2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008 and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the eighteenth term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2008 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 7 Concurrence 0 Other 4 Dissent 3 Concurrence/dissent Total = 23 Bench opinions = 21 Opinions relating to orders = 2 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 3 Most joined by: Scalia (10 in full, 2 in part) Least joined by: Souter, Ginsburg (4 in full, 1 in part)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Altria Group, Inc. v. Good	555 U.S. 70 (2008)	Preemption of state law	Roberts, Scalia, Alito	Stevens
	Jimenez v. Quarterman	555 U.S. 113 (2009)	Habeas rights	Unanimous
	Waddington v. Sarausad	555 U.S. 179 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito	Souter
	Carcieri v. Salazar	555 U.S. 379 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito	Breyer Souter Stevens
	Negusie v. Holder	555 U.S. 511 (2009)			Kennedy Scalia Stevens
	Wyeth v. Levine	555 U.S. 555 (2009)			Stevens Breyer Alito
	Walker v. Georgia	555 U.S. 979 (2008)	Death penalty		Stevens
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Bartlett v. Strickland	556 U.S. 1 (2009)		Scalia	Kennedy Souter Ginsburg Breyer
	Knowles v. Mirzayance	556 U.S. 111 (2009)		Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito; Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg (in part)
	Harbison v. Bell	556 U.S. 180 (2009)			Stevens Roberts Scalia
	14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett	556 U.S. 247 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito	Stevens Souter
	Cone v. Bell	556 U.S. 449 (2009)		Scalia	Stevens Roberts Alito
	FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. (2009)	556 U.S. 502 (2009)			Scalia Kennedy Stevens Ginsburg Breyer
	Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc.	556 U.S. 635 (2009)		Unanimous	Stevens Scalia Breyer
	Haywood v. Drown	556 U.S. 729 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia, Alito (in part)	Stevens
	United States ex rel. Eisenstein v. City of New York	556 U.S. 928 (2009)		Unanimous
	Thompson v. McNeil	556 U.S. 1114 (2009)			Stevens Breyer
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.	557 U.S. 167 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito	Stevens Breyer
	Northwest Austin Municipal Util. Dist. No. One v. Holder	557 U.S. 193 (2009)			Roberts
	Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts	557 U.S. 305 (2009)			Scalia Kennedy
	Safford Unified School Dist. #1 v. Redding	557 U.S. 364 (2009)			Souter Stevens Ginsburg
	Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend	557 U.S. 404 (2009)		Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Alito
	Cuomo v. Clearing House Assn., L. L. C.	557 U.S. 519 (2009)		Roberts, Kennedy, Alito	Scalia

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.