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Argument Month: June 1981

Oral Argument	Date Argued
80-2078 Dames & Moore v. Regan	6/24/1981

Argument Month: April 1981

Oral Argument	Date Argued
78-1789 Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Hall	4/20/1981
80-202 American Express Co. v. Koerner	4/20/1981
80-795 Heffron v. International Soc. for Krishna Consciousness, Inc.	4/20/1981
80-544 First Nat. Maintenance Corp. v. NLRB	4/21/1981
80-608 Postal Service v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Assns.	4/21/1981
80-780 Rowan Cos. v. United States	4/21/1981
80-148 Robbins v. California	4/27/1981
80-328 New York v. Belton	4/27/1981
80-808 United States v. Turkette	4/27/1981
80-289 United Mine Workers of America v. NLRB	4/28/1981
80-850 Jones v. Helms	4/28/1981
80-901 Donovan v. Dewey	4/28/1981
80-5392 Howe v. Smith	4/28/1981
80-710 Plumbers v. Local 334, Plumbers	4/29/1981
80-756 Schweiker v. Gray Panthers	4/29/1981
80-802 National Gerimedical Hospital and Gerontology Center v. Blue Cross of Kansas City	4/29/1981

Argument Month: March 1981

Oral Argument	Date Argued
79-1734 Parratt v. Taylor	3/2/1981
80-5 McCarty v. McCarty	3/2/1981
80-180 McDaniel v. Sanchez	3/2/1981
80-332 Rhodes v. Chapman	3/2/1981
79-1144 Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc.	3/3/1981
80-120 St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church v. South Dakota	3/3/1981
80-207 CBS, Inc. v. FCC	3/3/1981
79-1943 Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.	3/4/1981
80-298 Monroe v. Standard Oil Co.	3/4/1981
80-5049 Clayton v. Automobile Workers	3/4/1981
79-6853 Webb v. Webb	3/23/1981
80-84 Anderson Bros. Ford v. Valencia	3/23/1981
80-348 H. A. Artists & Associates, Inc. v. Actors' Equity Assn.	3/23/1981
80-429 County of Washington v. Gunther	3/23/1981
80-251 Rostker v. Goldberg	3/24/1981
80-264 Staats v. Bristol Laboratories Div. of Bristol-Myers Co.	3/24/1981
80-420 Flynt v. Ohio	3/24/1981
80-5303 Beltran v. Myers	3/24/1981
79-1517 Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Moitie	3/30/1981
80-11 Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe	3/30/1981
80-441 Gulf Oil Co. v. Bernard	3/30/1981
80-581 Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana	3/30/1981
80-242 Lehman v. Nakshian	3/31/1981
80-317 University of Texas v. Camenisch	3/31/1981
80-396 Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc.	3/31/1981
80-590 Gulf Offshore Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp.	3/31/1981

Argument Month: February 1981

Oral Argument	Date Argued
79-1538 Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc	2/23/1981
79-1740 Ball v. James	2/23/1981
79-6423 Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.	2/23/1981
80-231 Hodel v. Indiana	2/23/1981
79-1711 Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn.	2/24/1981
79-1777 Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Reis	2/24/1981
79-1997 Connecticut Bd. of Pardons v. Dumschat	2/24/1981
80-169 United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Mitchell	2/24/1981
79-1640 Schad v. Mount Ephraim	2/25/1981
79-1794 Michigan v. Summers	2/25/1981
80-195 Metromedia, Inc. v. San Diego	2/25/1981

Argument Month: January 1981

Oral Argument	Date Argued
79-1423 Western & Southern Life Ins. Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization of Cal.	1/12/1981
79-1977 Rodriguez v. Compass Shipping Co.	1/12/1981
79-5932 Doe v. Delaware	1/12/1981
79-6624 Rosales-Lopez v. United States	1/12/1981
79-1890 Andrus v. Alaska	1/13/1981
79-1907 Commissioner v. Portland Cement Co. of Utah	1/13/1981
79-2006 Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.	1/13/1981
79-6779 Little v. Streater	1/13/1981
79-6740 Bullington v. Missouri	1/14/1981
79-6777 Steagald v. United States	1/14/1981
80-83 Muskie v. Agee	1/14/1981
80-5060 Carter v. Kentucky	1/14/1981
83 Orig. Maryland v. Louisiana	1/19/1981
79-1709 Albernaz v. United States	1/19/1981
79-1952 California Medical Assn. v. Federal Election Comm'n	1/19/1981
79-1252 California v. Sierra Club	1/21/1981
79-1429 American Textile Mfrs. Institute, Inc. v. Marshall	1/21/1981
79-1944 J. Truett Payne Co. v. Chrysler Motors Corp.	1/21/1981

Argument Month: December 1980

Oral Argument	Date Argued
79-404 United States v. Cortez	12/1/1980
79-512 Scindia Steam Nav. Co. v. De los Santos	12/1/1980
79-678 San Diego Gas & Elec. Co. v. San Diego	12/1/1980
79-5688 Hudson v. Louisiana	12/1/1980
79-408 Milwaukee v. Illinois	12/2/1980
79-1056 Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers	12/2/1980
79-1213 Minnick v. California Dept. of Corrections	12/2/1980
79-1380 Harris v. Wilson	12/2/1980
79-1128 Montana v. United States	12/3/1980
79-1176 Memphis v. Greene	12/3/1980
79-1266 Steadman v. SEC	12/3/1980
79-880 Kissinger v. Halperin	12/8/1980
79-1404 Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman	12/8/1980
79-1631 Democratic Party of United States v. Wisconsin ex rel. La Follette	12/8/1980
79-1336 Chicago & North Western Transp. Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co.	12/9/1980
79-1515 United States v. Swank	12/9/1980
79-1601 Sumner v. Mata	12/9/1980
79-1764 Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine	12/9/1980
79-395 United States v. Morrison	12/10/1980
79-1236 Carson v. American Brands, Inc.	12/10/1980
79-1388 Kirchberg v. Feenstra	12/10/1980

Argument Month: November 1980

Oral Argument	Date Argued
79-824 FCC v. WNCN Listeners Guild	11/3/1980
79-1068 EEOC v. Associated Dry Goods Corp.	11/3/1980
79-1171 Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co.	11/3/1980
79-700 Walter Fleisher Co. v. County of Los Angeles	11/4/1980
79-1320 Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del.	11/4/1980
79-1344 Michael M. v. Superior Court, Sonoma Cty.	11/4/1980
79-6027 Wood v. Georgia	11/4/1980
79-886 Upjohn Co. v. United States	11/5/1980
79-5780 Weaver v. Graham	11/5/1980
79-5962 Vincent v. Texas	11/5/1980
79-5269 Edwards v. Arizona	11/5/1980
78-1945 Universities Research Assn., Inc. v. Coutu	11/10/1980
79-621 Arizona v. Manypenny	11/10/1980
79-1157 Rosewell v. LaSalle Nat. Bank	11/10/1980
79-5949 Watkins v. Bordenkircher	11/10/1980
79-814 Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. August	11/12/1980
79-1013 Rubin v. United States	11/12/1980
79-1260 Chandler v. Florida	11/12/1980
79-1420 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord	11/12/1980

Argument Month: October 1980

Oral Argument	Date Argued
79-870 Railroad Retirement Bd. v. Fritz	10/6/1980
79-938 Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hague	10/6/1980
79-5903 H. L. v. Matheson	10/6/1980
79-567 United States v. DiFrancesco	10/6/1980
78-1841 Cuyler v. Adams	10/7/1980
79-770 EPA v. National Crushed Stone Assn.	10/7/1980
79-939 Delaware State College v. Ricks	10/7/1980
79-952 Thomas v. Review Bd. of Indiana Employment Security Div.	10/7/1980
79-816 Potomac Elec. Power Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs	10/8/1980
79-935 Allen v. McCurry	10/8/1980
79-1127 Estelle v. Smith	10/8/1980
79-1186 Dennis v. Sparks	10/8/1980
79-1033 Webb's Fabulous Pharmacies, Inc. v. Beckwith	10/14/1980 - 10/15/1980
79-855 Diamond v. Bradley	10/14/1980
79-983 United States v. Will	10/14/1980
79-1112 Diamond v. Diehr	10/14/1980
79-900 FTC v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal.	10/15/1980
79-927 Board of Governors, FRS v. Investment Company Institute	10/15/1980
79-1003 County of Imperial v. Munoz	10/15/1980
79-5602 Fedorenko v. United States	10/15/1980