2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy

The 2010 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 2010 and concluded October 1, 2011. This was the twenty-fourth term of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy's tenure on the Court.
Anthony Kennedy 2010 term statistics 11 Majority or Plurality 3 Concurrence 0 Other 3 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 17 Bench opinions = 17 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Roberts (10) Least joined by: Kagan (4)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Harrington v. Richter	562 U.S. ___ (2010)	Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996  • habeas corpus  • bar against relitigating claims  • presumption of state court adjudication on merits  • Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel	Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor	Ginsburg
	Premo v. Moore	562 U.S. ___ (2010)	Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel	Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor	Ginsburg
	Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn	563 U.S. ___ (2011)	First Amendment  • Establishment Clause  • taxpayer standing	Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito	Scalia Kagan
	Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart	563 U.S. ___ (2011)	Eleventh Amendment  • sovereign immunity  • federal action by state agency against state officials for federal law violation  • Supremacy Clause  • Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000  • Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act	Thomas	Scalia Roberts
	United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation	563 U.S. ___ (2011)	Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction  • separate suits based on same operative facts	Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito	Sotomayor Ginsburg
	Brown v. Plata	563 U.S. ___ (2011)	Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995  • Eighth Amendment  • prison overcrowding	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Scalia Alito
	Camreta v. Greene	563 U.S. ___ (2011)	Article III  • Case or Controversy Clause  • standing  • review of constitutional issue on appeal from defendant with qualified immunity  • mootness	Thomas	Kagan Scalia Sotomayor
	Ashcroft v. al-Kidd	563 U.S. ___ (2011)	material witness arrest of terrorism suspects  • pretextual motivation  • Fourth Amendment  • qualified immunity	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor (in part)	Scalia Ginsburg Sotomayor
	Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S. A.	563 U.S. ___ (2011)	patent law  • induced infringement  • willful blindness		Alito
	Sykes v. United States	564 U.S. ___ (2011)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • felony vehicle flight as predicate offense under residual clause	Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor	Thomas Scalia Kagan
	Nevada Comm'n on Ethics v. Carrigan	564 U.S. ___ (2011)	vote recusal of state legislator with conflict of interest  • First Amendment  • overbreadth doctrine		Scalia Alito
	Bond v. United States	564 U.S. ___ (2011)	Article III  • standing  • Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998  • Tenth Amendment	Unanimous	Ginsburg
	Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri	564 U.S. ___ (2011)	employer retaliation  • First Amendment  • public employee speech  • Petition Clause  • public concern doctrine	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas Scalia
	Freeman v. United States	564 U.S. ___ (2011)	Sentencing Reform Act of 1984  • sentence reduction due to retroactive amendment of Sentencing Guidelines  • plea bargain under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11	Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Sotomayor Roberts
	Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc.	564 U.S. ___ (2011)	state law restrictions on sale or disclosure of drug prescriber information  • First Amendment  • free speech	Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor	Breyer
	Bullcoming v. New Mexico	564 U.S. ___ (2011)	Sixth Amendment  • Confrontation Clause  • forensic laboratory report as testimony	Roberts, Breyer, Alito	Ginsburg Sotomayor
	J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro	564 U.S. ___ (2011)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • personal jurisdiction over foreign manufacturer in state product liability suit  • purposeful availment of the forum	Roberts, Scalia, Thomas	Breyer Ginsburg

References

• 2010 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 2, 2011.
• 2010 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 2, 2011.
• 2010 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 2, 2011.