On Dec. 8, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its first four opinions in cases argued from the October 2009 term. In addition, the court’s newest justice, Sonia Sotomayor, was the author of the very first opinion that the court announced this term. Sotomayor’s opinion is noteworthy, among other reasons, because it is likely to have a direct impact on appeals pending before both Philadelphia’s 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Pennsylvania state appellate courts.
As is typical for appeals decided early in a new U.S. Supreme Court term, Sotomayor’s opinion for the court in Mohawk Industries Inc. v. Carpenter was essentially unanimous. Every justice except Clarence Thomas joined the opinion in full, while Thomas joined the opinion in part and concurred in the judgment.
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