The 2011 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2011, and concluded September 30, 2012. This was the nineteenth term of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's tenure on the Court. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cavazos v. Smith • [ full text ] | 565 U.S. 1 (2011) | Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | Breyer, Sotomayor |
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Ginsburg dissented from the Court's per curiam granting of certiorari and reversal of the Ninth Circuit's judgment (its third in the course of the litigation), believing the Court erred in reviewing "a notably fact-bound case" because it was "bent on rebuking the Ninth Circuit for what it conceives to be defiance of our prior remands...I would not ignore Smith’s plight and choose her case as a fit opportunity to teach the Ninth Circuit a lesson." | |||||||||||||||
CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood | 565 U.S. 95 (2012) | Federal Arbitration Act • Credit Repair Organizations Act |
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Minneci v. Pollard | 565 U.S. 118 (2012) | Eighth Amendment • cruel and unusual punishment • privately-run prison • adequate alternative causes of action under state tort law |
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Perry v. New Hampshire | 565 U.S. 228 (2012) | Due Process Clause • eyewitness identification made under suggestible circumstances | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan |
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Maples v. Thomas | 565 U.S. 266 (2012) | habeas corpus • excusable procedural default • abandonment by counsel | Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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Golan v. Holder | 565 U.S. 302 (2012) | copyright • Berne Convention • public domain | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Sotomayor |
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Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC | 565 U.S. 368 (2012) | Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 • federal question jurisdiction • presumption of concurrent jurisdiction with state courts | Unanimous | ||||||||||||
Kawashima v. Holder | 565 U.S. 478 (2012) | immigration law • conviction for false tax return as basis for deportation | Breyer, Kagan |
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Howes v. Fields | 565 U.S. 499 (2012) | Miranda warning • custodial status of prison inmate during interrogation | Breyer, Sotomayor |
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Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Md. | 566 U.S. 30 (2012) | Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 • self-care provision • Fourteenth Amendment • abrogation of state sovereign immunity | Breyer; Sotomayor, Kagan (in part) |
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Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc. | 566 U.S. 93 (2012) | Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act • date of assessment of compensation rate |
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Sackett v. EPA | 566 U.S. 120 (2012) | Clean Water Act • discharge of pollutants into navigable waters • finality of EPA compliance order under Administrative Procedure Act |
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Vartelas v. Holder | 566 U.S. 257 (2012) | Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 • effect of conviction on lawful permanent resident seeking reentry • antiretroactivity principle | Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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Filarsky v. Delia | 566 U.S. 46 (2012) | qualified immunity • private individuals temporarily working for government |
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Wood v. Milyard | 566 U.S. 463 (2012) | habeas corpus • court of appeals raising sua sponte deliberately forfeited statute of limitation defense | Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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Astrue v. Capato | 566 U.S. 541 (2012) | Social Security • eligibility of posthumously conceived children for survivor's benefits • definition of child under state intestacy law | Unanimous | ||||||||||||
Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. | 566 U.S. 560 (2012) | Court Interpreters Act • document translation expenses as court costs awardable to prevailing parties | Breyer, Sotomayor |
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Reichle v. Howards | 566 U.S. 658 (2012) | First Amendment • retaliatory arrest • qualified immunity • Secret Service | Breyer |
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FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. | 567 U.S. 239 (2012) | FCC regulation of indecent broadcasting content • fleeting expletives or nudity • Due Process Clause • void for vagueness doctrine |
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National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius | 567 U.S. 519 (2012) | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act • individual mandate • Anti-Injunction Act • Commerce Clause • Necessary and Proper Clause • Medicaid expansion • coercive conditions on federal spending | Sotomayor; Breyer, Kagan (in part) |
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FCC v. CBS Corp. | 567 U.S. 953 (2012) | FCC regulation of indecent broadcasting content • Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy • fleeting expletives |
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Ginsburg concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari. |
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