2008

Case	Docket Number(s)	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	Outcome	Vote	Author	Topics
Montana v. Wyoming	137 Original			Original				Yellowstone River water rights
Bell v. Kelly	07-1223	11/12/2008	11/17/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	Dismissed.			Federal habeas corpus
Citizens United v. FEC	08-205	03/24/2009		United States District Court for the District of Columbia				1st Amendment & election campaigns
Al-Marri v. Spagone	08-368	04/27/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit				terrorism Immigration
McDaniel v. Brown	08-559	10/13/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				sexual assault Federal habeas corpus
Mohawk Industries v. Carpenter	08-678			United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit				Discovery attorney-client privilege
Maryland v. Shatzer	08-680			Court of Appeals of Maryland				Right to counsel Interrogation Police
Salazar v. Buono	08-472	10/07/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				religion establishment clause Article III standing
Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment	08-604	10/07/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				Railway Labor Act due process Arbitration
Smith v. Spisak	08-724	10/13/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit				Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA)
Alvarez v. Smith	08-351	10/14/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				detention of personal property
Padilla v. Kentucky	08-651	10/13/2009		Supreme Court of Kentucky				Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel Deportation
Johnson v. U.S.	08-6925	10/06/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit				violent felony Armed Career Criminal Act
Reed Elvesier v. Muchnick	08-203	10/07/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit				copyright
Jones v. Harris Associates	08-586	11/02/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				Investment Company Act
Perdue v. Kenny	08-970	10/14/2009		United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit				attorney fees
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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	minority rights local government election test
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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	Jury Double Jeopardy Clause
U.S. v. v. Denedo	08-267	03/25/2009	06/08/2009	Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces		6-3	Anthony M. Kennedy	writ of error coram nobis court-martial
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
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
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

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