2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas during the 2011 term of the Supreme Court of the United States, which began October 3, 2011 and will conclude September 30, 2012. This is the twenty-first term of Thomas' tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2011 term statistics (in progress) 4 Majority or Plurality 4 Concurrence 0 Other 2 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 10 Bench opinions = 9 Opinions relating to orders = 1 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: - Least joined by: -

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
4-01	Utah Highway Patrol v. American Atheists, Inc. • [full text]	01565 U.S. ___ (2011)	First Amendment  • Establishment Clause  • religious displays on government property
4-01x	Utah Highway Patrol v. American Atheists, Inc.x ( full text )	01x565 U.S. ___ (2011)	Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari, in a case in which the placement on public land of large crosses to commemorate the deaths of highway patrol officers was ruled unconstitutional. Thomas criticized the lack of clarity and indeterminacy of the Court's tests for whether such a display violated the First Amendment, and noted what he saw as the confusion and contradictions this caused in lower court rulings. "It is difficult to imagine an area of the law more in need of clarity," Thomas wrote, urging the Court to address this problem even if it did not adopt his view that the Establishment Clause only applied to the Federal Government and only prohibited "actual legal coercion."
4-02	Smith v. Cain	02565 U.S. ___ (2012)			Roberts
4-02x	Smith v. Cainx	02x565 U.S. ___ (2012)
2-03	Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC	03565 U.S. ___ (2012)			Roberts Alito
2-03x	Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOCx	03x565 U.S. ___ (2012)
1-04	Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid	04565 U.S. ___ (2012)		Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Scalia
1-04x	Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolidx	04x565 U.S. ___ (2012)
2-05	Perry v. New Hampshire	05565 U.S. ___ (2012)			Ginsburg Sotomayor
2-05x	Perry v. New Hampshirex	05x565 U.S. ___ (2012)
2-06	Perry v. Perez • [full text]	06565 U.S. ___ (2012)	Voting Rights Act of 1965  • preclearance  • redistricting		per curiam
2-06x	Perry v. Perezx ( full text )	06x565 U.S. ___ (2012)	Thomas concurred in the Court's vacatur and remand of a District Court's interim redistricting map for Texas, a state that was subject to preclearance requirements for state redistricting plans under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. While the Court's decision was based upon the District Court's departures from the state's plan that were not based upon legal flaws or other clear standards, Thomas instead believed that section 5 was unconstitutional. Texas should, therefore, have been able to implement its proposed redistricting map for the 2012 election, unless and until there was a finding against it under the alleged violations of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act or the U.S. Constitution.
1-07	Kawashima v. Holder	07565 U.S. ___ (2012)	immigration law  • deportation	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Sotomayor	Ginsburg
1-07x	Kawashima v. Holderx	07x565 U.S. ___ (2012)
1-08	Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp.	08565 U.S. ___ (2012)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Kagan	Kagan Sotomayor
1-08x	Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp.x	08x565 U.S. ___ (2012)
1-09	Kappos v. Hyatt	09566 U.S. ___ (2012)	patent law	Unanimous	Sotomayor
1-09x	Kappos v. Hyattx	09x566 U.S. ___ (2012)
2-10	Wood v. Milyard	10566 U.S. ___ (2012)		Scalia	Ginsburg
2-10x	Wood v. Milyardx	10x566 U.S. ___ (2012)

References

• 2011 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinions.aspx?Term=11, retrieved April 24, 2012 .
• 2011 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/relatingtoorders.aspx?Term=11, retrieved April 24, 2012 .
• 2011 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/in-chambers.aspx?Term=11, retrieved April 24, 2012 .

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