(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2008 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus KANSAS v. COLORADO ON EXCEPTION TO REPORT...
Cite as: 557 U. S. _ (2009) 1 Opinion in Chambers NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Wash ington, D. C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary print goes to press. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ No. 09A194 _ STEVEN O’BRIEN,...
Cite as: 558 U. S. _ (2009) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES MICHIGAN v. JEREMY FISHER ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MICHIGAN No. 09–91. Decided December 7, 2009 PER CURIAM. Police officers responded to a complaint of a disturbance near Allen Road in Brownstown, Michigan.* Officer Chris topher Goolsby later testified that, as he and his partner approached the area, a couple directed them to a residence where a man was “going crazy.” Docket No....
130 S. Ct. 541 (2009) Cecil C. JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Phil BREDESEN, Governor of Tennessee, et al. No. 09-7839 (09A521). Supreme Court of United States. December 2, 2009. STEVENS, J. The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice STEVENS and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. *542 Statement of Justice STEVENS, with whom Justice BREYER joins, respecting the denial of certiorari. Petitioner Cecil Johnson, Jr.,...
Cite as: 558 U. S. _ (2009) 1 THOMAS, J., concurring SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ No. 09–7839 (09A521) _ CECIL C. JOHNSON v. PHIL BREDESEN, GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT [December 2, 2009] JUSTICE THOMAS, concurring in the denial of certiorari. In 1981, the petitioner in this case was convicted and sentenced to death for three brutal murders he committed in the...
Cite as: 558 U. S. _ (2009) 1 Statement of STEVENS, J. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ No. 09–7839 (09A521) _ CECIL C. JOHNSON v. PHIL BREDESEN, GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT [December 2, 2009] The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE STEVENS and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is...
Cite as: 558 U. S. _ (2009) 1 Statement of STEVENS, J. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ No. 09–7328 (09A428) _ JOHN ALLEN MUHAMMAD v. LORETTA K. KELLY, WARDEN ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT [November 9, 2009] The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied....
Cite as: 558 U. S. _ (2009) 1 Statement of STEVENS, J. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES UNITED STATES v. JAMES FORD SEALE ON CERTIFIED QUESTION BY THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 09–166. Decided November 2, 2009 The question certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is dismissed. Statement of JUSTICE STEVENS, with whom JUSTICE SCALIA joins, respecting the dismissal of the certified question. This certificate presents us with a pure...
Cite as: 558 U. S. _ (2009) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DAVID BOBBY, WARDEN v. ROBERT J. VAN HOOK ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT No. 09–144. Decided November 9, 2009 PER CURIAM. The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted habeas relief to Robert Van Hook on the ground that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel during the sentencing phase of his capital trial. Because we think it clear that...
Cite as: 556 U.S. _ (2009) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ Nos. 08A1096, 08–1513 (08A1099), 08A1100 _ INDIANA STATE POLICE PENSION TRUST ET AL. 08A1096 v. CHRYSLER LLC ET AL. CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY ET AL. 08–1513 (08A1099) v. CHRYSLER LLC ET AL. PATRICIA PASCALE 08A1100 v. CHRYSLER LLC ET AL. ON APPLICATIONS FOR STAY [June 9, 2009] PER CURIAM. The applications for stay presented to JUSTICE GINSBURG and by her referred to the Court are denied. The temporary stay entered by...
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2009 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus BEARD, SECRETARY, PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT...
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2008 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus VERMONT v. BRILLON CERTIORARI TO THE...
Cite as: 556 U. S. _ (2009) 1 Opinion in Chambers NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Wash ington, D. C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary print goes to press. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ No. 08–810 (08A884) _ SALLY L....
Cite as: 556 U. S. _ (2009) 1 Statement of STEVENS, J. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES WILLIAM LEE THOMPSON v. WALTER A. MCNEIL, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 08–7369. Decided March 9, 2009 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Statement of JUSTICE STEVENS respecting the denial of the petition for writ of certiorari. Last Term, in my opinion in Baze v. Rees, 553 U....
Cite as: 556 U. S. _ (2009) 1 BREYER, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES WILLIAM LEE THOMPSON v. WALTER A. MCNEIL, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 08–7369. Decided March 9, 2009 JUSTICE BREYER, dissenting from denial of certiorari. This petition asks us to determine whether the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on “cruel and unusual punish ments” precludes the execution...
Cite as: 556 U. S. _ (2009) 1 THOMAS, J., concurring SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES WILLIAM LEE THOMPSON v. WALTER A. MCNEIL, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 08–7369. Decided March 9, 2009 JUSTICE THOMAS, concurring in denial of certiorari. I remain “unaware of any support in the American constitutional tradition or in this Court’s precedent for the proposition that a defendant...
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2008 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus NKEN v. HOLDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL CERTIORARI...
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2009 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. v. CARPENTER...
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2008 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus YEAGER v. UNITED STATES CERTIORARI TO THE...
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2008 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus UNITED STATES EX REL. EISENSTEIN v. CITY OF...
