| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
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101
| Los Angeles County v. Humphries • [ full text ] | 562 U.S. 29 (2010)
| 42 U.S.C. § 1983 • "policy or custom" liability requirement • damages | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor | |
| Breyer's 8-0 opinion held that a municipality can only be liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for an injury caused by that municipality's own "policy or custom", regardless of whether the plaintiff seeks prospective relief or monetary damages. |
202
| Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC | 562 U.S. 223 (2011)
| National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 • state law design defect claims • federal preemption | | |
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103
| Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc. | 562 U.S. 323 (2011)
| National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 • Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards on seat belt design • state law torts against auto manufacturers • federal preemption | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor | |
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204
| Snyder v. Phelps | 562 U.S. 443 (2011)
| First Amendment • free speech • intentional infliction of emotional distress | | |
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205
| Pepper v. United States | 562 U.S. 476 (2011)
| Federal Sentencing Guidelines • consideration of postsentencing rehabilitation | | |
|
406
| Milner v. Department of Navy | 562 U.S. 562 (2011)
| Freedom of Information Act • exemption for internal personnel rules | | |
|
107
| Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. | 563 U.S. 1 (2011)
| Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 • antiretaliation provision • oral intracompany complaints | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor | |
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308
| Cullen v. Pinholster | 563 U.S. 170 (2011)
| Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • introduction of new evidence in habeas corpus proceedings • Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel | | |
|
409
| AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion | 563 U.S. 333 (2011)
| Federal Arbitration Act • federal preemption • class actions | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
|
110
| CIGNA Corp. v. Amara | 563 U.S. 421 (2011)
| ERISA • failure to provide proper notice of plan changes • court authority to reform plan as equitable relief | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Kagan | |
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411
| Chamber of Commerce of United States of America v. Whiting | 563 U.S. 582 (2011)
| Immigration Reform and Control Act • Legal Arizona Workers Act • state requirement that businesses use E-Verify • suspension or revocation of business licenses for hiring unauthorized aliens • federal preemption | Ginsburg | |
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112
| United States v. Tinklenberg | 563 U.S. 647 (2011)
| Speedy Trial Act of 1974 • effect of pretrial motions on delay | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor; Roberts, Scalia, Thomas (in part) | |
|
113
| Fowler v. United States | 563 U.S. 668 (2011)
| federal witness tampering crime • likelihood victim was intending to communicate with federal officer | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
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414
| Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior Univ. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. | 563 U.S. 776 (2011)
| patent law • University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980 • vesting of federally funded patents in inventors or contractors | Ginsburg | |
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515
| Kiyemba v. Obama | 563 U.S. 954 (2011)
| Guantanamo Bay detainees | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor | |
| Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
216
| Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership | 564 U.S. 91 (2011)
| Patent Act of 1952 • presumption of patent validity • on-sale bar • clear and convincing evidence | Scalia, Alito | |
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417
| Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders | 564 U.S. 135 (2011)
| SEC Rule 10b-5 • participation of corporate affiliate in making false statements | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
|
418
| Davis v. United States | 564 U.S. 229 (2011)
| Fourth Amendment • exclusionary rule • good faith reliance on binding appellate precedent | Ginsburg | |
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119
| Turner v. Rogers | 564 U.S. 431 (2011)
| Due Process Clause • right to counsel in civil contempt hearing for indigent defendant facing incarceration | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
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420
| Stern v. Marshall | 564 U.S. 462 (2011)
| Article III • bankruptcy court authority to decide state law counterclaim | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
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421
| Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. | 564 U.S. 552 (2011)
| state law restrictions on sale or disclosure of drug prescriber information • First Amendment • free speech | Ginsburg, Kagan | |
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422
| Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. | 564 U.S. 786 (2011)
| First Amendment • freedom of speech • restriction on sale of violent video games to minors | | |
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223
| J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro | 564 U.S. 873 (2011)
| Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • personal jurisdiction over foreign manufacturer in state product liability suit • purposeful availment of the forum | Alito | |
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424
| Leal Garcia v. Texas | 564 U.S. 940 (2011)
| Vienna Convention on Consular Relations • domestication of international law • due process | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of a stay of execution |
425
| Valle v. Florida | 564 U.S. 1067 (2011)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty | | |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of stay, in a case arguing that executing the petitioner after he spent 33 years on death row constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. |
