Term recap
October Term 2009 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 2009, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
The term's first merits decision came down October 20, 2009 and the last on June 29, 2010. The busiest single day was May 24, 2010 with 7 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 2009 · 1 decision
November 2009 · 3 decisions
December 2009 · 5 decisions
January 2010 · 11 decisions
February 2010 · 5 decisions
March 2010 · 12 decisions
- Kiyemba v. Obama
- Mac's Shell Service, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products Co.
- Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick
- Johnson v. United States
- Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P. A. v. United States
- Bloate v. United States
- United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa
- Jones v. Harris Associates L. P.
- Berghuis v. Smith
- Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States Ex Rel. Wilson
- Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P. A. v. Allstate Insurance
- Padilla v. Kentucky
April 2010 · 7 decisions
May 2010 · 13 decisions
- Hui v. Castaneda
- Renico v. Lett
- Graham v. Florida
- Sullivan v. Florida
- Abbott v. Abbott
- United States v. Comstock
- American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League
- Lewis v. City of Chicago
- United States v. O’Brien
- Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance
- United States v. Marcus
- Robertson v. United States ex rel. Watson
- Jefferson v. Upton
June 2010 · 34 decisions
- Samantar v. Yousuf
- Alabama v. North Carolina
- Berghuis v. Thompkins
- Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc.
- Carr v. United States
- Hamilton v. Lanning
- Barber v. Thomas
- KRUPSKI v. COSTA CROCIERE S. P. A
- United States v. Juvenile Male
- Astrue v. Ratliff
- Dolan v. United States
- Holland v. Florida
- Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder
- City of Ontario v. Quon
- Schwab v. Reilly
- Dillon v. United States
- New Process Steel, L. P. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Stop Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms
- Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp.
- Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson
- Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
- Weyhrauch v. United States
- Magwood v. Patterson
- Granite Rock Co. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.
- Skilling v. United States
- Doe v. Reed
- Black v. United States
- Bilski v. Kappos
- McDonald v. City of Chicago
- Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Bd.
- Christian Legal Soc. Chapter of Univ. of Cal., Hastings College of Law v. Martinez
- Sears v. Upton
📜 Cert-stage statements
Statements by individual Justices respecting or dissenting from the grant or denial of certiorari, not decisions of the Court.
⚡ Emergency applications
Rulings on emergency applications and single-Justice in-chambers opinions.
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