# 2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia

* The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008, and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the twenty-third term of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's tenure on the Court.
* Antonin Scalia 2008 term statistics
* 11
* Majority or Plurality
* 7
* Concurrence
* 0
* Other
* 6
* Dissent
* 1
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 25
* Bench opinions = 22
* Opinions relating to orders = 3
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 2
* Most joined by: Thomas (14)
* Least joined by: Stevens (4)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 401 | Oregon v. Ice | 555 U.S. 160 (2009) | Sixth Amendment • right to jury trial • imposition of consecutive sentences for multiple offenses | Roberts, Souter, Thomas | Ginsburg |
| 202 | Pleasant Grove City v. Summum | 555 U.S. 460 (2009) | First Amendment • free speech • government speech • public forums | Thomas | Alito Stevens Souter Breyer |
| 103 | Summers v. Earth Island Institute | 555 U.S. 488 (2009) | Forest Service Decisionmaking and Appeals Reform Act • regulatory exceptions to notice and comment procedures • Article III • standing | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito | Kennedy Breyer |
| 204 | Negusie v. Holder | 555 U.S. 511 (2009) | immigration law • Refugee Act of 1980 • persecutor bar for refugee applicants | Alito | Kennedy Stevens Thomas |
| 405 | Marlowe v. United States | 555 U.S. 963 (2008) | Sixth Amendment • right to trial by jury • United States Sentencing Guidelines | | |
| Scalia dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 406 | Sorich v. United States | 555 U.S. 1204 (2009) | honest services fraud | | |
| Scalia dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 107 | Puckett v. United States | 556 U.S. 129 (2009) | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure • plain-error standard for unpreserved claims of error • breach of plea agreement | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito | Souter |
| 308 | Harbison v. Bell | 556 U.S. 180 (2009) | federally appointed counsel in state clemency proceedings • certificate of appealability | | Stevens Roberts Thomas |
| 109 | Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc. | 556 U.S. 208 (2009) | Clean Water Act • environmental impact of power plant cooling water intake • national performance standards based on cost-benefit analysis | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito | Breyer Stevens |
| 110 | United States v. Navajo Nation | 556 U.S. 287 (2009) | Navajo Nation • Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Act of 1950 • Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 • failure of Secretary of Interior to promptly approve tribal coal lease royalty rate increase | Unanimous | Souter |
| 211 | Arizona v. Gant | 556 U.S. 332 (2009) | Fourth Amendment • search incident to arrest • vehicle search | | Stevens Breyer Alito |
| 112 | FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. | 556 U.S. 502 (2009) | Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 • indecency ban on broadcast television • fleeting expletives | Roberts, Thomas, Alito; Kennedy (in part) | Kennedy Thomas Stevens Ginsburg Breyer |
| 113 | Kansas v. Ventris | 556 U.S. 586 (2009) | Sixth Amendment • admissibility of unconstitutionally elicited statement as impeachment evidence | Roberts, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer, Alito | Stevens |
| 114 | Arthur Andersen LLP v. Carlisle | 556 U.S. 624 (2009) | Federal Arbitration Act • appealability of order denying stay of arbitrable action | Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito | Souter |
| 215 | Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. | 556 U.S. 635 (2009) | appeal after removal to state court • supplemental jurisdiction | | Thomas Stevens Breyer |
| 216 | Flores-Figueroa v. United States | 556 U.S. 646 (2009) | federal criminal law • identity theft • knowing use of another person's identification | Thomas | Breyer Alito |
| 117 | Montejo v. Louisiana | 556 U.S. 778 (2009) | Fifth Amendment • right against self-incrimination • police interrogation after invocation of right to counsel | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito | Alito Stevens Breyer |
| 118 | Republic of Iraq v. Beaty | 556 U.S. 848 (2009) | Iraq–United States relations • Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 • Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act • state-sponsored terrorism | Unanimous | |
| 419 | Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co. | 556 U.S. 868 (2009) | Due Process Clause • recusal • judicial campaign contributions from litigant | | Kennedy Roberts |
| 420 | Yeager v. United States | 557 U.S. 110 (2009) | Double Jeopardy Clause • issue preclusion • inconsistency between acquittal and hung jury | Thomas, Alito | Stevens Kennedy Alito |
| 221 | Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council | 557 U.S. 261 (2009) | Clean Water Act • Army Corps of Engineers authority to issue slurry discharge permit | | Kennedy Breyer Ginsburg |
| 122 | Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts | 557 U.S. 305 (2009) | Sixth Amendment • Confrontation Clause • forensic analyst affidavits | Stevens, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg | Thomas Kennedy |
| 123 | Cuomo v. Clearing House Assn., L. L. C. | 557 U.S. 519 (2009) | National Banking Act • fair-lending laws • federal preemption | Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | Thomas |
| 224 | Ricci v. DeStefano | 557 U.S. 557 (2009) | Title VII • disparate impact • exams used for employee promotions | | Kennedy Alito Ginsburg |
| 425 | In re Davis | 557 U.S. 952 (2009) | habeas corpus | Thomas | Stevens |
| Scalia dissented from the Court's order that a district court hear and determine a habeas corpus petition. ||||||