2012 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia

The 2012 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2012, and concluded October 6, 2013. This was the twenty-seventh term of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's tenure on the Court.
Antonin Scalia 2012 term statistics
8
Majority or Plurality
5
Concurrence
0
Other
12
Dissent
1
Concurrence/dissent Total = 26
Bench opinions = 24 Opinions relating to orders = 2 In-chambers opinions = 0
Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Thomas (16) Least joined by: Breyer (4)
Type Case Citation Issues Joined by Other opinions
101



United States v. Bormes • [full text] 568 U.S. 6, 7–16 (2012)

Fair Credit Reporting Act  • Little Tucker Act  • waiver of sovereign immunity Unanimous
Scalia's unanimous opinion for the Court held that the Little Tucker Act had no applicability to claims brought under the FCRA. The purpose of the Little Tucker Act was to provide judicial remedies for claims against the federal government that were authorized by statutes that did not provide a method for enforcement. As such, it is a gap-filling statute, and so the Court ruled that its provisions do not apply when another statute itself sets forth the conditions by which it is to be enforced, as the FCRA does.
102



Smith v. United States 568 U.S. 106, 107–14 (2013)

withdrawal from a conspiracy as affirmative defense  • burden of proof  • Due Process Clause Unanimous
203



Bailey v. United States 568 U.S. 186, 203–06 (2013)

Fourth Amendment  • detention incident to the execution of a search warrant Ginsburg, Kagan
Kennedy
Breyer
404



Henderson v. United States 568 U.S. 266, 280–88 (2013)

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure  • Rule 52(b)  • plain error Thomas, Alito
Breyer
205



Johnson v. Williams 568 U.S. 289, 306–12 (2013)

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996  • habeas corpus  • presumption of adjudication on the merits
Alito
406



Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds 568 U.S. 455, 483–86 (2013)

securities fraud  • Securities Exchange Act of 1934 §10(b)  • SEC Rule 10b-5  • fraud-on-the-market theory  • materiality  • class certification
Ginsburg
Alito
Thomas
307



Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center 568 U.S. 597, 616–26 (2013)

Clean Water Act  • Industrial Stormwater rule
Kennedy
Roberts
408



Haynes v. Thaler • [full text] 568 U.S. 970, 971–73 (2012)

ineffective assistance of counsel  • procedural default Thomas, Alito
Sotomayor
Scalia dissented from the Court's granting of a stay of execution.
109



Florida v. Jardines 569 U.S. 1, 3–12 (2013)

Fourth Amendment  • detection dogs  • curtilage Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Kagan
Alito
110



Comcast Corp. v. Behrend 569 U.S. 27, 29–38 (2013)

antitrust law  • class action certification Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
Ginsburg and Breyer
411



US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen 569 U.S. 88, 106–07 (2013)

Employee Retirement Income Security Act  • health plan reimbursement from recovery from third parties  • unjust enrichment  • double-recovery rule  • common-fund doctrine Roberts, Thomas, Alito
Kagan
112



Arlington v. FCC 569 U.S. 290, 293–307 (2013)

Telecommunications Act of 1996  • Chevron deference to agency interpretation of its own statutory jurisdiction Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Breyer
Roberts
413



McQuiggin v. Perkins 569 U.S. 383, 401–12 (2013)

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996  • actual innocence  • miscarriage of justice Roberts, Thomas; Alito (in part)
Ginsburg
414



Trevino v. Thaler 569 U.S. 413, 434 (2013)

ineffective assistance of counsel  • procedural default Thomas
Breyer
Roberts
415



Maryland v. King 569 U.S. 435, 466–82 (2013)

Fourth Amendment  • DNA profiling of arrestees  • warrantless search Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Kennedy
216



Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. 569 U.S. 576, 596 (2013)

patent law  • gene patents  • DNA extraction  • BRCA mutation
Thomas
217



United States v. Davila 569 U.S. 597, 613 (2013)

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 11  • vacatur of guilty pleas  • prejudicial error Thomas
Ginsburg
118



Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Ariz., Inc. 570 U.S. 1, 4–20 (2013)

National Voter Registration Act of 1993  • Elections Clause  • Arizona Proposition 200 (2004) Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan; Kennedy (in part)
Kennedy
Thomas
Alito
419



Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society Int'l, Inc. 570 U.S. 205, 221–27 (2013)

United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003  • Spending Clause  • conditions imposed on recipients of federal funding  • First Amendment  • free speech Thomas
Roberts
120



American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant 570 U.S. 228, 231–39 (2013)

Federal Arbitration Act  • Sherman Antitrust Act  • class action Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
Thomas
Kagan
221



Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin 570 U.S. 297, 315 (2013)

affirmative action  • race as factor in college admissions  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause
Kennedy
Thomas
Ginsburg
422



United States v. Kebodeaux 570 U.S. 387, 406 (2013)

Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act  • Necessary and Proper Clause
Breyer
Roberts
Alito
Thomas
423



Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl 570 U.S. 637, 667–68 (2013)

Indian Child Welfare Act  • termination of parental rights
Alito
Thomas
Breyer
Sotomayor
124



Sekhar v. United States 570 U.S. 729, 730–38 (2013)

Hobbs Act  • definition of extortion Roberts, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
Alito
425



United States v. Windsor 570 U.S. 744, 778–802 (2013)

Fifth Amendment  • equal protection  • Defense of Marriage Act  • same-sex marriage Thomas; Roberts (in part)
Kennedy
Roberts
Alito
426



Brown v. Plata 570 U.S. 938, 938–40 (2013)

Prison Litigation Reform Act  • prison overcrowding Thomas
Scalia dissented from the Court's denial of an application for a stay.

References

  • "2012 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  • "2012 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  • "2012 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 7, 2013.