Affirmative action was set to dominate the court's agenda during the 1997-98 term, but the justices refused to hear one case, and another was involved settled out of court. Instead, sexual harassment became the most visible issue on the docket. The pages linked below take an in-depth look at the major cases of the 1997-98 term, including summaries and the full text of each key decision, the justices' votes and background from The Post's archives: