2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy

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The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008, and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the twenty-second term of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy's tenure on the Court.
Anthony Kennedy 2008 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 4 Concurrence 1 Other 1 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 14 Bench opinions = 13 Opinions relating to orders = 1 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 0 Most joined by: Roberts (6) Least joined by: Stevens (2)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
201	Summers v. Earth Island Institute	555 U.S. 488 (2009)	• regulatory exceptions to procedures  • Article III  • standing		Scalia Breyer
102	Negusie v. Holder	555 U.S. 511 (2009)	immigration law  • Refugee Act of 1980  • persecutor bar for refugee applicants	Roberts, Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg	Scalia Stevens Thomas
103	Bartlett v. Strickland	556 U.S. 1 (2009)	Voting Rights Act of 1965  • legislative redistricting  • vote dilution	Roberts, Alito	Thomas Souter Ginsburg Breyer
304		556 U.S. 366 (2009)	attachment to judgment in favor of foreign government  • Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002  • Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000	Souter, Ginsburg	Breyer
205		556 U.S. 418 (2009)	immigration law  • Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996  • stay of removal order	Scalia	Roberts Alito
206	FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.	556 U.S. 202 (2009)	• indecency ban on broadcast television  • fleeting expletives		Scalia Thomas Stevens Ginsburg Breyer
107	Ashcroft v. Iqbal	556 U.S. 662 (2009)	post-9/11 detention  • qualified immunity  • collateral order doctrine  • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure  • sufficiency of pleadings in discrimination case	Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito	Souter Breyer
108	Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co.	556 U.S. 868 (2009)	Due Process Clause  • recusal  • judicial campaign contributions from litigant	Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Roberts Scalia
109		556 U.S. 904 (2009)	Uniform Code of Military Justice  • coram nobis  • All Writs Act	Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Roberts
510	N.C.P. Marketing Group, Inc. v. BG Star Productions, Inc.	556 U.S. 1145 (2009)	bankruptcy law  • Chapter 11  • assumption of pre-bankruptcy executory contracts by debtor-in-possession	Breyer
Kennedy filed a statement respecting the denial of certiorari.
211		557 U.S. 110 (2009)	Double Jeopardy Clause  • issue preclusion  • inconsistency between acquittal and hung jury		Stevens Scalia Alito
112	Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council	557 U.S. 261 (2009)	Clean Water Act  • Army Corps of Engineers authority to issue slurry discharge permit	Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito; Scalia (in part)	Scalia Breyer Ginsburg
413	Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts	557 U.S. 305 (2009)	Sixth Amendment  • Confrontation Clause  • forensic analyst affidavits	Roberts, Breyer, Alito	Scalia Thomas
114	Ricci v. DeStefano	557 U.S. 557 (2009)	Title VII  • disparate impact  • exams used for employee promotions	Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito	Scalia Alito Ginsburg

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.

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