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The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice John Paul Stevens during the 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States, which began on October 6, 2008 and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the thirty-fourth term of Stevens' tenure on the Court.

John Paul Stevens 2008 term statistics

Majority or Plurality

Concurrence

Other

Dissent

Concurrence/dissent

Total =

Bench opinions = 29

Opinions relating to orders = 5

In-chambers opinions = 0

Unanimous decisions: 0

Most joined by: Ginsburg (19)

Least joined by: Scalia, Thomas, Alito (2)

Case

Issue

Joined by

Hedgpeth v. Pulido
555 U.S. ___ (2008)

Souter, Ginsburg

Altria Group, Inc. v. Good
555 U.S. ___ (2008)

Preemption of state law

Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer

Ysursa v. Pocatello Ed. Assn.
555 U.S. ___ (2009)

Souter

Carcieri v. Salazar
555 U.S. ___ (2009)

Pleasant Grove City v. Summum
555 U.S. ___ (2009)

First Amendment: public forum and government speech

Ginsburg

Negusie v. Holder
555 U.S. ___ (2009)

Breyer

Wyeth v. Levine
555 U.S. ___ (2009)

Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer

Walker v. Georgia
555 U.S. ___ (2008)

Death penalty

Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.

Kelly v. California
555 U.S. ___ (2008)

Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari, in a case that involved the admissibility of "victim impact evidence" during the sentencing phase of a capital trial.

Vail v. Stenson
555 U.S. ___ (2008)

Ginsburg

Stevens concurred in the Court's stay of execution of a sentence of death.

Harbison v. Bell
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer

Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc.
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Souter, Ginsburg

14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Arizona v. Gant
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg

Thompson v. McNeil
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.

Cone v. Bell
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer

FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Dean v. United States
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Kansas v. Ventris
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Ginsburg

Burlington N. & S. F. R. Co. v. United States
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer, Alito

Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc.
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Haywood v. Drown
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer

Montejo v. Louisiana
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Souter, Ginsburg; Breyer (in part)

CSX Transp., Inc. v. Hensley
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Boyle v. United States
556 U.S. ___ (2009)

Breyer

Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez
557 U.S. ___ (2009)

Souter

District Attorney's Office for Third Judicial Dist. v. Osborne
557 U.S. ___ (2009)

Ginsburg, Breyer; Souter (in part)

Yeager v. United States
557 U.S. ___ (2009)

Roberts, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer; Kennedy (in part)

Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey
557 U.S. ___ (2009)

Ginsburg

Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
557 U.S. ___ (2009)

Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer

Forest Grove School Dist. v. T. A.
557 U.S. ___ (2009)

Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito

Safford Unified School Dist. #1 v. Redding
557 U.S. ___ (2009)

Ginsburg

In re Davis
557 U.S. ___ (2009)

Ginsburg, Breyer

Stevens concurred in the Court's order that a district court hear and determine a habeas corpus petition, writing to critique Scalia's dissent.

References

2008 Term Opinions of the Court, accessed March 20, 2010.
2008 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, accessed March 20, 2010.
2008 Term In-Chambers Opinions, accessed March 20, 2010.

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