2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito

The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice Samuel Alito during the 2011 term of the Supreme Court of the United States, which began October 3, 2011 and concluded September 30, 2012. This was the seventh term of Alito's tenure on the Court.
Samuel Alito 2011 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 6 Concurrence 2 Other 6 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 22 Bench opinions = 19 Opinions relating to orders = 3 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Scalia (9) Least joined by: Sotomayor (2)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Buck v. Thaler • [full text]	01565 U.S. ___ (2011)	death penalty	Scalia, Breyer	Sotomayor
Alito filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari in a case involving a murder conviction and death sentence in Texas state court. During the sentencing phase, a psychologist had improperly testified that blacks were more likely to be violent. The psychologist, however, was a defense witness, and his statements elicited during cross-examination on race as a predictor of future violence did not go beyond his direct testimony on the issue. The defendant was, therefore, himself responsible for the introduction of the inappropriate race-related statements . Further reading AP/The Huffington Post (November 7, 2011), Duane Buck, Texas Death Row Inmate, Refused Supreme Court Appeal, The Huffington Post
4-02	Doe v. Reed • [full text]	02565 U.S. ___ (2011)	disclosure of referendum petitions
Alito dissented from the Court's denial of an injunction, in a case involving a Washington state law that compelled disclosure of referendum petitions. The Court had previously decided in the case to reject a facial challenge to the constitutionality of the law, brought by supporters of a failed petition to bar domestic partnership rights to same-sex couples. On remand, the District Court also rejected the plaintiffs' as-applied challenge, ruling that they were not part of the narrow group that could challenge disclosure, and in the alternative that they had not shown the requisite threatened harm that disclosure would cause. Alito thought the standards the District Court applied were questionable and that important legal issues were raised by the case, for which there had not yet been meaningful appellate review.
2-03	Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC	03565 U.S. ___ (2012)		Kagan	Roberts Thomas
2-04	Maples v. Thomas	04565 U.S. ___ (2012)	Ineffective assistance of counsel		Ginsburg Scalia
2-06	United States v. Jones	06565 U.S. ___ (2012)		Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Scalia Sotomayor
1-07	Howes v. Fields	07565 U.S. ___ (2012)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Kagan	Ginsburg
2-08	Sackett v. EPA	08566 U.S. ___ (2012)			Scalia Ginsburg
4-09	Lafler v. Cooper	09566 U.S. ___ (2012)			Kennedy Scalia
2-10	Zivotofsky v. Clinton	10566 U.S. ___ (2012)			Roberts Sotomayor Breyer
1-11	FAA v. Cooper	11566 U.S. ___ (2012)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas	Sotomayor
2-12	Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington	12566 U.S. ___ (2012)	Fourth Amendment  • strip searches	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Kennedy Roberts Breyer
1-12	Rehberg v. Paulk	12566 U.S. ___ (2012)		Unanimous
1-13	Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd.	13566 U.S. ___ (2012)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Kagan	Ginsburg
4-14	Elgin v. Department of Treasury	14567 U.S. ___ (2012)		Ginsburg, Kagan	Thomas
1-15	Williams v. Illinois	15567 U.S. ___ (2012)	Confrontation Clause	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer	Thomas Breyer Kagan
1-16	Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.	16567 U.S. ___ (2012)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas	Breyer
1-17	Knox v. Service Employees	17567 U.S. ___ (2012)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas	Sotomayor Breyer
3-18	Arizona v. United States	18567 U.S. ___ (2012)	immigration  • federal preemption  • Arizona SB 1070		Kennedy Scalia Thomas
4-19	Miller v. Alabama	19567 U.S. ___ (2012)	Eighth Amendment  • Cruel and Unusual Punishment  • sentencing of juveniles to life without parole	Scalia	Kagan Breyer Roberts Thomas
5-20	Mount Soledad Memorial Assn. v. Trunk	20567 U.S. ___ (2012)	First Amendment  • Establishment Clause
Alito filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
4-21	National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius	21567 U.S. ___ (2012)			Roberts Ginsburg Thomas
Signed jointly with Justices Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas.
4-22	United States v. Alvarez	22567 U.S. ___ (2012)		Scalia, Thomas	Kennedy Breyer

References

• 2011 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 23, 2012 .
• 2011 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 23, 2012 .
• 2011 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 23, 2012 .