# 2009 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

* The 2009 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2009, and concluded October 3, 2010. This was the nineteenth term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
* Clarence Thomas 2009 term statistics
* 8
* Majority or Plurality
* 14
* Concurrence
* 0
* Other
* 5
* Dissent
* 1
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 28
* Bench opinions = 26
* Opinions relating to orders = 2
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 2
* Most joined by: Scalia (15)
* Least joined by: Ginsburg, Breyer (5)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 201 | Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter | 558 U.S. 100 (2009) | appealability of disclosure orders adverse to attorney–client privilege • collateral order doctrine | | Sotomayor |
| 202 | McDaniel v. Brown | 558 U.S. 120 (2010) | habeas corpus • sufficiency of the evidence review • DNA evidence | Scalia | per curiam |
| 403 | Presley v. Georgia | 558 U.S. 209 (2010) | Sixth Amendment • right to public trial • exclusion of public from jury voir dire | Scalia | per curiam |
| 304 | 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 | | Kennedy Roberts Scalia Stevens |
| 206 | Johnson v. Bredesen | 558 U.S. 1067 (2009) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty | | Stevens |
| Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 207 | Wilkins v. Gaddy | 559 U.S. 34 (2010) | Eighth Amendment • use of excessive force | Scalia | per curiam |
| 208 | Maryland v. Shatzer | 559 U.S. 98 (2010) | Fifth Amendment • Miranda rights • release to general prison population as break in custody | | Scalia Stevens |
| 109 | Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick | 559 U.S. 154 (2010) | copyright law • prelitigation registration requirement • subject matter jurisdiction | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito | Ginsburg |
| 110 | Bloate v. United States | 559 U.S. 196 (2010) | Speedy Trial Act • exclusion of time granted to prepare pretrial motions | Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor | Ginsburg Alito |
| 211 | 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 Scalia |
| 112 | United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa | 559 U.S. 260 (2010) | bankruptcy law • undue hardship discharge of student loan debt • failure to serve creditor with summons and complaint | Unanimous | |
| 213 | Berghuis v. Smith | 559 U.S. 314 (2010) | Sixth Amendment • right to impartial jury representing cross-section of community | | Ginsburg |
| 214 | Jones v. Harris Associates | 559 U.S. 335 (2010) | Investment Company Act of 1940 • investment advisor compensation as breach of fiduciary duty | | Alito |
| 215 | Perdue v. Kenny A. | 559 U.S. 542 (2010) | Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976 • calculation of attorney's fees | | Alito Kennedy Breyer |
| 416 | Noriega v. Pastrana | 559 U.S. 917 (2010) | Military Commissions Act of 2006 • Third Geneva Convention • extradition of prisoner of war • habeas corpus • Suspension Clause | Scalia | |
| Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari in a proceeding brought by former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to challenge his extradition to France upon his release from federal prison. ||||||
| 417 | Graham v. Florida | 560 U.S. 48 (2010) | Eighth Amendment • cruel and unusual punishment • sentencing of juveniles to life imprisonment for nonhomicide crimes | Scalia; Alito (in part) | Kennedy Roberts Stevens Alito |
| 418 | United States v. Comstock | 560 U.S. 126 (2010) | Necessary and Proper Clause • civil commitment of mentally ill, sexually dangerous prisoners | Scalia (in part) | Breyer Kennedy Alito |
| 219 | United States v. O'Brien | 560 U.S. 218 (2010) | use of machine gun in federal crime as element or sentencing factor | | Kennedy Stevens |
| 120 | Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co. | 560 U.S. 242 (2010) | Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 • award of attorney's fees | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor; Stevens (in part) | Stevens |
| 221 | Samantar v. Yousuf | 560 U.S. 305 (2010) | Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act • immunity for officials of foreign states | | Stevens Scalia Alito |
| 222 | Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc. | 560 U.S. 413 (2010) | discriminatory state taxation • comity | Scalia | Ginsburg Kennedy Alito |
| 223 | Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder | 560 U.S. 563 (2010) | Immigration and Nationality Act • discretionary cancellation of removal proceedings • drug possession as aggravated felony | | Stevens Scalia |
| 124 | Astrue v. Ratliff | 560 U.S. 586 (2010) | Equal Access to Justice Act • award of attorney's fees • administrative offset to satisfy debt to government | Unanimous | Sotomayor |
| 125 | Schwab v. Reilly | 560 U.S. 770 (2010) | bankruptcy law • Chapter 7 • trustee objections to claimed estate exemptions | Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Sotomayor | Ginsburg |
| 426 | Doe v. Reed | 561 U.S. 186 (2010) | public disclosure of referendum petitions • First Amendment • free speech | | Roberts Stevens Scalia Breyer Alito Sotomayor |
| 127 | Granite Rock Co. v. Teamsters | 561 U.S. 287 (2010) | Labor Management Relations Act • arbitration of collective bargaining agreement ratification date | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito; Stevens, Sotomayor (in part) | Sotomayor |
| 128 | Magwood v. Patterson | 561 U.S. 320 (2010) | habeas corpus • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • claims in second or successive applications | Scalia; Stevens, Breyer, Sotomayor (in part) | Breyer Kennedy |
| 229 | McDonald v. Chicago | 561 U.S. 742 (2010) | Second Amendment • Fourteenth Amendment • Incorporation Doctrine • gun control | | Alito Scalia Stevens Breyer |