Future U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor was a judge on the Superior Court of Maricopa County, Arizona from 1975 until 1979, and on the Arizona Court of Appeals from 1980 until 1981. The tables below list her reported opinions as a member of those courts.

Arizona Supreme Court

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1975

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State v. Ferrari

541 P.2d 921 (Ariz. 1975)

Criminal
O'Connor and another Arizona Superior Court judge sat by designation on the Arizona Supreme Court for this case, due to the nonparticipation of two justices.

Arizona Court of Appeals

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1980

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Bugh v. Bugh

608 P.2d 329 (1980)

Employment law: worker's compensation


Fernandez v. United Acceptance Corp.

610 P.2d 461 (1980)

Tort: invasion of privacy


State v. Miguel

611 P.2d 125 (1980)

Criminal: right to jury trial


Cooper v. Arizona W. College Dist. Governing Bd.

610 P.2d 465 (1980)



J. C. Penney Co. v. Arizona Dep't of Revenue

610 P.2d 471 (1980)

Taxation; landlord-tenant; equal protection


Lowman v. Mesa

611 P.2d 943 (1980)

Tort: negligence


Andrews v. Andrews

612 P.2d 511

Family law: child support


O'Malley Lumber Co. v. Riley

613 P.2d 629

Mechanics' liens


Johnson v. American Nat'l Ins. Co.

613 P.2d 1275 (1980)

Contracts


Helena Chem. Co. v. Coury Bros. Ranches

616 P.2d 908 (1980)

Civil procedure: motion for new trial


Terry v. Linscott Hotel Corp.

617 P.2d 56

Real property: duty towards guests


Lewis v. Swenson

617 P.2d 69

Tort: medical malpractice


Blair v. Stump

617 P.2d 791

Due process: criminal procedure


Sende Vista Water Co. v. Phoenix

617 P.2d 1158



State v. Brooks

618 P.2d 624

Rights of the accused: privilege against self-incrimination


Thompson v. Arizona Dep't of Economic Sec.

619 P.2d 1070 (1980)

Employment law: unemployment benefits


Roosen v. Schaffer

621 P.2d 33

Landlord-tenant


El Mirage v. Industrial Comm'n

621 P.2d 286 (1980)

Employment law


Ott v. Samaritan Health Serv.

622 P.2d 44 (1980)

Tort: medical malpractice


Nolden v. Industrial Comm'n

622 P.2d 60 (1980)

Employment law


Gardiner v. Arizona Dep't of Economic Sec.

623 P.2d 33 (1980)

Employment law: unemployment benefits


Pinnacle Peak Developers v. TRW Inv. Corp.

631 P.2d 540 (1980)

Contract law: parol evidence

1981

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Ryan v. Industrial Comm'n

623 P.2d 37 (1981)

Workers compensation


State v. Blevins

623 P.2d 853 (1981)

Criminal: jury instructions on elements of crime


State v. Morgan

625 P.2d 951 (1981)

Criminal: jury instructions on lesser-included offenses


State v. Schoonover

626 P.2d 141 (1981)

Criminal procedure: deposition of witnesses


Cote v. A. J. Bayless Mkts.

626 P.2d 602 (1981)

Landlord-tenant


Parkway Mfg. v. Industrial Comm'n

626 P.2d 612 (1981)

Workers compensation


Magma Copper Co., San Manuel Div. v. Arizona Dep't of Economic Sec.

625 P.2d 935 (1981)

Workers compensation


State v. Gessner

626 P.2d 1119 (1981)

Rights of the accused: waiver of appeal


Owens v. Industrial Comm'n

628 P.2d 962 (1981)

Workers compensation


Food Prods. Corp. v. Industrial Comm'n

630 P.2d 31 (1981)

Workers compensation


Hughes Aircraft Co. v. Industrial Comm'n

630 P.2d 56 (1981)

Workers compensation


D. E. S. Youth Conservation Corps. v. Industrial Comm'n

630 P.2d 58 (1981)

Workers compensation


Miller v. Arnal Corp.

632 P.2d 987 (1981)

Tort: duty to rescue


Franco v. Industrial Comm'n

633 P.2d 446 (1981)

Workers compensation


Hunter v. Industrial Comm'n

633 P.2d 1052 (1981)

Workers compensation


Western Casualty & Sur. Co. v. Int'l Spas

634 P.2d 3 (1981)

Insurance


St. Joseph's Hosp. & Medical Ct. v. Maricopa County

635 P.2d 527 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1981)

Public funding of health care Haire, Jacobson
O'Connor affirmed judgment as modified for a private hospital against the county for reimbursement of medical costs for an indigent patient.


Bloom v. Fry's Food Stores

636 P.2d 1229 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1981)

Tort: personal injury Haire, Jacobson
O'Connor reversed the trial court's judgment in a slip-and-fall case that the plaintiff, who had slipped on grape on floor, had failed to show the defendant supermarket's actual or constructive knowledge of dangerous condition.


United Riggers Erectors v. Industrial Comm'n

640 P.2d 189 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1981)

Workers compensation Wren, Froeb
O'Connor affirmed judgment for permanent benefits to an employee injured in an industrial accident who was subsequently incarcerated for mail fraud; held that employee was entitled to benefits because he did not lose his job for his criminal conviction, but because of his injury


Judicial opinions of Sandra Day O'Connor
Maricopa County, Arizona Superior Court (1975 - 1979), Arizona Court of Appeals (1980 - 1981)
Supreme Court of the United States (September 25, 1981 - January 31, 2005)
(organized by term)