# 2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy

* The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008, and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the twenty-second term of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy's tenure on the Court.
* Anthony Kennedy 2008 term statistics
* 7
* Majority or Plurality
* 4
* Concurrence
* 1
* Other
* 1
* Dissent
* 1
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 14
* Bench opinions = 13
* Opinions relating to orders = 1
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 0
* Most joined by: Roberts (6)
* Least joined by: Stevens (2)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 201 | 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 | | Scalia Breyer |
| 102 | Negusie v. Holder | 555 U.S. 511 (2009) | immigration law • Refugee Act of 1980 • persecutor bar for refugee applicants | Roberts, Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg | Scalia Stevens Thomas |
| 103 | Bartlett v. Strickland | 556 U.S. 1 (2009) | Voting Rights Act of 1965 • legislative redistricting • vote dilution | Roberts, Alito | Thomas Souter Ginsburg Breyer |
| 304 | Ministry of Defense and Support for Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi | 556 U.S. 366 (2009) | attachment to judgment in favor of foreign government • Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 • Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 | Souter, Ginsburg | Breyer |
| 205 | Nken v. Holder | 556 U.S. 418 (2009) | immigration law • Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 • stay of removal order | Scalia | Roberts Alito |
| 206 | FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. | 556 U.S. 202 (2009) | Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 • indecency ban on broadcast television • fleeting expletives | | Scalia Thomas Stevens Ginsburg Breyer |
| 107 | Ashcroft v. Iqbal | 556 U.S. 662 (2009) | post-9/11 detention • qualified immunity • collateral order doctrine • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure • sufficiency of pleadings in discrimination case | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito | Souter Breyer |
| 108 | Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co. | 556 U.S. 868 (2009) | Due Process Clause • recusal • judicial campaign contributions from litigant | Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | Roberts Scalia |
| 109 | United States v. Denedo | 556 U.S. 904 (2009) | Uniform Code of Military Justice • coram nobis • All Writs Act | Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | Roberts |
| 510 | N.C.P. Marketing Group, Inc. v. BG Star Productions, Inc. | 556 U.S. 1145 (2009) | bankruptcy law • Chapter 11 • assumption of pre-bankruptcy executory contracts by debtor-in-possession | Breyer | |
| Kennedy filed a statement respecting the denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 211 | Yeager v. United States | 557 U.S. 110 (2009) | Double Jeopardy Clause • issue preclusion • inconsistency between acquittal and hung jury | | Stevens Scalia Alito |
| 112 | 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 | Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito; Scalia (in part) | Scalia Breyer Ginsburg |
| 413 | Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts | 557 U.S. 305 (2009) | Sixth Amendment • Confrontation Clause • forensic analyst affidavits | Roberts, Breyer, Alito | Scalia Thomas |
| 114 | Ricci v. DeStefano | 557 U.S. 557 (2009) | Title VII • disparate impact • exams used for employee promotions | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito | Scalia Alito Ginsburg |