2008

Case	Docket Number(s)	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	Outcome	Vote	Author	Topics
Montejo v. Louisiana	07-1529	01/13/2009	05/26/2009	Supreme Court of Louisiana		5-4	Antonin Scalia	Right to counsel police interrogation indigent defendant
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
Wyeth v. Levine	06-1249	11/03/2008	03/04/2009	Vermont Supreme Court		6-3	John Paul Stevens	federal preemption of state drug labeling 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
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	United States Forest Service regulatory law facial challenge environmental law administrative procedure
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
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
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
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
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
Montana v. Wyoming	137 Original			Original				Yellowstone River water rights
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
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	Trade Anti-Dumping Act
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
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
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
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
Bartlett v. Strickland	07-689	10/14/2008	03/09/2009	Supreme Court of North Carolina		5-4		voting rights act
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	The Immigration and Nationality Act Asylum
Vaden v. Discover Bank	07-773	10/06/2008	03/09/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit		7-2	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Federal jurisdiction Federal arbitration act
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
Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts	07-591	11/10/2008	06/25/2009	Appeals Court of Massachusetts		5-4	Antonin Scalia	Forensic evidence Confrontation clause
Oregon v. Ice	07-901	10/14/2008	01/14/2009	Supreme Court of Oregon		5-4	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Sixth Amendment Sentencing
Waddington v. Sarausad	07-772	10/15/2008	01/21/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit		6-3	Clarence Thomas	liability jury instructions due process
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	Sentencing Second Amendment
Pearson v. Callahan	07-751	10/14/2008	01/21/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit		9-0	Samuel A. Alito, Jr.	Search and seizure Fourth Amendment consent-once-removed
Pleasant Grove City, Utah v. Summum	07-665	11/12/2008	02/25/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit		9-0	Samuel A. Alito, Jr.	First Amendment
Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Association	07-869	11/03/2008	02/24/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit		6-3	John G. Roberts, Jr.	First Amendment
Kansas v. Colorado	105 Original	12/01/2008	03/09/2009	Original Supreme Court jurisdiction		9-0	Samuel A. Alito, Jr.	Water dispute Damages
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
Philip Morris USA v. Williams	07-1216	12/03/2008	03/31/2009	Supreme Court of Oregon		unsigned		Tobacco Punitive damages due process
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
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	Indian coal lease amendments
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
Kansas v. Ventris	07-1356	01/21/2009	04/29/2009	Supreme Court of Kansas		7-2	Antonin Scalia	witness Right to counsel
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	Veterans affairs benefits claim
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
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
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.	Sherman Antitrust Act
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
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
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.	national security
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
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
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
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	Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act
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
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	Plea agreement plain error review
Rivera v. Illinois	07-9995	02/23/2009	03/31/2009	Supreme Court of Illinois		9-0	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	preemptory challenge criminal defendant
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

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