# 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy

* The 2010 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 2010, and concluded October 1, 2011. This was the twenty-fourth term of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy's tenure on the Court.
* Anthony Kennedy 2010 term statistics
* 11
* Majority or Plurality
* 3
* Concurrence
* 0
* Other
* 3
* Dissent
* 0
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 17
* Bench opinions = 17
* Opinions relating to orders = 0
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 1
* Most joined by: Roberts (10)
* Least joined by: Kagan (4)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 101 | Harrington v. Richter | 562 U.S. 86 (2010) | Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • habeas corpus • bar against relitigating claims • presumption of state court adjudication on merits • Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor | Ginsburg |
| 102 | Premo v. Moore | 562 U.S. 115 (2010) | Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor | Ginsburg |
| 103 | Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn | 563 U.S. 125 (2011) | First Amendment • Establishment Clause • taxpayer standing | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito | Scalia Kagan |
| 204 | Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart | 563 U.S. 247 (2011) | Eleventh Amendment • sovereign immunity • federal action by state agency against state officials for federal law violation • Supremacy Clause • Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 • Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act | Thomas | Scalia Roberts |
| 105 | United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation | 563 U.S. 307 (2011) | Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction • separate suits based on same operative facts | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito | Sotomayor Ginsburg |
| 106 | Brown v. Plata | 563 U.S. 493 (2011) | Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 • Eighth Amendment • prison overcrowding | Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia Alito |
| 407 | Camreta v. Greene | 563 U.S. 692 (2011) | Article III • Case or Controversy Clause • standing • review of constitutional issue on appeal from defendant with qualified immunity • mootness | Thomas | Kagan Scalia Sotomayor |
| 208 | Ashcroft v. al-Kidd | 563 U.S. 731 (2011) | material witness arrest of terrorism suspects • pretextual motivation • Fourth Amendment • qualified immunity | Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor (in part) | Scalia Ginsburg Sotomayor |
| 409 | Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S. A. | 563 U.S. 754 (2011) | patent law • induced infringement • willful blindness | | Alito |
| 110 | Sykes v. United States | 564 U.S. 1 (2011) | Armed Career Criminal Act • felony vehicle flight as predicate offense under residual clause | Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor | Thomas Scalia Kagan |
| 211 | Nevada Comm'n on Ethics v. Carrigan | 564 U.S. 117 (2011) | vote recusal of state legislator with conflict of interest • First Amendment • overbreadth doctrine | | Scalia Alito |
| 112 | Bond v. United States | 564 U.S. 211 (2011) | Article III • standing • Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 • Tenth Amendment | Unanimous | Ginsburg |
| 113 | Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri | 564 U.S. 379 (2011) | employer retaliation • First Amendment • public employee speech • Petition Clause • public concern doctrine | Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan | Thomas Scalia |
| 114 | Freeman v. United States | 564 U.S. 522 (2011) | Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 • sentence reduction due to retroactive amendment of Sentencing Guidelines • plea bargain under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | Sotomayor Roberts |
| 115 | Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. | 564 U.S. 552 (2011) | state law restrictions on sale or disclosure of drug prescriber information • First Amendment • free speech | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor | Breyer |
| 416 | Bullcoming v. New Mexico | 564 U.S. 647 (2011) | Sixth Amendment • Confrontation Clause • forensic laboratory report as testimony | Roberts, Breyer, Alito | Ginsburg Sotomayor |
| 117 | J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro | 564 U.S. 873 (2011) | Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • personal jurisdiction over foreign manufacturer in state product liability suit • purposeful availment of the forum | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas | Breyer Ginsburg |