2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia

The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice Antonin Scalia during the 2010 term of the Supreme Court of the United States, which began October 4, 2010 and concluded October 1, 2011. This was the twenty-fifth term of Scalia's tenure on the Court.
Antonin Scalia 2010 term statistics 10 Majority or Plurality 10 Concurrence 0 Other 9 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 30 Bench opinions = 27 Opinions relating to orders = 3 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous decisions: 1 Most joined by: Thomas (15) Least joined by: Kagan (4)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
4-01	Allen v. Lawhorn • [full text]	01562 U.S. ___ (2010)	Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act  • Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel	Thomas, Alito
Scalia dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari, where the Eleventh Circuit had set aside a death sentence because the defense attorney did not give a closing argument at sentencing. Scalia believed the Eleventh Circuit failed to properly find that the omission of a closing argument was prejudicial and failed to comply with AEDPA by giving the necessary deference to the state court's judgment. In conclusion, Scalia wrote that "I would not dissent from denial of certiorari if what happened here were an isolated judicial error. It is not. With distressing frequency, especially in capital cases such as this, federal judges refuse to be governed by Congress's command [under AEDPA]...We invite continued lawlessness when we permit a patently improper interference with state justice such as that which occurred in this case to stand."
4-02	Ransom v. FIA Card Services, N. A. • [full text]	02562 U.S. ___ (2011)	Chapter 13  • Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005  • means test		Kagan
Scalia dissented from the Court's opinion holding that a car ownership cost income exemption for Chapter 13 debtors was only available to car owners who made lease or loan payments. The relevant bankruptcy provision incorporated certain cost tables prepared by the IRS as part of the Chapter 13 means test for determining how much income debtors had available to repay creditors. Scalia believed that the statutory phrase "applicable monthly expense amounts" simply directed courts, in this instance, to look at the table column corresponding to how many cars the debtor owned, not to examine whether the debtor actually had real costs of that kind. He also disagreed with the Court's use, in aid of its interpretation, of IRS materials that were supplemental to the tables because the bankruptcy statutes did not incorporate or reference those materials in any way.
2-03	NASA v. Nelson	03562 U.S. ___ (2011)	informational privacy	Thomas
1-04	Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP	04562 U.S. ___ (2011)		Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor
1-05	Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC	05562 U.S. ___ (2011)		Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito
4-06	Michigan v. Bryant	06562 U.S. ___ (2011)
1-07	Staub v. Proctor Hospital	07562 U.S. ___ (2011)		Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor
2-08	Wall v. Kholi	08562 U.S. ___ (2011)
4-09	Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp.	09562 U.S. ___ (2011)		Thomas (in part)
2-10	Connick v. Thompson	10563 U.S. ___ (2011)		Alito
2-11	Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn	11563 U.S. ___ (2011)	First Amendment  • Establishment Clause  • taxpayer standing	Thomas
1-12	Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart	12563 U.S. ___ (2011)	Eleventh Amendment	Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor
1-13	AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion	13563 U.S. ___ (2011)	Federal Arbitration Act  • federal preemption  • class actions	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
4-14	Montana v. Wyoming	14563 U.S. ___ (2011)
2-15	CIGNA Corp. v. Amara	15563 U.S. ___ (2011)		Thomas
1-16	General Dynamics Corp. v. United States	16563 U.S. ___ (2011)		Unanimous
4-17	Brown v. Plata	17563 U.S. ___ (2011)		Thomas
2-18	United States v. Tinklenberg	18563 U.S. ___ (2011)		Roberts, Thomas
2-19	Fowler v. United States	19563 U.S. ___ (2011)
2-20	Camreta v. Greene	20563 U.S. ___ (2011)
1-21	Ashcroft v. al-Kidd	21563 U.S. ___ (2011)		Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
4-22	Sykes v. United States	22564 U.S. ___ (2011)
2-23	Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.	23564 U.S. ___ (2011)
2-24	DePierre v. United States	24564 U.S. ___ (2011)
1-25	Nevada Comm’n on Ethics v. Carrigan	25564 U.S. ___ (2011)		Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
1-26	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes	26564 U.S. ___ (2011)		Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito; Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan (in part)
3-27	Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri	27564 U.S. ___ (2011)
1-28	Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn.	28564 U.S. ___ (2011)		Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
4-29	Derby v. United States	29564 U.S. ___ (2011)	Armed Career Criminal Act
Scalia dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari in four cases involving the "residual provision" of the Armed Career Criminal Act.
4-30	Beer v. United States	30564 U.S. ___ (2011)
Scalia dissented from the Court's grant of certiorari, vacatur of the lower court's judgment, and remand. Scalia noted that he would grant cert. and instead set the case for argument.

References

• 2010 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 2, 2011 .
• 2010 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 2, 2011 .
• 2010 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 2, 2011 .