# 2009 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

* The 2009 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2009, and concluded October 3, 2010. This was the seventeenth term of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's tenure on the Court.
* Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2009 term statistics
* 9
* Majority or Plurality
* 3
* Concurrence
* 0
* Other
* 4
* Dissent
* 0
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 16
* Bench opinions = 15
* Opinions relating to orders = 1
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 2
* Most joined by: Breyer (14)
* Least joined by: Scalia, Thomas (6)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 101 | Union Pacific Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers | 558 U.S. 67 (2009) | Railway Labor Act • conferencing prior to National Railroad Adjustment Board arbitration | Unanimous | |
| 102 | NRG Power Marketing, LLC v. Maine Pub. Util. Comm'n | 558 U.S. 165 (2010) | Federal Power Act • presumption of reasonable electricity rates under wholesale energy contracts | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor | Stevens |
| 103 | Kucana v. Holder | 558 U.S. 233 (2010) | Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 • ban on judicial review of discretionary actions by Attorney General | Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Sotomayor | Alito |
| 204 | Hemi Group, LLC v. City of New York | 559 U.S. 1 (2010) | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act • Jenkins Act • local taxation of online cigarette sales • lost tax revenue as injury to municipality | | Roberts Breyer |
| 105 | Florida v. Powell | 559 U.S. 50 (2010) | Fifth Amendment • Miranda warning • adequate and independent state ground doctrine | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor; Breyer (in part) | Stevens |
| 206 | Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick | 559 U.S. 154 (2010) | copyright law • prelitigation registration requirement • subject matter jurisdiction | Stevens, Breyer | Thomas |
| 207 | Bloate v. United States | 559 U.S. 196 (2010) | Speedy Trial Act • exclusion of time granted to prepare pretrial motions | | Thomas Alito |
| 108 | Berghuis v. Smith | 559 U.S. 314 (2010) | Sixth Amendment • right to impartial jury representing cross-section of community | Unanimous | Thomas |
| 409 | Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P. A. v. Allstate Ins. Co. | 559 U.S. 393 (2010) | class actions • state rule conflict with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure • Rules Enabling Act | Kennedy, Breyer, Alito | Scalia Stevens |
| 410 | Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds Int'l Corp. | 559 U.S. 662 (2010) | Federal Arbitration Act • class arbitration | Stevens, Breyer | Alito |
| 411 | Holster v. Gatco, Inc. | 559 U.S. 1060 (2010) | Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 • class actions • state rule conflict with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure | Breyer | Scalia |
| Ginsburg dissented from the Court's decision to grant certiorari, vacate, and remand the lower court's judgment. ||||||
| 112 | Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc. | 560 U.S. 413 (2010) | discriminatory state taxation • comity | Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor | Kennedy Thomas Alito |
| 413 | Schwab v. Reilly | 560 U.S. 770 (2010) | bankruptcy law • Chapter 7 • trustee objections to claimed estate exemptions | Roberts, Breyer | Thomas |
| 114 | Skilling v. United States | 561 U.S. 358 (2010) | Enron scandal • Sixth Amendment • Article III • change of venue • juror prejudice from pretrial publicity • honest services fraud | Roberts; Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor (in part) | Scalia Alito Sotomayor |
| 115 | Black v. United States | 561 U.S. 465 (2010) | honest services fraud • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure • preservation of objections to jury instructions | Roberts, Stevens, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor | Scalia Kennedy |
| 116 | Christian Legal Soc. Chapter of Univ. of Cal., Hastings College of Law v. Martinez | 561 U.S. 661 (2010) | nondiscrimination policy for university student organizations • First Amendment • free speech • public forum doctrine | Stevens, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor | Stevens Kennedy Alito |