- 2007 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
This is a list of the opinions delivered from the bench by the
Supreme Court of the United States during its 2007 term, which began onOctober 1 ,2007 , and concludedSeptember 30 ,2008 , and statistics associated therewith. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion.Table key
2007 term opinions
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width=200px |"Watson v. United States ", 552 U.S. ___
October 9, 2007
December 10, 2007
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width=200px |"Kimbrough v. United States ", 552 U.S. ___
October 2, 2007
December 10, 2007
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width=200px |"Sprint/United Management Co. v. Mendelsohn ", 552 U.S. ___
December 3, 2007
February 26, 2008
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width=200px |"Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki ", 552 U.S. ___
November 6, 2007
February 27, 2008
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width=200px |"Boulware v. United States ", 552 U.S. ___
March 3, 2008
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width=200px |"Warner-Lambert Co. v. Kent", [The lower court's judgment in "Warner-Lambert Co. v. Kent" was affirmed by an equally divided Court.] 552 U.S. ___|
March 3, 2008
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width=200px |"Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party ", 552 U.S. ___
October 1, 2007
March 18, 2008|
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width=200px |"United States v. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Co. ", 553 U.S. ___
March 24, 2008
April 15, 2008
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width=200px |"MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Dept. of Revenue ", 553 U.S. ___
January 16, 2008
April 15, 2008
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width=200px |"United States v. Williams ", 553 U.S. ___
October 30, 2007
May 19, 2008
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width=200px |"United States v. Rodriquez ", 553 U.S. ___
January 15, 2008
May 19, 2008
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width=200px |"Riley v. Kennedy ", 553 U.S. ___
March 24, 2008
May 27, 2008
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width=200px |"CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries ", 553 U.S. ___
February 20, 2008
May 27, 2008
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width=200px |"Gomez-Perez v. Potter ", 553 U.S. ___
February 19, 2008
May 27, 2008
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width=200px |"Regalado Cuellar v. United States ", 553 U.S. ___
February 25, 2008
June 2, 2008|
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width=200px |"Richlin Security Service Co. v. Chertoff ", 553 U.S. ___
March 19, 2008
June 2, 2008
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width=200px |"Engquist v. Oregon Dept. of Agriculture ", 553 U.S. ___
April 21, 2008
June 9, 2008
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width=200px |"Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc. ", 553 U.S. ___
January 16, 2008
June 9, 2008
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width=200px |"Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co. ", 553 U.S. ___
April 14, 2008
June 9, 2008
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width=200px |"Allison Engine Co. v. United States ex rel. Sanders ", 553 U.S. ___
February 26, 2008
June 9, 2008
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width=200px |"Munaf v. Geren ", 553 U.S. ___
March 25, 2008
June 12, 2008
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width=200px |"Irizarry v. United States ", 553 U.S. ___
April 15, 2008
June 12, 2008
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width=200px |"Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC ", 554 U.S. ___
January 9, 2008
June 19, 2008
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width=200px |"Indiana v. Edwards ", 554 U.S. ___
March 26, 2008
June 19, 2008
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width=200px |"Rothgery v. Gillespie County ", 554 U.S. ___
March 17, 2008
June 23, 2008|
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width=200px |"Greenlaw v. United States ", 554 U.S. ___
April 15, 2008
June 23, 2008
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width=200px |"Kennedy v. Louisiana ", 554 U.S. ___
April 16, 2008
June 25, 2008
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width=200px |"Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker ", 554 U.S. ___
February 27, 2008
June 25, 2008
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width=200px |"District of Columbia v. Heller ", 554 U.S. ___
March 18, 2008
June 26, 2008
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bgcolor="#93DB70" | |2007 term membership and statistics
This was the third term of Chief Justice Roberts' tenure and the second full term with the present membership of the Court.
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Associate JusticeAntonin Scalia
rowspan=2|Ronald Reagan
September 26 ,1986
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Associate JusticeClarence Thomas
October 23 ,1991
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Associate JusticeSamuel Alito
George W. Bush
January 31 ,2006
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colspan=5 bgcolor=#EEEEEE | Notes on statistics:*A justice is only included in the majority if he or she joined or concurred in full in the Court's judgment.
*Percentages are based only on the cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of onepercentage point.
*The opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders and in-chambers opinions are not included.Notes
Further reading
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/us/23memo.html "At Supreme Court, 5-to-4 Rulings Fade — but Why?"] ,
Linda Greenhouse . "The New York Times ", May 23, 2008.References
* [http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07slipopinion.html Supreme Court slip opinions, 2007 term]
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