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 9 Majority or Plurality 7 Concurrence 1 Other 8 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 26 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. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
• "2001 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2002-11-03. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
• "2001 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2003-02-02. Retrieved 2010-07-06.