Supreme Court of the United States

Opinions of October Term 2008

The 83 opinions the Supreme Court issued in the term that opened in October 2008: 74 signed by a Justice and 9 per curiam.

Decided	Case	Opinion by	Citation	Cited
June 29, 2009	Frank Ricci, et al. v. John Destefano et al.	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	557 U.S. 557 (2009)	1988
June 29, 2009	Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of New York v. the Clearing House Association, L. L. C., et al.	Antonin Scalia	557 U.S. 519 (2009)	169
June 25, 2009	Thomas C. Horne, Superintendent, Arizona Public Instruction v. Miriam Flores et al.	Samuel A. Alito Jr.	557 U.S. 433 (2009)	617
June 25, 2009	Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc., et al. v. Edgar L. Townsend	Clarence Thomas	557 U.S. 404 (2009)	231
June 25, 2009	Safford Unified School District #1, et Al.v. April Redding	David Hackett Souter	557 U.S. 364 (2009)	365
June 25, 2009	Luis E. Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts	Antonin Scalia	557 U.S. 305 (2009)	2882
June 22, 2009	Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council et al.	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	557 U.S. 261 (2009)	109
June 22, 2009	Forest Grove School District v. T. a.	John Paul Stevens	557 U.S. 230 (2009)	381
June 22, 2009	Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, et al.	John Glover Roberts Jr.	557 U.S. 193 (2009)	241
June 18, 2009	Jack Gross v. Fbl Financial Services, Inc.	Clarence Thomas	557 U.S. 167 (2009)	2790
June 18, 2009	The Travelers Indemnity Company, et al. v. Pearlie Bailey et al.	David Hackett Souter	557 U.S. 137 (2009)	579
June 18, 2009	F. Scott Yeager v. United States	John Paul Stevens	557 U.S. 110 (2009)	347
June 18, 2009	District Attorney'S Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. v. William G. Osborne	John Glover Roberts Jr.	557 U.S. 52 (2009)	782
June 15, 2009	Manoj Nijhawan v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General	Stephen Gerald Breyer	557 U.S. 29 (2009)	738
June 15, 2009	Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez, Alaska	Stephen Gerald Breyer	557 U.S. 1 (2009)	101
June 9, 2009	Indiana State Police Pension Trust et al. v. Chrysler Llc et al.	Per curiam	556 U.S. 960 (2009)	–
June 8, 2009	Edmund Boyle v. United States	Samuel A. Alito Jr.	556 U.S. 938 (2009)	823
June 8, 2009	United States Ex Rel. Irwin Eisenstein v. City of New York, New York, et al.	Clarence Thomas	556 U.S. 928 (2009)	298
June 8, 2009	United States v. Jacob Denedo	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	556 U.S. 904 (2009)	365
June 8, 2009	Hugh M. Caperton, et al. v. a. T. Massey Coal Company, Inc., et al.	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	556 U.S. 868 (2009)	1119
June 8, 2009	Republic of Iraq v. Jordan Beaty et al.	Antonin Scalia	556 U.S. 848 (2009)	130
June 1, 2009	Csx Transportation, Inc. v. Thurston Hensley	Per curiam	556 U.S. 838 (2009)	–
June 1, 2009	David Bobby, Warden v. Michael Bies	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	556 U.S. 825 (2009)	222
May 26, 2009	Salman Khade Abuelhawa v. United States	David Hackett Souter	556 U.S. 816 (2009)	–
May 26, 2009	Jesse Jay Montejo v. Louisiana	Antonin Scalia	556 U.S. 778 (2009)	668
May 26, 2009	Keith Haywood v. Curtis Drown, et al.	John Paul Stevens	556 U.S. 729 (2009)	257
May 18, 2009	At&t Corporation v. Noreen Hulteen et al.	David Hackett Souter	556 U.S. 701 (2009)	–
May 18, 2009	John D. Ashcroft, Former Attorney General, et al. v. Javaid Iqbal et al.	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	556 U.S. 662 (2009)	149772
May 4, 2009	Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa v. United States	Stephen Gerald Breyer	556 U.S. 646 (2009)	579
May 4, 2009	Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. Hif Bio, Inc., et al.	Clarence Thomas	556 U.S. 635 (2009)	1311
May 4, 2009	Arthur Andersen Llp, et al. v. Wayne Carlisle et al.	Antonin Scalia	556 U.S. 624 (2009)	968
May 4, 2009	Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, et al. v. United States et al.	John Paul Stevens	556 U.S. 599 (2009)	335
April 29, 2009	Kansas v. Donnie Ray Ventris	Antonin Scalia	556 U.S. 586 (2009)	179
April 29, 2009	Christopher Michael Dean v. United States	John Glover Roberts Jr.	556 U.S. 568 (2009)	279
April 28, 2009	Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., et al.	Antonin Scalia	556 U.S. 502 (2009)	1340
April 28, 2009	Gary Bradford Cone v. Ricky Bell, Warden	John Paul Stevens	556 U.S. 449 (2009)	1055
April 22, 2009	Jean Marc Nken v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General	John Glover Roberts Jr.	556 U.S. 418 (2009)	3500
April 21, 2009	Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs v. Woodrow F. Sanders	Stephen Gerald Breyer	556 U.S. 396 (2009)	2961
April 21, 2009	Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Dariush Elahi	Stephen Gerald Breyer	556 U.S. 366 (2009)	–
April 21, 2009	Arizona v. Rodney Joseph Gant	John Paul Stevens	556 U.S. 332 (2009)	2725
April 6, 2009	Johnnie Corley v. United States	David Hackett Souter	556 U.S. 303 (2009)	913
April 6, 2009	United States v. Navajo Nation	Antonin Scalia	556 U.S. 287 (2009)	450
April 1, 2009	14 Penn Plaza Llc et al. v. Steven Pyett et al.	Clarence Thomas	556 U.S. 247 (2009)	434
April 1, 2009	Entergy Corporation v. Riverkeeper, Inc., et al.	Antonin Scalia	556 U.S. 208 (2009)	182
April 1, 2009	Edward Jerome Harbison v. Ricky Bell, Warden	John Paul Stevens	556 U.S. 180 (2009)	531
March 31, 2009	Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Mayola Williams, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jesse D. Williams, Deceased	Per curiam	556 U.S. 178 (2009)	–
March 31, 2009	Hawaii et al. v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs et al.	Samuel A. Alito Jr.	556 U.S. 163 (2009)	–
March 31, 2009	Michael Rivera v. Illinois	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	556 U.S. 148 (2009)	377
March 25, 2009	James Benjamin Puckett v. United States	Antonin Scalia	556 U.S. 129 (2009)	5608
March 24, 2009	Michael a. Knowles, Warden v. Alexandre Mirzayance	Clarence Thomas	556 U.S. 111 (2009)	2888
March 9, 2009	State of Kansas, Plaintiff v. State of Colorado	Samuel A. Alito Jr.	556 U.S. 98 (2009)	–
March 9, 2009	Vermont v. Michael Brillon	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	556 U.S. 81 (2009)	559
March 9, 2009	Betty E. Vaden v. Discover Bank et al.	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	556 U.S. 49 (2009)	1112
March 9, 2009	Gary Bartlett, Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections et al. v. Dwight Strickland et al.	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	556 U.S. 1 (2009)	2505
March 4, 2009	Wyeth v. Diana Levine	John Paul Stevens	555 U.S. 555 (2009)	1294
March 3, 2009	Daniel Girmai Negusie v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	555 U.S. 511 (2009)	322
March 3, 2009	Priscilla Summers et al. v. Earth Island Institute et al.	Antonin Scalia	555 U.S. 488 (2009)	2335
February 25, 2009	Pleasant Grove City, Utah et al. v. Summum	Samuel A. Alito Jr.	555 U.S. 460 (2009)	739
February 25, 2009	Pacific Bell Telephone Company, Dba At&t California et al. v. Linkline Communications, Inc., et al.	John Glover Roberts Jr.	555 U.S. 438 (2009)	340
February 24, 2009	United States v. Randy Edward Hayes	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	555 U.S. 415 (2009)	322
February 24, 2009	Donald L. Carcieri, Governor of Rhode Island, et al. v. Ken L. Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, et al.	Clarence Thomas	555 U.S. 379 (2009)	326
February 24, 2009	Ben Ysursa, Idaho Secretary of State, et al. v. Pocatello Education Association et al.	John Glover Roberts Jr.	555 U.S. 353 (2009)	177
January 26, 2009	Lawrence W. Nelson Aka Zikee v. United States	Per curiam	555 U.S. 350 (2009)	194
January 26, 2009	John Van De Kamp, et al. v. Thomas Lee Goldstein	Stephen Gerald Breyer	555 U.S. 335 (2009)	855
January 26, 2009	Arizona v. Lemon Montrea Johnson	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	555 U.S. 323 (2009)	1709
January 26, 2009	United States v. Eurodif S. a. et al.	David Hackett Souter	555 U.S. 305 (2009)	139
January 26, 2009	Kari E. Kennedy, Executrix of the Estate of William Patrick Kennedy, Deceased v. Plan Administrator for Dupont Savings and Investment Plan et al.	David Hackett Souter	555 U.S. 285 (2009)	279
January 26, 2009	Vicky S. Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee	David Hackett Souter	555 U.S. 271 (2009)	768
January 21, 2009	Steven Spears v. United States	Per curiam	555 U.S. 261 (2009)	508
January 21, 2009	Lisa Fitzgerald, et Vir v. Barnstable School Committee et al.	Samuel A. Alito Jr.	555 U.S. 246 (2009)	493
January 21, 2009	Cordell Pearson, et al. v. Afton Callahan	Samuel A. Alito Jr.	555 U.S. 223 (2009)	13928
January 21, 2009	Daniel B. Locke, et al. v. Edward a. Karass, State Controller, et al.	Stephen Gerald Breyer	555 U.S. 207 (2009)	–
January 21, 2009	Doug Waddington, Superintendent, Washington Corrections Center v. Cesar Sarausad	Clarence Thomas	555 U.S. 179 (2009)	321
January 14, 2009	Oregon v. Thomas Eugene Ice	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	555 U.S. 160 (2009)	683
January 14, 2009	Bennie Dean Herring v. United States	John Glover Roberts Jr.	555 U.S. 135 (2009)	1549
January 13, 2009	Deondery Chambers v. United States	Stephen Gerald Breyer	555 U.S. 122 (2009)	627
January 13, 2009	Carlos Jimenez v. Nathaniel Quarterman, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division	Clarence Thomas	555 U.S. 113 (2009)	910
December 15, 2008	Altria Group, Inc., et al. v. Stephanie Good et al.	John Paul Stevens	555 U.S. 70 (2008)	665
December 2, 2008	Anthony Hedgpeth, Warden v. Michael Robert Pulido	Per curiam	555 U.S. 57 (2008)	390
November 17, 2008	Edward Nathaniel Bell v. Loretta K. Kelly, Warden	Per curiam	555 U.S. 55 (2008)	–
November 12, 2008	Donald C. Winter, Secretary of the Nav., et al. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al.	John Glover Roberts Jr.	555 U.S. 7 (2008)	11986
October 17, 2008	Jennifer Brunner, Ohio Secretary of State v. Ohio Republican Party et al.	Per curiam	555 U.S. 5 (2008)	–
October 14, 2008	James Eric Moore v. United States	Per curiam	555 U.S. 1 (2008)	–

← All Supreme Court opinions

Source: opinions from October Term 2008, the U.S. Reports (via govinfo.gov / supremecourt.gov), with authoring Justice and vote from the Supreme Court Database (Washington University) or the Court’s syllabus. Citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying.