Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
201 | Summers v. Earth Island Institute | 555 U.S. 488 (2009)
| Forest Service Decisionmaking and Appeals Reform Act • regulatory exceptions to notice and comment procedures • Article III • standing | | |
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102 | Negusie v. Holder | 555 U.S. 511 (2009)
| immigration law • Refugee Act of 1980 • persecutor bar for refugee applicants | Roberts, Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg | |
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103 | Bartlett v. Strickland | 556 U.S. 1 (2009)
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 • legislative redistricting • vote dilution | Roberts, Alito | |
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304 | Ministry of Defense and Support for Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi | 556 U.S. 366 (2009)
| attachment to judgment in favor of foreign government • Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 • Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 | Souter, Ginsburg | |
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205 | Nken v. Holder | 556 U.S. 418 (2009)
| immigration law • Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 • stay of removal order | Scalia | |
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206 | FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. | 556 U.S. 202 (2009)
| Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 • indecency ban on broadcast television • fleeting expletives | | |
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107 | Ashcroft v. Iqbal | 556 U.S. 662 (2009)
| post-9/11 detention • qualified immunity • collateral order doctrine • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure • sufficiency of pleadings in discrimination case | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito | |
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108 | Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co. | 556 U.S. 868 (2009)
| Due Process Clause • recusal • judicial campaign contributions from litigant | Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | |
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109 | United States v. Denedo | 556 U.S. 904 (2009)
| Uniform Code of Military Justice • coram nobis • All Writs Act | Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | |
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510 | N.C.P. Marketing Group, Inc. v. BG Star Productions, Inc. | 556 U.S. 1145 (2009)
| bankruptcy law • Chapter 11 • assumption of pre-bankruptcy executory contracts by debtor-in-possession | Breyer | |
Kennedy filed a statement respecting the denial of certiorari. |
211 | Yeager v. United States | 557 U.S. 110 (2009)
| Double Jeopardy Clause • issue preclusion • inconsistency between acquittal and hung jury | | |
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112 | Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council | 557 U.S. 261 (2009)
| Clean Water Act • Army Corps of Engineers authority to issue slurry discharge permit | Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito; Scalia (in part) | |
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413 | Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts | 557 U.S. 305 (2009)
| Sixth Amendment • Confrontation Clause • forensic analyst affidavits | Roberts, Breyer, Alito | |
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114 | Ricci v. DeStefano | 557 U.S. 557 (2009)
| Title VII • disparate impact • exams used for employee promotions | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito | |
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