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2009 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

2009 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

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The 2009 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2009, and concluded October 3, 2010. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.

Table key


 Delivered the Court's opinion

Joined the Court's opinion

Filed a concurrence

Joined a concurrence

 Filed a dissent

Joined a dissent

Filed a concurrence/dissent

Joined a concurrence/dissent

 Did not participate in the decision
  • Decisions that do not note an argument date were decided without oral argument. Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's opinion are per curiam.
  • Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices frequently join multiple opinions in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly.
  • An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality. An asterisk in a joining vote denotes that the justice joined it only in part.
  • A dash ( - ) denotes that the Justice voted without filing or joining an opinion.

2009 term opinions

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2009 term membership and statistics

This was the fifth term of Chief Justice Roberts' tenure, the first term for Justice Sotomayor, and the last term for Justice Stevens.

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Citizens United v. Federal Election Comm'n, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), was originally argued March 24, 2009 and reargued September 9, 2009.
  2. [2]
    In Briscoe v. Virginia, 559 U.S. 32 (2010), the Court vacated the Supreme Court of Virginia's judgment and remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 557 U.S. 305 (2009).
  3. [3]
    In Sullivan v. Florida, 560 U.S. 181 (2010), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.
  4. [4]
    In Robertson v. United States ex rel. Watson, 560 U.S. 272 (2010), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.
  5. [5]
    In United States v. Juvenile Male, 560 U.S. 558 (2010), the Court granted certiorari and certified a question to the Supreme Court of Montana; see later opinion at 564 U.S. 932 (2011).
  6. [6]
    In Weyhrauch v. United States, 561 U.S. 476 (2010), the Court vacated the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's judgment and remanded for further consideration in light of Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. 358 (2010), which was handed down the same day.

References

  • "2009 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
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