2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Paul Stevens

The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008 and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the thirty-fourth term of Associate Justice John Paul Stevens's tenure on the Court.
John Paul Stevens 2008 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 5 Concurrence 3 Other 15 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 34 Bench opinions = 29 Opinions relating to orders = 5 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 0 Most joined by: Ginsburg (19) Least joined by: Scalia, Thomas, Alito (2)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Hedgpeth v. Pulido	557 U.S. 57 (2008)		Souter, Ginsburg	per curiam
	Altria Group, Inc. v. Good	555 U.S. 70 (2008)	Federal preemption	Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Thomas
	Ysursa v. Pocatello Ed. Assn.	555 U.S. 353 (2009)			Roberts Ginsburg Breyer Souter
	Carcieri v. Salazar	555 U.S. 379 (2009)			Thomas Breyer Souter
	Pleasant Grove City v. Summum	555 U.S. 460 (2009)	First Amendment  • free speech  • public forum and government speech	Ginsburg	Alito Scalia Souter Breyer
	Negusie v. Holder	555 U.S. 511 (2009)		Breyer	Kennedy Scalia Thomas
	Wyeth v. Levine	555 U.S. 555 (2009)		Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Thomas Breyer Alito
	Walker v. Georgia	555 U.S. 979 (2008)	Death penalty		Thomas
Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Kelly v. California	555 U.S. 1020 (2008)			Breyer
Stevens filed a statement respecting 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.
	Vail v. Stenson	555 U.S. 1065 (2008)		Ginsburg
Stevens concurred in the Court's stay of execution of a sentence of death.
	Harbison v. Bell	556 U.S. 180 (2009)		Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Roberts Thomas Scalia
	Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc.	556 U.S. 208 (2009)		Souter, Ginsburg	Scalia Breyer
	14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett	556 U.S. 247 (2009)			Thomas Souter
	Arizona v. Gant	556 U.S. 332 (2009)		Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg	Scalia Breyer Alito
	Cone v. Bell	556 U.S. 449 (2009)		Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Roberts Alito Thomas
	FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.	556 U.S. 502 (2009)			Scalia Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg Breyer
	Dean v. United States	556 U.S. 568 (2009)			Roberts Breyer
	Kansas v. Ventris	556 U.S. 586 (2009)		Ginsburg	Scalia
	Burlington N. & S. F. R. Co. v. United States	556 U.S. 599 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer, Alito	Ginsburg
	Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc.	556 U.S. 635 (2009)			Thomas Scalia Breyer
	AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen	556 U.S. 701 (2009)			Souter Ginsburg
	Haywood v. Drown	556 U.S. 729 (2009)		Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Thomas
	Montejo v. Louisiana	556 U.S. 778 (2009)		Souter, Ginsburg; Breyer (in part)	Scalia Alito Breyer
	CSX Transp., Inc. v. Hensley	556 U.S. 838 (2009)			per curiam Ginsburg
	Boyle v. United States	556 U.S. 938 (2009)		Breyer	Alito
	Thompson v. McNeil	556 U.S. 1114 (2009)			Thomas Breyer
Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez	557 U.S. 1 (2009)		Souter	Breyer Roberts Alito
	District Attorney's Office for Third Judicial Dist. v. Osborne	557 U.S. 52 (2009)		Ginsburg, Breyer; Souter (in part)	Roberts Alito Souter
	Yeager v. United States	557 U.S. 110 (2009)		Roberts, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer; Kennedy (in part)	Kennedy Scalia Alito
	Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey	557 U.S. 137 (2009)		Ginsburg	Souter
	Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.	557 U.S. 167 (2009)		Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Thomas Breyer
	Forest Grove School Dist. v. T. A.	557 U.S. 230 (2009)		Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito	Souter
	Safford Unified School Dist. #1 v. Redding	557 U.S. 364 (2009)		Ginsburg	Souter Thomas Ginsburg
	In re Davis	557 U.S. 952 (2009)		Ginsburg, Breyer	Scalia
Stevens concurred in the Court's order that a district court hear and determine a habeas corpus petition, writing to critique Scalia's dissent.

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.