2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia

The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008, and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the twenty-third term of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's tenure on the Court.
Antonin Scalia 2008 term statistics
11
Majority or Plurality
7
Concurrence
0
Other
6
Dissent
1
Concurrence/dissent Total = 25
Bench opinions = 22 Opinions relating to orders = 3 In-chambers opinions = 0
Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Thomas (14) Least joined by: Stevens (4)
Type Case Citation Issues Joined by Other opinions
401



Oregon v. Ice 555 U.S. 160 (2009)

Sixth Amendment  • right to jury trial  • imposition of consecutive sentences for multiple offenses Roberts, Souter, Thomas
Ginsburg
202



Pleasant Grove City v. Summum 555 U.S. 460 (2009)

First Amendment  • free speech  • government speech  • public forums Thomas
Alito
Stevens
Souter
Breyer
103



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 Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
Kennedy
Breyer
204



Negusie v. Holder 555 U.S. 511 (2009)

immigration law  • Refugee Act of 1980  • persecutor bar for refugee applicants Alito
Kennedy
Stevens
Thomas
405



Marlowe v. United States 555 U.S. 963 (2008)

Sixth Amendment  • right to trial by jury  • United States Sentencing Guidelines
Scalia dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
406



Sorich v. United States 555 U.S. 1204 (2009)

honest services fraud
Scalia dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
107



Puckett v. United States 556 U.S. 129 (2009)

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure  • plain-error standard for unpreserved claims of error  • breach of plea agreement Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito
Souter
308



Harbison v. Bell 556 U.S. 180 (2009)

federally appointed counsel in state clemency proceedings  • certificate of appealability
Stevens
Roberts
Thomas
109



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 Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
Breyer
Stevens
110



United States v. Navajo Nation 556 U.S. 287 (2009)

Navajo Nation  • Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Act of 1950  • Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977  • failure of Secretary of Interior to promptly approve tribal coal lease royalty rate increase Unanimous
Souter
211



Arizona v. Gant 556 U.S. 332 (2009)

Fourth Amendment  • search incident to arrest  • vehicle search
Stevens
Breyer
Alito
112



FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. 556 U.S. 502 (2009)

Public Telecommunications Act of 1992  • indecency ban on broadcast television  • fleeting expletives Roberts, Thomas, Alito; Kennedy (in part)
Kennedy
Thomas
Stevens
Ginsburg
Breyer
113



Kansas v. Ventris 556 U.S. 586 (2009)

Sixth Amendment  • admissibility of unconstitutionally elicited statement as impeachment evidence Roberts, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer, Alito
Stevens
114



Arthur Andersen LLP v. Carlisle 556 U.S. 624 (2009)

Federal Arbitration Act  • appealability of order denying stay of arbitrable action Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito
Souter
215



Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. 556 U.S. 635 (2009)

appeal after removal to state court  • supplemental jurisdiction
Thomas
Stevens
Breyer
216



Flores-Figueroa v. United States 556 U.S. 646 (2009)

federal criminal law  • identity theft  • knowing use of another person's identification Thomas
Breyer
Alito
117



Montejo v. Louisiana 556 U.S. 778 (2009)

Fifth Amendment  • right against self-incrimination  • police interrogation after invocation of right to counsel Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
Alito
Stevens
Breyer
118



Republic of Iraq v. Beaty 556 U.S. 848 (2009)

Iraq–United States relations  • Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976  • Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act  • state-sponsored terrorism Unanimous
419



Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co. 556 U.S. 868 (2009)

Due Process Clause  • recusal  • judicial campaign contributions from litigant
Kennedy
Roberts
420



Yeager v. United States 557 U.S. 110 (2009)

Double Jeopardy Clause  • issue preclusion  • inconsistency between acquittal and hung jury Thomas, Alito
Stevens
Kennedy
Alito
221



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
Kennedy
Breyer
Ginsburg
122



Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts 557 U.S. 305 (2009)

Sixth Amendment  • Confrontation Clause  • forensic analyst affidavits Stevens, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg
Thomas
Kennedy
123



Cuomo v. Clearing House Assn., L. L. C. 557 U.S. 519 (2009)

National Banking Act  • fair-lending laws  • federal preemption Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Thomas
224



Ricci v. DeStefano 557 U.S. 557 (2009)

Title VII  • disparate impact  • exams used for employee promotions
Kennedy
Alito
Ginsburg
425



In re Davis 557 U.S. 952 (2009)

habeas corpus Thomas
Stevens
Scalia dissented from the Court's order that a district court hear and determine a habeas corpus petition.

References

  • "2008 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  • "2008 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  • "2008 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved March 20, 2010.