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The 2011 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2011, and concluded September 30, 2012. This was the twenty-fifth term of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy's tenure on the Court.
Anthony Kennedy 2011 term statistics
9
Majority or Plurality
0
Concurrence
0
Other
2
Dissent
0
Concurrence/dissent Total = 11
Bench opinions = 11 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0
Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor (7) Least joined by: Scalia (3)
Type Case Citation Issues Joined by Other opinions
101



PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana 565 U.S. 576 (2012)

title to riverbeds under hydroelectric dams  • equal footing doctrine  • public trust doctrine Unanimous
102



Martinez v. Ryan 566 U.S. 1 (2012)

Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel  • habeas corpus  • procedural default of claim required to be raised in state collateral review Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
Scalia
103



Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Md. 566 U.S. 30 (2012)

Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993  • self-care provision  • Fourteenth Amendment  • abrogation of state sovereign immunity Roberts, Thomas, Alito
Scalia
Thomas
Ginsburg
104



Missouri v. Frye 566 U.S. 134 (2012)

Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel  • failure to inform defendant of plea bargain offer Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
Scalia
105



Lafler v. Cooper 566 U.S. 156 (2012)

ineffective assistance of counsel  • rejection of plea bargain as prejudice Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
Scalia
Alito
106



Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington 566 U.S. 318 (2012)

Fourth Amendment  • strip searches in jail of arrestees of minor offenses Roberts, Scalia, Alito; Thomas (in part)
Roberts
Alito
Breyer
407



United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC 566 U.S. 478 (2012)

Internal Revenue Code of 1954  • overstatement of basis in property  • statute of limitations for tax deficiency Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Breyer
Scalia
108



FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. 567 U.S. 239 (2012)

FCC regulation of indecent broadcasting content  • fleeting expletives or nudity  • Due Process Clause  • void for vagueness doctrine Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan
Ginsburg
109



Arizona v. United States 567 U.S. 387 (2012)

immigration  • federal preemption  • Arizona SB 1070 Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor
Scalia
Thomas
Alito
410



National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius 567 U.S. 519 (2012)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act  • individual mandate  • Anti-Injunction Act  • Commerce Clause  • Necessary and Proper Clause  • Medicaid expansion  • coercive conditions on federal spending
Roberts
Ginsburg
Thomas
Signed jointly with Scalia, Thomas, and Alito.
111



United States v. Alvarez 567 U.S. 709 (2012)

Stolen Valor Act of 2005  • First Amendment  • freedom of speech  • protection of false statements Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor
Breyer
Alito

References

  • "2011 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  • "2011 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  • "2011 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 23, 2012.