Annual Timeline

1994

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

In 1994, Justice O'Connor was serving as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Calendar year 1994 included the U.S. Supreme Court terms 1993 and 1994.

Justice O'Connor wrote 28 Supreme Court opinions and gave 6 speeches or interviews during the year.

 January

 

Coverage - Law review article

Endorsement as ‘Adoptive Action’: A Suggested Definition of, and an Argument for, Justice O'Connor's Establishment Clause Test, by Joel S. Jacobs

 

Coverage - Law review article

Failing Honorably: Balancing Tests, Justice O'Connor and Free Exercise of Religion, by Jennifer E. Spreng (student author)

 

Coverage - Law review article

Rethinking Feminist Judging, by Michael E. Solimine & Susan E. Wheatley

19

Supreme Court Opinion

Schiro v. Farley

 March

22

Supreme Court Opinion

Victor v. Nebraska

26

Event

Turns 64 years old

30

Speech

Remarks to Supreme Court Historical Society introducing a lecture on "Taney, Lincoln, and the Constitutional Convention"

 May

16

Supreme Court Opinion

Beecham v. United States

16

Supreme Court Opinion

C & A Carbone Inc. v. Clarkstown

24

Speech

Speech to the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia on women in the legal profession

31

Supreme Court Opinion

PUD No. 1 of Jefferson Cty. v. Washington Dept. of Ecology

31

Supreme Court Opinion

Waters v. Churchill

 October

3

Event

End of 1993 Supreme Court term, start of 1994 Supreme Court term

14

Speech

Remarks honoring former Justice Lewis Powell

17

Speech

Remarks at National Center for State Courts honoring Judge Ellen Ash Peters

 November

1

Supreme Court Opinion

United States v. Shabani

3

Speech

Speech to the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

14

Supreme Court Opinion

Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation

 December

1

Coverage - Book

Sandra Day O'Connor (First Book), by Christopher Henry

6

Supreme Court Opinion

Reich v. Collins