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2007 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

2007 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

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The Supreme Court of the United States handed down six per curiam opinions during its 2007 term, which began October 1, 2007 and concluded September 30, 2008.[1]

Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted.

Court membership

Chief Justice: John Roberts

Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito

Allen v. Siebert

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552 U.S. 3
Decided November 5, 2007.
Eleventh Circuit reversed and remanded.

The Court held that because Siebert's petition for state postconviction relief was rejected as untimely by the Alabama courts, it was not "properly filed" under §2244(d)(2). Accordingly, he was not entitled to tolling of AEDPA’s 1-year statute of limitations.

Stevens filed a dissent, joined by Ginsburg.

Arave v. Hoffman

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552 U.S. 117
Decided January 7, 2008.
Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded.

Wright v. Van Patten

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552 U.S. 120
Decided January 7, 2008.
Seventh Circuit reversed and remanded.

Stevens filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.

Medellín v. Texas

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554 U.S. 759
Decided August 5, 2008.
Applications for stay of execution and petition for a writ of habeas corpus denied.

Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer filed dissents.

See also


Notes

  1. The descriptions of two opinions have been omitted:
    • The Court's per curiam opinion in Board of Ed. of City School Dist. of New York v. Tom F., 552 U.S. 1 (2007), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court. Kennedy did not participate.
    • The Court's per curiam opinion in Warner-Lambert Co. v. Kent, 552 U.S. 440 (2008), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court. Roberts did not participate.

References

  • "2007 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved March 25, 2010.

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