2001 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice Stephen Breyer during the 2001 term of the Supreme Court of the United States, which lasted from October 1, 2001, until October 6, 2002. This was the ninth term of Breyer’s tenure on the Court.

Stephen Breyer 2001 term statistics

Majority or Plurality

Concurrence

Other

Dissent

Concurrence/dissent

Total =

Bench opinions = 23

Opinions relating to orders = 3

In-chambers opinions = 0

Unanimous decisions: 1

Most joined by: Stevens (15)

Least joined by: Thomas (3)

Case

Issue

Joined by

Chickasaw Nation v. United States
534 U.S. 84 (2001)

Rehnquist, Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg; Scalia, Thomas (in part)

J. E. M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
534 U.S. 124 (2001)

Stevens

Kansas v. Crane
534 U.S. 407 (2002)

Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg

Overton v. Ohio
534 U.S. 982 (2001)

Stevens, O'Connor, Souter

Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.

Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB
535 U.S. 137 (2002)

Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg

Mickens v. Taylor
535 U.S. 162 (2002)

Ginsburg

Barnhart v. Walton
535 U.S. 212 (2002)

Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg; Scalia (in part)

Thompson v. Western States Medical Center
535 U.S. 357 (2002)

Rehnquist, Stevens, Ginsburg

US Airways, Inc. v. Barnett
535 U.S. 391 (2002)

Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy

Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC
535 U.S. 467 (2002)

Scalia (in part)

Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union
535 U.S. 564 (2002)

Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga.
535 U.S. 613 (2002)

Unanimous

Federal Maritime Comm'n v. South Carolina Ports Authority
535 U.S. 743 (2002)

Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg

Williams v. United States
535 U.S. 911 (2002)

Scalia, Kennedy

Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
535 U.S. 1157 (2002)

Criminal procedure: Confrontation Clause

O'Connor

Breyer filed a dissent from the Court's decision not to transmit to Congress proposed amendments to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 26(b), which would have permitted witness testimony via two-way video transmission. Breyer disagreed with the majority's concerns that the proposed rule was unconstitutional under the Sixth Amendment, and noted that transmittal of the rule would not constitute a judgment by the Court that it was constitutional. Instead, "rather than consider the constitutional matter in the context of a defendant who objects, the Court denies all litigants—prosecutors and consenting defendants alike—the benefits of advances in modern technology. And it thereby deprives litigants, judges, and the public of technology that will help to create trial procedures that are both more efficient and more fair."

Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc. of N. Y., Inc. v. Village of Stratton
536 U.S. 150 (2002)

Souter, Ginsburg

Carey v. Saffold
536 U.S. 214 (2002)

Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg

United States v. Fior D'Italia, Inc.
536 U.S. 238 (2002)

Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Ginsburg

Gonzaga University v. Doe
536 U.S. 273 (2002)

Souter

Utah v. Evans
536 U.S. 452 (2002)

Rehnquist, Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg; O'Connor (in part)

BE&K Construction Co. v. NLRB
536 U.S. 516 (2002)

Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg

Harris v. United States
536 U.S. 545 (2002)

Ring v. Arizona
536 U.S. 584 (2002)

United States v. Ruiz
536 U.S. 622 (2002)

Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
536 U.S. 639 (2002)

Stevens, Souter

Board of Ed. of Independent School Dist. No. 92 of Pottawatomie Cty. v. Earls
536 U.S. 822 (2002)

References

"2001 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2003-02-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20030211003359/http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/01slipopinion.html. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
"2001 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2002-11-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20021103052814/http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/01relatingtoorders.html. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
"2001 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2003-02-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20030202131653/http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/01in-chambers.html. Retrieved 2010-07-06.

Judicial opinions of Stephen Breyer

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1980 - 1994); by calendar year

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Supreme Court of the United States (August 3, 1994 - present); by term

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Supreme Court of the United States 2001 term (October 1, 2001 - October 6, 2002)

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