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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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Wellons v. Hall
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558 U.S. 220 (2010)
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habeas corpus • procedural default • GVR orders
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Thomas
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202
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Citizens United v. Federal Election Comm'n
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558 U.S. 310 (2010)
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campaign finance reform • Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 • First Amendment • free speech • corporate speech
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Alito; Thomas (in part)
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403
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Webster v. Cooper
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558 U.S. 1039 (2009)
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habeas corpus • statute of limitations • GVR orders
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| Scalia dissented from the Court's decision to vacate a lower court's decision and remand for further consideration in light of the Court's decision in Jimenez v. Quarterman. Scalia objected that, as Jimenez was decided more than two months prior to the lower court's decision under review, there was no basis for treating Jimenez as an "intervening factor" that the lower court could not have considered.
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104
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Maryland v. Shatzer
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559 U.S. 98 (2010)
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Fifth Amendment • Miranda rights • release to general prison population as break in custody
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Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor; Thomas (in part)
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105
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559 U.S. 133 (2010)
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Armed Career Criminal Act • state battery conviction as predicate violent felony
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Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor
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206
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559 U.S. 229 (2010)
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Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 • bankruptcy attorneys as debt relief agencies
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207
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559 U.S. 280 (2010)
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False Claims Act • bar on qui tam suits based on publicly disclosed allegations
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408
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Padilla v. Kentucky
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559 U.S. 356 (2010)
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Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel • legal advice on deportation as consequence of conviction
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Thomas
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109
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559 U.S. 393 (2010)
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class actions • state rule conflict with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure • Rules Enabling Act
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Roberts, Thomas; Stevens, Sotomayor (in part)
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210
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559 U.S. 573 (2010)
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Fair Debt Collection Practices Act • exclusion of legal errors from bona fide error defense
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211
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559 U.S. 633 (2010)
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934 • securities fraud • statute of limitations • and scienter
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Thomas
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212
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Salazar v. Buono
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559 U.S. 700 (2010)
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Article III • standing • First Amendment • Establishment Clause • display of religious symbol on government land • land transfer from government to private owner
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Thomas
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213
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Holster v. Gatco, Inc.
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559 U.S. 1060 (2010)
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Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 • class actions • state rule conflict with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
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| Scalia concurred in the Court's decision to grant certiorari, vacate, and remand the lower court's judgment.
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114
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560 U.S. 205 (2010)
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Title VII • disparate impact claim • statute of limitations
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Unanimous
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415
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Jefferson v. Upton
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560 U.S. 284 (2010)
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habeas corpus • presumption of correctness for state court factual determinations • Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel
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Thomas
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216
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Samantar v. Yousuf
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560 U.S. 305 (2010)
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Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act • immunity for officials of foreign states
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117
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Alabama v. North Carolina
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560 U.S. 330 (2010)
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Stevens, Ginsburg, Alito; Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Sotomayor (in part)
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218
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560 U.S. 438 (2010)
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Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act • registration requirements for interstate travel • ex post facto application
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419
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560 U.S. 505 (2010)
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bankruptcy law • Chapter 13 • Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 • calculation of debtor's projected disposal income
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220
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560 U.S. 538 (2010)
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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure •
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221
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560 U.S. 563 (2010)
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Immigration and Nationality Act • discretionary cancellation of removal proceedings • drug possession as aggravated felony
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422
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Holland v. Florida
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560 U.S. 631 (2010)
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Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • statute of limitations • equitable tolling
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Thomas (in part)
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123
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Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection
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560 U.S. 702 (2010)
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Fifth Amendment • Takings Clause • littoral rights
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Roberts, Thomas, Alito; Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor (in part)
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224
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Ontario v. Quon
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560 U.S. 746 (2010)
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Fourth Amendment • government review of employee text messages
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125
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561 U.S. 63 (2010)
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Federal Arbitration Act • challenge to enforceability of arbitration agreement
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Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
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226
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Doe v. Reed
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561 U.S. 186 (2010)
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public disclosure of referendum petitions • First Amendment • free speech
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127
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Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.
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561 U.S. 247 (2010)
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Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 • SEC Rule 10b-5 • extraterritorial application
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Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
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228
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Skilling v. United States
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561 U.S. 358 (2010)
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Enron scandal • Sixth Amendment • Article III • change of venue • juror prejudice from pretrial publicity • honest services fraud
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Thomas; Kennedy (in part)
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229
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Black v. United States
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561 U.S. 465 (2010)
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honest services fraud • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure • preservation of objections to jury instructions
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Thomas
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230
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McDonald v. Chicago
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561 U.S. 742 (2010)
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Second Amendment • Fourteenth Amendment • Incorporation Doctrine • gun control
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531
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Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Scott
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561 U.S. 1301 (2010)
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tobacco litigation
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| Scalia granted an application for a stay.
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