2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts
The 2011 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2011, and concluded September 30, 2012. This was the seventh term of Chief Justice John Roberts 's tenure on the Court.
John Roberts 2011 term statistics
Majority or Plurality
Concurrence
Other
Dissent
Concurrence/dissent
Total =
14
Bench opinions = 12
Opinions relating to orders = 1
In-chambers opinions = 1
Unanimous opinions: 2
Most joined by: Scalia, Alito (9)
Least joined by: Sotomayor (4)
Type
Case
Citation
Issues
Joined by
Other opinions
101
Smith v. Cain
565 U.S. 73 (2012)
Due Process Clause • Brady disclosure • materiality of witness impeachment evidence
Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
102
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC
565 U.S. 171 (2012)
Americans with Disabilities Act • First Amendment • ministerial exception to employment discrimination laws
Unanimous
103
Messerschmidt v. Millender
565 U.S. 535 (2012)
Fourth Amendment • law enforcement reliance on overbroad search warrant • qualified immunity
Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito
404
Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern Cal., Inc.
565 U.S. 606 (2012)
Medicaid • state law reduction of payments to providers • review by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services • private action to enforce federal reimbursement criteria • Supremacy Clause
Scalia, Thomas, Alito
105
Zivotofsky v. Clinton
566 U.S. 189 (2012)
political question doctrine • U.S. position on status of Jerusalem • Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 • passport designation of births in Jerusalem
Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Kagan
206
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
107
Filarsky v. Delia
566 U.S. 377 (2012)
qualified immunity • private individuals temporarily working for government
Unanimous
108
Blueford v. Arkansas
566 U.S. 599 (2012)
double jeopardy • retrial after mistrial due to hung jury
Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito
414
Armour v. Indianapolis
566 U.S. 673 (2012)
Equal Protection Clause • disparate tax treatment • administrative justifications under rational basis review
Scalia, Alito
415
Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter
567 U.S. 182 (2012)
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act • reimbursement of tribal contract support costs for public services • Contract Disputes Act
Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito
416
Miller v. Alabama
567 U.S. 460 (2012)
Eighth Amendment • Cruel and Unusual Punishment • sentencing of juveniles to life without parole
Scalia, Thomas, Alito
117
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
Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan (in part)
218
FCC v. CBS Corp.
567 U.S. 953 (2012)
FCC regulation of indecent broadcasting content • Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy • fleeting expletives
Roberts concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
519
Maryland v. King • [full text ]
567 U.S. 1301 (2012)
Fourth Amendment • DNA collection from criminal defendants
Roberts granted a stay, pending the Supreme Court's disposition of a certiorari peition, of a decision by the Maryland Court of Appeals. The lower court had held a state law providing for the collection of DNA samples from defendants charged with certain crimes violated the Fourth Amendment. Roberts believed that the Court was likely to grant the cert. petition because the Maryland decision conflicted with decisions by the Third and Ninth Circuits and another state supreme court, and that it was likely to reverse the Maryland decision because of the strength of the analyses presented in those other courts' decisions. He also concluded that the decision, like any other that enjoined a statute, subjected Maryland to irreparable harm. Noting that 58 prosecutions had occurred between 2009 and 2011 because of DNA collection from Maryland arrestees, the lower decision also constituted "an ongoing and concrete harm to Maryland's law enforcement and public safety interests." A stay was, therefore, appropriate.
See also
References
Judicial opinions of John Roberts
(June 2, 2003 – September 29, 2005); by calendar year
(September 29, 2005 – present); by term
Supreme Court of the United States 2011 term
(October 3, 2011 - September 30, 2012)