2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of David Souter

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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 nineteenth and final term of Associate Justice David Souter's tenure on the Court; Souter retired on June 29, 2009.
David Souter 2008 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 2 Concurrence 0 Other 10 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 21 Bench opinions = 21 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 3 Most joined by: Stevens (15) Least joined by: Thomas, Alito (6)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
401	Waddington v. Sarausad	555 U.S. 179 (2009)	habeas corpus  • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996  • accomplice liability	Stevens, Ginsburg	Thomas
102	Crawford v. Nashville	555 U.S. 271 (2009)	Title VII  • antiretaliation provision	Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer	Alito
103		555 U.S. 285 (2009)	Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974  • prohibition on assignment or alienation of benefits  • waiver of benefits	Unanimous
104		555 U.S. 305 (2009)	Tariff Act of 1930  • nuclear power plant fuel procurement contracts  • dumping	Unanimous
405		555 U.S. 353 (2009)	First Amendment  • public employee unions  • state ban on payroll deductions for political activities		Roberts Ginsburg Breyer Stevens
306	Carcieri v. Salazar	555 U.S. 379 (2009)	Indian Reorganization Act  • legal status of Narragansett Tribe  • authority of Secretary of the Interior to take land in trust	Ginsburg	Thomas Breyer Stevens
207	Pleasant Grove City v. Summum	555 U.S. 460 (2009)	First Amendment  • free speech  • government speech  • public forums		Alito Stevens Scalia Breyer
408	Bartlett v. Strickland	556 U.S. 1 (2009)	Voting Rights Act of 1965  • legislative redistricting  • vote dilution	Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer	Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg Breyer
409		556 U.S. 129 (2009)	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure  • plain-error standard for unpreserved claims of error  • breach of plea agreement	Stevens	Scalia
410	14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett	556 U.S. 247 (2009)	Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967  • arbitration clause in collective bargaining agreement	Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer	Thomas Stevens
211	United States v. Navajo Nation	556 U.S. 287 (2009)	Navajo Nation  •  • Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977  • failure of Secretary of Interior to promptly approve tribal coal lease royalty rate increase	Stevens	Scalia
112		556 U.S. 303 (2009)	confession after unreasonable delay  • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure  • voluntariness of confession	Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer	Alito
413		556 U.S. 396 (2009)	denial of benefits by Department of Veterans Affairs  • failure to give notice of required evidence  • harmless error	Stevens, Ginsburg	Breyer
414		556 U.S. 624 (2009)	Federal Arbitration Act  • appealability of order denying stay of arbitrable action	Roberts, Stevens	Scalia
415	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	Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer	Kennedy Breyer
116	AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen	556 U.S. 701 (2009)	Pregnancy Discrimination Act  • calculating for pension plan accrual	Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito	Stevens Ginsburg
117	Abuelhawa v. United States	556 U.S. 816 (2009)	Controlled Substances Act  • use of telephone to facilitate drug purchase	Unanimous
418	District Attorney's Office for Third Judicial Dist. v. Osborne	557 U.S. 52 (2009)	Due Process Clause  • postconviction access to state evidence for DNA testing  • substantive due process		Roberts Alito Stevens
119		557 U.S. 137 (2009)	bankruptcy law  • enjoined claims	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer, Alito	Stevens
420	Forest Grove School Dist. v. T. A.	557 U.S. 230 (2009)	Individuals with Disabilities Education Act  • reimbursement for private special education services	Scalia, Thomas	Stevens
121	Safford Unified School District v. Redding	557 U.S. 364 (2009)	Fourth Amendment  • strip search of public school student for contraband	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito; Stevens, Ginsburg (in part)	Stevens Thomas 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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