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2009 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

This is a list of the opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States delivered during its 2009 term, which began October 5, 2009 and concluded October 3, 2010. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion.

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Table key

2009 term opinions

2009 term membership and statistics

This is the fifth term of Chief Justice Roberts' tenure, the first term for Justice Sotomayor, and the last term for Justice Stevens.

Justice Appointed by Date confirmed % in majority Opinions filed
Chief Justice John G. Roberts George W. Bush September 29, 2005 90.2%
8

3

2

2

Total=15
Associate Justice John Paul Stevens Gerald Ford December 19, 1975 72.5%
6

13

2

12

Total=33
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia Ronald Reagan September 26, 1986 87.0%
8

15

0

6

Total=29
Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy February 18, 1988 90.2%
9

8

0

4

Total=21
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas George H. W. Bush October 23, 1991 84.8%
8

13

1

4

Total=26
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Bill Clinton August 10, 1993 79.3%
9

3

0

3

Total=15
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer August 3, 1994 76.9%
9

6

2

7

Total=24
Associate Justice Samuel Alito George W. Bush January 31, 2006 86.7%
8

10

0

7

Total=25
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor Barack Obama August 6, 2009 80.2%
8

2

2

4

Total=16
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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