The
Supreme Court of the United States handed down nineteen ''
per curiam
In law, a ''per curiam'' decision (or opinion) is a ruling issued by an appellate court of multiple judges in which the decision rendered is made by the court (or at least, a majority of the court) acting collectively (and typically, though not ...
'' opinions during its 2009 term, which began on October 5, 2009, and concluded October 3, 2010.
[The descriptions of four opinions have been omitted: ]
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
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Associate Justices:
John Paul Stevens,
Antonin Scalia,
Anthony Kennedy
Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 until his retirement in 2018. He was nominated to the court in 1987 by Presid ...
,
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1 ...
,
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( ; ; March 15, 1933September 18, 2020) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. She was nominated by Presiden ...
,
Stephen Breyer,
Samuel Alito,
Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Maria Sotomayor (, ; born June 25, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, and has served since ...
''Corcoran v. Levenhagen''
''Bobby v. Van Hook''
Further reading
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''Wong v. Belmontes''
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''Porter v. McCollum''
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''Michigan v. Fisher''
''McDaniel v. Brown''
''Hollingsworth v. Perry''
''Presley v. Georgia''
Further reading
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''Wellons v. Hall''
''Wilkins v. Gaddy''
''Thaler v. Haynes''
''Kiyemba v. Obama''
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 559
This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 559 of the ''United States Reports
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 560
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 561
Notes
References
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