| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of California |
1987 |
due process, personal jurisdiction, Minimum contacts |
| Maryland v. Garrison |
1987 |
reasonable belief by police in the validity of a search warrant |
| Commissioner v. Groetzinger |
1987 |
addressed the issue of what qualifies as being either a trade or business under Section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code |
| Griffith v. Kentucky |
1987 |
criminal defendants receive the benefit of new constitutional rules announced before their cases are final on direct review |
| Colorado v. Connelly |
1986 |
the involuntary statement of a criminal suspect uttered during a schizophrenic episode but not coerced by the Government is not precluded from admission in court by the due process clause |
| Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor |
1986 |
Jurisdiction of Article I and Article III tribunals, waiver of Article III jurisdiction |
| Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson |
1986 |
Federal courts cannot claim original jurisdiction for violation of a statute which does not provide a private cause of action |
| Bowsher v. Synar |
1986 |
Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act, office of Comptroller General, separation of powers |
| Bethel School District v. Fraser |
1986 |
censorship of obscene speech at a school assembly |
| Posadas de Puerto Rico Associates v. Tourism Company of Puerto Rico |
1986 |
Central Hudson test and First Amendment commercial speech |
| Bowers v. Hardwick |
1986 |
sodomy and substantive due process; overruled by Lawrence v. Texas (2003) |
| Ford v. Wainwright |
1986 |
competence to be executed |
| Celotex Corp. v. Catrett |
1986 |
standard for summary judgment |
| Anderson v. Liberty Lobby |
1986 |
standard for summary judgment |
| Maine v. Taylor |
1986 |
exception to Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson |
1986 |
"hostile work environment" as sexual harassment |
| Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists |
1986 |
requiring "informed consent" before an abortion |
| Bowen v. Roy |
1986 |
freedom of religion and Social Security numbers |
| California v. Ciraolo |
1986 |
naked-eye aerial observation of defendant's backyard by police does not violate the Fourth Amendment |
| Batson v. Kentucky |
1986 |
peremptory challenge, racial discrimination |