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

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

2

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

2

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

1

Coverage - Law review article

Affirmative Action: Will Justice O'Connor Author Its End?, by Rocco Potenza student author

1

Coverage - Law review article

At the Crossroads of Civil Rights: Tension Between the Wartime Amendments in the Jurisprudence of Justice O'Connor, by Alfred Slocum

1

Coverage - Law review article

Feminist or Foe? Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Title VII Sex-Discrimination, and Support for Women's Rights, by Barbara Palmer

1

Law review article

He Left His Mark

1

Coverage - Law review article

Justice O'Connor and Children and the Law, by Twila L. Perry

1

Coverage - Law review article

Justice O'Connor's Intellectual Property Opinions: Currents and Crosscurrents, by Marci A. Hamilton

1

Coverage - Law review article

Justice O'Connor's Pragmatic View of Coerced Self-Incrimination, by George C. Thomas III

1

Coverage - Book

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: A New Justice, A New Voice, by Beverly Berwald

1

Coverage - Law review article

O'Connor: A Dual Role — An Introduction, by Stephen J. Wermiel

1

Coverage - Law review article

Sandra Day O'Connor, Conservative Discourse, and Reproductive Freedom, by Dorothy E. Roberts

1

Coverage - Law review article

Sandra Day O'Connor and Women's Rights, by Nadine Taub

August

1

Coverage - Book

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

September

9

Speech

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

9

Law review article

Managing Courts in Changing Times

22

Award

Receives Award of Merit from Stanford Law School

28

Honorary Degree

Receives honorary Doctor of Laws from University of Delaware