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Opinions by Justice Blackmun -- May 1990-1994

Important Majority Opinions

  • Freytag v. C.I.R.
  • Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
  • McCarthy v. Madigan, 112 S.Ct. 1081, 117 L.Ed.2d 291 (1992).
  • Mobil Oil v. Commissioner of Taxes of Vermont, 445 U.S. 425 (1980).
  • Graham v. Richardson, 403 U.S. 365 (1971).
  • U.S. v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 448 U.S. 371 (1980).
  • Ballew v. Georgia, 435 U.S. 33 (1978).
  • Mistretta v. United States, 488 U.S. 361 (1989).
  • Garcia v. San Antonio Metro. Transit Auth., 469 U.S. 528 (1985).
  • F.E.R.C. v. Mississippi, 456 U.S. 742 (1982).
  • Reeves, Inc. v. Stake, 447 U.S. 429 (1980).

Important Concurring Opinions

  • R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, Minn.
  • Sawyer v. Whitley
  • County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation, 112 S.Ct. 683, 116 L.Ed.2d 687 (1992).
  • Pacific Gas & Electric v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Comm'n, 461 U.S. 190 (1983).
  • National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 (1976).
  • Colonial Pipeline v. Triagle, 421 U.S. 100 (1975).
  • O'Bannon v. Town Court Nursing Ctr., 447 U.S. 773 (1980).
  • United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures, 412 U.S. 669 (1973).
  • Regents of the University of Cal. v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978).
  • Exxon v. Governor of Md., 437 U.S. 117 (1978).
  • Webster v. Reproductive Health Servs., 492 U.S. 490 (1989).
  • Ford Motor Co. v. EEOC, 458 U.S. 219 (1982).
  • Johnson v. Louisiana, 406 U.S. 356 (1972).
  • Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032 (1983).
  • Hensley v. Municipal Ct., 411 U.S. 345 (1973).
  • Trainor v. Hernandez, 431 U.S. 434 (1972).
  • International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. New York State Dep't of Labor, 476 U.S. 380 (1986).

Important Dissenting Opinions

  • Herrera v. Collins
  • Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
  • Coleman v. Thompson
  • Lucas v South Carolina Coastal Council
  • Walton v. Arizona, 497 U.S. 639 (1990).
  • Bowsher v. Synar, 478 U.S. 714 (1986).
  • Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986).
  • Commonwealth Edison v. Montana, 453 U.S. 609 (1981).
  • Lyman v. Lycoming County Children's Servs. Agency, 458 U.S. 502 (1982).
  • Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U.S. 727 (1972).
  • Rizzo v. Goode, 423 U.S. 361 (1976).
  • DeShaney v. Winnebago County Dep't of Social Servs., 489 U.S. 189 (1989).
  • Austin v. New Hampshire, 420 U.S. 656 (1975).
  • Lake County Estates v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 440 U.S. 391 (1979).
  • Kramer v. Chemical Constr., 456 U.S. 461 (1982).
  • United States v. Bailey, 444 U.S. 394 (1980).
  • Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs., 452 U.S. 18 (1981).
  • Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731 (1981).
  • Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts, 467 U.S. 561 (1984).
  • Allen v. McCurry, 449 U.S. 90 (1980).
  • Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972).
  • Jewett v. Internal Revenue, 455 U.S. 305 (1982).
  • C.I.R. v. Shapiro, 424 U.S. 614 (1976).
  • Internal Revenue v. Engle, 464 U.S. 206 (1984).
  • Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp., 464 U.S. 238 (1984).
  • Austin v. New Hampshire, 420 U.S. 656 (1975).
  • Goody v. Wilson, 405 U.S. 518 (1972).
  • New York Times v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971).
  • Lynch v. Donnelly, 465 U.S. 668 (1984).
  • Ohio v. Akron Ctr. for Reproductive Health 497 U.S. 502 (1990).
  • United Bldg. & Construction Trade Council of Camden County v. Mayor & City Council of Camden, 448 U.S. 371 (1986).

Source: U.S. Supreme Court