# 2009 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia

* The 2009 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2009, and concluded October 3, 2010. This was the twenty-fourth term of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's tenure on the Court.
* Antonin Scalia 2009 term statistics
* 8
* Majority or Plurality
* 16
* Concurrence
* 1
* Other
* 6
* Dissent
* 0
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 31
* Bench opinions = 28
* Opinions relating to orders = 2
* In-chambers opinions = 1
* Unanimous opinions: 1
* Most joined by: Thomas (16)
* Least joined by: Stevens (3)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 401 | Wellons v. Hall | 558 U.S. 220 (2010) | habeas corpus • procedural default • GVR orders | Thomas | per curiam Alito |
| 202 | Citizens United v. Federal Election Comm'n | 558 U.S. 310 (2010) | campaign finance reform • Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 • First Amendment • free speech • corporate speech | Alito; Thomas (in part) | Kennedy Roberts Stevens Thomas |
| 403 | Webster v. Cooper | 558 U.S. 1039 (2009) | habeas corpus • statute of limitations • GVR orders | | |
| Scalia dissented from the Court's decision to vacate a lower court's decision and remand for further consideration in light of the Court's decision in Jimenez v. Quarterman. Scalia objected that, as Jimenez was decided more than two months prior to the lower court's decision under review, there was no basis for treating Jimenez as an "intervening factor" that the lower court could not have considered. ||||||
| 104 | Maryland v. Shatzer | 559 U.S. 98 (2010) | Fifth Amendment • Miranda rights • release to general prison population as break in custody | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor; Thomas (in part) | Stevens Thomas |
| 105 | Johnson v. United States | 559 U.S. 133 (2010) | Armed Career Criminal Act • state battery conviction as predicate violent felony | Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor | Alito |
| 206 | Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P. A. v. United States | 559 U.S. 229 (2010) | Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 • bankruptcy attorneys as debt relief agencies | | Sotomayor Thomas |
| 207 | Graham County Soil and Water Conservation Dist. v. United States ex rel. Wilson | 559 U.S. 280 (2010) | False Claims Act • bar on qui tam suits based on publicly disclosed allegations | | Stevens Sotomayor |
| 408 | Padilla v. Kentucky | 559 U.S. 356 (2010) | Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel • legal advice on deportation as consequence of conviction | Thomas | Stevens Alito |
| 109 | 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 | Roberts, Thomas; Stevens, Sotomayor (in part) | Stevens Ginsburg |
| 210 | Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich LPA | 559 U.S. 573 (2010) | Fair Debt Collection Practices Act • exclusion of legal errors from bona fide error defense | | Sotomayor Breyer Kennedy |
| 211 | Merck & Co. v. Reynolds | 559 U.S. 633 (2010) | Securities Exchange Act of 1934 • securities fraud • statute of limitations • discovery rule and scienter | Thomas | Breyer Stevens |
| 212 | Salazar v. Buono | 559 U.S. 700 (2010) | Article III • standing • First Amendment • Establishment Clause • display of religious symbol on government land • land transfer from government to private owner | Thomas | Kennedy Roberts Alito Stevens Breyer |
| 213 | 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 | | Ginsburg |
| Scalia concurred in the Court's decision to grant certiorari, vacate, and remand the lower court's judgment. ||||||
| 114 | Lewis v. Chicago | 560 U.S. 205 (2010) | Title VII • disparate impact claim • statute of limitations | Unanimous | |
| 415 | Jefferson v. Upton | 560 U.S. 284 (2010) | habeas corpus • presumption of correctness for state court factual determinations • Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel | Thomas | per curiam |
| 216 | Samantar v. Yousuf | 560 U.S. 305 (2010) | Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act • immunity for officials of foreign states | | Stevens Thomas Alito |
| 117 | Alabama v. North Carolina | 560 U.S. 330 (2010) | Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact | Stevens, Ginsburg, Alito; Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Sotomayor (in part) | Kennedy Roberts Breyer |
| 218 | Carr v. United States | 560 U.S. 438 (2010) | Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act • registration requirements for interstate travel • ex post facto application | | Sotomayor Alito |
| 419 | Hamilton v. Lanning | 560 U.S. 505 (2010) | bankruptcy law • Chapter 13 • Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 • calculation of debtor's projected disposal income | | Alito |
| 220 | Krupski v. Costa Crociere S. p. A. | 560 U.S. 538 (2010) | Federal Rules of Civil Procedure • relation back doctrine | | Sotomayor |
| 221 | Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder | 560 U.S. 563 (2010) | Immigration and Nationality Act • discretionary cancellation of removal proceedings • drug possession as aggravated felony | | Stevens Thomas |
| 422 | Holland v. Florida | 560 U.S. 631 (2010) | Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • statute of limitations • equitable tolling | Thomas (in part) | Breyer Alito |
| 123 | Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection | 560 U.S. 702 (2010) | Fifth Amendment • Takings Clause • littoral rights | Roberts, Thomas, Alito; Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor (in part) | Kennedy Breyer |
| 224 | Ontario v. Quon | 560 U.S. 746 (2010) | Fourth Amendment • government review of employee text messages | | Kennedy Stevens |
| 125 | Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson | 561 U.S. 63 (2010) | Federal Arbitration Act • challenge to enforceability of arbitration agreement | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito | Stevens |
| 226 | Doe v. Reed | 561 U.S. 186 (2010) | public disclosure of referendum petitions • First Amendment • free speech | | Roberts Stevens Breyer Alito Sotomayor Thomas |
| 127 | Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. | 561 U.S. 247 (2010) | Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 • SEC Rule 10b-5 • extraterritorial application | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito | Stevens Breyer |
| 228 | 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 | Thomas; Kennedy (in part) | Ginsburg Alito Sotomayor |
| 229 | Black v. United States | 561 U.S. 465 (2010) | honest services fraud • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure • preservation of objections to jury instructions | Thomas | Ginsburg Kennedy |
| 230 | McDonald v. Chicago | 561 U.S. 742 (2010) | Second Amendment • Fourteenth Amendment • Incorporation Doctrine • gun control | | Alito Thomas Stevens Breyer |
| 531 | Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Scott | 561 U.S. 1301 (2010) | tobacco litigation | | |
| Scalia granted an application for a stay. ||||||