Annual Timeline

1989

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

In 1989, Justice O'Connor was serving as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Calendar year 1989 included the U.S. Supreme Court terms 1988 and 1989.

Justice O'Connor wrote 34 Supreme Court opinions and gave 1 speech or interview during the year.

January

1

Coverage - Law review article

Abortion Politics: Writing for an Audience of One, by Susan R. Estrich & Kathleen M. Sullivan

1

Coverage - Law review article

O’Connor, J., Concurring, by Alexander Wohl

1

Coverage - Law review article

Sandra Day O'Connor, Abortion, and Compromise for the Court, by Susan M. Halatyn student author

10

Supreme Court Opinion

Goldberg v. Sweet

20

Event

Swears in Dan Quayle as Vice President of the United States

23

Supreme Court Opinion

★ City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co

23

Supreme Court Opinion

Florida v. Riley

1

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

1

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

1

Coverage - Law review article

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

September

29

Law review article / Speech

The Judiciary Act of 1789 and the American Judicial Tradition