The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008, and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the twenty-third term of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's tenure on the Court. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oregon v. Ice | 555 U.S. 160 (2009) |
Sixth Amendment • right to jury trial • imposition of consecutive sentences for multiple offenses | Roberts, Souter, Thomas |
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Pleasant Grove City v. Summum | 555 U.S. 460 (2009) |
First Amendment • free speech • government speech • public forums | Thomas |
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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 | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito |
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Negusie v. Holder | 555 U.S. 511 (2009) |
immigration law • Refugee Act of 1980 • persecutor bar for refugee applicants | Alito |
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Marlowe v. United States | 555 U.S. 963 (2008) |
Sixth Amendment • right to trial by jury • United States Sentencing Guidelines | |||||||||||||||||||
Scalia dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sorich v. United States | 555 U.S. 1204 (2009) |
honest services fraud | |||||||||||||||||||
Scalia dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Puckett v. United States | 556 U.S. 129 (2009) |
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure • plain-error standard for unpreserved claims of error • breach of plea agreement | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito |
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Harbison v. Bell | 556 U.S. 180 (2009) |
federally appointed counsel in state clemency proceedings • certificate of appealability |
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Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc. | 556 U.S. 208 (2009) |
Clean Water Act • environmental impact of power plant cooling water intake • national performance standards based on cost-benefit analysis | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito |
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United States v. Navajo Nation | 556 U.S. 287 (2009) |
Navajo Nation • Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Act of 1950 • Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 • failure of Secretary of Interior to promptly approve tribal coal lease royalty rate increase | Unanimous |
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Arizona v. Gant | 556 U.S. 332 (2009) |
Fourth Amendment • search incident to arrest • vehicle search |
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FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. | 556 U.S. 502 (2009) |
Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 • indecency ban on broadcast television • fleeting expletives | Roberts, Thomas, Alito; Kennedy (in part) |
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Kansas v. Ventris | 556 U.S. 586 (2009) |
Sixth Amendment • admissibility of unconstitutionally elicited statement as impeachment evidence | Roberts, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer, Alito |
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Arthur Andersen LLP v. Carlisle | 556 U.S. 624 (2009) |
Federal Arbitration Act • appealability of order denying stay of arbitrable action | Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito |
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Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. | 556 U.S. 635 (2009) |
appeal after removal to state court • supplemental jurisdiction |
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Flores-Figueroa v. United States | 556 U.S. 646 (2009) |
federal criminal law • identity theft • knowing use of another person's identification | Thomas |
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Montejo v. Louisiana | 556 U.S. 778 (2009) |
Fifth Amendment • right against self-incrimination • police interrogation after invocation of right to counsel | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito |
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Republic of Iraq v. Beaty | 556 U.S. 848 (2009) |
Iraq–United States relations • Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 • Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act • state-sponsored terrorism | Unanimous | ||||||||||||||||||
Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co. | 556 U.S. 868 (2009) |
Due Process Clause • recusal • judicial campaign contributions from litigant |
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Yeager v. United States | 557 U.S. 110 (2009) |
Double Jeopardy Clause • issue preclusion • inconsistency between acquittal and hung jury | Thomas, Alito |
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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 |
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Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts | 557 U.S. 305 (2009) |
Sixth Amendment • Confrontation Clause • forensic analyst affidavits | Stevens, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg |
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Cuomo v. Clearing House Assn., L. L. C. | 557 U.S. 519 (2009) |
National Banking Act • fair-lending laws • federal preemption | Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
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Ricci v. DeStefano | 557 U.S. 557 (2009) |
Title VII • disparate impact • exams used for employee promotions |
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In re Davis | 557 U.S. 952 (2009) |
habeas corpus | Thomas |
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Scalia dissented from the Court's order that a district court hear and determine a habeas corpus petition. |
References
- "2008 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
- "2008 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
- "2008 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
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