# 2005 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia

* The 2005 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2005, and concluded October 1, 2006. This was the twentieth term of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's tenure on the Court.
* Antonin Scalia 2005 term statistics
* 9
* Majority or Plurality
* 7
* Concurrence
* 0
* Other
* 5
* Dissent
* 1
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 22
* Bench opinions = 21
* Opinions relating to orders = 1
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 1
* Most joined by: Thomas (12)
* Least joined by: O'Connor (2)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 201 | Lockhart v. United States | 546 U.S. 142 (2005) | Debt Collection Act of 1982 • Social Security • student loan debt | | O'Connor |
| 102 | United States v. Georgia | 546 U.S. 151 (2006) | | Unanimous | Stevens |
| 103 | Brown v. Sanders | 546 U.S. 212 (2006) | | Roberts, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas | Stevens Breyer |
| 404 | Gonzales v. Oregon | 546 U.S. 243 (2006) | Controlled Substances Act | Roberts, Thomas | Kennedy Thomas |
| 105 | Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna | 546 U.S. 440 (2006) | | Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | Thomas |
| 106 | Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald | 546 U.S. 470 (2006) | Civil Rights Act | Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer | |
| The Court ruled that the Civil Rights Act's protection of the right to make contracts free from racial discrimination did not extend to agents of the contractors, only those who would have enforceable rights under the contracts. Alito did not participate. ||||||
| 207 | Oregon v. Guzek | 546 U.S. 517 (2006) | | Thomas | Breyer |
| 108 | United States v. Grubbs | 547 U.S. 90 (2006) | | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas; Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg (in part) | Souter |
| 409 | Georgia v. Randolph | 547 U.S. 103 (2006) | | | Souter Stevens Breyer Roberts Thomas |
| 410 | Day v. McDonough | 547 U.S. 198 (2006) | Habeas corpus • Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act | Thomas, Breyer | Ginsburg Stevens |
| Scalia's dissent objected that the Court's affirmance of a district court's sua sponte dismissal of a habeas petition as untimely disregarded the clear provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), which required the forfeiture of affirmative defenses when they are not raised. Scalia argued that if there was truly no "dispositive difference" as the Court said between a court allowing the State to amend its answer to include the limitations argument and dismissing sua sponte, "the natural conclusion would be that there is no compelling reason to disregard the Civil Rules. Legislatively enacted rules are surely entitled to more respect than this apparent presumption that, when nothing substantial hangs on the point, they do not apply as written." At a minimum, Scalia believed it "a nontrivial value in itself" to "observe the formalities of our adversary system" by requiring the State to amend its own pleading. Scalia also observed that in contrast to the "novel regime" adopted by the majority, there is already a well-developed body of law regarding whether a party should have leave to amend a pleading. "Ockham is offended by today's decision, even if no one else is." ||||||
| 211 | Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp. | 547 U.S. 451 (2006) | | | Kennedy Thomas Breyer |
| 212 | Zedner v. United States | 547 U.S. 489 (2006) | | | Alito |
| Scalia joined Alito's unanimous decision ruling that a criminal defendant cannot prospectively waive the protections of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974, except as to the part addressing the Act's legislative history. Scalia filed a separate concurrence to restate his objections to that method of statutory interpretation. ||||||
| 113 | Hudson v. Michigan | 547 U.S. 586 (2006) | | Roberts, Thomas, Alito; Kennedy (in part) | Kennedy Breyer |
| 214 | Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust | 547 U.S. 633 (2006) | | | Souter |
| 115 | Rapanos v. United States | 547 U.S. 715 (2006) | Clean Water Act | Roberts, Thomas, Alito | Roberts Kennedy Stevens Breyer |
| 116 | Davis v. Washington | 547 U.S. 813 (2006) | | Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito | Thomas |
| 417 | Youngblood v. West Virginia | 547 U.S. 867 (2006) | | Thomas | per curiam Kennedy |
| 218 | Fidelity Federal Bank & Trust v. Kehoe | 547 U.S. 1051 (2006) | | Alito | |
| Scalia concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 119 | United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez | 548 U.S. 140 (2006) | U.S. Const. amend. VI • right to counsel | Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | Alito |
| 220 | Kansas v. Marsh | 548 U.S. 163 (2006) | U.S. Const. amend. VIII • death penalty • balance of mitigating and aggravating sentencing factors | | Thomas Stevens Souter |
| 321 | League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry | 548 U.S. 399 (2006) | legislative redistricting | Thomas; Roberts, Alito (in part) | Kennedy Roberts Stevens Souter Breyer |
| 422 | Hamdan v. Rumsfeld | 548 U.S. 557 (2006) | | Thomas, Alito | Stevens Kennedy Breyer Thomas Alito |
| Scalia also joined Thomas' dissent, and Alito's dissent in part. ||||||