statutory interpretation

Case	Docket Number	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	Outcome	Vote	Authoring Justice	Topics
Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons	06-9130	10/29/2007		11th Circuit Court of Appeals (unreported-Oct. 19, 2006)				sovereign immunity waiver Federal Tort Claims Act property search statutory interpretation
Watson v. U.S.	06-571	10/09/2007	12/10/2007	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit		9-0	David H. Souter	statutory interpretation Guns firearms 18 U.S.C. sec 924(c)(1)(A)
Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons	06-9130	10/29/2007	01/22/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit		5-4	Clarence Thomas	sovereign immunity waiver Federal Tort Claims Act property search statutory interpretation
Begay v. U.S.	06-11543	01/15/2008	04/16/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit		6-3	Stephen G. Breyer	statutory interpretation Sentencing Guidelines legislative history felony driving while intoxicated crime of violence Booker Armed Career Criminal Act
Burgess v. United States	06-11429	03/24/2008	04/16/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit		9-0	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	statutory interpretation Sentencing rule of lenity narcotics felony drug offense felony drugs controlled substances
U.S. v. Ressam	07-455	03/25/2008	05/19/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit		8-1	John Paul Stevens	terrorism statutory interpretation legislative history explosives
Gomez-Perez v. Potter	06-1321	02/19/2008	05/27/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit		6-3	Samuel A. Alito, Jr.	statutory interpretation sovereign immunity retaliation Age Discrimination in Employment Act Age discrimination
CBOCS West v. Humphries	06-1431	02/20/2008	05/27/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit		7-2	Stephen G. Breyer	Title VII statutory interpretation section 1981 racial discrimination
Cuellar v. United States	06-1456	02/25/2008	06/02/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit		9-0	Clarence Thomas	statutory interpretation money laundering
Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co.	07-210	04/14/2008	06/09/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit		9-0	Clarence Thomas	statutory interpretation RICO reliance causation
Dada v. Mukasey	06-1181	01/07/2008	06/16/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit		5-4	Anthony M. Kennedy	voluntary departure statutory interpretation Immigration adjustment of status
Florida Dep't of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias	07-312	03/26/2008	06/16/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit		7-2	Clarence Thomas	taxation statutory interpretation Federalism Chapter 11 bankruptcy code
Kentucky Retirement Sys. v. EEOC	06-1037	01/09/2008	06/19/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit		5-4	Stephen G. Breyer	statutory interpretation Pensions legislative history Age discrimination
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

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