2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Elena Kagan

none February 2026 September 2023 Elena Kagan File:Kagan 10-1-2010.jpg 2011 second October 3, 2011 September 30, 2012 7 1 1 1 0 10 0 0 5 Ginsburg (8) Roberts, Thomas, Alito (6) https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/11 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/relatingtoorders/11 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/in-chambers/11 October 23, 2012 Elena Kagan opinions SCOTUSterm2010-2015 01 Judulang v. Holder majority 565 42 2011 Judulang v. Holder/Opinion of the Court deportation discretionary relief comparable-grounds rule Administrative Procedure Act Unanimous The Court ruled that the Board of Immigration Appeals' "comparable-grounds rule" was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act. The rule was used by the agency to determine the eligibility for discretionary relief of a long-term resident alien facing deportation for a past criminal conviction. The comparable-grounds rule asked whether the statutory deportation ground corresponded, in type and breadth, to a statutory exclusion ground under which a long-term resident alien who left the U.S. could be barred from re-entry. "But so what if it does?", the Court asked. "Each of these statutory grounds contains a slew of offenses. Whether each contains the same slew has nothing to do with whether a deportable alien whose prior conviction falls within both grounds merits the ability to seek a waiver." Comparing the comparable-grounds rule to decisionmaking by coin toss, the Court wrote that the rule was "unmoored from the purposes and concerns of the immigration laws. It allows an irrelevant comparison between statutory provisions to govern a matter of the utmost importance—whether lawful resident aliens with longstanding ties to this country may stay here." The rule was made further arbitrary by the fact that an official's choice of which of overlapping statutory deportation grounds covered a particular prior crime would itself determine the outcome of the comparison. 02 National Meat Assn. v. Harris majority 565 452 2012 Federal Meat Inspection Act regulation of slaughterhouses disposition of nonambulatory livestock federal preemption Unanimous 03 Messerschmidt v. Millender concurrencedissent 565 535 2012 Fourth Amendment law enforcement reliance on overbroad search warrant qualified immunity Roberts majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts#Messerschmidt v. Millender Breyer concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Messerschmidt v. Millender Sotomayor dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Messerschmidt v. Millender 04 Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp. concurrence 565 625 2012 Locomotive Inspection Act injury from asbestos exposure state law claims for defective design and failure to warn federal preemption Thomas majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas#Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp. Sotomayor concurrencedissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp. 05 Martel v. Claire majority 565 648 2012 habeas corpus motion to substitute counsel in capital case Unanimous 06 Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A/S majority 566 399 2012 pharmaceutical patents counterclaim by generic drug companies to force correction of patent-holder use code Unanimous Sotomayor concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A/S 07 Holder v. Martinez Gutierrez majority 566 583 2012 cancellation of removal of alien imputation to child of parent's continuous residence or lawful permanent residence status Unanimous 08 Williams v. Illinois dissent 567 50 2012 Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause expert testimony Scalia, Ginsburg, Sotomayor Alito plurality 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#Williams v. Illinois Thomas concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas#Williams v. Illinois Breyer concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Williams v. Illinois 09 Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak majority 567 209 2012 Indian Reorganization Act government acquisition of property to provide to Native Americans sovereign immunity Quiet Title Act prudential standing Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito Sotomayor dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak 10 Miller v. Alabama majority 567 460 2012 Eighth Amendment Cruel and Unusual Punishment sentencing of juveniles to life without parole Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor Breyer concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Miller v. Alabama Roberts dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts#Miller v. Alabama Thomas dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas#Miller v. Alabama Alito dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#Miller v. Alabama