Annual Timeline

1990

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

In 1990, Justice O'Connor was serving as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Calendar year 1990 included the U.S. Supreme Court terms 1989 and 1990.

Justice O'Connor wrote 30 Supreme Court opinions and gave 4 speeches or interviews during the year.

 January

 

Coverage - Law review article

Justice O'Connor's Opinion in Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.: An Uncommon Though Characteristic Approach, by Marci A. Hamilton

 

Coverage - Law review article

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the Supreme Court's Reaction to Its First Female Member, by Karen O'Connor & Jeffrey A. Segal

 

Coverage - Law review article

Mugwump, Mediator, Machiavellian, or Majority? The Role of Justice O'Connor in the Affirmative Action Cases, by Thomas R. Haggard

 

Coverage - Law review article

Federalism and Separation of Powers on a ‘Conservative’ Court: Currents and Cross-Currents from Justices O'Connor and Scalia, by M. David Gelfand & Keith Werhan

 

Law review article

Foreword: The Establishment Clause and Endorsement of Religion

8

Supreme Court Opinion

FW/PBS v. City of Dallas

17

Supreme Court Opinion

Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization

22

Supreme Court Opinion

Tafflin v. Levitt

 August

1

Coverage - Book

Sandra Day O'Connor (Women of Achievement) , by Peter Huber

 September

9

Law review article

Managing Courts in Changing Times

9

Speech

Speech to the National Conference on Court Management sponsored by the National Center for State Courts

22

Award

Receives Award of Merit from Stanford Law School

28

Honorary Degree

Receives honorary Doctor of Laws from University of Delaware