Miscellaneous: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Miscellaneous,” part of the Miscellaneous area.

17decisions

41%favorable to the petitioner

24%unanimous

5altered precedent or struck a law

Decisions by decade

1950s2

1980s7

1990s5

2000s1

2010s2

Most majority opinions

Legal provisions most often involved

Article II, Section 2, Paragraph 2 (appointments clause)2

Article I, Section 7, Paragraph 2 (separation of powers)2

Article I, Section 1 (delegation of powers)1

107S5101

13 U.S.C. § 11

Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or Williams Act1

Article III, Section 2, Paragraph 1 (case or controversy requirement)1

Treaty1

All 17 decisions, newest first

Gundy v. United States
139 S. Ct. 2116Decided June 20, 20195–3Elena Kagan
Lucia v. SEC
138 S. Ct. 2044Decided June 21, 20187–2Elena Kagan
Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs
556 U.S. 163Decided March 31, 20099–0Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Department of Commerce v. United States House of Representatives
525 U.S. 316Decided January 25, 19996–3Sandra Day O'Connor
William J. Clinton v. City of New YorkLaw held unconstitutional
524 U.S. 417Decided June 25, 19986–3John Paul Stevens
Ed Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc.Law held unconstitutional
514 U.S. 211Decided April 18, 19957–2Antonin Scalia
Thomas Freytag v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
501 U.S. 868Decided June 27, 19919–0Harry A. Blackmun
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
United States v. Stuart
489 U.S. 353Decided February 28, 19899–0William J. Brennan Jr.
Mistretta v. United States
488 U.S. 361Decided January 18, 19898–1Harry A. Blackmun
Morrison v. Olson
487 U.S. 654Decided June 27, 19887–1William H. Rehnquist
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Mississippi
484 U.S. 469Decided February 23, 19885–3Byron R. White
Bowsher v. SynarLaw held unconstitutional
478 U.S. 714Decided July 7, 19867–2Warren E. Burger
First National City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio Exterior de Cuba
462 U.S. 611Decided June 17, 19836–3Sandra Day O'Connor
United States v. WillLaw held unconstitutional
449 U.S. 200Decided December 15, 19808–0Warren E. Burger
Granville-Smith v. Granville-Smith
349 U.S. 1Decided April 11, 19555–3Felix Frankfurter
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
343 U.S. 579Decided June 2, 19526–3Hugo L. Black

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error