Authors: Harry A. Blackmun

1989–Present

Mistretta v. United States

488 U.S. 361 (1989), https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/488/361/. Justice Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court. . . . Nondelegation Doctrine Petitioner1 argues that in delegating the power to promulgate sentencing guidelines for

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1945–1989

United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians

448 U.S. 371, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/448/371. MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court. This case concerns the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Great Sioux Reservation, and a colorful, and

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1945–1989

Roe v. Wade

Source: 410 U.S. 113. Justice Blackmun Delivered the Opinion of the Court, Joined by Chief Justice Burger and Justices Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, and Powell . . . We forthwith

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1945–1989

New York Times Co. v. United States

Source: 403 U.S. 713, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/403/713. PER CURIAM We granted certiorari[1] in these cases in which the United States seeks to enjoin the New York Times and the Washington Post from

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1945–1989

Cohen v. California

Source: 403 U.S. 15, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/403/15. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court. This case may seem at first blush too inconsequential to find its way into our books, but

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1945–1989

Roe v. Wade

Source: 410 U.S. 113; https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/410/113. For Justice White’s dissent, issued with Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/410/179#writing-USSC_CR_0410_0179_ZD. Justice BLACKMUN delivered the Opinion of the Court, joined by Chief Justice

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