2002 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Paul Stevens

none February 2026 September 2023 John Paul Stevens File:John Paul Stevens, SCOTUS photo portrait.jpg 2002 twenty-eighth October 7, 2002 October 5, 2003 9 11 3 8 4 30 3 2 1 Souter (15) Scalia (4) https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/02 https://web.archive.org/web/20040202092704/http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/02slipopinion.html February 2, 2004 http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/02relatingtoorders.html https://web.archive.org/web/20041102092420/http://supremecourtus.gov/opinions/02relatingtoorders.html November 2, 2004 http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/03in-chambers.html https://web.archive.org/web/20040214010403/http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/02in-chambers.html February 14, 2004 July 7, 2010 John Paul Stevens opinions SCOTUSterm1994-2004 01 Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. v. Henson concurrence 537 28 2002 02 Yellow Transportation, Inc. v. Michigan concurrence 537 36 2002 03 Sprietsma v. Mercury Marine majority 537 51 2002 Unanimous 04 Abdur'Rahman v. Bell dissent 537 88 2002 Stevens dissented from the Court's dismissal of certiorari as improvidently granted. 05 Eldred v. Ashcroft dissent 537 186 2003 06 United States v. Jimenez Recio concurrencedissent 537 270 2003 07 FCC v. NextWave Personal Communications, Inc. concurrence 537 293 2003 08 Scheidler v. National Organization for Women (2003) Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc. dissent 537 393 2003 09 Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc. majority 537 418 2003 Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer; Scalia (in part) 10 Boeing Co. v. United States majority 537 437 2003 Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer 11 Foster v. Florida other 537 990 2002 Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari, to emphasize that it does not amount to a judgment on the merits. 12 Stewart v. McCoy other 537 993 2002 Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. 13 In re Stanford dissent 537 968 2002 Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer Stevens dissented from the Court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus. 14 Chabad of Southern Ohio v. Cincinnati other 537 1501 2002 Stevens granted the application to vacate a stay. 15 Connecticut Dept. of Public Safety v. Doe concurrence 538 1 2003 16 Ewing v. California dissent 538 11 2003 Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer 17 Smith v. Doe dissent 538 84 2003 18 Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington majority 538 216 2003 O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer 19 Branch v. Smith concurrence 538 254 2003 Souter, Breyer 20 Virginia v. Black concurrence 538 343 2003 21 Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P.C. v. Wells majority 538 440 2003 Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas 22 Pharmaceutical Research and Mfrs. of America v. Walsh majority 538 644 2003 Souter, Ginsburg; Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Breyer (in part) 23 Inyo County v. Pauite-Shoshone Indians concurrence 538 701 2003 24 Nevada Dept. of Human Resources v. Hibbs concurrence 538 721 2003 25 Chavez v. Martinez concurrencedissent 538 760 2003 26 National Park Hospitality Assn. v. Department of Interior concurrence 538 803 2003 27 Beneficial National Bank v. Anderson majority 539 1 2003 Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer 28 Hillside Dairy, Inc. v. Lyons majority 539 59 2003 Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer; Thomas (in part) 29 Nguyen v. United States majority 539 69 2003 O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas 30 Nguyen v. United States concurrence 539 126 2003 Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer 31 United States v. American Library Association, Inc. dissent 539 194 2003 32 Gratz v. Bollinger dissent 539 244 2003 Souter 33 Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle concurrencedissent 539 444 2003 34 Nike, Inc. v. Klasky concurrence 539 654 2003 Ginsburg; Souter (in part) Stevens concurred in the Court's dismissal of certiorari as improvidently granted. 35 Prato v. Vallas other 539 1301 2003 Stevens denied the petitioner's request for an extension of time to pay the docketing fee and printing costs for the petition for certiorari, satisfied that there are no grounds upon which the Court would grant the petition.