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Opinions by Justice O'Connor -- May 1990-1998


Opinions for the Court Concurrences Dissents Concurrence in part/dissent in part [See also]

Selected Opinions for the Court

1998 Before 1998

Selected Concurring Opinions

1998 Before 1998
  • Printz v. United States
    • "Our holding, of course, does not spell the end of the objectives of the Brady Act"
  • Cruzan v. Director Mo. Dep't of Health
    • Right to Die: "Today's decision . . . does not preclude a future determination that the Constitution requires the States to implement the decisions of a patient's duly appointed surrogate."
  • Hoffman v. Connecticut Dep't of Income Maintenance, 492 U.S. 96 (1989).
  • Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara, Cal.480 U.S. 616 (1986).
  • Webster v. Reproductive Health Servs., 492 U.S. 490 (1989).
  • Wygart v. Jackson Bd. of Education, 476 U.S. 267 (1986).
  • Firefighters Local Union 1784 v. Stotts, 467 U.S. 561 (1984).
  • Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 U.S. 228 (1989).
  • Hodgson v. Minnesota, 497 U.S. 417 (1990).
  • Local 28 Sheet Metal Workers Int'l Ass'n v. EEOC, 478 U.S. 421 (1986).
  • New York v. Quarles, 467 U.S. 649 (1984).
  • Thompson v. Thompson, 484 U.S. 174 (1988).
  • Michael H. v. Gerald D., 491 U.S. 110 (1989).
  • County of Allegheny v. ACLU Greater Pittsburgh Chapter, 487 U.S. 872 (1990).
  • Employment Div., Dep't of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990).
  • Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989).
  • F.E.R.C. v. Mississippi, 456 U.S. 742 (1982).
  • FW/PBS., Inc. v. City of Dallas, 493 U.S. 215 (1990).

Selected Dissenting Opinions

1998 Before 1998

Selected Concurring in Part/Dissenting in Part Opinions

1998 Before 1998