# 2009 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

* The 2009 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2009, and concluded October 3, 2010. This was the sixteenth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
* Stephen Breyer 2009 term statistics
* 9
* Majority or Plurality
* 6
* Concurrence
* 0
* Other
* 7
* Dissent
* 2
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 24
* Bench opinions = 24
* Opinions relating to orders = 0
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 1
* Most joined by: Ginsburg (16)
* Least joined by: Scalia, Thomas (6)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 101 | Alvarez v. Smith | 558 U.S. 87 (2009) | Case or Controversy Clause • mootness | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor; Stevens (in part) | Stevens |
| 102 | Smith v. Spisak | 558 U.S. 139 (2010) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • jury instructions on mitigation • Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor; Stevens (in part) | Stevens |
| 403 | Hollingsworth v. Perry | 558 U.S. 183 (2010) | Proposition 8 • broadcast of federal trial • district court local rule revision | Stevens, Ginsburg, Sotomayor | per curiam |
| 404 | Hemi Group, LLC v. City of New York | 559 U.S. 1 (2010) | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act • Jenkins Act • taxation of online cigarette sales • lost tax revenue as injury to municipality | Stevens, Kennedy | Roberts Ginsburg |
| 105 | Hertz Corp. v. Friend | 559 U.S. 77 (2010) | removal jurisdiction • diversity jurisdiction • principal place of business test | Unanimous | |
| 406 | Conkright v. Frommert | 559 U.S. 506 (2010) | Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 • standard of review of plan administrator interpretration | Stevens, Ginsburg | Roberts |
| 307 | Perdue v. Kenny A. | 559 U.S. 542 (2010) | Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976 • calculation of attorney's fees | Stevens, Ginsburg, Sotomayor | Alito Kennedy Thomas |
| 208 | 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 Scalia Kennedy |
| 109 | Merck & Co. v. Reynolds | 559 U.S. 633 (2010) | Securities Exchange Act of 1934 • securities fraud • statute of limitations • discovery rule and scienter | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor | Stevens Scalia |
| 410 | 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 | | Kennedy Roberts Scalia Alito Stevens |
| 111 | United States v. Comstock | 560 U.S. 126 (2010) | Necessary and Proper Clause • civil commitment of mentally ill, sexually dangerous prisoners | Roberts, Stevens, Ginsburg, Sotomayor | Kennedy Alito Thomas |
| 112 | United States v. Marcus | 560 U.S. 258 (2010) | plain error standard of review • Ex Post Facto Clause • Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito | Stevens |
| 313 | Alabama v. North Carolina | 560 U.S. 330 (2010) | Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact | Roberts | Scalia Kennedy Roberts |
| 114 | Barber v. Thomas | 560 U.S. 474 (2010) | Federal Bureau of Prisons calculation of good time credit | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor | Kennedy |
| 115 | Dolan v. United States | 560 U.S. 605 (2010) | Mandatory Victims Restitution Act • deadline for restitution order | Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor | Roberts |
| 116 | Holland v. Florida | 560 U.S. 631 (2010) | Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • statute of limitations • equitable tolling | Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor | Alito Scalia |
| 217 | Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection | 560 U.S. 702 (2010) | Fifth Amendment • Takings Clause • littoral rights | Ginsburg | Scalia Kennedy |
| 418 | Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project | 561 U.S. 1 (2010) | USA Patriot Act • nonviolent training and expert advice as material support to terrorism • standing • Fifth Amendment • Due Process Clause • First Amendment • free speech • freedom of association | Ginsburg, Sotomayor | Roberts |
| 219 | Doe v. Reed | 561 U.S. 186 (2010) | public disclosure of referendum petitions • First Amendment • free speech | | Roberts Stevens Scalia Alito Sotomayor Thomas |
| 220 | Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. | 561 U.S. 247 (2010) | Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 • SEC Rule 10b-5 • extraterritorial application | | Scalia Stevens |
| 221 | Magwood v. Patterson | 561 U.S. 320 (2010) | habeas corpus • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • claims in second or successive applications | Stevens | Thomas Kennedy |
| 422 | Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Bd. | 561 U.S. 477 (2010) | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 • Public Company Accounting Oversight Board • separation of powers • Appointments Clause | Stevens, Ginsburg, Sotomayor | Roberts |
| 223 | Bilski v. Kappos | 561 U.S. 593 (2010) | patent law • patentability of business method | Scalia (in part) | Kennedy Stevens |
| 424 | McDonald v. Chicago | 561 U.S. 742 (2010) | Second Amendment • Fourteenth Amendment • Incorporation Doctrine • gun control | Ginsburg, Sotomayor | Alito Scalia Thomas Stevens |