2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The 2011 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2011 and concluded September 30, 2012. This was the nineteenth term of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's tenure on the Court .
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2011 term statistics
7
 Majority or Plurality
5
 Concurrence
0
 Other
3
 Dissent
6
 Concurrence/dissent Total = 21
Bench opinions = 20 Opinions relating to orders = 1 In-chambers opinions = 0
Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Breyer (13) Least joined by: Scalia, Thomas (4)
Type Case Citation Issues Joined by Other opinions
4-01



Cavazos v. Smith • [full text] 565 U.S. ___ (2011)

 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 Breyer, Sotomayor
per curiam
Ginsburg dissented from the Court's per curiam granting of certiorari and reversal of the Ninth Circuit's judgment (its third in the course of the litigation), believing the Court erred in reviewing "a notably fact-bound case" because it was "bent on rebuking the Ninth Circuit for what it conceives to be defiance of our prior remands...I would not ignore Smith’s plight and choose her case as a fit opportunity to teach the Ninth Circuit a lesson."
4-02



CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Federal Arbitration Act  • Credit Repair Organizations Act
Scalia
 Sotomayor
4-03



Minneci v. Pollard 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Eighth Amendment  • cruel and unusual punishment  • privately-run prison  • adequate alternative causes of action under state tort law
Breyer
 Scalia
1-04



Perry v. New Hampshire 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Due Process Clause  • eyewitness identification made under suggestible circumstances Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan
Thomas
 Sotomayor
1-05



Maples v. Thomas 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 habeas corpus  • excusable procedural default  • abandonment by counsel Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
Alito
 Scalia
1-06



Golan v. Holder 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 copyright  • Berne Convention  • public domain Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Sotomayor
Breyer
1-07



Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991  • federal question jurisdiction  • presumption of concurrent jurisdiction with state courts Unanimous
4-08



Kawashima v. Holder 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 immigration law  • conviction for false tax return as basis for deportation Breyer, Kagan
Thomas
3-09



Howes v. Fields 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Miranda warning  • custodial status of prison inmate during interrogation Breyer, Sotomayor
Alito
4-10



Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Md. 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993  • self-care provision  • Fourteenth Amendment  • abrogation of state sovereign immunity Breyer; Sotomayor, Kagan (in part)
Kennedy
 Scalia
 Thomas
3-11



Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc. 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act  • date of assessment of compensation rate
Sotomayor
2-12



Sackett v. EPA 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Clean Water Act  • discharge of pollutants into navigable waters  • finality of EPA compliance order under Administrative Procedure Act
Scalia
 Alito
1-13



Vartelas v. Holder 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996  • effect of conviction on lawful permanent resident seeking reentry  • antiretroactivity principle Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
Scalia
2-14



Filarsky v. Delia 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 qualified immunity  • private individuals temporarily working for government
Roberts
 Sotomayor
1-15



Wood v. Milyard 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 habeas corpus  • court of appeals raising sua sponte deliberately forfeited statute of limitation defense Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
Thomas
1-16



Astrue v. Capato 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Social Security  • eligibility of posthumously conceived children for survivor's benefits  • definition of child under state intestacy law Unanimous
4-17



Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Court Interpreters Act  • document translation expenses as court costs awardable to prevailing parties Breyer, Sotomayor
Alito
2-18



Reichle v. Howards 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 First Amendment  • retaliatory arrest  • qualified immunity  • Secret Service Breyer
Thomas
2-19



FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. 567 U.S. ___ (2012)

 FCC regulation of indecent broadcasting content  • fleeting expletives or nudity  • Due Process Clause  • void for vagueness doctrine
Kennedy
3-20



National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius 567 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act  • individual mandate  • Anti-Injunction Act  • Commerce Clause  • Necessary and Proper Clause  • Medicaid expansion  • coercive conditions on federal spending Sotomayor; Breyer, Kagan (in part)
Roberts
 Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
 Thomas
2-21



FCC v. CBS Corp. 567 U.S. ___ (2012)

 FCC regulation of indecent broadcasting content  • Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy  • fleeting expletives
Roberts
Ginsburg concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.

References

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Supreme Court of the United States 2011 term (October 3, 2011 - September 30, 2012)
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