 29, 19916–3Per curiam
• Robert D. Gilmer v. Interstate/johnson Lane Corporation
  500 U.S. 20Decided May 13, 19917–2Byron R. White
• County of Riverside and Cois Byrd v. McLaughlin
  500 U.S. 44Decided May 13, 19915–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• International Primate Protection League and Its Members v. Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund
  500 U.S. 72Decided May 20, 19918–0Thurgood Marshall
• Jill S. Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc.
  500 U.S. 90Decided May 20, 19919–0Thurgood Marshall
• Bryan Stuart Lankford v. Idaho
  500 U.S. 110Decided May 20, 19915–4John Paul Stevens
• John H. McCarthy v. Bronson
  500 U.S. 136Decided May 20, 19919–0John Paul Stevens
• Michigan v. Nolan K. Lucas
  500 U.S. 145Decided May 20, 19917–2Sandra Day O'Connor
• Daniel Touby et Ux. v. United States
  500 U.S. 160Decided May 20, 19919–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Ford Motor Credit Company, Inc. v. Department of Revenue
  500 U.S. 172Decided May 20, 19914–4
• Irving Rust v. Sullivan
  500 U.S. 173Decided May 23, 19915–4William H. Rehnquist
• Frederick A. Siegert v. H. Melvin Gilley
  500 U.S. 226Decided May 23, 19916–3William H. Rehnquist
• Florida v. Luz Piedad Jimeno
  500 U.S. 248Decided May 23, 19917–2William H. Rehnquist
• Robert L. McCormick v. United States
  500 U.S. 257Decided May 23, 19916–3Byron R. White
• Jeanne Farrey v. Gerald J. Sanderfoot
  500 U.S. 291Decided May 23, 19919–0Byron R. White
• Dwight H. Owen v. Helen Owen
  500 U.S. 305Decided May 23, 19918–1Antonin Scalia
• Summit Health, Ltd. v. Simon J. Pinhas
  500 U.S. 322Decided May 28, 19915–4John Paul Stevens
• Thomas Braxton v. United States
  500 U.S. 344Decided May 28, 19919–0Antonin Scalia
• Dionisio Hernandez v. New York
  500 U.S. 352Decided May 28, 19916–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• State of Illinois v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  500 U.S. 380Decided May 28, 19919–0David H. Souter
• Dale Robert Yates v. Parker Evatt
  500 U.S. 391Decided May 28, 19919–0David H. Souter
• Dawud Majid Mu'min v. Virginia
  500 U.S. 415Decided May 30, 19915–4William H. Rehnquist
• Richard L. Chapman v. United States
  500 U.S. 453Decided May 30, 19917–2William H. Rehnquist
• Cathy Burns v. Rick Reed
  500 U.S. 478Decided May 30, 19919–0Byron R. White
• James P. Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association
  500 U.S. 507Decided May 30, 19915–4Harry A. Blackmun
• California v. Charles Steven AcevedoAltered precedent
  500 U.S. 565Decided May 30, 19916–3Harry A. Blackmun
• Exxon Corporation v. Central Gulf Lines, Inc.Altered precedent
  500 U.S. 603Decided June 3, 19919–0Thurgood Marshall
• Thaddeus Donald Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co., Inc.
  500 U.S. 614Decided June 3, 19916–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• Janice G. Clark v. Charles 'buddy' Roemer
  500 U.S. 646Decided June 3, 19919–0Anthony M. Kennedy
• Connecticut and John F. Digiovanni v. Brian K. DoehrLaw held unconstitutional
  501 U.S. 1Decided June 6, 19919–0Byron R. White
• G. Russell Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.
  501 U.S. 32Decided June 6, 19915–4Byron R. White
• Curtis Reed Johnson v. Home State Bank
  501 U.S. 78Decided June 10, 19919–0Thurgood Marshall
• Zakhar Melkonyan v. Louis W. Sullivan
  501 U.S. 89Decided June 10, 19919–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Angelo J. Solimino
  501 U.S. 104Decided June 10, 19919–0David H. Souter
• Keith R. Gollust v. Ira L. Mendell, Etc.
  501 U.S. 115Decided June 10, 19919–0David H. Souter
• William J. Burns v. United States
  501 U.S. 129Decided June 13, 19915–4Thurgood Marshall
• Sheldon Baruch Toibb v. Stuart J. Radloff
  501 U.S. 157Decided June 13, 19918–1Harry A. Blackmun
• Paul McNeil v. Wisconsin
  501 U.S. 171Decided June 13, 19916–3Antonin Scalia
• Litton Financial Printing Division v. National Labor Relations Board
  501 U.S. 190Decided June 13, 19915–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• States of Oklahoma and Texas v. State of New Mexico
  501 U.S. 221Decided June 17, 19915–4Byron R. White
• Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc.Law held unconstitutional
  501 U.S. 252Decided June 17, 19916–3John Paul Stevens
• Pearly L. Wilson v. Richard Seiter
  501 U.S. 294Decided June 17, 19915–4Antonin Scalia
• Louise Renne v. Bob Geary
  501 U.S. 312Decided June 17, 19916–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• Lampf v. John Gilbertson
  501 U.S. 350Decided June 20, 19915–4Harry A. Blackmun
• Ronald Chisom v. Charles E. Roemer
  501 U.S. 380Decided June 20, 19916–3John Paul Stevens
• Houston Lawyers' Association v. Attorney General of Texas
  501 U.S. 419Decided June 20, 19916–3John Paul Stevens
• Florida v. Bostick
  501 U.S. 429Decided June 20, 19916–3Sandra Day O'Connor
• Ellis Gregory, Jr. and Anthony P. Nugent, Jr. v. John D. Ashcroft
  501 U.S. 452Decided June 20, 19917–2Sandra Day O'Connor
• Jeffrey M. Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
  501 U.S. 496Decided June 20, 19917–2Anthony M. Kennedy
• James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia
  501 U.S. 529Decided June 20, 19916–3David H. Souter
• Michael Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.
  501 U.S. 560Decided June 21, 19915–4William H. Rehnquist
• Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Ralph Mortier
  501 U.S. 597Decided June 21, 19919–0Byron R. White
• Edward Harold Schad, Jr. v. Arizona
  501 U.S. 624Decided June 21, 19915–4David H. Souter
• Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.
  501 U.S. 663Decided June 24, 19915–4Byron R. White
• Harriet Pauley v. Bethenergy Mines, Inc.
  501 U.S. 680Decided June 24, 19917–1Harry A. Blackmun
• Roger Keith Coleman v. Charles E. ThompsonAltered precedent
  501 U.S. 722Decided June 24, 19916–3Sandra Day O'Connor
• Edgar Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak and Circle Village
  501 U.S. 775Decided June 24, 19916–3Antonin Scalia
• Eddie S. Ylst v. Owen Duane Nunnemaker
  501 U.S. 797Decided June 24, 19916–3Antonin Scalia
• Pervis Tyrone Payne v. TennesseeAltered precedent
  501 U.S. 808Decided June 27, 19916–3William H. Rehnquist
• Thomas Freytag v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  501 U.S. 868Decided June 27, 19919–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Peretz v. United States
  501 U.S. 923Decided June 27, 19915–4John Paul Stevens
• Ronald Allen Harmelin v. Michigan
  501 U.S. 957Decided June 27, 19915–4Antonin Scalia
• Dominic P. Gentile v. State Bar of NevadaLaw held unconstitutional
  501 U.S. 1030Decided June 27, 19915–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Virginia Bankshares, Inc. v. Doris I. Sandberg
  501 U.S. 1083Decided June 27, 19915–4David H. Souter

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