2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during the 2010 term of the Supreme Court of the United States, which began October 4, 2010 and concluded October 1, 2011. This was the eighteenth term of Ginsburg’s tenure on the Court.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2010 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 7 Concurrence 0 Other 7 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 24 Bench opinions = 23 Opinions relating to orders = 1 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous decisions: 2 Most joined by: Breyer (15) Least joined by: Kennedy, Thomas (6)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by
4-01	Weise v. Casper • [full text]	01562 U.S. ___ (2010)	First Amendment  • free speech  • qualified immunity	Sotomayor
4-01	Weise v. Casper ( full text )	01562 U.S. ___ (2010)	Ginsburg filed a dissent from the Court's denial of certiorari. The plaintiffs had been ejected by volunteers, acting at the behest of the government, from a public speech by President George W. Bush because of an anti-war bumper sticker on the plaintiffs' car. The lower court ruled that the volunteers were entitled to qualified immunity because "no specific [judicial] authority" had given instructions on how to address the specific issue. Ginsburg wrote that the ejection was unreasonable and no "specific authority" should have been needed despite the novel facts of the case, because the Court's jurisprudence was quite clear that a benefit (access to the speech) could not be withheld on the basis of protected speech (the political bumper sticker). Ginsburg thought the volunteer status of the respondents in this appeal may have had some bearing on the Court's decision not to review the case, because the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 may have shielded them from suit (although that was not the basis of the lower court's ruling). The lawsuit remained pending below against the government officials responsible for the plaintiffs' removal. Further reading Liptak, Adam (October 12, 2010), Justices Turn Down Appeal Over Speech Ejections, The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/us/13scotus.html, retrieved October 12, 2010 .
1-02	Abbott v. United States • [full text]	02562 U.S. ___ (2010)	federal criminal law  • mandatory sentencing  • statutory interpretation  • gun laws	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor
1-02	Abbott v. United States ( full text )	02562 U.S. ___ (2010)	Ginsburg's opinion for the Court ruled that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), which required a minimum five-year prison sentence for the involvement of a deadly weapon in federal drug trafficking or violent offenses, was to be imposed in addition to any other mandatory sentence given for another crime, including the underlying offense. The only exception to the five-year addition applied only when another provision required a longer mandatory term for conduct violating §924(c) specifically, rather than a mandatory sentence for another crime as the defendants had unsuccessfully argued.
2-03	Harrington v. Richter	03562 U.S. ___ (2010)
2-03	Harrington v. Richter	03562 U.S. ___ (2010)
2-04	Premo v. Moore	04562 U.S. ___ (2010)
2-04	Premo v. Moore	04562 U.S. ___ (2010)
2-05	Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP	05562 U.S. ___ (2011)		Breyer
2-05	Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP	05562 U.S. ___ (2011)
1-06	Ortiz v. Jordan	06562 U.S. ___ (2011)		Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
1-06	Ortiz v. Jordan	06562 U.S. ___ (2011)
2-07	Swarthout v. Cooke	07562 U.S. ___ (2011)
2-07	Swarthout v. Cooke	07562 U.S. ___ (2011)
1-08	Walker v. Martin	08562 U.S. ___ (2011)		Unanimous
1-08	Walker v. Martin	08562 U.S. ___ (2011)
4-09	Michigan v. Bryant	09562 U.S. ___ (2011)
4-09	Michigan v. Bryant	09562 U.S. ___ (2011)
1-10	Skinner v. Switzer	10562 U.S. ___ (2011)		Roberts, Scalia, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
1-10	Skinner v. Switzer	10562 U.S. ___ (2011)
4-11	Connick v. Thompson	11563 U.S. ___ (2011)		Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
4-11	Connick v. Thompson	11563 U.S. ___ (2011)
1-12	Astra USA, Inc. v. Santa Clara County	12563 U.S. ___ (2011)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor
1-12	Astra USA, Inc. v. Santa Clara County	12563 U.S. ___ (2011)
4-13	United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation	13563 U.S. ___ (2011)
4-13	United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation	13563 U.S. ___ (2011)
4-14	Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. Kirk	14563 U.S. ___ (2011)		Breyer, Sotomayor
4-14	Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. Kirk	14563 U.S. ___ (2011)
4-15	Kentucky v. King	15563 U.S. ___ (2011)
4-15	Kentucky v. King	15563 U.S. ___ (2011)
2-16	Ashcroft v. al-Kidd	16563 U.S. ___ (2011)		Breyer, Sotomayor
2-16	Ashcroft v. al-Kidd	16563 U.S. ___ (2011)
2-17	United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation	17564 U.S. ___ (2011)		Breyer
2-17	United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation	17564 U.S. ___ (2011)
2-18	Bond v. United States	18564 U.S. ___ (2011)		Breyer
2-18	Bond v. United States	18564 U.S. ___ (2011)
3-19	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes	19564 U.S. ___ (2011)		Breyer, Sotomayor Kagan
3-19	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes	19564 U.S. ___ (2011)
1-20	American Elec. Power Co. v. Connecticut	20564 U.S. ___ (2011)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Kagan
1-20	American Elec. Power Co. v. Connecticut	20564 U.S. ___ (2011)
1-21	Bullcoming v. New Mexico	21564 U.S. ___ (2011)		Scalia; Thomas, Sotomayor, Kagan (in part)
1-21	Bullcoming v. New Mexico	21564 U.S. ___ (2011)
1-22	CSX Transp., Inc. v. McBride	22564 U.S. ___ (2011)		Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan; Thomas (in part)
1-22	CSX Transp., Inc. v. McBride	22564 U.S. ___ (2011)
4-23	J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro	23564 U.S. ___ (2011)		Sotomayor, Kagan
4-23	J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro	23564 U.S. ___ (2011)
1-24	Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S. A. v. Brown	24564 U.S. ___ (2011)		Unanimous
1-24	Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S. A. v. Brown	24564 U.S. ___ (2011)

References

• 2010 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinions.aspx?Term=10, retrieved October 2, 2011 .
• 2010 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/relatingtoorders.aspx?Term=10, retrieved October 2, 2011 .
• 2010 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/in-chambers.aspx?Term=10, retrieved October 2, 2011 .

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