2006 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia

The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice Antonin Scalia during the 2006 term of the Supreme Court of the United States, which began on October 3, 2006 and concluded September 30, 2007. This was the twenty-first term of Scalia's tenure on the Court.
Antonin Scalia 2006 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 6 Concurrence 1 Other 9 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 25 Bench opinions = 24 Opinions relating to orders = 1 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous decisions: 1 Most joined by: Thomas (17) Least joined by: Breyer (5)

Case	Issue	Joined by
Ayers v. Belmontes 549 U.S. 7 (2006)	Death penalty	Thomas
Scalia joined the majority, and filed a short concurrence to state that he continued to believe that limits on a jury's consideration of mitigating evidence in capital sentencing did not violate the Eighth Amendment. However, because Kennedy's majority opinion conformed to Court precedent, he was content to join that opinion in full.
United States v. Resendiz-Ponce 549 U.S. 102 (2007)	Rights of the accused
Scalia was the sole dissenter from Stevens' 8-1 opinion, which held that an indictment for criminal attempt to illegally enter the United States did not need to expressly state the alleged overt act committed in furtherance of the attempted crime.
MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. 549 U.S. 118 (2007)	Article III standing; patent; declaratory judgments	Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito
Thomas filed a dissent.
Osborn v. Haley 549 U.S. 225 (2007)		Thomas
Wallace v. Kato 549 U.S. 384 (2007)		Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
Rockwell Int'l Corp. v. United States 549 U.S. 457 (2007)		Roberts, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Alito
Massachusetts v. EPA 549 U.S. 497 (2007)	Standing; Clean Air Act	Roberts, Thomas, Alito
United States v. Omer 549 U.S. 1174 (2007)	Rights of the accused
Scalia filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari, commenting on the reliance by the Solicitor General's supplemental brief on United States v. Resendiz-Ponce, 549 U.S. 102 (2007) to argue that the omission of a necessary element from an indictment of fraud was not constitutionally deficient. Scalia stated that he did not support denial on that basis, but that Resendiz-Ponce could apply "depending upon how the crime of fraud fares in our new some-crimes-are-self-defining jurisprudence. Another frontier of law opened by this Court, full of opportunity and adventure for lawyers and judges."
Global Crossing Telecomm., Inc. v. Metrophones Telecomm., Inc. 550 U.S. 45 (2007)
Zuni Public School District No 89 v. Dept. of Education 550 U.S. 81 (2007)		Roberts, Thomas; Souter (in part)
James v. United States 550 U.S. 192 (2007)		Stevens, Ginsburg
Abdul-Kabir v. Quarterman 550 U.S. 233 (2007)		Thomas; Alito (in part)
Brewer v. Quarterman 550 U.S. 286 (2007)		Thomas; Alito (in part)
United Haulers Assn. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Mgmt. Auth. 550 U.S. 330 (2007)
Scott v. Harris 550 U.S. 372 (2007)		Roberts, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito
Winkelman v. Parma City School District 550 U.S. 516 (2007)		Thomas
Roper v. Weaver 550 U.S. 598 (2007)		Thomas, Alito
Beck v. PACE Int'l. Union 551 U.S. 96 (2007)		Unanimous
Fry v. Pliler 551 U.S. 112 (2007)		Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito; Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer (in part)
Davenport v. Washington Educ. Ass'n 551 U.S. 177 (2007)		Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg; Roberts, Breyer, Alito (in part)
Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc. 551 U.S. 224 (2007)		Roberts, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito
Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd. 551 U.S. 308 (2007)
Rita v. United States 551 U.S. 338 (2007)		Thomas
Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life 551 U.S. 449 (2007)		Kennedy, Thomas
Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. 551 U.S. 587 (2007)

References

• 2006 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved March 20, 2010.
• 2006 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved March 20, 2010.
• 2006 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved March 20, 2010.