Type |
Case |
Citation |
Issues |
Joined by |
Other opinions |
201
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Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter |
558 U.S. 100 (2009)
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appealability of disclosure orders adverse to attorney–client privilege • collateral order doctrine |
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202
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McDaniel v. Brown |
558 U.S. 120 (2010)
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habeas corpus • sufficiency of the evidence review • DNA evidence |
Scalia |
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403
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Presley v. Georgia |
558 U.S. 209 (2010)
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Sixth Amendment • right to public trial • exclusion of public from jury voir dire |
Scalia |
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304
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Citizens United v. Federal Election Comm'n |
558 U.S. 310 (2010)
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campaign finance reform • Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 • First Amendment • free speech • corporate speech |
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206
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Johnson v. Bredesen |
558 U.S. 1067 (2009)
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Eighth Amendment • death penalty |
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Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari. |
207
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Wilkins v. Gaddy |
559 U.S. 34 (2010)
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Eighth Amendment • use of excessive force |
Scalia |
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208
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Maryland v. Shatzer |
559 U.S. 98 (2010)
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Fifth Amendment • Miranda rights • release to general prison population as break in custody |
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109
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Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick |
559 U.S. 154 (2010)
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copyright law • prelitigation registration requirement • subject matter jurisdiction |
Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito |
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110
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Bloate v. United States |
559 U.S. 196 (2010)
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Speedy Trial Act • exclusion of time granted to prepare pretrial motions |
Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor |
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211
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Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P. A. v. United States |
559 U.S. 229 (2010)
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Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 • bankruptcy attorneys as debt relief agencies |
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112
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United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa |
559 U.S. 260 (2010)
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bankruptcy law • undue hardship discharge of student loan debt • failure to serve creditor with summons and complaint |
Unanimous |
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213
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Berghuis v. Smith |
559 U.S. 314 (2010)
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Sixth Amendment • right to impartial jury representing cross-section of community |
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214
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Jones v. Harris Associates |
559 U.S. 335 (2010)
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Investment Company Act of 1940 • investment advisor compensation as breach of fiduciary duty |
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215
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Perdue v. Kenny A. |
559 U.S. 542 (2010)
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Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976 • calculation of attorney's fees |
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416
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Noriega v. Pastrana |
559 U.S. 917 (2010)
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Military Commissions Act of 2006 • Third Geneva Convention • extradition of prisoner of war • habeas corpus • Suspension Clause |
Scalia |
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Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari in a proceeding brought by former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to challenge his extradition to France upon his release from federal prison. |
417
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Graham v. Florida |
560 U.S. 48 (2010)
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Eighth Amendment • cruel and unusual punishment • sentencing of juveniles to life imprisonment for nonhomicide crimes |
Scalia; Alito (in part) |
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418
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United States v. Comstock |
560 U.S. 126 (2010)
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Necessary and Proper Clause • civil commitment of mentally ill, sexually dangerous prisoners |
Scalia (in part) |
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219
|
United States v. O'Brien |
560 U.S. 218 (2010)
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use of machine gun in federal crime as element or sentencing factor |
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120
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Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co. |
560 U.S. 242 (2010)
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Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 • award of attorney's fees |
Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor; Stevens (in part) |
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221
|
Samantar v. Yousuf |
560 U.S. 305 (2010)
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Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act • immunity for officials of foreign states |
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222
|
Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc. |
560 U.S. 413 (2010)
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discriminatory state taxation • comity |
Scalia |
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223
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Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder |
560 U.S. 563 (2010)
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Immigration and Nationality Act • discretionary cancellation of removal proceedings • drug possession as aggravated felony |
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124
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Astrue v. Ratliff |
560 U.S. 586 (2010)
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Equal Access to Justice Act • award of attorney's fees • administrative offset to satisfy debt to government |
Unanimous |
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125
|
Schwab v. Reilly |
560 U.S. 770 (2010)
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bankruptcy law • Chapter 7 • trustee objections to claimed estate exemptions |
Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Sotomayor |
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426
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Doe v. Reed |
561 U.S. 186 (2010)
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public disclosure of referendum petitions • First Amendment • free speech |
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127
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Granite Rock Co. v. Teamsters |
561 U.S. 287 (2010)
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Labor Management Relations Act • arbitration of collective bargaining agreement ratification date |
Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito; Stevens, Sotomayor (in part) |
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128
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Magwood v. Patterson |
561 U.S. 320 (2010)
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habeas corpus • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • claims in second or successive applications |
Scalia; Stevens, Breyer, Sotomayor (in part) |
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229
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McDonald v. Chicago |
561 U.S. 742 (2010)
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Second Amendment • Fourteenth Amendment • Incorporation Doctrine • gun control |
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