# 2010 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2010 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 2010, and concluded October 1, 2011. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.

## Table key

| | Delivered the Court's opinion | Joined the Court's opinion | Filed a concurrence | Joined a concurrence |
| | Filed a dissent | Joined a dissent | Filed a concurrence/dissent | Joined a concurrence/dissent |
| | Did not participate in the decision |
| Decisions that do not note an argument date were decided without oral argument. Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's opinion are per curiam. Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices frequently join multiple opinions in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly. An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality. An asterisk in a joining vote denotes that the justice joined it only in part. A dash ( - ) denotes that the Justice voted without filing or joining an opinion. ||||||||

## 2010 term opinions

| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Roberts | Scalia | Kennedy | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito | Sotomayor | Kagan |
| 1 | Wilson v. Corcoran, 562 U.S. 1 | | November 8, 2010 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Abbott v. United States, 562 U.S. 8 | October 4, 2010 | November 15, 2010 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Los Angeles County v. Humphries, 562 U.S. 29 | October 5, 2010 | November 30, 2010 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S. A., 562 U.S. 40 | November 8, 2010 | December 13, 2010 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Madison County v. Oneida Indian Nation of N. Y., 562 U.S. 42 | | January 10, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education & Research v. United States, 562 U.S. 44 | November 8, 2010 | January 11, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Ransom v. FIA Card Services, N. A., 562 U.S. 61 | October 4, 2010 | January 11, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Harrington v. Richter, 562 U.S. 86 | October 12, 2010 | January 19, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Premo v. Moore, 562 U.S. 115 | October 12, 2010 | January 19, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | NASA v. Nelson, 562 U.S. 134 | October 5, 2010 | January 19, 2011 | | 1 | | 12 | | | | | |
| 11 | Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP, 562 U.S. 170 | December 7, 2010 | January 24, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Ortiz v. Jordan, 562 U.S. 180 | November 1, 2010 | January 24, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Chase Bank USA, N. A. v. McCoy, 562 U.S. 195 | December 8, 2010 | January 24, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Swarthout v. Cooke, 562 U.S. 216 | | January 24, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, 562 U.S. 223 | October 12, 2010 | February 22, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Alabama Dept. of Revenue, 562 U.S. 277 | November 10, 2010 | February 22, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Walker v. Martin, 562 U.S. 307 | November 29, 2010 | February 23, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc., 562 U.S. 323 | November 3, 2010 | February 23, 2011 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | |
| 19 | Michigan v. Bryant, 562 U.S. 344 | October 5, 2010 | February 28, 2011 | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | |
| 20 | FCC v. AT&T Inc., 562 U.S. 397 | January 19, 2011 | March 1, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Staub v. Proctor Hospital, 562 U.S. 411 | November 2, 2010 | March 1, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Henderson v. Shinseki, 562 U.S. 428 | December 6, 2010 | March 1, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Snyder v. Phelps, 562 U.S. 443 | October 10, 2010 | March 2, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Pepper v. United States, 562 U.S. 476 | December 6, 2010 | March 2, 2011 | | | | | | * | * | | |
| 25 | Skinner v. Switzer, 562 U.S. 521 | October 13, 2010 | March 7, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Wall v. Kholi, 562 U.S. 545 | November 29, 2010 | March 7, 2011 | | * | | | | | | | |
| 27 | Milner v. Department of Navy, 562 U.S. 562 | December 1, 2010 | March 7, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Felkner v. Jackson, 562 U.S. 594 | | March 21, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., 563 U.S. 1 | October 13, 2010 | March 22, 2011 | | | | * | | | | | |
| 30 | Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano, 563 U.S. 27 | January 10, 2011 | March 22, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | Connick v. Thompson, 563 U.S. 51 | October 6, 2010 | March 29, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Astra USA, Inc. v. Santa Clara County, 563 U.S. 110 | January 19, 2011 | March 29, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Tolentino v. New York, 563 U.S. 123 | March 21, 2011 | March 29, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, 563 U.S. 125 | November 3, 2010 | April 4, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | Cullen v. Pinholster, 563 U.S. 170 | November 9, 2010 | April 4, 2011 | | | | * | ** | * | * | | ** |
| 36 | Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart, 563 U.S. 247 | December 1, 2010 | April 19, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | Sossamon v. Texas, 563 U.S. 277 | November 2, 2010 | April 20, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation, 563 U.S. 307 | November 1, 2010 | April 26, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 39 | AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333 | November 9, 2010 | April 27, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Montana v. Wyoming, 563 U.S. 368 | January 10, 2011 | May 2, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 41 | Bobby v. Mitts, 563 U.S. 395 | | May 2, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 42 | Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. Kirk, 563 U.S. 401 | March 1, 2011 | May 16, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 43 | CIGNA Corp. v. Amara, 563 U.S. 421 | November 30, 2010 | May 16, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 44 | Kentucky v. King, 563 U.S. 452 | January 12, 2011 | May 16, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 45 | General Dynamics Corp. v. United States, 563 U.S. 478 | January 18, 2011 | May 23, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Brown v. Plata, 563 U.S. 493 | November 30, 2010 | May 23, 2011 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 47 | Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, 563 U.S. 582 | December 8, 2010 | May 26, 2011 | * | | | * | 1 | 1 | | 2 | |
| 48 | United States v. Tinklenberg, 563 U.S. 647 | February 22, 2011 | May 26, 2011 | * | * | | * | | | | | |
| 49 | Fowler v. United States, 563 U.S. 668 | March 29, 2011 | May 26, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Camreta v. Greene, 563 U.S. 692 | March 1, 2011 | May 26, 2011 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 2 | |
| 51 | Ashcroft v. al-Kidd, 563 U.S. 731 | March 1, 2011 | May 31, 2011 | | | 1 | | 1*23 | 1*23 | | 1*23 | |
| 52 | Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S. A., 563 U.S. 754 | February 23, 2011 | May 31, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 53 | Bd. of Trustees of Stanford Univ. v. Roche Molecular Sys., 563 U.S. 776 | February 28, 2011 | June 6, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co., 563 U.S. 804 | April 25, 2011 | June 6, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 55 | McNeill v. United States, 563 U.S. 816 | April 25, 2011 | June 6, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 56 | Fox v. Vice, 563 U.S. 826 | March 22, 2011 | June 6, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 57 | Sykes v. United States, 564 U.S. 1 | January 12, 2011 | June 9, 2011 | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | 2 |
| 58 | Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co., 564 U.S. 50 | March 30, 2011 | June 9, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 59 | DePierre v. United States, 564 U.S. 70 | February 28, 2011 | June 9, 2011 | | * | | | | | | | |
| 60 | Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership, 564 U.S. 91 | April 18, 2011 | June 9, 2011 | | 2 | | 1 | | 2 | 2 | | |
| 61 | Nevada Comm'n on Ethics v. Carrigan, 564 U.S. 117 | April 27, 2011 | June 13, 2011 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | |
| 62 | Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders, 564 U.S. 135 | December 7, 2010 | June 13, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 63 | United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation, 564 U.S. 162 | April 20, 2011 | June 13, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 64 | Flores-Villar v. United States, 564 U.S. 210 | November 10, 2010 | June 13, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 65 | Bond v. United States, 564 U.S. 211 | February 22, 2011 | June 16, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 66 | Davis v. United States, 564 U.S. 229 | March 21, 2011 | June 16, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 67 | J. D. B. v. North Carolina, 564 U.S. 261 | March 23, 2011 | June 16, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 68 | Smith v. Bayer Corp., 564 U.S. 299 | January 18, 2011 | June 16, 2011 | | | | * | | | | | |
| 69 | Tapia v. United States, 564 U.S. 319 | April 18, 2011 | June 16, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 70 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 | March 29, 2011 | June 20, 2011 | | | | | * | * | | * | * |
| 71 | Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri, 564 U.S. 379 | March 22, 2011 | June 20, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 72 | American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, 564 U.S. 410 | April 19, 2011 | June 20, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 73 | Turner v. Rogers, 564 U.S. 431 | March 23, 2011 | June 20, 2011 | * | | | | | | * | | |
| 74 | Stern v. Marshall, 564 U.S. 462 | January 18, 2011 | June 23, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 75 | Freeman v. United States, 564 U.S. 522 | February 23, 2011 | June 23, 2011 | | | * | | | | | | |
| 76 | Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., 564 U.S. 552 | April 26, 2011 | June 23, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 77 | PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing, 564 U.S. 604 | March 30, 2011 | June 23, 2011 | | | * | * | | | | | |
| 78 | Bullcoming v. New Mexico, 564 U.S. 647 | March 2, 2011 | June 23, 2011 | | | | * | * | | | * | * |
| 79 | CSX Transp., Inc. v. McBride, 564 U.S. 685 | March 28, 2011 | June 23, 2011 | | | | * | * | | | | |
| 80 | Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett, 564 U.S. 721 | March 28, 2011 | June 27, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 81 | Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn., 564 U.S. 786 | November 2, 2010 | June 27, 2011 | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | |
| 82 | J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro, 564 U.S. 873 | January 11, 2011 | June 27, 2011 | | | * | | | | | | |
| 83 | Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S. A. v. Brown, 564 U.S. 915 | January 11, 2011 | June 27, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 84 | United States v. Juvenile Male, 564 U.S. 932 | | June 27, 2011 | | | | | - | - | | - | |
| 85 | Leal Garcia v. Texas, 564 U.S. 940 | | July 7, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Roberts | Scalia | Kennedy | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito | Sotomayor | Kagan |

## 2010 term membership and statistics

This was the sixth term of Chief Justice Roberts' tenure, and the first term for Justice Kagan.
| Justice | Justice | Appointment history | Appointment history | Agreement with judgment | Agreement with judgment | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed |
| Seniority | Name | President | Date confirmed | % | # | | | | | Total |
| Chief Justice | John Roberts | George W. Bush | September 29, 2005 | 91.7% | 77/84 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Associate Justice | Antonin Scalia | Ronald Reagan | September 26, 1986 | 87.1% | 74/85 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 28 |
| Associate Justice | Anthony Kennedy | Ronald Reagan | February 18, 1988 | 94.1% | 80/85 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Associate Justice | Clarence Thomas | George H. W. Bush | October 23, 1991 | 87.1% | 74/85 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| Associate Justice | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Bill Clinton | August 10, 1993 | 72.9% | 62/85 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 |
| Associate Justice | Stephen Breyer | Bill Clinton | August 3, 1994 | 77.6% | 66/85 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| Associate Justice | Samuel Alito | George W. Bush | January 31, 2006 | 87.1% | 74/85 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| Associate Justice | Sonia Sotomayor | Barack Obama | August 6, 2009 | 81.7% | 67/82 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 22 |
| Associate Justice | Elena Kagan | Barack Obama | August 7, 2010 | 76.8% | 43/56 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals |
| Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | 75 | 49 | 4 | 46 | 174 |