2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito

The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008 and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the fourth term of Associate Justice Samuel Alito's tenure on the Court.
Samuel Alito 2008 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 8 Concurrence 0 Other 8 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 24 Bench opinions = 22 Opinions relating to orders = 2 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 4 Most joined by: Thomas (14) Least joined by: Stevens, Souter (5)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Chambers v. United States	555 U.S. 122 (2009)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • definition of "violent felony"	Thomas	Breyer
	Locke v. Karass	555 U.S. 207 (2009)	Lawful scope of non-union "service fees"	Roberts, Scalia	Breyer
	Pearson v. Callahan	555 U.S. 223 (2009)		Unanimous
	Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Comm.	555 U.S. 246 (2009)		Unanimous
	Crawford v. Nashville	555 U.S. 271 (2009)		Thomas	Souter
	Pleasant Grove City v. Summum	555 U.S. 460 (2009)	First Amendment  • public forums  • government speech	Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer	Stevens Scalia Souter Breyer
	Wyeth v. Levine	555 U.S. 555 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia	Stevens Thomas Breyer
	Kansas v. Colorado	556 U.S. 98 (2009)		Unanimous	Roberts
	Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs	556 U.S. 163 (2009)		Unanimous
	Corley v. United States	556 U.S. 303 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia, Thomas	Souter
	Arizona v. Gant	556 U.S. 332 (2009)		Roberts, Kennedy; Breyer (in part)	Stevens Scalia Breyer
	Nken v. Holder	556 U.S. 418 (2009)		Thomas	Roberts Kennedy
	Cone v. Bell	556 U.S. 449 (2009)			Stevens Roberts Thomas
	Flores-Figueroa v. United States	556 U.S. 646 (2009)			Breyer Scalia
	Montejo v. Louisiana	556 U.S. 778 (2009)		Kennedy	Scalia Stevens Breyer
	Boyle v. United States	556 U.S. 938 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg	Stevens
	Megginson v. United States	556 U.S. 1230 (2009)
Alito dissented from the Court's summary vacatur and remand.
	Grooms v. United States	556 U.S. 1231 (2009)
Alito dissented from the Court's summary vacatur and remand.
	Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez	557 U.S. 1 (2009)			Breyer Roberts Stevens
	District Attorney's Office for Third Judicial Dist. v. Osborne	557 U.S. 52 (2009)		Kennedy; Thomas (in part)	Roberts Stevens Souter
	Yeager v. United States	557 U.S. 110 (2009)		Scalia, Thomas	Stevens Kennedy Scalia
	Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend	557 U.S. 404 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy	Thomas
	Horne v. Flores	557 U.S. 433 (2009)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas	Breyer
	Ricci v. DeStefano	557 U.S. 557 (2009)		Scalia, Thomas	Kennedy Scalia Ginsburg

References

• 2008 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, archived from the original on March 28, 2010, retrieved March 20, 2010.
• 2008 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, archived from the original on March 28, 2010, retrieved March 20, 2010.
• 2008 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, archived from the original on March 28, 2010, retrieved March 20, 2010.