# 2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Paul Stevens

* The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008, and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the thirty-fourth term of Associate Justice John Paul Stevens's tenure on the Court.
* John Paul Stevens 2008 term statistics
* 9
* Majority or Plurality
* 5
* Concurrence
* 3
* Other
* 15
* Dissent
* 2
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 34
* Bench opinions = 29
* Opinions relating to orders = 5
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 0
* Most joined by: Ginsburg (19)
* Least joined by: Scalia, Thomas, Alito (2)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 401 | Hedgpeth v. Pulido | 557 U.S. 57 (2008) | Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • felony murder • erroneous jury instructions • harmless error | Souter, Ginsburg | per curiam |
| 102 | Altria Group, Inc. v. Good | 555 U.S. 70 (2008) | tobacco litigation • unfair trade practices • Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act • federal preemption | Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | Thomas |
| 403 | Ysursa v. Pocatello Ed. Assn. | 555 U.S. 353 (2009) | First Amendment • public employee unions • state ban on payroll deductions for political activities | | Roberts Ginsburg Breyer Souter |
| 404 | 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 | | Thomas Breyer Souter |
| 205 | Pleasant Grove City v. Summum | 555 U.S. 460 (2009) | First Amendment • free speech • government speech • public forums | Ginsburg | Alito Scalia Souter Breyer |
| 306 | Negusie v. Holder | 555 U.S. 511 (2009) | immigration law • Refugee Act of 1980 • persecutor bar for refugee applicants | Breyer | Kennedy Scalia Thomas |
| 107 | Wyeth v. Levine | 555 U.S. 555 (2009) | Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act • FDA-approved pharmaceutical labeling • federal preemption • failure-to-warn of risks | Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | Thomas Breyer Alito |
| 508 | Walker v. Georgia | 555 U.S. 979 (2008) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • proportionality review | | Thomas |
| Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 509 | Kelly v. California | 555 U.S. 1020 (2008) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • victim impact evidence | | Breyer |
| Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari, in a case that involved the admissibility of "victim impact evidence" during the sentencing phase of a capital trial. ||||||
| 210 | Vail v. Stenson | 555 U.S. 1065 (2008) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • stay of execution pending constitutional litigation | Ginsburg | |
| Stevens concurred in the Court's stay of execution of a sentence of death. ||||||
| 111 | Harbison v. Bell | 556 U.S. 180 (2009) | federally appointed counsel in state clemency proceedings • certificate of appealability | Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | Roberts Thomas Scalia |
| 412 | 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 | Souter, Ginsburg | Scalia Breyer |
| 413 | 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett | 556 U.S. 247 (2009) | Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 • arbitration clause in collective bargaining agreement | | Thomas Souter |
| 114 | Arizona v. Gant | 556 U.S. 332 (2009) | Fourth Amendment • search incident to arrest • vehicle search | Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg | Scalia Breyer Alito |
| 115 | Cone v. Bell | 556 U.S. 449 (2009) | Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • state suppression of mitigating evidence • adequate and independent state ground | Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | Roberts Alito Thomas |
| 416 | 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 Thomas Ginsburg Breyer |
| 417 | Dean v. United States | 556 U.S. 568 (2009) | federal criminal law • mandatory additional sentence discharge of firearm during crime • proof of intent • rule of lenity | | Roberts Breyer |
| 418 | Kansas v. Ventris | 556 U.S. 586 (2009) | Sixth Amendment • admissibility of unconstitutionally elicited statement as impeachment evidence | Ginsburg | Scalia |
| 119 | Burlington N. & S. F. R. Co. v. United States | 556 U.S. 599 (2009) | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act • cleanup cost liability for arranger of hazardous waste disposal | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer, Alito | Ginsburg |
| 220 | Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. | 556 U.S. 635 (2009) | appeal after removal to state court • supplemental jurisdiction | | Thomas Scalia Breyer |
| 221 | AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen | 556 U.S. 701 (2009) | Pregnancy Discrimination Act • calculating pregnancy leave for pension plan accrual | | Souter Ginsburg |
| 122 | Haywood v. Drown | 556 U.S. 729 (2009) | Section 1983 • state limitation of liability against corrections officers • Supremacy Clause | Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | Thomas |
| 423 | Montejo v. Louisiana | 556 U.S. 778 (2009) | Fifth Amendment • right against self-incrimination • police interrogation after invocation of right to counsel | Souter, Ginsburg; Breyer (in part) | Scalia Alito Breyer |
| 424 | CSX Transp., Inc. v. Hensley | 556 U.S. 838 (2009) | Federal Employers' Liability Act • asbestos litigation • jury instruction on fear-of-cancer damages | | per curiam Ginsburg |
| 425 | Boyle v. United States | 556 U.S. 938 (2009) | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act • association-in-fact enterprise | Breyer | Alito |
| 526 | Thompson v. McNeil | 556 U.S. 1114 (2009) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • substantial delay | | Thomas Breyer |
| Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 427 | Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez | 557 U.S. 1 (2009) | Tonnage Clause • local property tax on vessels | Souter | Breyer Roberts Alito |
| 428 | District Attorney's Office for Third Judicial Dist. v. Osborne | 557 U.S. 52 (2009) | Due Process Clause • postconviction access to state evidence for DNA testing • substantive due process | Ginsburg, Breyer; Souter (in part) | Roberts Alito Souter |
| 129 | Yeager v. United States | 557 U.S. 110 (2009) | Double Jeopardy Clause • issue preclusion • inconsistency between acquittal and hung jury | Roberts, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer; Kennedy (in part) | Kennedy Scalia Alito |
| 430 | Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey | 557 U.S. 137 (2009) | bankruptcy law • enjoined claims | Ginsburg | Souter |
| 431 | 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 | Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | Thomas Breyer |
| 132 | Forest Grove School Dist. v. T. A. | 557 U.S. 230 (2009) | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act • reimbursement for private special education services | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito | Souter |
| 333 | Safford Unified School District v. Redding | 557 U.S. 364 (2009) | Fourth Amendment • strip search of public school student for contraband | Ginsburg | Souter Thomas Ginsburg |
| 234 | In re Davis | 557 U.S. 952 (2009) | habeas corpus | Ginsburg, Breyer | Scalia |
| Stevens concurred in the Court's order that a district court hear and determine a habeas corpus petition, writing to critique Scalia's dissent. ||||||