2009

Case	Docket Number(s)	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	Outcome	Vote	Author	Topics
Lewis v. City of Chicago	08-974	02/22/2010		United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit		9-0	Antonin Scalia	Title VII
United Student Aid Fund v. Espinosa	08-1134			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				chapter 13 bankruptcy
Lewis v. City of Chicago	08-974			United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				employment discrimination racial discrimination
Migliaccio v. Castaneda; Henneford v. Castaneda	8-1529 ; 08-1547			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				Federal Tort Claims Act
Health Care Service Corp. v. Pollitt	09-38	03/03/2010		United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				state court preemption Health benefits
Thompson v. North American Stainless	09-291			United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit				anti-retaliation Title VII
Abbott v. U.S.	09-479			United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit				drug trafficking 18 U.S.C. 924(c)
Chase Bank USA v. McCoy	09-329			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				credit card regulation 12 C.F.R. § 226.9(c)
Los Angeles County v. Humphries	09-350			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				42 U.S.C. § 1988 fee awards
Harrington v. Richter	09-587			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				Sixth Amendment
NASA v. Nelson	09-320			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				Privacy Act informational privacy
Snyder v. Phelps	09-751			United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit				First Amendment public figures
Bruesewitz v. Wyeth	09-152			United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit				National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act
Connick v. Thompson	09-571			United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit				Brady v. Maryland exculpatory evidence
Belleque v. Moore	09-658			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) coerced confession
Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics	09-834			United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				Fair Labor Standards Act 29 U.S.C. § 215(a)(3)
Flores-Villar v. U.S.	09-5801			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				Nguyen v. INS gender discrimination
Ortiz v. Jordan	09-737			United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit				summary judgment
Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association	08-1448			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				First Amendment strict scrutiny
Costco v. Omega	08-1423			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				first-sale doctrine
Staub v. Proctor Hospital	09-400			United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit				Employer liability
U.S. v. Tohono O’odham Nation	09-846			United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit				28 U.S.C. § 1500 Jurisdiction Federal Claims Court
Ransom v. MBNA, America Bank	09-907			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				debtor disposable income
Schwarzenegger v. EMA	08-1448			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				First Amendment strict scrutiny
Ortiz v. Jordan	09-737			United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit				summary judgment merits trial
Wall v. Kholi	09-868			United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit				Post-confiction relief Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America	08-1314			Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three				federal minimum safety standard
Sossamon v. Texas	08-1438			United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit				state official Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion	09-893			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				Federal arbitration act class-wide arbitration
Arizona Christian School Tuition v. Winn; Garriott v. Winn	09-987; 09-991			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				Arizona Tuition Tax Credit tax credit state funds
Skinner v. Switzer	09-9000			United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit				civil rights Habeas corpus 42 U.S.C. § 1983 DNA testing
Mayo v. U.S.	09-837			United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit				26 U.S.C. § 3121(b)(10) Taxes
CSX Transportation v. ADR	09-520			United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit				Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act
Cullen v. Pinholster	09-1088			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				ineffective assistance of counsel
Matrixx v. Siracusano	09-1156			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				Securities Exchange Act SEC Rule 10b-5
Walker v. Martin	09-996			U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				Federal habeas corpus
VOPA v. Reinhard	09-529			United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit				11th amendment sovereign immunity
Walker v. Martin	09-996			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				Federal habeas corpus
Chamber of Commerce v. Candelaria	09-115			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				Immigration illegal aliens
Amara v. CIGNA; CIGNA v. Amara	09-784; 09-804			United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit				ERISA
Janus Capital v. First Derivative Traders	09-525			United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit				private securities fraud
Henderson v. Shinseki	09-1036			United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit				equitable tolling Statute of limitations
Milner v. Navy	09-1163			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(2) High 2 secret
Pepper v. U.S.	09-6822			United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit				post-sentencing rehabilitation
Beard v. Kindler	08-992	11/02/2009	12/08/2009	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit	Vacated and remanded.	8-0	John G. Roberts, Jr.	Habeas corpus adequate-state-grounds doctrine
Pottawattamie County v. McGhee	08-1065	11/04/2009	01/04/2010	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit	Dismissed			wrongful conviction substantive due process false testimony
NRG Power Marketing v. Maine Public Utilities Commission	08-674	11/03/2009	01/13/2010	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia		8-1	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Mobile-Sierra doctrine contracting party
Kucana v. Holder	08-911	11/10/2009	01/20/2010	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit		9-0	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	jurisdiction of federal courts 8 U.S.C. Section 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii)
Wood v. Allen	08-9156	11/04/2009	01/20/2010	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit		7-2	Sonia Sotomayor	mental retardation Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA)
South Carolina v. North Carolina	138 Original Jurisdiction	10/05/2009	01/20/2010	138 Original Jurisdiction		5-4	Samuel A. Alito, Jr.	non-state parties intervenors

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