Cases Argued by Donald B. Ayer
Donald B. Ayer argued 18 times in the U.S. Supreme Court since October 1955, according to Oyez.
An Exercise in Supreme Obstinacy
Donald B. Ayer argued 18 times in the U.S. Supreme Court since October 1955, according to Oyez.
Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
No. 85-5
483 U.S. 711
Argued Monday, March 3, 1986
Decided Friday, June 26, 1987
Opinion by Justice Byron White
Appearance No. 1
Meese v. Keene
No. 85-1180
481 U.S. 465
Argued Tuesday, December 2, 1986
Decided Tuesday, April 28, 1987
Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens
Appearance No. 2
United States v. Johnson
No. 85-2039
481 U.S. 681
Argued Tuesday, February 24, 1987
Decided Monday, May 18, 1987
Opinion by Justice Lewis Powell
Appearance No. 3
McNally v. United States
No. 86-234
483 U.S. 350
Argued Wednesday, April 22, 1987
Decided Wednesday, June 24, 1987
Opinion by Justice Byron White
Appearance No. 4
Boyle v. United Technologies Corporation
No. 86-492
487 U.S. 500
Argued Tuesday, October 13, 1987
Decided Monday, June 27, 1988
Opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia
Appearance No. 5
Westfall v. Erwin
No. 86-714
484 U.S. 292
Argued Monday, November 2, 1987
Decided Wednesday, January 13, 1988
Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall
Appearance No. 6
McLaughlin v. Richland Shoe Company
No. 86-1520
486 U.S. 128
Argued Wednesday, February 24, 1988
Decided Monday, May 16, 1988
Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens
Appearance No. 7
Pittston Coal Group v. Sebben
No. 87-821
488 U.S. 105
Argued Monday, October 3, 1988
Decided Tuesday, December 6, 1988
Opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia
Appearance No. 8
DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services
No. 87-154
489 U.S. 189
Argued Wednesday, November 2, 1988
Decided Wednesday, February 22, 1989
Opinion by Justice William Rehnquist
Appearance No. 9
Mesa v. California
No. 87-1206
489 U.S. 121
Argued Tuesday, December 6, 1988
Decided Tuesday, February 21, 1989
Opinion by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Appearance No. 10
Florida v. Bostick
No. 89-1717
501 U.S. 429
Argued Tuesday, February 26, 1991
Decided Thursday, June 20, 1991
Opinion by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Appearance No. 11
Florence County School District Four v. Carter
No. 91-1523
510 U.S. 7
Argued Wednesday, October 6, 1993
Decided Tuesday, November 9, 1993
Opinion by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Appearance No. 12
Cohen v. de la Cruz
No. 96-1923
523 U.S. 213
Argued Tuesday, January 20, 1998
Decided Tuesday, March 24, 1998
Opinion by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Appearance No. 13
Archer v. Warner
No. 01-1418
538 U.S. 314
Argued Monday, January 13, 2003
Decided Monday, March 31, 2003
Opinion by Justice Stephen Breyer
Appearance No. 14
Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh
No. 03-377
543 U.S. 50
Argued Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Decided Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Opinion by Justice Ruth Ginsburg
Appearance No. 15
Exxon Corp v. Allapattah Services
No. 04-70
545 U.S. 546
Argued Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Decided Thursday, June 23, 2005
Opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy
Appearance No. 16
Weyhrauch v. United States
No. 08-1196
561 U.S. 476
Argued Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Decided Thursday, June 24, 2010
Appearance No. 17
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
No. 09-1159
563 U.S. 776
Argued Monday, February 28, 2011
Decided Monday, June 6, 2011
Opinion by Justice John Roberts
Appearance No. 18