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Casesort iconDocket NumberDate ArguedDate DecidedAppealed FromOutcomeVoteAuthoring JusticeTopics
BP America Production Co., et al. v. Watson, Rebecca (12/11/2006)05-66910/04/200612/11/2006Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (June 10, 2005)

Affirmed

7-0Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Carey, Tom (warden) v. Saffold, Tony Eugene (06/17/2002)01-30102/27/200206/17/20029th Circuit Court of Appeals (250 F.3d 1262)

Reversed

5-4Stephen G. Breyer
Day, Patrick v. McDonough, James (FL Dept. of Corrections) (04/26/2006)04-132402/27/200604/26/200611th Circuit Court of Appeals (Nov. 29, 2004)

Affirmed

6-3Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dodd, Michael Donald v. U.S. (06/20/2005)04-528603/22/200506/20/200511th Circuit Court of Appeals (April 16, 2004)

Affirmed

5-4Sandra Day O'Connor
Duncan, Supt., Great Meadow v. Walker, Sherman (06/18/2001)00-12103/26/200106/18/20012nd Circuit Court of Appeals (208 F.3d 357)

Reversed

7-2Sandra Day O'Connor
EC Term of Years Trust v. U.S. (04/30/2007)05-154102/26/200704/30/20075th Circuit Court of Appeals (Jan. 3, 2006)

Affirmed

9-0David H. Souter
Edelman, Leonard v. Lynchburg College (03/19/2002)00-107201/08/200203/19/20024th Circuit Court of Appeals (228 F.3d 503)

Affirmed

9-0David H. Souter
Evans, Mike (acting warden) v. Chavis, Reginald (01/10/2006)04-72111/09/200501/10/20069th Circuit Court of Appeals (Aug. 27, 2004)

Reversed and Remanded

9-0Stephen G. Breyer
Graham County Soil & Water Conservation Dist., et al. v. U.S., ex rel. Wilson, Karen (06/20/2005)04-16904/20/200506/20/20054th Circuit Court of Appeals (April 29, 2004)

Reversed and Remanded

7-2Clarence Thomas
Jinks, Susan v. Richland County, SC (04/22/2003)02-25803/05/200304/22/2003South Carolina Supreme Court

Reversed

9-0Antonin Scalia
John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. U.S.06-116411/06/200701/08/2008Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Aug. 9, 2006)7-0Stephen G. Breyer
Jones, Edith, et al. v. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (05/03/2004)02-120502/24/200405/03/20047th Circuit Court of Appeals (July 18, 2002)

Reversed

9-0John Paul Stevens
Lawrence, Gary v. Florida (02/20/2007)05-882010/31/200602/20/200711th Circuit Court of Appeals (Aug. 26, 2005)

Affirmed

5-4Clarence Thomas
Ledbetter, Lilly v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (05/29/2007)05-107411/27/200605/29/200711th Circuit Court of Appeals (Aug. 23, 2005)

Reversed

5-4Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Lockhart, James v. U.S., et al. (12/07/2005)04-88111/02/200512/07/20059th Circuit Court of Appeals (July 23, 2004)

Affirmed

9-0Sandra Day O'Connor
Mayle, Deneice (Warden) v. Felix, Jacoby (06/23/2005)04-56304/19/200506/23/20059th Circuit Court of Appeals (Aug. 9, 2004)

Affirmed in Part, Reversed (or Vacated) in Part, and Remanded

7-2Ruth Bader Ginsburg
National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Morgan, Abner, Jr. (06/10/2002)00-161401/09/200206/10/20029th Circuit Court of Appeals (232 F.3d 1008)

Reversed

5-4Clarence Thomas
Pliler, Cheryl (Warden) v. Ford, Richard Herman (06/21/2004)03-22104/26/200406/21/20049th Circuit Court of Appeals (Sept. 6, 2002)

Affirmed in Part, Reversed (or Vacated) in Part, and Remanded

7-2Clarence Thomas
Raygor, Lance & Goodchild, James v. Regents of the University of Minnesota (02/27/2002)00-151411/26/200102/27/2002Minnesota Supreme Court (620 N.W.2d 680)

Reversed

6-3Sandra Day O'Connor
Rhines, Charles v. Weber, Douglas (Warden) (03/30/2005)03-904601/12/200503/30/20058th Circuit Court of Appeals (Oct. 7, 2003)

Vacated (or set aside) and Remanded

9-0Sandra Day O'Connor
Semtek International, Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp. (02/27/2001)99-155112/05/200002/27/2001Maryland Court of Special Appeals (736 A.2d 1104)

Affirmed

9-0Antonin Scalia
Stogner, Mario v. California (06/26/2003)01-175703/31/200306/26/2003California Court of Appeals, 1st Appellate District (Nov. 21, 2001)

Affirmed

5-4Stephen G. Breyer
Wallace, Andre v. Kato, Kristen & Roy, Eugene (02/21/2007)05-124011/06/200602/21/20077th Circuit Court of Appeals (March 8, 2006)

Affirmed

7-2Antonin Scalia
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