Typ
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Case
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Citation
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Issues
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Joined by
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Other opinions
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401
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Oregon v. Ice
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555 U.S. 160 (2009)
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Sixth Amendment • right to jury trial • imposition of consecutive sentences for multiple offenses
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Roberts, Souter, Thomas
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202
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Pleasant Grove City v. Summum
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555 U.S. 460 (2009)
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First Amendment • free speech • government speech • public forums
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Thomas
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103
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Summers v. Earth Island Institute
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555 U.S. 488 (2009)
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Forest Service Decisionmaking and Appeals Reform Act • regulatory exceptions to notice and comment procedures • Article III • standing
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Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
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204
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Negusie v. Holder
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555 U.S. 511 (2009)
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immigration law • Refugee Act of 1980 • persecutor bar for refugee applicants
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Alito
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405
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Marlowe v. United States
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555 U.S. 963 (2008)
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Sixth Amendment • right to trial by jury • United States Sentencing Guidelines
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Scalia dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
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406
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Sorich v. United States
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555 U.S. 1204 (2009)
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honest services fraud
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Scalia dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
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107
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Puckett v. United States
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556 U.S. 129 (2009)
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Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure • plain-error standard for unpreserved claims of error • breach of plea agreement
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Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito
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308
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Harbison v. Bell
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556 U.S. 180 (2009)
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federally appointed counsel in state clemency proceedings • certificate of appealability
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109
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Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc.
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556 U.S. 208 (2009)
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Clean Water Act • environmental impact of power plant cooling water intake • national performance standards based on cost-benefit analysis
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Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
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110
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United States v. Navajo Nation
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556 U.S. 287 (2009)
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Navajo Nation • Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Act of 1950 • Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 • failure of Secretary of Interior to promptly approve tribal coal lease royalty rate increase
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Unanimous
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211
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Arizona v. Gant
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556 U.S. 332 (2009)
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Fourth Amendment • search incident to arrest • vehicle search
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112
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FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.
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556 U.S. 502 (2009)
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Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 • indecency ban on broadcast television • fleeting expletives
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Roberts, Thomas, Alito; Kennedy (in part)
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113
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Kansas v. Ventris
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556 U.S. 586 (2009)
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Sixth Amendment • admissibility of unconstitutionally elicited statement as impeachment evidence
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Roberts, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer, Alito
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114
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Arthur Andersen LLP v. Carlisle
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556 U.S. 624 (2009)
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Federal Arbitration Act • appealability of order denying stay of arbitrable action
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Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito
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215
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Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc.
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556 U.S. 635 (2009)
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appeal after removal to state court • supplemental jurisdiction
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216
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Flores-Figueroa v. United States
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556 U.S. 646 (2009)
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federal criminal law • identity theft • knowing use of another person's identification
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Thomas
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117
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Montejo v. Louisiana
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556 U.S. 778 (2009)
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Fifth Amendment • right against self-incrimination • police interrogation after invocation of right to counsel
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Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
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118
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Republic of Iraq v. Beaty
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556 U.S. 848 (2009)
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Iraq–United States relations • Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 • Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act • state-sponsored terrorism
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Unanimous
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419
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Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co.
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556 U.S. 868 (2009)
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Due Process Clause • recusal • judicial campaign contributions from litigant
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420
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Yeager v. United States
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557 U.S. 110 (2009)
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Double Jeopardy Clause • issue preclusion • inconsistency between acquittal and hung jury
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Thomas, Alito
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221
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Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
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557 U.S. 261 (2009)
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Clean Water Act • Army Corps of Engineers authority to issue slurry discharge permit
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122
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Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
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557 U.S. 305 (2009)
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Sixth Amendment • Confrontation Clause • forensic analyst affidavits
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Stevens, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg
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123
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Cuomo v. Clearing House Assn., L. L. C.
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557 U.S. 519 (2009)
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National Banking Act • fair-lending laws • federal preemption
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Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
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224
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Ricci v. DeStefano
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557 U.S. 557 (2009)
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Title VII • disparate impact • exams used for employee promotions
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425
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In re Davis
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557 U.S. 952 (2009)
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habeas corpus
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Thomas
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Scalia dissented from the Court's order that a district court hear and determine a habeas corpus petition.
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