Blackmun Oral Argument Memos 1983-1988


 Jan 12, 1983

  • Cases Heard:

    • Bolger v. Youngs Drug Prods. Corp. - [463 U.S. 60]

    • Tex. v. Brown - [460 U.S. 730]

    • Kush v. Rutledge - [460 U.S. 719]

    • Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minn. Comm'r of Revenue - [460 U.S. 575]

  Feb 22, 1983

  • Cases Heard:

    • Pennhurst State Sch. & Hosp. v. Halderman - [465 U.S. 89]

    • Cal. v. Ramos - [463 U.S. 992]

    • Jones v. Barnes - [463 U.S. 745]

    • Exxon Corp. v. Eagerton - [462 U.S. 176]

  • Cases Decided:

    • Marshall v. Lonberger - [459 U.S. 422]

    • Hewitt v. Helms - [459 U.S. 460]

    • Cmty. TV of S. Cal. v. Gottfried - [459 U.S. 498]

    • Associated General Contractors v. Cal. State Council of Carpenters - [459 U.S. 519]

    • S.D. v. Neville - [459 U.S. 553]

  Feb 23, 1983

  • Cases Heard:

    • Mich. v. Long - [463 U.S. 1032]

    • United States v. Villamonte-Marquez - [462 U.S. 579]

    • Fla. v. Casal - [462 U.S. 637]

    • Block v. N.D. - [461 U.S. 273]

  • Cases Decided:

    • Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. United States - [460 U.S. 190]

    • Moses H. Cone Mem'l Hosp. v. Mercury Constr. Corp. - [460 U.S. 1]

    • Jefferson County Pharm. Ass'n. v. Abbott Labs - [460 U.S. 150]

    • Perry Educ. Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n - [460 U.S. 37]

    • Conn. v. Johnson - [460 U.S. 73]

    • Dickerson v. New Banner Inst. - [460 U.S. 103]

    • Lockhart v. United States - [460 U.S. 125]

  Mar 21, 1983

  • Cases Heard:

    • Dirks v. SEC - [463 U.S. 646]

    • Rice v. Rehner - [463 U.S. 713]

    • Brown v. Thomson - [462 U.S. 835]

    • Morrison-Knudsen Constr. Co. v. Dir. of Office Workers' Compensation Programs, USDL - [461 U.S. 624]

  June 20, 1983

  • Cases Decided:

    • Illinois v. Lafayette - [462 U.S. 640]

    • Chardon v. Fumero Soto - [462 U.S. 650]

    • Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. EEOC - [462 U.S. 669]

    • United States v. Place - [462 U.S. 696]

  Oct 11, 1983

  • Cases Heard:

    • NLRB v. Bildisco & Bildisco - [465 U.S. 513]

    • Migra v. Warren City School Dist. Bd. of Education - [465 U.S. 75]

    • Commissioner v. Engle - [464 U.S. 206]

    • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Federal Labor Relations Authority - [464 U.S. 89]

  Oct 11, 1983

  • Cases Heard:

    • NLRB v. Bildisco & Bildisco - [465 U.S. 513]

    • Migra v. Warren City School Dist. Bd. of Education - [465 U.S. 75]

    • Commissioner v. Engle - [464 U.S. 206]

    • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Federal Labor Relations Authority - [464 U.S. 89]

  Oct 11, 1983 (1), (2)

  • Cases Heard:

    • NLRB v. Bildisco & Bildisco - [465 U.S. 513]

    • Migra v. Warren City School Dist. Bd. of Education - [465 U.S. 75]

    • Commissioner v. Engle - [464 U.S. 206]

    • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Federal Labor Relations Authority - [464 U.S. 89]

  Oct 12, 1983

  • Cases Heard:

    • Members of City Council v. Taxpayers fo Vincent - [466 U.S. 789]

    • Minnesota v. Murphy - [465 U.S. 420]

    • Dixson v. United States - [465 U.S. 482]

    • Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of California - [464 U.S. 501]

  Oct 31, 1983

  • Cases Heard:

    • Secretary of Maryland v. Joseph H. Munson Co. - [467 U.S. 947]

    • Hishon v. King & Spalding - [467 U.S. 69]

    • EEOC v. Shell Oil Co. - [466 U.S. 54]

    • McCain v. Lybrand - [465 U.S. 236]

  Nov 8, 1983

  • Cases Heard:

    • Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union - [466 U.S. 485]

    • Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia, S.A. v. Hall - [466 U.S. 408]

    • Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. - [465 U.S. 770]

    • Calder v. Jones - [465 U.S. 783]

  Nov 20, 1983

  • Unknown

  Feb 28, 1984

  • Cases Heard:

    • Patton v. Yount - [467 U.S. 1025]

    • James v. Kentucky - [466 U.S. 341]

  • Cases Decided:

    • Grove City College v. Bell - [464 U.S. 555]

    • CONRAIL v. Darrone - [465 U.S. 624]

    • United States v. Doe - [465 U.S. 605]

  Oct 31, 1984

  • Cases Heard:

    • Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Ward - [470 U.S. 869]

    • Winston v. Lee - [470 U.S. 753]

    • Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper - [470 U.S. 274]

    • Tiffany Fine Arts, Inc. v. United States - [469 U.S. 310]

  June 30, 1986

  • Cases Decided:

    • Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court - [478 U.S. 1]

    • Thornburg v. Gingles - [478 U.S. 30]

    • Davis v. Bandemer - [478 U.S. 109]

    • Bowers v. Hardwick - [478 U.S. 186]

    • Japan Whaling Asso. v. American Cetacean Soc. - [478 U.S. 221]

  Dec 2, 1986

  • Cases Heard:

    • Meese v. Keene - [481 U.S. 465]

    • Martin v. Ohio - [480 U.S. 228]

    • California v. Brown - [479 U.S. 538]

  Jan 20, 1987

  • Cases Heard:

    • International Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. Hechler - [481 U.S. 851]

    • Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland - [481 U.S. 221]

    • Stringfellow v. Concerned Neighbors in Action - [480 U.S. 370]

    • United States v. Dunn - [480 U.S. 294]

  • Cases Decided:

    • ICC v. Texas - [479 U.S. 450]

    • Jersey Shore State Bank v. United States - [479 U.S. 442]

  Mar 25, 1987

  • Cases Heard:

    • Rivera v. Minnich - [483 U.S. 574]

    • Cal. v. Rooney - [483 U.S. 307]

    • Hilton v. Braunskill - [481 U.S. 770]

    • Burlington N. R.R. v. Oklahoma Tax Comm'n - [481 U.S. 454]

  • Cases Decided:

    • Johnson v. Transporation Agency - [480 U.S. 616]

    • Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Brock - [480 U.S. 678]

  Jan 25, 1988

  • Cases Decided:

    • Taylor v. Illinois - [484 U.S. 400]

    • Virginia v. American Booksellers Ass'n - [484 U.S. 383]

  Jan 25, 1988

  • Cases Decided:

    • Taylor v. Illinois - [484 U.S. 400]

    • Virginia v. American Booksellers Ass'n - [484 U.S. 383]

  May 9, 1988

  • Unknown

  Oct 4, 1988

  • Cases Heard:

    • Teague v. Lane - [489 U.S. 288]

    • United States v. Broce - [488 U.S. 563]

    • Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Rainey - [488 U.S. 153]

    • Shell Oil Co. v. Iowa Dep't of Revenue - [488 U.S. 19]

  Oct 12, 1988

  • Cases Heard:

    • Harris v. Reed - [489 U.S. 255]

    • Goldberg v. Sweet - [488 U.S. 252]

    • Penson v. Ohio - [488 U.S. 75]