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2 unusual facts about Samuel Alito


Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy

Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, ruled that IDEA does not authorize the payment of the experts' fees of the prevailing parents.

The Pitt News

The opinion was written by now Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.


Boumediene v. Bush

Justice Scalia's dissent was joined by Chief Justice Roberts and justices Alito and Thomas.

Firearm case law in the United States

The Third Circuit made this decision 2-1, with future Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in dissent.

Fleeing felon rule

Samuel Alito's memo written while working in the Solicitor General's office regarding Memphis Police v. Garner which was the Sixth Circuit appellate case leading to Tennessee v. Garner.

Joe Jacquot

He oversaw the judicial confirmation process, in which he managed the Supreme Court confirmation proceedings of Chief Justice John Roberts and of Justice Samuel Alito.

Johnny Callison

Callison became a fan favorite in Philadelphia; Supreme Court Justice and lifelong Phillies follower Samuel Alito was one such fan, even stating that while as a boy rooting for the Phillies he "adopted Johnny Callison out there" (in right field).

Kent Conrad

On January 31, 2006, Conrad was one of only four Democrats to vote in favor of confirming Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.

Leonard I. Garth

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito clerked for Garth from 1976 to 1977 in his first job out of law school.

Louis Manna

He was also suspected but never convicted of placing murder contracts on U.S. Attorney Samuel Alito, Assistant United States Attorney Michael Chertoff and United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Maryanne Trump Barry, the sister of Donald Trump.

Maura D. Corrigan

Corrigan had been mentioned as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court following the announced retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor and the withdrawal of Harriet Miers, and before President Bush's nomination of Samuel Alito.

Procedures of the Supreme Court of the United States

In theory, each Justice's clerks write a brief for the Justice outlining the questions presented, and offering a recommendation as to whether certiorari should be granted; in practice, most Justices (all of the current court, except Justice Alito) have their clerks participate in the cert pool.

Ware v. Hylton

Oral argument in the case was reenacted at Mount Vernon in 2011, with U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito presiding.


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