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| The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice David Souter during the 2007 term of the Supreme Court of the United States, which began on October 1, 2007 and concluded September 30, 2008. This was the eighteenth term of Souter’s tenure on the Court. |
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| David Souter 2007 term statistics |
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Majority or Plurality |
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Concurrence |
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Other |
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Dissent |
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Concurrence/dissent |
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16 |
| Bench opinions = 16 |
Opinions relating to orders = 0 |
In-chambers opinions = 0 |
| Unanimous decisions: 1 |
Most joined by: Ginsburg (11) |
Least joined by: Kennedy, Thomas, Alito (5) |
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Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito |
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Unanimous |
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Federal Arbitration Act |
Roberts, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito; Scalia (in part) |
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Ginsburg |
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Ginsburg |
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Stevens, Breyer; Roberts, Scalia, Ginsburg (in part) |
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Stevens, Ginsburg |
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Ginsburg, Breyer |
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Ginsburg, Breyer |
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Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito; Thomas (in part) |
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Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito |
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Ginsburg |
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Due process: punitive damages |
Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas; Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer (in part) |
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Death penalty |
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| Souter dissented from the Court's per curiam denial of an application for a stay of execution of sentence of death and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. |
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Supreme Court of the United States 2007 term (October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008)
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