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Alaska v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Kennedy's opinion

American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Michigan Pub. Serv. Comm'n
Voted with the majority, joined Breyer's opinion

Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Ballard v. Commissionor of Internal Revenue
Voted with the majority, joined Ginsburg's opinion

Bates v. Dow Agrosciences LLC
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Bell v. Cone
Voted with the majority, joined Ginsburg's concurrence

Bell v. Thompson
Voted with the minority, joined Breyer's dissent

Bradshaw v. Stumpf
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Brosseau v. Haugen
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Brown v. Payton
Voted with the minority, joined Souter's dissent

Castle Rock v. Gonzales
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma & Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation v. Leavitt
Voted with the majority, joined Breyer's opinion

City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Clark v. Martinez
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's opinion

Clingman v. Beaver
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc.
Voted with the minority, joined Ginsburg's dissent

Cutter v. Wilkinson
Voted with the majority, joined Ginsburg's opinion

Deck v. Missouri
Voted with the majority, joined Breyer's opinion

Devenpeck v. Alford
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's opinion

Dodd v. United States
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo
Voted with the majority, joined Breyer's opinion

Exxon Corp v. Allapattah Services
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent, joined Ginsburg's dissent

Exxon Mobil v. Saudi Basic Industries
Voted with the majority, joined Ginsburg's opinion

Florida v. Nixon
Voted with the majority, joined Breyer's opinion

Gonzales v. Raich
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Gonzalez v. Crosby
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Grable & Sons Metal Products v. Darue Engineering
Voted with the majority, joined Souter's opinion

Graham County Water District v. United States
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

Granholm v. Heald
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent, joined Thomas' dissent

Halbert v. Michigan
Voted with the majority, joined Ginsburg's opinion

Howell v. Mississippi

Illinois v. Caballes
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Internal Revenue Commissioner v. Banks
Voted with the majority

Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Voted with the minority, joined Souter's dissent

Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Association
Voted with the minority, joined Souter's dissent

Johnson v. California
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Johnson v. California
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Johnson v. U.S.
Voted with the minority, joined Kennedy's dissent

KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression, Inc.
Voted with the majority, joined Souter's opinion

Kansas v. Colorado
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Kelo v. City of New London
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh, Bradley
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Kowalski v. Tesmer
Voted with the minority, joined Ginsburg's dissent

Leocal v. Ashcroft
Voted with the majority, joined Rehnquist's opinion

Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

MGM Studios v. Grokster
Voted with the majority, joined Breyer's concurrence

Mayle v. Felix
Voted with the minority, joined Souter's dissent

McCreary County v. ACLU
Voted with the majority, joined Souter's opinion

Medellin v. Dretke
Voted with the minority, joined O'Connor's dissent, joined Breyer's dissent

Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd.
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's opinion

Mid-Con Freight Systems, Inc. v. Michigan Pub. Serv. Comm'n
Voted with the majority, joined Breyer's opinion

Miller-El v. Dretke
Voted with the majority, joined Souter's opinion

Muehler v. Mena
Voted with the majority, authored a special concurrence

National Cable and Telecomm. Assn v. Brand X Internet Services
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Kirby
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Orff v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Thomas' opinion

Pace v. DiGuglielmo
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Pasquantino v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Thomas' opinion

Rhines v. Weber
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion, authored a concurrence

Rompilla v. Beard
Voted with the majority, joined Souter's opinion

Roper v. Simmons
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Rousey v. Jacoway
Voted with the majority, joined Thomas' opinion

San Diego v. Roe
Voted with the majority

San Remo Hotel v. San Francisco
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Shepard v. U.S.
Voted with the majority, joined Souter's opinion, joined Souter's concurrence

Sherrill, N.Y. v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent

Small v. United States
Voted with the majority, joined Breyer's opinion

Smith v. City of Jackson, Miss.
Voted with the majority, authored an opinion

Smith v. Massachusetts
Voted with the majority, joined Scalia's opinion

Smith v. Texas
Voted with the majority

Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.
Voted with the majority, joined Kennedy's opinion

Stewart v. Dutra Construction Company
Voted with the majority, joined Thomas' opinion

Tenet v. Doe
Voted with the majority, authored a concurrence

Tory v. Cochran
Voted with the majority, joined Breyer's opinion

United States v. Booker
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent in part

Van Orden v. Perry
Voted with the minority, authored a dissent, joined Souter's dissent

Whitfield v. U.S.
Voted with the majority, joined O'Connor's opinion

Wilkinson v. Austin
Voted with the majority, joined Kennedy's opinion

Wilkinson v. Dotson
Voted with the majority, joined Breyer's opinion