2001 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

none February 2026 September 2023 Stephen Breyer File:Stephen Breyer, SCOTUS photo portrait.jpg 2001 eighth October 1, 2001 October 6, 2002 9 7 1 8 1 23 3 0 1 Stevens (15) Thomas (3) http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/01slipopinion.html https://web.archive.org/web/20030211003359/http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/01slipopinion.html February 11, 2003 http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/01relatingtoorders.html https://web.archive.org/web/20021103052814/http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/01relatingtoorders.html November 3, 2002 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/01in-chambers.html https://web.archive.org/web/20030202131653/http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/01in-chambers.html February 2, 2003 July 6, 2010 Stephen Breyer opinions SCOTUSterm1994-2004 01 Chickasaw Nation v. United States majority 534 84 2001 Rehnquist, Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg; Scalia, Thomas (in part) 02 J. E. M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. dissent 534 124 2001 Stevens 03 Kansas v. Crane majority 534 407 2002 Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg 04 Overton v. Ohio other 534 982 2001 Stevens, O'Connor, Souter Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. 05 Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB dissent 535 137 2002 Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg 06 Mickens v. Taylor dissent 535 162 2002 Ginsburg 07 Barnhart v. Walton majority 535 212 2002 Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg; Scalia (in part) 08 Thompson v. Western States Medical Center dissent 535 357 2002 Rehnquist, Stevens, Ginsburg 09 US Airways, Inc. v. Barnett majority 535 391 2002 Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy 10 Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC (2002) Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC concurrencedissent 535 467 2002 Scalia (in part) 11 Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union concurrence 535 564 2002 12 Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga. majority 535 613 2002 Unanimous 13 Federal Maritime Comm'n v. South Carolina Ports Authority dissent 535 743 2002 Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg 14 Williams v. United States dissent 535 911 2002 Scalia, Kennedy Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. 15 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure dissent 535 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." 16 Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc. of N. Y., Inc. v. Village of Stratton concurrence 536 150 2002 Souter, Ginsburg 17 Carey v. Saffold majority 536 214 2002 Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg 18 United States v. Fior D'Italia, Inc. majority 536 238 2002 Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Ginsburg 19 Gonzaga University v. Doe concurrence 536 273 2002 Souter 20 Utah v. Evans majority 536 452 2002 Rehnquist, Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg; O'Connor (in part) 21 BE&K Construction Co. v. NLRB concurrence 536 516 2002 Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg 22 Harris v. United States concurrence 536 545 2002 23 Ring v. Arizona concurrence 536 584 2002 24 United States v. Ruiz majority 536 622 2002 Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg 25 Zelman v. Simmons-Harris dissent 536 639 2002 Stevens, Souter 26 Board of Ed. of Independent School Dist. No. 92 of Pottawatomie Cty. v. Earls concurrence 536 822 2002