2008

Case	Docket Number(s)	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	Outcome	Vote	Author	Topics
14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett	07-581	12/01/2008	04/01/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit		5-4	Clarence Thomas	mandatory arbitration of civil rights claims under collective bargaining agreements
Abuelhawa v. U.S.	08-192	03/04/2009	05/26/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit		9-0	David H. Souter	misdemeanor felony drugs
Al-Marri v. Spagone	08-368	04/27/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit				terrorism Immigration
Altria Group v. Good	07-562	10/06/2008	12/15/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit		5-4	John Paul Stevens	Tobacco preemption food and drug regulation consumer fraud advertising claims
Alvarez v. Smith	08-351	10/14/2009	12/08/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	Vacated and remanded as moot.	8-0	Stephen G. Breyer	detention of personal property
Arizona v. Gant	07-542	10/07/2008	04/21/2009	Supreme Court of Arizona		5-4	John Paul Stevens	Warrantless search Police search Fourth Amendment
Arizona v. Johnson	07-1122	12/09/2008	01/26/2009	The Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division Two		9-0	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Search and seizure
Arthur Andersen v. Carlisle	08-146	03/03/2009	05/04/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit		6-3	Antonin Scalia	Federal arbitration act
Ashcroft v. Iqbal	07-1015	12/10/2008	05/18/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit		5-4	Anthony M. Kennedy	Qualified immunity
AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen	07-543	12/10/2008	05/18/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit		7-2	David H. Souter	Title VII Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Atlantic Sounding Co. v Townsend	08-214	03/02/2009	06/25/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit		5-4	Clarence Thomas	willful failure to pay maintenance and cure Punitive damages
Bartlett v. Strickland	07-689	10/14/2008	03/09/2009	Supreme Court of North Carolina		5-4		voting rights act
Bell v. Kelly	07-1223	11/12/2008	11/17/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	Dismissed.			Federal habeas corpus
Bobby v. Bies	08-598	04/27/2009	06/01/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit		9-0	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	mentally retarded Double Jeopardy Clause death penalty
Boyle v. U.S.	07-1309	01/14/2009	06/08/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit		7-2	Samuel A. Alito, Jr.	statutory interpretation RICO reliance causation
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. U.S.; Shell Oil Co. v. U.S.	07-1601; 07-1607	02/24/2009	05/04/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit		8-1	John Paul Stevens	CERCLA
Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company	08-22	03/03/2009	06/08/2009	Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia		5-4	Anthony M. Kennedy	Judges Due Process Clause Campaign contributions
Carcieri v. Salazar	07-526	11/03/2008	02/24/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit		6-3	Clarence Thomas	sovereignty Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
Carlsbad Technology v. HIF Bio	07-1437	02/24/2009	05/04/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit		9-0	Clarence Thomas	supplemental jurisdiction appellate review
Chambers v. U.S.	06-11206	11/10/2008	01/13/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit		9-0	Stephen G. Breyer	Sentencing & right to appeal Sentencing Enhanced sentencing
Citizens United v. FEC	08-205	03/24/2009	01/21/2010	United States District Court for the District of Columbia	In setting a date to hear re-arguments, the court noted: "The parties should address the following question: 'For the disposition of this case, should the court overrule either or both Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce and a part of McConnell v. FEC, which addresses the facial validity of Section 203 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002?'"	5-4	Anthony M. Kennedy	1st Amendment & election campaigns
Coeur Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council	07-984/07-990	01/12/2009	06/22/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit		6-3	Anthony M. Kennedy	Clean water act
Cone v. Bell	07-1114	12/09/2008	04/28/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit		7-2	John Paul Stevens	Habeas corpus
Corley v. U.S.	07-10441	01/21/2009	04/06/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit		5-4	David H. Souter	suppression of a voluntary confession federal law
Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville	06-1595	10/08/2008	01/26/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit		9-0	David H. Souter	retaliation employment law
Cuomo v. Clearing House	08-453	04/28/2009	06/29/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit		5-4	Antonin Scalia	visitorial powers state fair lending law 12 USC § 484 12 CFR § 7.4000
Dean v. U.S.	08-5274	03/04/2009	04/29/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit		7-2	John G. Roberts, Jr.	Enhanced sentencing
District Attorney’s Office for the Third Judicial District v. Osborne	08-6	03/02/2009	06/18/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit		5-4	John G. Roberts, Jr.	Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause
Eisenstein v. New York City	08-660	04/21/2009	06/08/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit		9-0	Clarence Thomas	Rule 4(a)(1)(B) Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(1)(A) f false claims act
Entergy Corp. v. EPA; PSEG Fossil, LLC v. Riverkeeper, Inc.; Utility Water Act Group v. Riverkeeper	07-588	12/02/2008	04/01/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit		6-3	Antonin Scalia	Clean water act
FCC v. Fox Television Stations	07-582	11/04/2008	04/28/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit		5-4	Antonin Scalia	FCC Broadcast indecency Administrative Procedure Act
Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee	07-1125	12/02/2008	01/21/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit		9-0	Samuel A. Alito, Jr.	Title IX sex bias
Flores-Figueroa v. U.S.	08-108	12/25/2008	05/04/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit		9-0	Stephen G. Breyer	Identity theft
Forest Grove School District v. T. A.	08-305	04/28/2009	06/22/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit		6-3	John Paul Stevens	special education Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Gross v. FBL Financial Services	08-441	03/31/2009	06/18/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit		5-4	Clarence Thomas	non-Title VII discrimination
Harbison v. Bell	07-8521	01/12/2009	04/01/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit		7-2	John Paul Stevens	Terrorist Death Penalty Enhancement Act of 2005 Right to counsel clemency
Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs	07-1372	02/25/2009	03/31/2009	Supreme Court of Hawaii		9-0	Samuel A. Alito, Jr.	states rights land use congressional statute
Haywood v. Drown	07-10374	12/03/2008	05/26/2009	New York Court of Appeals		5-4	John Paul Stevens	supremacy clause state law
Hedgpeth v. Pulido	07-544	10/15/2008	12/02/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit		6-3		structural error jury instructions Habeas corpus criminal procedure
Herring v. U.S.	07-513	10/07/2008	01/14/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit		5-4	John G. Roberts, Jr.	Search and seizure Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule evidence
Horne v. Flores; Speaker of the Arizona House v. Flores	08-289; 08-294	04/20/2009	06/25/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit		5-4	Samuel A. Alito, Jr.	injunctive relief
Iraq v. Beaty; Iraq v. Simon	07-1090; 08-539	04/20/2009	06/08/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia		9-0	Antonin Scalia	U.S. jurisdiction Iraq
Jimenez v. Quarterman	07-6984	11/04/2008	01/13/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit		9-0	Clarence Thomas	time limits criminal procedure Certificate of appeal
Johnson v. U.S.	08-6925	10/06/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit				violent felony Armed Career Criminal Act
Jones v. Harris Associates	08-586	11/02/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				Investment Company Act
Kansas v. Colorado	105 Original	12/01/2008	03/09/2009	Original Supreme Court jurisdiction		9-0	Samuel A. Alito, Jr.	Water dispute Damages
Kansas v. Ventris	07-1356	01/21/2009	04/29/2009	Supreme Court of Kansas		7-2	Antonin Scalia	witness Right to counsel
Kennedy v. DuPont Plan Administrator	07-636	10/07/2008	01/26/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit		9-0	David H. Souter	retirement Pensions ERISA divorce
Knowles v. Mirzayance	07-1315	01/13/2009	03/24/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit		9-0	Clarence Thomas	Insanity ineffective assistance of counsel
Locke v. Karass	07-610	10/06/2008	01/21/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit		9-0	Stephen G. Breyer	union fees

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