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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 on October 1, 2007, and concluded September 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.

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2007 term opinions

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.

Justice Appointed by Date confirmed % in majority Opinions filed
Chief Justice John G. Roberts George W. Bush September 29, 2005 90.1%
8

5

0

4

Total=17
Associate Justice John Paul Stevens Gerald Ford December 19, 1975 74.0%
7

8

4

9

Total=28
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia Ronald Reagan September 26, 1986 82.2%
8

10

0

6

Total=24
Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy February 18, 1988 86.1%
7

1

1

3

Total=12
Associate Justice David Souter George H. W. Bush October 9, 1990 76.7%
7

4

1

4

Total=16
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas October 23, 1991 76.7%
7

7

1

9

Total=24
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Bill Clinton August 10, 1993 75.3%
8

4

3

4

Total=19
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer August 3, 1994 76.8%
8

2

1

12

Total=23
Associate Justice Samuel Alito George W. Bush January 31, 2006 83.3%
7

4

0

8

Total=19
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 one percentage point.
  • The opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders and in-chambers opinions are not included.

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