| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
|---|
401
| Hedgpeth v. Pulido | 557 U.S. 57 (2008)
| Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • felony murder • erroneous jury instructions • harmless error | Souter, Ginsburg | |
|
102
| Altria Group, Inc. v. Good | 555 U.S. 70 (2008)
| tobacco litigation • unfair trade practices • Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act • federal preemption | Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | |
|
403
| Ysursa v. Pocatello Ed. Assn. | 555 U.S. 353 (2009)
| First Amendment • public employee unions • state ban on payroll deductions for political activities | | |
|
404
| Carcieri v. Salazar | 555 U.S. 379 (2009)
| Indian Reorganization Act • legal status of Narragansett Tribe • authority of Secretary of the Interior to take land in trust | | |
|
205
| Pleasant Grove City v. Summum | 555 U.S. 460 (2009)
| First Amendment • free speech • government speech • public forums | Ginsburg | |
|
306
| Negusie v. Holder | 555 U.S. 511 (2009)
| immigration law • Refugee Act of 1980 • persecutor bar for refugee applicants | Breyer | |
|
107
| Wyeth v. Levine | 555 U.S. 555 (2009)
| Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act • FDA-approved pharmaceutical labeling • federal preemption • failure-to-warn of risks | Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | |
|
508
| Walker v. Georgia | 555 U.S. 979 (2008)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • proportionality review | | |
| Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
509
| Kelly v. California | 555 U.S. 1020 (2008)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • victim impact evidence | | |
| Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari, in a case that involved the admissibility of "victim impact evidence" during the sentencing phase of a capital trial. |
210
| Vail v. Stenson | 555 U.S. 1065 (2008)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • stay of execution pending constitutional litigation | Ginsburg | |
| Stevens concurred in the Court's stay of execution of a sentence of death. |
111
| Harbison v. Bell | 556 U.S. 180 (2009)
| federally appointed counsel in state clemency proceedings • certificate of appealability | Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | |
|
412
| 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 | Souter, Ginsburg | |
|
413
| 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett | 556 U.S. 247 (2009)
| Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 • arbitration clause in collective bargaining agreement | | |
|
114
| Arizona v. Gant | 556 U.S. 332 (2009)
| Fourth Amendment • search incident to arrest • vehicle search | Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg | |
|
115
| Cone v. Bell | 556 U.S. 449 (2009)
| Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • state suppression of mitigating evidence • adequate and independent state ground | Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | |
|
416
| FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. | 556 U.S. 502 (2009)
| Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 • indecency ban on broadcast television • fleeting expletives | | |
|
417
| Dean v. United States | 556 U.S. 568 (2009)
| federal criminal law • mandatory additional sentence discharge of firearm during crime • proof of intent • rule of lenity | | |
|
418
| Kansas v. Ventris | 556 U.S. 586 (2009)
| Sixth Amendment • admissibility of unconstitutionally elicited statement as impeachment evidence | Ginsburg | |
|
119
| Burlington N. & S. F. R. Co. v. United States | 556 U.S. 599 (2009)
| Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act • cleanup cost liability for arranger of hazardous waste disposal | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer, Alito | |
|
220
| Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. | 556 U.S. 635 (2009)
| appeal after removal to state court • supplemental jurisdiction | | |
|
221
| AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen | 556 U.S. 701 (2009)
| Pregnancy Discrimination Act • calculating pregnancy leave for pension plan accrual | | |
|
122
| Haywood v. Drown | 556 U.S. 729 (2009)
| Section 1983 • state limitation of liability against corrections officers • Supremacy Clause | Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | |
|
423
| Montejo v. Louisiana | 556 U.S. 778 (2009)
| Fifth Amendment • right against self-incrimination • police interrogation after invocation of right to counsel | Souter, Ginsburg; Breyer (in part) | |
|
424
| CSX Transp., Inc. v. Hensley | 556 U.S. 838 (2009)
| Federal Employers' Liability Act • asbestos litigation • jury instruction on fear-of-cancer damages | | |
|
425
| Boyle v. United States | 556 U.S. 938 (2009)
| Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act • association-in-fact enterprise | Breyer | |
|
526
| Thompson v. McNeil | 556 U.S. 1114 (2009)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • substantial delay | | |
| Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
427
| Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez | 557 U.S. 1 (2009)
| Tonnage Clause • local property tax on vessels | Souter | |
|
428
| District Attorney's Office for Third Judicial Dist. v. Osborne | 557 U.S. 52 (2009)
| Due Process Clause • postconviction access to state evidence for DNA testing • substantive due process | Ginsburg, Breyer; Souter (in part) | |
|
129
| Yeager v. United States | 557 U.S. 110 (2009)
| Double Jeopardy Clause • issue preclusion • inconsistency between acquittal and hung jury | Roberts, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer; Kennedy (in part) | |
|
430
| Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey | 557 U.S. 137 (2009)
| bankruptcy law • enjoined claims | Ginsburg | |
|
431
| Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. | 557 U.S. 167 (2009)
| Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 • disparate treatment claim • but-for causation • burden of persuasion | Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | |
|
132
| Forest Grove School Dist. v. T. A. | 557 U.S. 230 (2009)
| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act • reimbursement for private special education services | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito | |
|
333
| Safford Unified School District v. Redding | 557 U.S. 364 (2009)
| Fourth Amendment • strip search of public school student for contraband | Ginsburg | |
|
234
| In re Davis | 557 U.S. 952 (2009)
| habeas corpus | Ginsburg, Breyer | |
| Stevens concurred in the Court's order that a district court hear and determine a habeas corpus petition, writing to critique Scalia's dissent. |
