2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008 and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the fifteenth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court .
Stephen Breyer 2008 term statistics
8
 Majority or Plurality
7
 Concurrence
1
 Other
13
 Dissent
3
 Concurrence/dissent Total = 32
Bench opinions = 29 Opinions relating to orders = 2 In-chambers opinions = 1
Unanimous opinions: 3 Most joined by: Souter (13) Least joined by: Thomas (5)
Type Case Citation Issues Joined by Other opinions
3-01



Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 555 U.S. 7 (2008)

 National Environmental Policy Act  • impact of naval sonar testing on marine mammals  • environmental impact statements Stevens (in part)
Roberts
 Ginsburg
1-02



Chambers v. United States 555 U.S. 122 (2009)

 Armed Career Criminal Act  • definition of "violent felony" Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg
Alito
4-03



Herring v. United States 555 U.S. 135 (2009)

 Fourth Amendment  • exclusionary rule  • effect of police negligence on search Souter
Roberts
 Ginsburg
1-04



Locke v. Karass 555 U.S. 207 (2009)

 First Amendment  • public employee union fees imposed on nonmembers Unanimous
Alito
1-05



Van de Kamp v. Goldstein 555 U.S. 335 (2009)

 Section 1983  • failure to disclose impeachment evidence of state witnesses  • prosecutorial immunity Unanimous
2-06



Nelson v. United States 555 U.S. 350 (2009)

 United States Sentencing Guidelines  • confession of error Alito
per curiam
3-07



Ysursa v. Pocatello Ed. Assn. 555 U.S. 353 (2009)

 First Amendment  • public employee unions  • state ban on payroll deductions for political activities
Roberts
 Ginsburg
 Stevens
 Souter
2-08



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
Thomas
 Souter
 Stevens
2-09



Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. linkLine Communications, Inc. 555 U.S. 438 (2009)

 antitrust law  • Sherman Antitrust Act  • predatory pricing  • wholesale DSL service Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg
Roberts
2-10



Pleasant Grove City v. Summum 555 U.S. 460 (2009)

 First Amendment  • free speech  • government speech  • public forums
Alito
 Stevens
 Scalia
 Souter
4-11



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 Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg
Scalia
 Kennedy
2-12



Wyeth v. Levine 555 U.S. 555 (2009)

 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act  • FDA-approved pharmaceutical labeling  • federal preemption  • failure-to-warn of risks
Stevens
 Thomas
 Alito
4-13



Kelly v. California 555 U.S. 1020 (2008)

 Due Process Clause  • Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • victim impact evidence
Stevens
Breyer dissented from 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.
4-14



Bartlett v. Strickland 556 U.S. 1 (2009)

 Voting Rights Act of 1965  • legislative redistricting  • vote dilution
Kennedy
 Thomas
 Souter
 Ginsburg
4-15



Vermont v. Brillon 556 U.S. 81 (2009)

 Sixth Amendment  • Speedy Trial Clause  • delay attributable to court-appointed defense counsel Stevens
Ginsburg
3-16



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
Scalia
 Stevens
4-17



Arizona v. Gant 556 U.S. 332 (2009)

 Fourth Amendment  • search incident to arrest  • vehicle search
Stevens
 Scalia
 Alito
1-18



Ministry of Defense and Support for Armed Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi 556 U.S. 36 (2009)

 attachment to judgment in favor of foreign government  • Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002  • Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Thomas, Alito; Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg (in part)
Kennedy
1-19



Shinseki v. Sanders 556 U.S. 396 (2009)

 denial of benefits by Department of Veterans Affairs  • failure to give notice of required evidence  • harmless error Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
Souter
4-20



FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. 556 U.S. 502 (2009)

 Public Telecommunications Act of 1992  • indecency ban on broadcast television  • fleeting expletives Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg
Scalia
 Kennedy
 Thomas
 Stevens
 Ginsburg
4-21



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
Roberts
 Stevens
2-22



Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. 556 U.S. 635 (2009)

 appeal after removal to state court  • supplemental jurisdiction Souter
Thomas
 Stevens
 Scalia
1-23



Flores-Figueroa v. United States 556 U.S. 646 (2009)

 federal criminal law  • identity theft  • knowing use of another person's identification Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg
Scalia
 Alito
4-24



Ashcroft v. Iqbal 556 U.S. 662 (2009)

 post-9/11 detention  • qualified immunity  • collateral order doctrine  • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure  • sufficiency of pleadings in discrimination case
Kennedy
 Souter
4-25



Montejo v. Louisiana 556 U.S. 778 (2009)

 Fifth Amendment  • right against self-incrimination  • police interrogation after invocation of right to counsel
Scalia
 Alito
 Stevens
4-26



Thompson v. McNeil 556 U.S. 1114 (2009)

 Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • substantial delay
Stevens
 Thomas
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
1-27



Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez 557 U.S. 1 (2009)

 Tonnage Clause  • local property tax on vessels Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg; Alito (in part)
Roberts
 Alito
 Stevens
1-28



Nijhawan v. Holder 557 U.S. 29 (2009)

 immigration law  • removal after conviction of aggravated felony  • threshold for monetary loss caused by crime Unanimous
4-29



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
Thomas
 Stevens
2-30



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
Kennedy
 Scalia
 Ginsburg
4-31



Horne v. Flores 557 U.S. 433 (2009)

 Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974  • state funding of English language instruction  • Article III  • standing  • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure  • relief from judgment based on changed circumstances  • No Child Left Behind Act Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg
Alito
5-32



O'Brien v. O'Laughlin 557 U.S. 1301 (2009)

 habeas corpus  • bail pending appeal
Breyer denied the government's application for a stay of the grant of a habeas corpus petition.

References

Judicial opinions of Stephen Breyer
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1980 - 1994); by calendar year
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Supreme Court of the United States (August 3, 1994 - present); by term
Supreme Court of the United States 2008 term (October 6, 2008 - October 4, 2009)
Opinions by justice:
Chief Justice Roberts | Associate Justices Stevens | Scalia | Kennedy | Souter | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito
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