Supreme Court decisions of October Term 2009

The Court’s 2009 Term began in October 2009. These are the 93 decisions SCDB records for it, decided between October 20, 2009 and June 27, 2011, during the Roberts Court.

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Decided by one vote (17)

• Dennis Hollingsworth v. Kristin M. Perry
  558 U.S. 183Decided January 13, 20105–4Per curiam
• Marcus A. Wellons v. Hilton Hall
  558 U.S. 220Decided January 19, 20105–4Per curiam
• State of South Carolina v. State of North Carolina
  558 U.S. 256Decided January 20, 20105–4Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Citizens United v. Federal Election CommissionAltered precedentLaw held unconstitutional
  558 U.S. 310Decided January 21, 20105–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P. A. v. Allstate Insurance Company
  559 U.S. 393Decided March 31, 20105–4Antonin Scalia
• Sonny Perdue v. Kenny A.
  559 U.S. 542Decided April 21, 20105–4Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Ken L. Salazar v. Frank Buono
  559 U.S. 700Decided April 28, 20105–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• John Robertson v. United States ex Rel. Wykenna Watson
  560 U.S. 272Decided May 24, 20105–4Per curiam
• Mary Berghuis v. Van Chester Thompkins
  560 U.S. 370Decided June 1, 20105–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Brian Russell Dolan v. United States
  560 U.S. 605Decided June 14, 20105–4Stephen G. Breyer
• New Process Steel, L. P. v. National Labor Relations Board
  560 U.S. 674Decided June 17, 20105–4John Paul Stevens
• Rent-A-Center v. Antonio Jackson
  561 U.S. 63Decided June 21, 20105–4Antonin Scalia
• Billy Joe Magwood v. Tony Patterson
  561 U.S. 320Decided June 24, 20105–4Clarence Thomas
• Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts v. Public Company Accounting Oversight BoardLaw held unconstitutional
  561 U.S. 477Decided June 28, 20105–4John G. Roberts Jr.
• Christian Legal Society Chapter of the University of California v. Leo P. Martinez
  561 U.S. 661Decided June 28, 20105–4Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Otis McDonald v. City of ChicagoAltered precedentLaw held unconstitutional
  561 U.S. 742Decided June 28, 20105–4Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Demarcus Ali Sears v. Stephen Upton
  561 U.S. 945Decided June 29, 20105–4Per curiam

All decisions, in order

• Joseph E. Corcoran v. Mark Levenhagen
  558 U.S. 1Decided October 20, 20099–0Per curiam
• David Bobby v. Robert J. Van Hook
  558 U.S. 4Decided November 9, 20099–0Per curiam
• Robert Wong v. Fernando Belmontes, Jr.
  558 U.S. 15Decided November 16, 20099–0Per curiam
• George Porter, Jr. v. Bill McCollum
  558 U.S. 30Decided November 30, 20099–0Per curiam
• Michigan v. Jeremy Fisher
  558 U.S. 45Decided December 7, 20097–2Per curiam
• Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Norman Carpenter
  558 U.S. 100Decided December 8, 20099–0Sonia Sotomayor
• Anita Alvarez v. Chermane Smith
  558 U.S. 87Decided December 8, 20098–1Stephen G. Breyer
• Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment
  558 U.S. 67Decided December 8, 20099–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Jeffrey A. Beard v. Joseph J. Kindler
  558 U.S. 53Decided December 8, 20098–0John G. Roberts Jr.
• Pottawattamie County v. Curtis W. McGhee, Jr.
  558 U.S. 1103Decided January 4, 20109–0Per curiam
• E. K. McDaniel v. Troy Brown
  558 U.S. 120Decided January 11, 20109–0Per curiam
• Keith Smith v. Frank G. Spisak, Jr.
  558 U.S. 139Decided January 12, 20109–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Dennis Hollingsworth v. Kristin M. Perry
  558 U.S. 183Decided January 13, 20105–4Per curiam
• NRG Power Marketing, LLC v. Maine Public Utilities Commission
  558 U.S. 165Decided January 13, 20108–1Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Marcus A. Wellons v. Hilton Hall
  558 U.S. 220Decided January 19, 20105–4Per curiam
• Eric Presley v. Georgia
  558 U.S. 209Decided January 19, 20107–2Per curiam
• Holly Wood v. Richard F. Allen
  558 U.S. 290Decided January 20, 20107–2Sonia Sotomayor
• State of South Carolina v. State of North Carolina
  558 U.S. 256Decided January 20, 20105–4Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Agron Kucana v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
  558 U.S. 233Decided January 20, 20109–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Citizens United v. Federal Election CommissionAltered precedentLaw held unconstitutional
  558 U.S. 310Decided January 21, 20105–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Mark A. Briscoe and Sheldon A. Cypress v. Virginia
  559 U.S. 32Decided January 25, 20109–0Per curiam
• Hemi Group, LLC and Kai Gachupin v. City of New York
  559 U.S. 1Decided January 25, 20105–3John G. Roberts Jr.
• Rick Thaler v. Anthony Cardell Haynes
  559 U.S. 1088Decided February 22, 20109–0Per curiam
• Jamey L. Wilkins v. Officer Gaddy
  559 U.S. 34Decided February 22, 20109–0Per curiam
• The Hertz Corporation v. Melinda Friend
  559 U.S. 77Decided February 23, 20109–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Florida v. Kevin Dewayne Powell
  559 U.S. 50Decided February 23, 20107–2Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Maryland v. Michael Blaine Shatzer, Sr.
  559 U.S. 98Decided February 24, 20109–0Antonin Scalia
• Jamal Kiyemba v. Barack H. Obama
  559 U.S. 131Decided March 1, 20109–0Per curiam
• Mac's Shell Service, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products Co. LLC
  559 U.S. 175Decided March 2, 20109–0Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Irvin Muchnick
  559 U.S. 154Decided March 2, 20108–0Clarence Thomas
• Curtis Darnell Johnson v. United States
  559 U.S. 133Decided March 2, 20107–2Antonin Scalia
• Milavetz v. United States
  559 U.S. 229Decided March 8, 20109–0Sonia Sotomayor
• Taylor James Bloate v. United States
  559 U.S. 196Decided March 8, 20107–2Clarence Thomas
• United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Francisco J. Espinosa
  559 U.S. 260Decided March 23, 20109–0Clarence Thomas
• Jerry N. Jones v. Harris Associates L. P.
  559 U.S. 335Decided March 30, 20109–0Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Mary Berghuis v. Diapolis Smith
  559 U.S. 314Decided March 30, 20109–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Graham County Soil and Water Conservation District v. United States ex Rel. Karen T. Wilson
  559 U.S. 280Decided March 30, 20107–2John Paul Stevens
• Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P. A. v. Allstate Insurance Company
  559 U.S. 393Decided March 31, 20105–4Antonin Scalia
• Jose Padilla v. Kentucky
  559 U.S. 356Decided March 31, 20107–2John Paul Stevens
• United States v. Robert J. StevensLaw held unconstitutional
  559 U.S. 460Decided April 20, 20108–1John G. Roberts Jr.
• Karen L. Jerman v. Carlisle
  559 U.S. 573Decided April 21, 20107–2Sonia Sotomayor
• Sonny Perdue v. Kenny A.
  559 U.S. 542Decided April 21, 20105–4Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Sally L. Conkright v. Paul J. Frommert
  559 U.S. 506Decided April 21, 20105–3John G. Roberts Jr.
• Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. Animalfeeds International Corp.
  559 U.S. 662Decided April 27, 20105–3Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Merck & Co., Inc. v. Richard Reynolds
  559 U.S. 633Decided April 27, 20109–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Ken L. Salazar v. Frank Buono
  559 U.S. 700Decided April 28, 20105–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Esther Hui v. Yanira Castaneda
  559 U.S. 799Decided May 3, 20109–0Sonia Sotomayor
• Paul Renico v. Reginald Lett
  559 U.S. 766Decided May 3, 20106–3John G. Roberts Jr.
• Timothy Mark Cameron Abbott v. Jacquelyn Vaye Abbott
  560 U.S. 1Decided May 17, 20106–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• Terrance Jamar Graham v. FloridaLaw held unconstitutional
  560 U.S. 48Decided May 17, 20106–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• United States v. Graydon Earl Comstock, Jr.
  560 U.S. 126Decided May 17, 20107–2Stephen G. Breyer
• Joe Harris Sullivan v. Florida
  560 U.S. 181Decided May 17, 20109–0Per curiam
• American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League
  560 U.S. 183Decided May 24, 20109–0John Paul Stevens
• Arthur L. Lewis, Jr. v. City of Chicago
  560 U.S. 205Decided May 24, 20109–0Antonin Scalia
• United States v. Martin O'Brien and Arthur Burgess
  560 U.S. 218Decided May 24, 20109–0Anthony M. Kennedy
• Bridget Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
  560 U.S. 242Decided May 24, 20109–0Clarence Thomas
• United States v. Glenn Marcus
  560 U.S. 258Decided May 24, 20107–1Stephen G. Breyer
• John Robertson v. United States ex Rel. Wykenna Watson
  560 U.S. 272Decided May 24, 20105–4Per curiam
• Lawrence Joseph Jefferson v. Stephen Upton
  560 U.S. 284Decided May 24, 20107–2Per curiam
• Mohamed Ali Samantar v. Bashe Abdi Yousuf
  560 U.S. 305Decided June 1, 20109–0John Paul Stevens
• State of Alabama v. State of North Carolina.
  560 U.S. 330Decided June 1, 20106–3Antonin Scalia
• Mary Berghuis v. Van Chester Thompkins
  560 U.S. 370Decided June 1, 20105–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Richard A. Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc.
  560 U.S. 413Decided June 1, 20109–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Thomas Carr v. United States
  560 U.S. 438Decided June 1, 20106–3Sonia Sotomayor
• Michael Gary Barber v. J. E. Thomas
  560 U.S. 474Decided June 7, 20106–3Stephen G. Breyer
• Jan Hamilton v. Stephanie Kay Lanning
  560 U.S. 505Decided June 7, 20108–1Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Wanda Krupski v. Costa Crociere S. P. A.
  560 U.S. 538Decided June 7, 20109–0Sonia Sotomayor
• Jose Angel Carachuri-Rosendo v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
  560 U.S. 563Decided June 14, 20109–0John Paul Stevens
• Michael J. Astrue v. Catherine G. Ratliff
  560 U.S. 586Decided June 14, 20109–0Clarence Thomas
• Brian Russell Dolan v. United States
  560 U.S. 605Decided June 14, 20105–4Stephen G. Breyer
• Albert Holland v. Florida
  560 U.S. 631Decided June 14, 20107–2Stephen G. Breyer
• New Process Steel, L. P. v. National Labor Relations Board
  560 U.S. 674Decided June 17, 20105–4John Paul Stevens
• Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  560 U.S. 702Decided June 17, 20108–0Antonin Scalia
• City of Ontario v. Jeff Quon
  560 U.S. 746Decided June 17, 20109–0Anthony M. Kennedy
• William G. Schwab v. Nadejda Reilly
  560 U.S. 770Decided June 17, 20106–3Clarence Thomas
• Percy Dillon v. United States
  560 U.S. 817Decided June 17, 20107–1Sonia Sotomayor
• Eric H. Holder, Jr. v. Humanitarian Law Project
  561 U.S. 1Decided June 21, 20106–3John G. Roberts Jr.
• Rent-A-Center v. Antonio Jackson
  561 U.S. 63Decided June 21, 20105–4Antonin Scalia
• Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp.
  561 U.S. 89Decided June 21, 20106–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• Monsanto Company v. Geertson Seed Farms
  561 U.S. 139Decided June 21, 20107–1Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• John Doe #1 v. Sam Reed
  561 U.S. 186Decided June 24, 20108–1John G. Roberts Jr.
• Robert Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.
  561 U.S. 247Decided June 24, 20108–0Antonin Scalia
• Granite Rock Company v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  561 U.S. 287Decided June 24, 20107–2Clarence Thomas
• Billy Joe Magwood v. Tony Patterson
  561 U.S. 320Decided June 24, 20105–4Clarence Thomas
• Jeffrey K. Skilling v. United States
  561 U.S. 358Decided June 24, 20109–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Conrad M. Black v. United States
  561 U.S. 465Decided June 24, 20109–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Weyhrauch v. United States
  561 U.S. 476Decided June 24, 20109–0Per curiam
• Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts v. Public Company Accounting Oversight BoardLaw held unconstitutional
  561 U.S. 477Decided June 28, 20105–4John G. Roberts Jr.
• Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw v. David J. Kappos
  561 U.S. 593Decided June 28, 20109–0Anthony M. Kennedy
• Christian Legal Society Chapter of the University of California v. Leo P. Martinez
  561 U.S. 661Decided June 28, 20105–4Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Otis McDonald v. City of ChicagoAltered precedentLaw held unconstitutional
  561 U.S. 742Decided June 28, 20105–4Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Demarcus Ali Sears v. Stephen Upton
  561 U.S. 945Decided June 29, 20105–4Per curiam
• United States v. Juvenile Male
  564 U.S. 932Decided June 27, 20118–0Per curiam

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