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none February 2026 September 2023 John Roberts yes File:File-Official roberts CJ cropped.jpg 2010 sixth October 4, 2010 October 1, 2011 8 0 0 3 1 11 0 1 1 Scalia, Alito (10) Kagan (3) https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/10 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/relatingtoorders/10 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/in-chambers/10 October 2, 2011 John Roberts opinions SCOTUSterm2010-2015 01 Mayo Foundation for Medical Ed. and Research v. United States majority 562 44 2011 Mayo Foundation for Medical Ed. and Research v. United States/Opinion of the Court Social Security Federal Insurance Contributions Act student tax exemptions United States administrative law Chevron deference Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor Roberts' opinion for a unanimous Court upheld a regulation issued by the Treasury Department that categorically excluded those working at least 40 hours a week from eligibility for a student worker exemption from Social Security taxes. The regulation was challenged by the Mayo Foundation, which employed medical residents as part of their continuing hands-on education. The Court clarified that Chevron deference applied to the Treasury Department's regulation, notwithstanding prior decisions to the contrary that had applied a less deferential standard to tax regulations. Applying Chevron, the Court found that the statutory exemption was silent on the definition of "student" and its specific application to medical residents, which left the issue to the Treasury Department as the implementing agency, and that the full-time student regulation was a reasonable construction of the statute . 02 FCC v. AT&T Inc. majority 562 397 2011 Freedom of Information Act applicability to corporations of personal privacy exemption Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor 03 Snyder v. Phelps majority 562 443 2011 First Amendment free speech intentional infliction of emotional distress Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan Breyer concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Snyder v. Phelps Alito dissent 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#Snyder v. Phelps 04 Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart dissent 563 247 2011 Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity federal action by state agency against state officials for federal law violation Supremacy Clause Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act Alito Scalia majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia#Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart Kennedy concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy#Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart 05 Chamber of Commerce of United States of America v. Whiting majority 563 582 2011 Immigration Reform and Control Act Legal Arizona Workers Act state requirement that businesses use E-Verify suspension or revocation of business licenses for hiring unauthorized aliens federal preemption Scalia, Kennedy, Alito; Thomas (in part) Breyer dissent 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Chamber of Commerce of United States of America v. Whiting Sotomayor dissent 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Chamber of Commerce of United States of America v. Whiting 06 Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior Univ. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. majority 563 776 2011 patent law University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980 vesting of federally funded patents in inventors or contractors Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan Sotomayor concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior Univ. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. Breyer dissent 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior Univ. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. 07 Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co. majority 563 776 2011 securities fraud Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 10b-5 class certification loss causation Unanimous 08 Stern v. Marshall majority 564 462 2011 Article III bankruptcy court authority to decide state law counterclaim Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito Scalia concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia#Stern v. Marshall Breyer dissent 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Stern v. Marshall 09 Freeman v. United States dissent 564 522 2011 Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 sentence reduction due to retroactive amendment of Sentencing Guidelines plea bargain under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 Scalia, Thomas, Alito Kennedy plurality 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy#Freeman v. United States Sotomayor concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Freeman v. United States 10 CSX Transp., Inc. v. McBride dissent 564 685 2011 Federal Employers' Liability Act railroad causation of employee injury Scalia, Kennedy, Alito Ginsburg majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg#CSX Transp., Inc. v. McBride 11 Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett majority 564 721 2011 campaign finance reform matching funds provision in clean elections system First Amendment Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito Kagan dissent 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Elena Kagan#Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett 12 Gray v. Kelly other 564 1301 Gray v. Kelly 2011 Roberts denied an application for a stay. The petitioner sought certiorari of his state court conviction. The stay he sought, however, was not of the state court judgment, but of the briefing schedule entered by the district court in which he had separately initiated habeas proceedings. Roberts ruled that the petitioner had not established that he was entitled to that relief.