# 2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

* The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008, and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the eighteenth term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
* Clarence Thomas 2008 term statistics
* 9
* Majority or Plurality
* 7
* Concurrence
* 0
* Other
* 4
* Dissent
* 3
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 23
* Bench opinions = 21
* Opinions relating to orders = 2
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 3
* Most joined by: Scalia (10 in full, 2 in part)
* Least joined by: Souter, Ginsburg (4 in full, 1 in part)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 401 | Altria Group, Inc. v. Good | 555 U.S. 70 (2008) | tobacco litigation • unfair trade practices • Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act • federal preemption | Roberts, Scalia, Alito | Stevens |
| 102 | Jimenez v. Quarterman | 555 U.S. 113 (2009) | habeas corpus • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • finality of conviction pending out-of-time appeal | Unanimous | |
| 103 | Waddington v. Sarausad | 555 U.S. 179 (2009) | habeas corpus • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • accomplice liability | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito | Souter |
| 104 | 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 | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito | Breyer Souter Stevens |
| 405 | Negusie v. Holder | 555 U.S. 511 (2009) | immigration law • Refugee Act of 1980 • persecutor bar for refugee applicants | | Kennedy Scalia Stevens |
| 206 | Wyeth v. Levine | 555 U.S. 555 (2009) | Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act • FDA-approved pharmaceutical labeling • federal preemption • failure-to-warn of risks | | Stevens Breyer Alito |
| 207 | Walker v. Georgia | 555 U.S. 979 (2008) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • proportionality review | | Stevens |
| Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 208 | Bartlett v. Strickland | 556 U.S. 1 (2009) | Voting Rights Act of 1965 • legislative redistricting • vote dilution | Scalia | Kennedy Souter Ginsburg Breyer |
| 109 | Knowles v. Mirzayance | 556 U.S. 111 (2009) | Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel • withdrawal of not guilty by reason of insanity plea | Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito; Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg (in part) | |
| 210 | Harbison v. Bell | 556 U.S. 180 (2009) | federally appointed counsel in state clemency proceedings • certificate of appealability | | Stevens Roberts Scalia |
| 111 | 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett | 556 U.S. 247 (2009) | Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 • arbitration clause in collective bargaining agreement | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito | Stevens Souter |
| 412 | Cone v. Bell | 556 U.S. 449 (2009) | Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • state suppression of mitigating evidence • adequate and independent state ground | Scalia | Stevens Roberts Alito |
| 213 | FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. | 556 U.S. 502 (2009) | Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 • indecency ban on broadcast television • fleeting expletives | | Scalia Kennedy Stevens Ginsburg Breyer |
| 114 | Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. | 556 U.S. 635 (2009) | appeal after removal to state court • supplemental jurisdiction | Unanimous | Stevens Scalia Breyer |
| 415 | Haywood v. Drown | 556 U.S. 729 (2009) | Section 1983 • state limitation of liability against corrections officers • Supremacy Clause | Roberts, Scalia, Alito (in part) | Stevens |
| 116 | United States ex rel. Eisenstein v. City of New York | 556 U.S. 928 (2009) | False Claims Act • qui tam • Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure • status of United States when not intervening • timeliness of appeal | Unanimous | |
| 217 | Thompson v. McNeil | 556 U.S. 1114 (2009) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • substantial delay | | Stevens Breyer |
| Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 118 | Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. | 557 U.S. 167 (2009) | Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 • disparate treatment claim • but-for causation • burden of persuasion | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito | Stevens Breyer |
| 319 | Northwest Austin Municipal Util. Dist. No. One v. Holder | 557 U.S. 193 (2009) | Voting Rights Act of 1965 • preclearance • eligibility of utility district for bailout provision | | Roberts |
| 220 | Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts | 557 U.S. 305 (2009) | Sixth Amendment • Confrontation Clause • forensic analyst affidavits | | Scalia Kennedy |
| 321 | Safford Unified School District v. Redding | 557 U.S. 364 (2009) | Fourth Amendment • strip search of public school student for contraband | | Souter Stevens Ginsburg |
| 122 | Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend | 557 U.S. 404 (2009) | maritime law • Jones Act • punitive damages | Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | Alito |
| 323 | Cuomo v. Clearing House Assn., L. L. C. | 557 U.S. 519 (2009) | National Banking Act • fair-lending laws • federal preemption | Roberts, Kennedy, Alito | Scalia |