2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

none February 2026 September 2023 Ruth Bader Ginsburg File:Ruth Bader Ginsburg official SCOTUS portrait.jpg 2010 eighteenth October 4, 2010 October 1, 2011 9 7 1 7 0 23 1 0 2 Breyer (15) Kennedy, Thomas (6) 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 ruthbaderginsburgopinions SCOTUSterm2010-2015 01 Abbott v. United States majority 562 8 2010 Abbott v. United States/Opinion of the Court federal criminal law mandatory sentencing statutory interpretation gun laws Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor Ginsburg's opinion for the Court ruled that 18 924(c), which required a minimum five-year prison sentence for the involvement of a deadly weapon in federal drug trafficking or violent offenses, was to be imposed in addition to any other mandatory sentence given for another crime, including the underlying offense. The only exception to the five-year addition applied only when another provision required a longer mandatory term for conduct violating §924(c) specifically, rather than a mandatory sentence for another crime as the defendants had unsuccessfully argued. 02 Harrington v. Richter concurrence 562 86 2010 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 habeas corpus bar against relitigating claims presumption of state court adjudication on merits Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel Kennedy majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy#Harrington v. Richter 03 Premo v. Moore concurrence 562 115 2010 Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel Kennedy majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy#Premo v. Moore 04 Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP concurrence 562 170 2011 Title VII employer retaliation against third-party Breyer Scalia majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia#Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP 05 Ortiz v. Jordan majority 562 180 2011 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure appealability of denial of summary judgment motion after trial on the merits qualified immunity post-trial judicial review of sufficiency of the evidence Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan Thomas concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas#Ortiz v. Jordan 06 Swarthout v. Cooke concurrence 562 216 2011 Due Process Clause denial of parole per curiam majority 2010 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States#Swarthout v. Cooke 07 Walker v. Martin majority 562 307 2011 habeas corpus independent and adequate state procedural ground as basis for state judgment Unanimous 08 Michigan v. Bryant dissent 562 344 2011 Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause hearsay exception for statements to help police address ongoing emergency Sotomayor majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Michigan v. Bryant Thomas concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas#Michigan v. Bryant Scalia dissent 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia#Michigan v. Bryant 09 Skinner v. Switzer majority 562 521 2011 postconviction access to DNA testing Section 1983 Rooker–Feldman doctrine Roberts, Scalia, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan Thomas dissent 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas#Skinner v. Switzer 10 Weise v. Casper dissent 562 976 2010 Weise v. Casper/Dissent Ginsburg First Amendment free speech qualified immunity Sotomayor Ginsburg filed a dissent from the Court's denial of certiorari. The plaintiffs had been ejected by volunteers, acting at the behest of the government, from a public speech by President George W. Bush because of an anti-war bumper sticker on the plaintiffs' car. The lower court ruled that the volunteers were entitled to qualified immunity because "no specific [judicial] authority" had given instructions on how to address the specific issue. Ginsburg wrote that the ejection was unreasonable and no "specific authority" should have been needed despite the novel facts of the case, because the Court's jurisprudence was quite clear that a benefit (access to the speech) could not be withheld on the basis of protected speech (the political bumper sticker). Ginsburg thought the volunteer status of the respondents in this appeal may have had some bearing on the Court's decision not to review the case, because the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 may have shielded them from suit (although that was not the basis of the lower court's ruling). The lawsuit remained pending below against the government officials responsible for the plaintiffs' removal. Further reading https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/us/13scotus.html Justices Turn Down Appeal Over Speech Ejections The New York Times Liptak Adam Adam Liptak October 12, 2010 October 12, 2010. 11 Connick v. Thompson dissent 563 51 2011 single violation as basis for Section 1983 claim failure to make Brady disclosure failure to train prosecutors Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan Thomas majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas#Connick v. Thompson Scalia concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia#Connick v. Thompson 12 Astra USA, Inc. v. Santa Clara County majority 563 110 2011 Public Health Service Act price ceilings on pharmaceuticals sold to certain health care providers provider cause of action for violation Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor 13 United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation dissent 563 307 2011 Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction separate suits based on same operative facts Kennedy majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy#United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation Sotomayor concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation 14 Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. Kirk dissent 563 401 2011 False Claims Act bar on qui tam suits based on public disclosures Freedom of Information Act responses Breyer, Sotomayor Thomas majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas#Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. Kirk 15 Kentucky v. King dissent 563 452 2011 Fourth Amendment exigent circumstances police-created exigency Alito majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#Kentucky v. King 16 Ashcroft v. al-Kidd concurrence 563 731 2011 material witness arrest of terrorism suspects pretextual motivation Fourth Amendment qualified immunity Breyer, Sotomayor Scalia majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia#Ashcroft v. al-Kidd Kennedy concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy#Ashcroft v. al-Kidd Sotomayor concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Ashcroft v. al-Kidd 17 United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation concurrence 564 162 2011 fiduciary exception to attorney–client privilege general trust relationship between the United States and Indian tribes Breyer Alito majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation Sotomayor dissent 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation 18 Bond v. United States (2011) Bond v. United States concurrence 564 211 2011 Article III standing Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 Tenth Amendment Breyer Kennedy majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy#Bond v. United States 19 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes concurrencedissent 564 338 2011 Title VII class certification Breyer, Sotomayor Kagan Scalia majority 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia#Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes 20 American Elec. Power Co. v. Connecticut majority 564 410 2011 Clean Air Act power plant carbon dioxide emissions standards federal common law nuisance claims Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Kagan Alito concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#American Elec. Power Co. v. Connecticut 21 Bullcoming v. New Mexico majority 564 647 2011 Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause forensic laboratory report as testimony Scalia; Thomas, Sotomayor, Kagan (in part) Sotomayor concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Bullcoming v. New Mexico Kennedy dissent 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy#Bullcoming v. New Mexico 22 CSX Transp., Inc. v. McBride majority 564 685 2011 Federal Employers' Liability Act railroad causation of employee injury Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan; Thomas (in part) Roberts dissent 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts#CSX Transp., Inc. v. McBride 23 J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro dissent 564 873 2011 Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause personal jurisdiction over foreign manufacturer in state product liability suit purposeful availment of the forum Sotomayor, Kagan Kennedy plurality 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy#J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro Breyer concurrence 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro 24 Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S. A. v. Brown majority 564 915 2011 Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause personal jurisdiction foreign corporation sued in domestic court Unanimous