Cases - 2008 term

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Case Docket No. Argued Decided Majority Author Vote
14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett 07-581 12/01/2008 04/01/2009 Clarence Thomas 5-4
Abuelhawa v. United States 08-192 03/04/2009 05/26/2009 David H. Souter 9-0
Al-Marri v. Pucciarelli 08-368
Altria Group v. Good 07-562 10/06/2008 12/15/2008 John Paul Stevens 5-4
Arizona v. Gant 07-542 10/07/2008 04/21/2009 John Paul Stevens 5-4
Arizona v. Johnson 07-1122 12/09/2008 01/26/2009 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 9-0
Arthur Andersen, LLP v. Carlisle 08-146 03/03/2009 05/04/2009 Antonin Scalia 6-3
Ashcroft v. Iqbal 07-1015 12/10/2008 05/18/2009 Anthony M. Kennedy 5-4
AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen 07-543 12/10/2008 05/18/2009 David H. Souter 7-2
Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc. v. Townsend 08-214 03/02/2009 06/25/2009 Clarence Thomas 5-4
Bartlett v. Strickland 07-689 10/14/2008 03/09/2009 Anthony M. Kennedy 5-4
Bell v. Kelly 07-1223 11/12/2008 11/17/2008
Bobby v. Bies 08-598 04/27/2009 06/01/2009 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 9-0
Boyle v. United States 07-1309 01/14/2009 06/08/2009 Samuel A. Alito, Jr. 7-2
Burlington Northern v. United States 07-1601 02/24/2009 05/04/2009 John Paul Stevens 8-1
Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., Inc. 08-22 03/03/2009 06/08/2009 Anthony M. Kennedy 5-4
Carcieri v. Salazar 07-526 11/03/2008 02/24/2009 Clarence Thomas
Carlsbad Tech., Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. 07-1437 02/24/2009 05/04/2009 Clarence Thomas 9-0
Chambers v. United States 06-11206 11/10/2008 01/13/2009 Stephen G. Breyer 9-0
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission 08-205 03/24/2009 01/21/2010 Anthony M. Kennedy 5-4
Coeur Alaska v. S.E. Alaska Conservation Council 07-984 01/12/2009 06/22/2009 Anthony M. Kennedy 6-3
Cone v. Bell 07-1114 12/09/2008 04/28/2009 John Paul Stevens 7-2
Corley v. United States 07-10441 01/21/2009 04/06/2009 David H. Souter 5-4
Crawford v. Nashville and Davidson County, TN 06-1595 10/08/2008 01/26/2009 David H. Souter 9-0
CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Hensley 08-1034 06/01/2009 7-2
Cuomo v. Clearing House Association 08-453 04/28/2009 06/29/2009 Antonin Scalia 5-4
Dean v. United States 08-5274 03/04/2009 04/29/2009 John G. Roberts, Jr. 7-2
District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District v. Osborne 08-6 03/02/2009 06/18/2009 John G. Roberts, Jr. 5-4
Entergy Corporation v. EPA 07-588 12/02/2008 04/01/2009 Antonin Scalia 6-3
FCC v. Fox Television Stations 07-582 11/04/2008 04/28/2009 Antonin Scalia 5-4
Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee 07-1125 12/02/2008 01/21/2009 Samuel A. Alito, Jr. 9-0
Flores-Figueroa v. United States 08-108 02/25/2009 05/04/2009 Stephen G. Breyer 9-0
Forest Grove School District v. T.A. 08-305 04/28/2009 06/22/2009 John Paul Stevens 6-3
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. 08-441 03/31/2009 06/18/2009 Clarence Thomas 5-4
Harbison v. Bell 07-8521 01/12/2009 04/01/2009 John Paul Stevens 7-2
Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs 07-1372 02/25/2009 03/31/2009 Samuel A. Alito, Jr. 9-0
Haywood v. Drown 07-10374 12/03/2008 05/26/2009 John Paul Stevens 5-4
Hedgpeth v. Pulido 07-544 10/15/2008 12/02/2008 6-3
Herring v. United States 07-513 10/07/2008 01/14/2009 John G. Roberts, Jr. 5-4
Horne v. Flores 08-289 04/20/2009 06/25/2009 Samuel A. Alito, Jr. 5-4
Jimenez v. Quarterman 07-6984 11/04/2008 01/13/2009 Clarence Thomas 9-0
Kansas v. Colorado 105 ORIG 12/01/2008 03/09/2009 Samuel A. Alito, Jr. 9-0
Kansas v. Ventris 07-1356 01/21/2009 04/29/2009 Antonin Scalia 7-2
Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for Dupont Savings and Investment Plan 07-636 10/07/2008 01/26/2009 David H. Souter 9-0
Knowles v. Mirzayance 07-1315 01/13/2009 03/24/2009 Clarence Thomas 6-3
Locke v. Karass 07-610 10/06/2008 01/21/2009 Stephen G. Breyer 9-0
Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts 07-591 11/10/2008 06/25/2009 Antonin Scalia 5-4
Ministry of Defense of Iran v. Elahi 07-615 01/12/2009 04/21/2009 Stephen G. Breyer 6-3
Montejo v. Louisiana 07-1529 01/13/2009 05/26/2009 Antonin Scalia 5-4
Moore v. United States 07-10689 10/14/2008 9-0