In the fifteenth interview session, conducted on March 12, 2003, Linde discusses a U.S. Supreme Court case in 1972 regarding espionage, and talks about his involvement in a lawsuit against the Oregon Bottle Bill. He speaks at length about the process of his appointment to the Oregon Supreme Court in 1977. He then begins to talk about his service as a justice on the court from 1977 to 1990, and discusses his first cases, including one that involved Portland General Electric.