Blackmun Oral Argument Memos 1981-1982


 Jan 12, 1981

  • Cases Heard:

    • W. & S. Life Ins. Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization - [451 U.S. 648]

    • Rodriguez v. Compass Shipping Co. - [451 U.S. 596]

    • Rosales-Lopez v. United States - [451 U.S. 182]

    • Doe v. Del. - [450 U.S. 382]

  Jan 12, 1981

  • Cases Heard:

    • W. & S. Life Ins. Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization - [451 U.S. 648]

    • Rodriguez v. Compass Shipping Co. - [451 U.S. 596]

    • Rosales-Lopez v. United States - [451 U.S. 182]

    • Doe v. Del. - [450 U.S. 382]

  Jan 13, 1981

  • Cases Heard:

    • Little v. Streater - [452 U.S. 1]

    • Watt v. Alaska - [451 U.S. 259]

    • Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight Sys. - [450 U.S. 728]

    • Comm'r v. Portland Cement Co. - [450 U.S. 156]

  • Cases Decided:

    • Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hague - [449 U.S. 302]

    • Watkins v. Sowders - [449 U.S. 341]

    • United States v. Morrison - [449 U.S. 361]

    • Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord - [449 U.S. 368]

    • Upjohn Co. v. United States - [449 U.S. 383]

  Jan 14, 1981

  • Cases Heard:

    • Haig v. Agee - [453 U.S. 280]

    • Bullington v. Mo. - [451 U.S. 430]

    • Steagald v. United States - [451 U.S. 204]

    • Carter v. Ky. - [450 U.S. 288]

  Jan 21, 1981

  • Cases Heard:

    • Am. Textile Mfrs. Inst. v. Donovan - [452 U.S. 490]

    • J. Truett Payne Co. v. Chrysler Motors Corp. - [451 U.S. 557]

    • Cal. v. Sierra Club - [451 U.S. 287]

  Feb 14, 1981

  • Unknown

  Mar 31, 1981

  • Cases Heard:

    • Gulf Offshore Co., Div. of Pool Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp. - [453 U.S. 473]

    • Lehman v. Nakshian - [453 U.S. 156]

    • Newport v. Fact Concerts - [453 U.S. 247]

    • Univ. of Tex. v. Camenisch - [451 U.S. 390]

  Apr 20, 1981

  • Cases Heard:

    • Ark. La. Gas Co. v. Hall - [453 U.S. 571]

    • Heffron v. Int'l Soc. for Krishna Cosciousness - [452 U.S. 640]

    • Am. Express Co. v. Koerner - [452 U.S. 233]

  • Cases Decided:

    • Northwest Airlines v. Transp. Workers Union - [451 U.S. 77]

    • Pennhurst State Sch. & Hosp. v. Halderman - [451 U.S. 1]

    • UPS v. Mitchell - [451 U.S. 56]

    • Memphis v. Greene - [451 U.S. 100]

  Oct 5, 1981

  • Cases Heard:

    • NLRB v. Hendricks County Rural Elec. Mbrshp. Corp. - [454 U.S. 170]

    • Ralston v. Robinson - [454 U.S. 201]

    • Fair Assessment in Real Estate Ass'n v. McNary - [454 U.S. 100]

    • Watt v. Energy Action Educational Foundation - [454 U.S. 151]

  Nov 4, 1981

  • Cases Heard:

    • Ariz. v. Maricopa County Medical Soc. - [457 U.S. 332]

    • Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church & State - [454 U.S. 464]

  Dec 2, 1981

  • Cases Heard:

    • Ry. Labor Executives' Ass'n v. Gibbons - [455 U.S. 457]

    • Baldrige v. Shapiro - [455 U.S. 345]

    • Zipes v. TWA - [455 U.S. 385]

  • Cases Decided:

    • NLRB v. Hendricks County Rural Elec. Mbrshp. Corp. - [454 U.S. 170]

    • Ralston v. Robinson - [454 U.S. 201]

  Dec 2, 1981

  • Cases Heard:

    • Ry. Labor Executives' Ass'n v. Gibbons - [455 U.S. 457]

    • Baldrige v. Shapiro - [455 U.S. 345]

    • Zipes v. TWA - [455 U.S. 385]

  • Cases Decided:

    • NLRB v. Hendricks County Rural Elec. Mbrshp. Corp. - [454 U.S. 170]

    • Ralston v. Robinson - [454 U.S. 201]

  Dec 7, 1981

  • Cases Heard:

    • Kremer v. Chem. Constr. Corp. - [456 U.S. 461]

    • United States v. Macdonald - [456 U.S. 1]

    • New Eng. Power Co. v. N.H. - [455 U.S. 331]

    • G.D. Searle & Co. v. Cohn - [455 U.S. 404]

  Mar 23, 1982

  • Cases Heard:

    • Enmund v. Fla. - [458 U.S. 782]

    • Bd. of Educ. v. Rowley - [458 U.S. 176]

    • Taylor v. Ala. - [457 U.S. 687]

    • Ins. Corp. of Ir. v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee - [456 U.S. 694]

  • Cases Decided:

    • United States Industries/Federal Sheet Metal v. Dir., Office of Workers Compensation, United States Dept. of Labor - [455 U.S. 608]

    • Lane v. Williams - [455 U.S. 624]

    • McElroy v. United States - [455 U.S. 642]

  Nov 1, 1982

  • Cases Heard:

    • Guardians Ass'n v. Civil Serv. Comm'n - [463 U.S. 582]

    • Hillsboro Nat'l Bank v. Comm'r- [460 U.S. 370]

    • White v. Mass. Council of Constr. Emplrs. - [460 U.S. 204]

    • Fed. Election Comm'n v. Nat'l Right to Work Comm.- [459 U.S. 197]

  Nov 1, 1982

  • Cases Heard:

    • Guardians Ass'n v. Civil Serv. Comm'n - [463 U.S. 582]

    • Hillsboro Nat'l Bank v. Comm'r- [460 U.S. 370]

    • White v. Mass. Council of Constr. Emplrs. - [460 U.S. 204]

    • Fed. Election Comm'n v. Nat'l Right to Work Comm.- [459 U.S. 197]

  Nov 3, 1982

  • Cases Heard:

    • Wash v. Chrisman - [455 U.S. 1]

    • United States v. Vogel Fertilizer Co. - [455 U.S. 16]

    • Cabell v. Chavez-Salido - [454 U.S. 432]

    • United States v. Clark - [454 U.S. 555]

  Nov 8, 1982

  • Cases Heard:

    • Kolender v. Lawson - [461 U.S. 352]

    • Connick v. Myers - [461 U.S. 138]

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

    • Hewitt v. Helms- [459 U.S. 460]

  Nov 29, 1982

  • Cases Heard:

    • Comm'r v. Tufts - [461 U.S. 300]

    • Ill. v. Abbott & Assocs. - [460 U.S. 557]

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

    • Memphis Bank & Trust Co. v. Garner - [459 U.S. 392]

  Dec 1, 1982

  • Cases Heard:

    • Nat'l Ass'n of Greeting Card Publrs. v. USPS - [462 U.S. 810]

    • Morris v. Slappy - [461 U.S. 1]

    • Bowsher v. Merck & Co. - [460 U.S. 824]

    • Local 926, Int'l Union of Operating Eng'rs v. Jones - [460 U.S. 669]

  Dec 1, 1982

  • Cases Heard:

    • Nat'l Ass'n of Greeting Card Publrs. v. USPS - [462 U.S. 810]

    • Morris v. Slappy - [461 U.S. 1]

    • Bowsher v. Merck & Co. - [460 U.S. 824]

    • Local 926, Int'l Union of Operating Eng'rs v. Jones - [460 U.S. 669]