2007 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

2007 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

This is a list of the opinions delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of the United States during its 2007 term, which began on October 1, 2007, and concluded September 30, 2008, and statistics associated therewith. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion.

Table key

2007 term opinions

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width=200px |"Watson v. United States", 552 U.S. ___
October 9, 2007
December 10, 2007
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width=200px |"Kimbrough v. United States", 552 U.S. ___
October 2, 2007
December 10, 2007
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width=200px |"Sprint/United Management Co. v. Mendelsohn", 552 U.S. ___
December 3, 2007
February 26, 2008
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width=200px |"Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki", 552 U.S. ___
November 6, 2007
February 27, 2008
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width=200px |"Boulware v. United States", 552 U.S. ___

March 3, 2008
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width=200px |"Warner-Lambert Co. v. Kent", [The lower court's judgment in "Warner-Lambert Co. v. Kent" was affirmed by an equally divided Court.] 552 U.S. ___|
March 3, 2008
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width=200px |"Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party", 552 U.S. ___
October 1, 2007
March 18, 2008|
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width=200px |"United States v. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Co.", 553 U.S. ___
March 24, 2008
April 15, 2008
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width=200px |"MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Dept. of Revenue", 553 U.S. ___
January 16, 2008
April 15, 2008
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width=200px |"United States v. Williams", 553 U.S. ___
October 30, 2007
May 19, 2008
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width=200px |"United States v. Rodriquez", 553 U.S. ___
January 15, 2008
May 19, 2008
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width=200px |"Riley v. Kennedy", 553 U.S. ___
March 24, 2008
May 27, 2008
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width=200px |"CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries", 553 U.S. ___
February 20, 2008
May 27, 2008
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width=200px |"Gomez-Perez v. Potter", 553 U.S. ___
February 19, 2008
May 27, 2008
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width=200px |"Regalado Cuellar v. United States", 553 U.S. ___
February 25, 2008
June 2, 2008|
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width=200px |"Richlin Security Service Co. v. Chertoff", 553 U.S. ___
March 19, 2008
June 2, 2008
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width=200px |"Engquist v. Oregon Dept. of Agriculture", 553 U.S. ___
April 21, 2008
June 9, 2008
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width=200px |"Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc.", 553 U.S. ___
January 16, 2008
June 9, 2008
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width=200px |"Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co.", 553 U.S. ___
April 14, 2008
June 9, 2008
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width=200px |"Allison Engine Co. v. United States ex rel. Sanders", 553 U.S. ___
February 26, 2008
June 9, 2008
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width=200px |"Munaf v. Geren", 553 U.S. ___
March 25, 2008
June 12, 2008
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width=200px |"Irizarry v. United States", 553 U.S. ___
April 15, 2008
June 12, 2008
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width=200px |"Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC", 554 U.S. ___
January 9, 2008
June 19, 2008
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width=200px |"Indiana v. Edwards", 554 U.S. ___
March 26, 2008
June 19, 2008
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width=200px |"Rothgery v. Gillespie County", 554 U.S. ___
March 17, 2008
June 23, 2008|
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width=200px |"Greenlaw v. United States", 554 U.S. ___
April 15, 2008
June 23, 2008
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width=200px |"Kennedy v. Louisiana", 554 U.S. ___
April 16, 2008
June 25, 2008
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width=200px |"Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker", 554 U.S. ___
February 27, 2008
June 25, 2008
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width=200px |"District of Columbia v. Heller", 554 U.S. ___
March 18, 2008
June 26, 2008
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2007 term membership and statistics

This was the third term of Chief Justice Roberts' tenure and the second full term with the present membership of the Court.

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Associate Justice Antonin Scalia
rowspan=2| Ronald Reagan
September 26, 1986
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Associate Justice Clarence Thomas
October 23, 1991
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Associate Justice Samuel Alito
George W. Bush
January 31, 2006
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colspan=5 bgcolor=#EEEEEE | Notes on statistics:

*A justice is only included in the majority if he or she joined or concurred in full in the Court's judgment.
*Percentages are based only on the cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point.
*The opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders and in-chambers opinions are not included.

Notes

Further reading

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/us/23memo.html "At Supreme Court, 5-to-4 Rulings Fade — but Why?"] , Linda Greenhouse. "The New York Times", May 23, 2008.

References

* [http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07slipopinion.html Supreme Court slip opinions, 2007 term]


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