2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy

The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008 and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the twenty-second term of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy's tenure on the Court.
Anthony Kennedy 2008 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 4 Concurrence 1 Other 1 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 14 Bench opinions = 13 Opinions relating to orders = 1 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 0 Most joined by: Roberts (6) Least joined by: Stevens (2)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Summers v. Earth Island Institute	555 U.S. 488 (2009)			Scalia Breyer
	Negusie v. Holder	555 U.S. 511 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg	Scalia Stevens Thomas
	Bartlett v. Strickland	556 U.S. 1 (2009)		Roberts, Alito	Thomas Souter Ginsburg Breyer
	Ministry of Defense and Support for Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi	556 U.S. 366 (2009)		Souter, Ginsburg	Breyer
	Nken v. Holder	556 U.S. 418 (2009)		Scalia	Roberts Alito
	FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.	556 U.S. 202 (2009)			Scalia Thomas Stevens Ginsburg Breyer
	Ashcroft v. Iqbal	556 U.S. 662 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito	Souter Breyer
	Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co.	556 U.S. 868 (2009)		Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Roberts Scalia
	United States v. Denedo	556 U.S. 904 (2009)		Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Roberts
	N.C.P. Marketing Group, Inc. v. BG Star Productions, Inc.	556 U.S. 1145 (2009)		Breyer
Kennedy filed a statement respecting the denial of certiorari.
	Yeager v. United States	557 U.S. 110 (2009)			Stevens Scalia Alito
	Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council	557 U.S. 261 (2009)		Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito; Scalia (in part)	Scalia Breyer Ginsburg
	Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts	557 U.S. 305 (2009)		Roberts, Breyer, Alito	Scalia Thomas
	Ricci v. DeStefano	557 U.S. 557 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito	Scalia Alito Ginsburg

References

• 2008 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved March 20, 2010.
• 2008 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved March 20, 2010.
• 2008 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved March 20, 2010.