2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Paul Stevens

Ysursa v. Pocatello Ed. Assn.

555 U.S. 353 (2009)

First Amendment • public employee unions • state ban on payroll deductions for political activities

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

Pleasant Grove City v. Summum

555 U.S. 460 (2009)

First Amendment • free speech • government speech • public forums

Ginsburg

Negusie v. Holder

555 U.S. 511 (2009)

immigration law • Refugee Act of 1980 • persecutor bar for refugee applicants

Breyer

Kennedy

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

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.

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.

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.

Harbison v. Bell

556 U.S. 180 (2009)

federally appointed counsel in state clemency proceedings • certificate of appealability

Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer

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

14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett

556 U.S. 247 (2009)

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 • arbitration clause in collective bargaining agreement

Arizona v. Gant

556 U.S. 332 (2009)

Fourth Amendment • search incident to arrest • vehicle search

Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg

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

FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.

556 U.S. 502 (2009)

Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 • indecency ban on broadcast television • fleeting expletives

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

Kansas v. Ventris

556 U.S. 586 (2009)

Sixth Amendment • admissibility of unconstitutionally elicited statement as impeachment evidence

Ginsburg

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

Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc.

556 U.S. 635 (2009)

appeal after removal to state court • supplemental jurisdiction

AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen

556 U.S. 701 (2009)

Pregnancy Discrimination Act • calculating pregnancy leave for pension plan accrual

Haywood v. Drown

556 U.S. 729 (2009)

Section 1983 • state limitation of liability against corrections officers • Supremacy Clause

Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer

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)

CSX Transp., Inc. v. Hensley

556 U.S. 838 (2009)

Federal Employers' Liability Act • asbestos litigation • jury instruction on fear-of-cancer damages

per curiam

Boyle v. United States

556 U.S. 938 (2009)

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act • association-in-fact enterprise

Breyer

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.

Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez

557 U.S. 1 (2009)

Tonnage Clause • local property tax on vessels

Souter

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)

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)

Kennedy

Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey

557 U.S. 137 (2009)

bankruptcy law • enjoined claims

Ginsburg

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

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

Safford Unified School Dist. #1 v. Redding

557 U.S. 364 (2009)

Fourth Amendment • strip search of public school student for contraband

Ginsburg

In re Davis

557 U.S. 952 (2009)

habeas corpus

Ginsburg, Breyer