2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008 and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the fifteenth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
Stephen Breyer 2008 term statistics
8
Majority or Plurality
7
Concurrence
1
Other
13
Dissent
3
Concurrence/dissent Total = 32
Bench opinions = 29 Opinions relating to orders = 2 In-chambers opinions = 1
Unanimous opinions: 3 Most joined by: Souter (13) Least joined by: Thomas (5)
Type Case Citation Issues Joined by Other opinions
3-01



Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 555 U.S. 7 (2008)

Stevens (in part)
Roberts
Ginsburg
1-02



Chambers v. United States 555 U.S. 122 (2009)

Definition of "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg
Alito
4-03



Herring v. United States 555 U.S. 135 (2009)

Souter
Roberts
Ginsburg
1-04



Locke v. Karass 555 U.S. 207 (2009)

Lawful scope of non-union "service fees" Unanimous
Alito
1-05



Van de Kamp v. Goldstein 555 U.S. 335 (2009)

Unanimous
2-06



Nelson v. United States 555 U.S. 350 (2009)

Alito
per curiam
3-07



Ysursa v. Pocatello Ed. Assn. 555 U.S. 353 (2009)

Roberts
Ginsburg
Stevens
Souter
2-08



Carcieri v. Salazar 555 U.S. 379 (2009)

Thomas
Souter
Stevens
2-09



Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. linkLine Communications, Inc. 555 U.S. 438 (2009)

Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg
Roberts
2-10



Pleasant Grove City v. Summum 555 U.S. 460 (2009)

First Amendment   free speech   public forum and government speech
Alito
Stevens
Scalia
Souter
4-11



Summers v. Earth Island Institute 555 U.S. 488 (2009)

Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg
Scalia
Kennedy
2-12



Wyeth v. Levine 555 U.S. 555 (2009)

Stevens
Thomas
Alito
4-13



Kelly v. California 555 U.S. 1020 (2008)

Stevens
Breyer dissented from 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.
4-14



Bartlett v. Strickland 556 U.S. 1 (2009)

Kennedy
Thomas
Souter
Ginsburg
4-15



Vermont v. Brillon 556 U.S. 81 (2009)

Stevens
Ginsburg
3-16



Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc. 556 U.S. 208 (2009)

Scalia
Stevens
4-17



Arizona v. Gant 556 U.S. 332 (2009)

Stevens
Scalia
Alito
1-18



Ministry of Defense and Support for Armed Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi 556 U.S. 36 (2009)

Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Thomas, Alito; Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg (in part)
Kennedy
1-19



Shinseki v. Sanders 556 U.S. 396 (2009)

Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
Souter
4-20



FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. 556 U.S. 502 (2009)

Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg
Scalia
Kennedy
Thomas
Stevens
Ginsburg
4-21



Dean v. United States 556 U.S. 568 (2009)

Roberts
Stevens
2-22



Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. 556 U.S. 635 (2009)

Souter
Thomas
Stevens
Scalia
1-23



Flores-Figueroa v. United States 556 U.S. 646 (2009)

Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg
Scalia
Alito
4-24



Ashcroft v. Iqbal 556 U.S. 662 (2009)

Kennedy
Souter
4-25



Montejo v. Louisiana 556 U.S. 778 (2009)

Scalia
Alito
Stevens
4-26



Thompson v. McNeil 556 U.S. 1114 (2009)

Stevens
Thomas
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
1-27



Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez 557 U.S. 1 (2009)

Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg; Alito (in part)
Roberts
Alito
Stevens
1-28



Nijhawan v. Holder 557 U.S. 29 (2009)

Unanimous
4-29



Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. 557 U.S. 167 (2009)

Souter, Ginsburg
Thomas
Stevens
2-30



Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council 557 U.S. 261 (2009)

Kennedy
Scalia
Ginsburg
4-31



Horne v. Flores 557 U.S. 433 (2009)

Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg
Alito
5-32



O'Brien v. O'Laughlin 557 U.S. 1301 (2009)

Breyer denied the government's application for a stay of the grant of a habeas corpus petition.

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