| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
301
| Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. | 555 U.S. 7 (2008)
| National Environmental Policy Act • impact of naval sonar testing on marine mammals • environmental impact statements | Stevens (in part) | |
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102
| Chambers v. United States | 555 U.S. 122 (2009)
| Armed Career Criminal Act • definition of "violent felony" | Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg | |
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403
| Herring v. United States | 555 U.S. 135 (2009)
| Fourth Amendment • exclusionary rule • effect of police negligence on search | Souter | |
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104
| Locke v. Karass | 555 U.S. 207 (2009)
| First Amendment • public employee union fees imposed on nonmembers | Unanimous | |
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105
| Van de Kamp v. Goldstein | 555 U.S. 335 (2009)
| Section 1983 • failure to disclose impeachment evidence of state witnesses • prosecutorial immunity | Unanimous | |
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206
| Nelson v. United States | 555 U.S. 350 (2009)
| United States Sentencing Guidelines • confession of error | Alito | |
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307
| Ysursa v. Pocatello Ed. Assn. | 555 U.S. 353 (2009)
| First Amendment • public employee unions • state ban on payroll deductions for political activities | | |
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208
| Carcieri v. Salazar | 555 U.S. 379 (2009)
| Indian Reorganization Act • legal status of Narragansett Tribe • authority of Secretary of the Interior to take land in trust | | |
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209
| Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. linkLine Communications, Inc. | 555 U.S. 438 (2009)
| antitrust law • Sherman Antitrust Act • predatory pricing • wholesale DSL service | Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg | |
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210
| Pleasant Grove City v. Summum | 555 U.S. 460 (2009)
| First Amendment • free speech • government speech • public forums | | |
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411
| Summers v. Earth Island Institute | 555 U.S. 488 (2009)
| Forest Service Decisionmaking and Appeals Reform Act • regulatory exceptions to notice and comment procedures • Article III • standing | Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg | |
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212
| Wyeth v. Levine | 555 U.S. 555 (2009)
| Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act • FDA-approved pharmaceutical labeling • federal preemption • failure-to-warn of risks | | |
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413
| Kelly v. California | 555 U.S. 1020 (2008)
| Due Process Clause • Eighth Amendment • death penalty • victim impact evidence | | |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari, in a case that involved the admissibility of "victim impact evidence" during the sentencing phase of a capital trial. |
414
| Bartlett v. Strickland | 556 U.S. 1 (2009)
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 • legislative redistricting • vote dilution | | |
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415
| Vermont v. Brillon | 556 U.S. 81 (2009)
| Sixth Amendment • Speedy Trial Clause • delay attributable to court-appointed defense counsel | Stevens | |
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316
| Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc. | 556 U.S. 208 (2009)
| Clean Water Act • environmental impact of power plant cooling water intake • national performance standards based on cost-benefit analysis | | |
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417
| Arizona v. Gant | 556 U.S. 332 (2009)
| Fourth Amendment • search incident to arrest • vehicle search | | |
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118
| Ministry of Defense and Support for Armed Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi | 556 U.S. 36 (2009)
| attachment to judgment in favor of foreign government • Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 • Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 | Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Thomas, Alito; Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg (in part) | |
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119
| Shinseki v. Sanders | 556 U.S. 396 (2009)
| denial of benefits by Department of Veterans Affairs • failure to give notice of required evidence • harmless error | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito | |
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420
| FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. | 556 U.S. 502 (2009)
| Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 • indecency ban on broadcast television • fleeting expletives | Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg | |
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421
| Dean v. United States | 556 U.S. 568 (2009)
| federal criminal law • mandatory additional sentence discharge of firearm during crime • proof of intent • rule of lenity | | |
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222
| Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. | 556 U.S. 635 (2009)
| appeal after removal to state court • supplemental jurisdiction | Souter | |
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123
| Flores-Figueroa v. United States | 556 U.S. 646 (2009)
| federal criminal law • identity theft • knowing use of another person's identification | Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg | |
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424
| Ashcroft v. Iqbal | 556 U.S. 662 (2009)
| post-9/11 detention • qualified immunity • collateral order doctrine • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure • sufficiency of pleadings in discrimination case | | |
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425
| Montejo v. Louisiana | 556 U.S. 778 (2009)
| Fifth Amendment • right against self-incrimination • police interrogation after invocation of right to counsel | | |
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426
| Thompson v. McNeil | 556 U.S. 1114 (2009)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • substantial delay | | |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
127
| Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez | 557 U.S. 1 (2009)
| Tonnage Clause • local property tax on vessels | Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg; Alito (in part) | |
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128
| Nijhawan v. Holder | 557 U.S. 29 (2009)
| immigration law • removal after conviction of aggravated felony • threshold for monetary loss caused by crime | Unanimous | |
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429
| Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. | 557 U.S. 167 (2009)
| Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 • disparate treatment claim • but-for causation • burden of persuasion | Souter, Ginsburg | |
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230
| Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council | 557 U.S. 261 (2009)
| Clean Water Act • Army Corps of Engineers authority to issue slurry discharge permit | | |
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431
| Horne v. Flores | 557 U.S. 433 (2009)
| Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 • state funding of English language instruction • Article III • standing • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure • relief from judgment based on changed circumstances • No Child Left Behind Act | Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg | |
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532
| O'Brien v. O'Laughlin | 557 U.S. 1301 (2009)
| habeas corpus • bail pending appeal | | |
| Breyer denied the government's application for a stay of the grant of a habeas corpus petition. |
