2007 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

none February 2026 September 2023 right|175px The Supreme Court of the United States handed down six per curiam opinions during its 2007 term, which began October 1, 2007 and concluded September 30, 2008.The descriptions of two opinions have been omitted: The Court's per curiam opinion in Board of Ed. of City School Dist. of New York v. Tom F., 552 U.S. 1 (2007), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court. Kennedy did not participate. The Court's per curiam opinion in Warner-Lambert Co. v. Kent, 552 U.S. 440 (2008), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court. Roberts did not participate. Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted. Court membership Chief Justice: John Roberts Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito Allen v. Siebert Richard F. Allen, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections v. Daniel Siebert 552 U.S. 3 November 5, 2007 Eleventh Circuit reversed and remanded. The Court held that because Siebert's petition for state postconviction relief was rejected as untimely by the Alabama courts, it was not "properly filed" under §2244(d)(2). Accordingly, he was not entitled to tolling of AEDPA’s 1-year statute of limitations. Stevens filed a dissent, joined by Ginsburg. official slip opinion https://web.archive.org/web/20100531193408/https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/06-1680.pdf Arave v. Hoffman Avron J. Arave, Warden v. Maxwell Hoffman 552 U.S. 117 January 7, 2008 Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded. Before the decision, Hoffman filed a motion to vacate the decision below and vacate the decision as moot because he no longer wanted to contest his claim that he had received ineffective assistance during plea bargaining. Because this was "virtually identical" to the relief sought by the state, the state agreed. The court granted the motion. official slip opinion https://web.archive.org/web/20100531191355/https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-110.pdf Wright v. Van Patten Randall Wright, Sheriff, Shawano County, Wisconsin v. Joseph L. Van Patten 552 U.S. 120 January 7, 2008 Seventh Circuit reversed and remanded. Stevens filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. There is no clearly established law contrary to the state court's conclusion that the defendant was not prejudiced by their defense attorney's telephonic appearance in a hearing. Therefore, there are not grounds justifying collateral relief. official slip opinion https://web.archive.org/web/20100531193022/https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-212.pdf Medellín v. Texas Medellín v. Texas Jose Ernesto Medellin v. Texas 554 U.S. 759 August 5, 2008 Applications for stay of execution and petition for a writ of habeas corpus denied. Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer filed dissents. Medellín v. State, No. 71,997 (Tex. Crim. App., May 16, 1997); petition denied, S.D. Tex.; certificate of appealability denied, 371 F.3d 270 (5th Cir. 2004); cert. granted, 543 U.S. 1032 (2005); cert. dismissed, 544 U.S. 660 (2005) (per curiam) (Medellín I); Ex parte Medellín, 223 S.W. 3d 315 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006); cert. granted Ex parte Medellín, 550 U.S. 917 (2007); aff'd, 552 U.S. 491 (2008) (Medellín II) official slip opinion https://web.archive.org/web/20100531192828/https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/06-984a.pdf See also List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 552 List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 554 Notes References https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/07 2007 Term Opinions of the Court Supreme Court of the United States March 25, 2010 October 1, 2007 September 30, 2008 2007 Category:United States Supreme Court per curiam opinions Category:Lists of 2007 term United States Supreme Court opinions *2007 per curiam