2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

Full caption:	Helen Purcell, Maricopa County Recorder, et al. v. Maria v. Gonzalez, et al.
Citations:	549 U.S. 1; 2006 U.S. LEXIS 8000
Prior history:	Injunction denied, No. 06-1268, D. Ariz. Sept. 11, 2006; injunction granted, 9th Cir.
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

Full caption:	Lonnie Lee Burton v. Belinda Stewart, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center
Citations:	549 U.S. 147
Prior history:	Petition denied, sub nom., Burton v. Walter, W.D. Wash.; affirmed, 21 Fed. Appx. 632 (9th Cir. 2001); cert. denied, 535 U.S. 1060 (2002); second petition denied, sub nom., Burton v. Waddington, W.D. Wash.; affirmed, 142 Fed. Appx. 297 (9th Cir. 2005)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

Full caption:	Keith Lance v. Mike Coffman, Colorado Secretary of State
Citations:	549 U.S. 437
Prior history:	Dismissed, sub nom., Lance v. Dennis, 379 F. Supp. 2d 1117 D. Colo. (2005); vacated, remanded, 546 U.S. 459 (2006); dismissed in part, 444 F. Supp. 2d 1149 (D. Colo. 2006)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

Full caption:	Don Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correction Center, Petitioner v. William Weaver
Citations:	550 U.S. 598
Prior history:	Sentence vacated, sub nom. Weaver v. Bowersox, 438 F.3d 832 (8th Cir. 2006)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

Full caption:	Los Angeles County, California, et al. v. Max Rettele et al.
Citations:	550 U.S. 609; 2007 U.S LEXIS 5900
Prior history:	Summary judgment for defendants; reversed, 186 Fed. Appx. 765 (9th Cir. 2006); rehearing en banc denied
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

Full caption:	William Erickson v. Barry J. Pardus, et al.
Citations:	551 U.S. 89
Prior history:	Dismissed, D. Colo.; affirmed, 198 Fed. Appx. 694 (10th Cir. 2006)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

The Supreme Court of the United States handed down eight per curiam opinions during its 2006 term, which began October 2, 2006 and concluded September 30, 2007.

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.

Chief Justice: John Roberts

Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito

549 U.S. 1
Decided October 20, 2006.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded.

Stevens filed a concurring opinion.

549 U.S. 147
Decided January 9, 2007.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded.

549 U.S. 437
Decided March 5, 2007.
District Court for the District of Colorado vacated in part and remanded, affirmed in part.

550 U.S. 598
Decided May 21, 2007.
Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Dismissed.

The Court dismissed certiorari as improvidently granted, writing that it was "now aware of circumstances that persuade us that dismissal of the writ is the appropriate manner in which to dispose of this case." The Court had granted review to decide whether the Court of Appeals had correctly applied the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) in setting aside Weaver's capital sentence that he challenged by a petition of habeas corpus. Upon review, the Court discovered that Weaver only filed the current habeas petition after the enactment of AEDPA because the District Court had erroneously dismissed Weaver's first petition. As two other petitioners were "virtually identically situated" to Weaver yet not governed by AEDPA's stricter standards, the Court dismissed so a different legal standard would not apply to Weaver's case simply because the District Court had committed an error.

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