Type |
Case |
Citation |
Issues |
Joined by |
Other opinions |
401
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Hedgpeth v. Pulido |
557 U.S. 57 (2008)
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Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • felony murder • erroneous jury instructions • harmless error |
Souter, Ginsburg |
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102
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Altria Group, Inc. v. Good |
555 U.S. 70 (2008)
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tobacco litigation • unfair trade practices • Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act • federal preemption |
Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
|
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403
|
Ysursa v. Pocatello Ed. Assn. |
555 U.S. 353 (2009)
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First Amendment • public employee unions • state ban on payroll deductions for political activities |
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404
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Carcieri v. Salazar |
555 U.S. 379 (2009)
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Indian Reorganization Act • legal status of Narragansett Tribe • authority of Secretary of the Interior to take land in trust |
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|
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205
|
Pleasant Grove City v. Summum |
555 U.S. 460 (2009)
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First Amendment • free speech • government speech • public forums |
Ginsburg |
|
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306
|
Negusie v. Holder |
555 U.S. 511 (2009)
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immigration law • Refugee Act of 1980 • persecutor bar for refugee applicants |
Breyer |
|
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107
|
Wyeth v. Levine |
555 U.S. 555 (2009)
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Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act • FDA-approved pharmaceutical labeling • federal preemption • failure-to-warn of risks |
Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
|
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508
|
Walker v. Georgia |
555 U.S. 979 (2008)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • proportionality review |
|
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Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
509
|
Kelly v. California |
555 U.S. 1020 (2008)
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Eighth Amendment • death penalty • victim impact evidence |
|
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Stevens filed a statement respecting 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. |
210
|
Vail v. Stenson |
555 U.S. 1065 (2008)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • stay of execution pending constitutional litigation |
Ginsburg |
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Stevens concurred in the Court's stay of execution of a sentence of death. |
111
|
Harbison v. Bell |
556 U.S. 180 (2009)
|
federally appointed counsel in state clemency proceedings • certificate of appealability |
Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
|
|
412
|
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 |
Souter, Ginsburg |
|
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413
|
14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett |
556 U.S. 247 (2009)
|
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 • arbitration clause in collective bargaining agreement |
|
|
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114
|
Arizona v. Gant |
556 U.S. 332 (2009)
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Fourth Amendment • search incident to arrest • vehicle search |
Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg |
|
|
115
|
Cone v. Bell |
556 U.S. 449 (2009)
|
Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • state suppression of mitigating evidence • adequate and independent state ground |
Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
|
|
416
|
FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. |
556 U.S. 502 (2009)
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Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 • indecency ban on broadcast television • fleeting expletives |
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417
|
Dean v. United States |
556 U.S. 568 (2009)
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federal criminal law • mandatory additional sentence discharge of firearm during crime • proof of intent • rule of lenity |
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|
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418
|
Kansas v. Ventris |
556 U.S. 586 (2009)
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Sixth Amendment • admissibility of unconstitutionally elicited statement as impeachment evidence |
Ginsburg |
|
|
119
|
Burlington N. & S. F. R. Co. v. United States |
556 U.S. 599 (2009)
|
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act • cleanup cost liability for arranger of hazardous waste disposal |
Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer, Alito |
|
|
220
|
Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. |
556 U.S. 635 (2009)
|
appeal after removal to state court • supplemental jurisdiction |
|
|
|
221
|
AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen |
556 U.S. 701 (2009)
|
Pregnancy Discrimination Act • calculating pregnancy leave for pension plan accrual |
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|
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122
|
Haywood v. Drown |
556 U.S. 729 (2009)
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Section 1983 • state limitation of liability against corrections officers • Supremacy Clause |
Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
|
|
423
|
Montejo v. Louisiana |
556 U.S. 778 (2009)
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Fifth Amendment • right against self-incrimination • police interrogation after invocation of right to counsel |
Souter, Ginsburg; Breyer (in part) |
|
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424
|
CSX Transp., Inc. v. Hensley |
556 U.S. 838 (2009)
|
Federal Employers' Liability Act • asbestos litigation • jury instruction on fear-of-cancer damages |
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425
|
Boyle v. United States |
556 U.S. 938 (2009)
|
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act • association-in-fact enterprise |
Breyer |
|
|
526
|
Thompson v. McNeil |
556 U.S. 1114 (2009)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • substantial delay |
|
|
Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
427
|
Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez |
557 U.S. 1 (2009)
|
Tonnage Clause • local property tax on vessels |
Souter |
|
|
428
|
District Attorney's Office for Third Judicial Dist. v. Osborne |
557 U.S. 52 (2009)
|
Due Process Clause • postconviction access to state evidence for DNA testing • substantive due process |
Ginsburg, Breyer; Souter (in part) |
|
|
129
|
Yeager v. United States |
557 U.S. 110 (2009)
|
Double Jeopardy Clause • issue preclusion • inconsistency between acquittal and hung jury |
Roberts, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer; Kennedy (in part) |
|
|
430
|
Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey |
557 U.S. 137 (2009)
|
bankruptcy law • enjoined claims |
Ginsburg |
|
|
431
|
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, Breyer |
|
|
132
|
Forest Grove School Dist. v. T. A. |
557 U.S. 230 (2009)
|
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act • reimbursement for private special education services |
Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito |
|
|
333
|
Safford Unified School District v. Redding |
557 U.S. 364 (2009)
|
Fourth Amendment • strip search of public school student for contraband |
Ginsburg |
|
|
234
|
In re Davis |
557 U.S. 952 (2009)
|
habeas corpus |
Ginsburg, Breyer |
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Stevens concurred in the Court's order that a district court hear and determine a habeas corpus petition, writing to critique Scalia's dissent. |