2009 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito

The 2009 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2009 and concluded October 4, 2010. This was the fifth term of Associate Justice Samuel Alito's tenure on the Court.
Samuel Alito 2009 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 10 Concurrence 0 Other 8 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 26 Bench opinions = 25 Opinions relating to orders = 1 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Roberts (10) Least joined by: Stevens, Sotomayor (4)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
2-01	Bobby v. Van Hook	01558 U.S. ___ (2009)	Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel		per curiam
Alito joined the Court's per curiam opinion, which had reversed the lower court for resolving an ineffective assistance of counsel claim by applying guidelines published by the American Bar Association nearly twenty years after the trial. Alito filed a separate concurrence to emphasize his understanding that the Supreme Court's opinion "in no way suggests that the [ABA Guidelines] have special relevance in determining whether an attorney’s performance meets the standard required by the Sixth Amendment." Pointing out that the ABA "is a private group with limited membership," Alito observed that its views are not necessarily reflective of American lawyers as a whole. It is instead the responsibility of the courts to determine what conduct by an attorney meets constitutional standards, and Alito saw "no reason why the ABA Guidelines should be given a privileged position in making that determination."
4-02	Wellons v. Hall	02558 U.S. ___ (2010)		Roberts	per curiam Scalia
2-03	Kucana v. Holder	03558 U.S. ___ (2010)			Ginsburg
1-04	South Carolina v. North Carolina	04558 U.S. ___ (2010)		Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer	Roberts
4-05	Johnson v. United States	05559 U.S. ___ (2010)		Thomas	Scalia
1-06	Mac's Shell Service, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products Co.	06559 U.S. ___ (2010)		Unanimous
4-07	Bloate v. United States	07559 U.S. ___ (2010)		Breyer	Thomas Ginsburg
4-08	Nurre v. Whitehead	08559 U.S. ___ (2010)
Alito dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
1-09	Jones v. Harris Associates	09559 U.S. ___ (2010)		Unanimous	Thomas
2-10	Padilla v. Kentucky	10559 U.S. ___ (2010)		Roberts	Stevens Scalia
4-11	United States v. Stevens	11559 U.S. ___ (2010)	First Amendment  • free speech		Roberts
1-12	Perdue v. Kenny A.	12559 U.S. ___ (2010)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas	Kennedy Thomas Breyer
1-13	Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds Int'l Corp.	13559 U.S. ___ (2010)	Federal Arbitration Act	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas	Ginsburg
2-14	Salazar v. Buono	14559 U.S. ___ (2010)	First Amendment  • Establishment Clause		Kennedy Roberts Scalia Stevens Breyer
4-15	Graham v. Florida	15560 U.S. ___ (2010)			Kennedy Roberts Stevens Thomas
2-16	United States v. Comstock	16560 U.S. ___ (2010)			Breyer Kennedy Thomas
2-17	Samantar v. Yousuf	17560 U.S. ___ (2010)	Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act		Stevens Scalia Thomas
2-18	Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc.	18560 U.S. ___ (2010)			Ginsburg Kennedy Thomas
4-19	Carr v. United States	19560 U.S. ___ (2010)		Thomas, Ginsburg	Sotomayor Scalia
1-20	Hamilton v. Lanning	20560 U.S. ___ (2010)		Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Scalia
2-21	Holland v. Florida	21560 U.S. ___ (2010)			Breyer Scalia
1-22	Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms	22561 U.S. ___ (2010)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Stevens
2-23	Doe v. Reed	23561 U.S. ___ (2010)			Roberts Stevens Scalia Breyer Sotomayor Thomas
2-24	Skilling v. United States	24561 U.S. ___ (2010)			Ginsburg Scalia Sotomayor
4-25	Christian Legal Soc. Chapter of Univ. of Cal., Hastings College of Law v. Martinez	25561 U.S. ___ (2010)		Roberts, Scalia, Thomas	Ginsburg Stevens Kennedy
1-26	McDonald v. Chicago	26561 U.S. ___ (2010)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy; Thomas (in part)	Scalia Thomas Stevens Breyer

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