This is a list of all United States Supreme Court cases from volume 402 of the United States Reports:
| Case name | Citation | Date decided |
|---|---|---|
| Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. of Ed. | 402 U.S. 1 | 1971 |
| Davis v. Bd. of Sch. Comm'rs | 402 U.S. 33 | 1971 |
| McDaniel v. Barresi | 402 U.S. 39 | 1971 |
| N.C. Bd. of Ed. v. Swann | 402 U.S. 43 | 1971 |
| Moore v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. of Ed. | 402 U.S. 47 | 1971 |
| Rosenberg v. Yee Chien Woo | 402 U.S. 49 | 1971 |
| United States v. Vuitch | 402 U.S. 62 | 1971 |
| Ehlert v. United States | 402 U.S. 99 | 1971 |
| Cal. Dept. of Human Resources Development v. Java | 402 U.S. 121 | 1971 |
| James v. Valtierra | 402 U.S. 137 | 1971 |
| Perez v. United States | 402 U.S. 146 | 1971 |
| United States v. S. Ute Tribe | 402 U.S. 159 | 1971 |
| Keyes v. Sch. Dist. | 402 U.S. 182 | 1971 |
| McGautha v. California | 402 U.S. 183 | 1971 |
| Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Ill. Foundation | 402 U.S. 313 | 1971 |
| United States v. Reidel | 402 U.S. 351 | 1971 |
| United States v. Thirty-seven Photographs | 402 U.S. 363 | 1971 |
| Richardson v. Perales | 402 U.S. 389 | 1971 |
| Org. for a Better Austin v. Keefe | 402 U.S. 415 | 1971 |
| California v. Byers | 402 U.S. 424 | 1971 |
| McGee v. United States | 402 U.S. 479 | 1971 |
| Triangle Improvement Council v. Ritchie | 402 U.S. 497 | 1971 |
| Astrup v. INS | 402 U.S. 509 | 1971 |
| Gainesville Util. Dept. v. Fla. Power Corp. | 402 U.S. 515 | 1971 |
| United States v. Ryan | 402 U.S. 530 | 1971 |
| Bell v. Burson | 402 U.S. 535 | 1971 |
| Palmer v. City of Euclid | 402 U.S. 544 | 1971 |
| Bostic v. United States | 402 U.S. 547 | 1971 |
| United States v. Greater Buffalo Press, Inc. | 402 U.S. 549 | 1971 |
| United States v. Int'l Minerals & Chem. Corp. | 402 U.S. 558 | 1971 |
| Chi. & Nw. R.R. Co. v. Transp. Union | 402 U.S. 570 | 1971 |
| NLRB v. Natural Gas Util. Dist. | 402 U.S. 600 | 1971 |
| Coates v. City of Cincinnati | 402 U.S. 611 | 1971 |
| Nelson v. O'Neil | 402 U.S. 622 | 1971 |
| Perez v. Campbell | 402 U.S. 637 | 1971 |
| United States v. Armour & Co. | 402 U.S. 673 | 1971 |
| Dewey v. Reynolds Metals Co. | 402 U.S. 689 | 1971 |
| Connor v. Johnson | 402 U.S. 690 | 1971 |