2009 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The 2009 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2009 and concluded October 3, 2010. This was the nineteenth term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2009 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 14 Concurrence 0 Other 5 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 28 Bench opinions = 26 Opinions relating to orders = 2 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Scalia (15) Least joined by: Ginsburg, Breyer (5)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
2-01	Johnson v. Bredesen	01558 U.S. ___ (2009)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty		Stevens
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
2-02	Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter	02558 U.S. ___ (2009)	appealability of disclosure orders adverse to attorney-client privilege  • collateral order doctrine		Sotomayor
2-03	McDaniel v. Brown	03558 U.S. ___ (2010)		Scalia	per curiam
4-04	Presley v. Georgia	04558 U.S. ___ (2010)		Scalia	per curiam
3-05	Citizens United v. Federal Election Comm'n	05558 U.S. ___ (2010)	First Amendment  • freedom of speech  • campaign finance reform		Kennedy Roberts Scalia Stevens
4-06	Noriega v. Pastrana	06559 U.S. ___ (2010)		Scalia
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari in a proceeding brought by former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to challenge his extradition to France upon his release from federal prison.
2-07	Wilkins v. Gaddy	07559 U.S. ___ (2010)		Scalia	per curiam
2-08	Maryland v. Shatzer	08559 U.S. ___ (2010)			Scalia Stevens
1-09	Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick	09559 U.S. ___ (2010)	copyright law	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito	Ginsburg
1-10	Bloate v. United States	10559 U.S. ___ (2010)		Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Ginsburg Alito
2-11	Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P. A. v. United States	11559 U.S. ___ (2010)			Sotomayor Scalia
1-12	United States Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa	12559 U.S. ___ (2010)		Unanimous
2-13	Berghuis v. Smith	13559 U.S. ___ (2010)			Ginsburg
2-14	Jones v. Harris Associates	14559 U.S. ___ (2010)			Alito
2-15	Perdue v. Kenny A.	15559 U.S. ___ (2010)			Alito Kennedy Breyer
4-16	Graham v. Florida	16560 U.S. ___ (2010)		Scalia; Alito (in part)	Kennedy Roberts Stevens Alito
4-17	United States v. Comstock	17560 U.S. ___ (2010)		Scalia (in part)	Breyer Kennedy Alito
2-18	United States v. O'Brien	18560 U.S. ___ (2010)			Kennedy Stevens
1-19	Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co.	19560 U.S. ___ (2010)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor; Stevens (in part)	Stevens
2-20	Samantar v. Yousuf	20560 U.S. ___ (2010)			Stevens Scalia Alito
2-21	Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc.	21560 U.S. ___ (2010)		Scalia	Ginsburg Kennedy Alito
2-22	Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder	22560 U.S. ___ (2010)			Stevens Scalia
1-23	Astrue v. Ratliff	23560 U.S. ___ (2010)		Unanimous	Sotomayor
1-24	Schwab v. Reilly	24560 U.S. ___ (2010)		Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Sotomayor	Ginsburg
4-25	Doe v. Reed	25561 U.S. ___ (2010)			Roberts Stevens Scalia Breyer Alito Sotomayor
1-26	Granite Rock Co. v. Teamsters	26561 U.S. ___ (2010)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito; Stevens, Sotomayor (in part)	Sotomayor
1-27	Magwood v. Patterson	27561 U.S. ___ (2010)		Scalia; Stevens, Breyer, Sotomayor (in part)	Breyer Kennedy
2-28	McDonald v. Chicago	28561 U.S. ___ (2010)			Alito Scalia Stevens Breyer

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