2008
| Case | Docket Number(s) | Date Argued | Date Decided | Appealed From | Outcome | Vote | Author | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas v. Ventris | 07-1356 | 01/21/2009 | 04/29/2009 | Supreme Court of Kansas | 7-2 | Antonin Scalia | ||
| Puckett v. U.S. | 07-9712 | 01/14/2009 | 03/25/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 7-2 | Antonin Scalia | ||
| 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 | ||
| Citizens United v. FEC | 08-205 | 03/24/2009 | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |||||
| 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 | ||
| Travelers Indemnity v. Bailey; Common Law Settlement Counsel v. Bailey | 08-295; 08-307 | 03/30/2009 | 06/18/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | 7-2 | David H. Souter | ||
| Nijhawan v. Holder | 08-495 | 06/15/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 9-0 | Stephen G. Breyer | |||
| 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. | ||
| Yeager v. U.S. | 08-67 | 03/23/2009 | 06/18/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 6-3 | John Paul Stevens | ||
| Johnson v. U.S. | 08-6925 | 10/06/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |||||
| 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 | ||
| Wyeth v. Levine | 06-1249 | 11/03/2008 | 03/04/2009 | Vermont Supreme Court | 6-3 | John Paul Stevens | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Haywood v. Drown | 07-10374 | 12/03/2008 | 05/26/2009 | New York Court of Appeals | 5-4 | John Paul Stevens | ||
| 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 | ||
| U.S. v. Eurodif; USEC v. Eurodif | 07-1059, 07-1078 | 11/04/2008 | 01/26/2009 | United States Federal Circuit Court of Appeals | 9-0 | David H. Souter | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Arizona v. Johnson | 07-1122 | 12/09/2008 | 01/26/2009 | The Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division Two | 9-0 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | ||
| 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. | ||
| Shinseki v. Sanders | 07-1209 | 12/08/2008 | 04/21/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | 6-3 | Stephen G. Breyer | ||
| Philip Morris USA v. Williams | 07-1216 | 12/03/2008 | 03/31/2009 | Supreme Court of Oregon | unsigned | |||
| Bell v. Kelly | 07-1223 | 11/12/2008 | 11/17/2008 | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Dismissed. | |||
| Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council | 07-1239 | 10/08/2008 | 11/12/2008 | United States District Court for the Ninth Circuit | 6-3 | John G. Roberts, Jr. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Knowles v. Mirzayance | 07-1315 | 01/13/2009 | 03/24/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 9-0 | Clarence Thomas | ||
| Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs | 07-1372 | 02/25/2009 | 03/31/2009 | Supreme Court of Hawaii | 9-0 | Samuel A. Alito, Jr. | ||
| U.S. v. Navajo Nation | 07-1410 | 02/23/2009 | 04/06/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | 9-0 | Antonin Scalia | ||
| Ricci v. DeStefano | 07-1428 | 04/22/2009 | 06/29/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | 5-4 | Anthony M. Kennedy | ||
| 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 | ||
| Montejo v. Louisiana | 07-1529 | 01/13/2009 | 05/26/2009 | Supreme Court of Louisiana | 5-4 | Antonin Scalia | ||
| 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 | ||
| Summers v. Earth Island Institute | 07-463 | 10/08/2008 | 03/03/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 5-4 | Antonin Scalia | ||
| Negusie v. Holder | 07-499 | 11/05/2008 | 03/03/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 8-1 | Anthony M. Kennedy | ||
| Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. linkLine Communications | 07-512 | 12/08/2008 | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 9-0 | John G. Roberts, Jr. | |||
| 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. | ||
| Carcieri v. Salazar | 07-526 | 11/03/2008 | 02/24/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | 6-3 | Clarence Thomas | ||
| Arizona v. Gant | 07-542 | 10/07/2008 | 04/21/2009 | Supreme Court of Arizona | 5-4 | John Paul Stevens | ||
| 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 | ||
| Hedgpeth v. Pulido | 07-544 | 10/15/2008 | 12/02/2008 | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 6-3 | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts | 07-591 | 11/10/2008 | 06/25/2009 | Appeals Court of Massachusetts | 5-4 | Antonin Scalia | ||
| U.S. v. Hayes | 07-608 | 11/10/2008 | 02/24/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | 7-2 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | ||
| 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 | ||
| Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi | 07-615 | 01/12/2009 | 04/21/2009 | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 6-3 | Stephen G. Breyer | ||
| 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 |
