2003 term United States Supreme Court opinions of David Souter

The 2003 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2003 and concluded October 3, 2004. This was the fourteenth term of Associate Justice David Souter's tenure on the Court .
David Souter 2003 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 3 Concurrence 0 Other 5 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 18 Bench opinions = 18 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Ginsburg (14) Least joined by: Scalia, Thomas (5)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	United States v. Banks	540 U.S. 31 (2003)		Unanimous
	General Dynamics Land System v. Cline	540 U.S. 581 (2003)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, Breyer
	Doe v. Chao	540 U.S. 614 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
	Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League	541 U.S. 125 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer
	United States v. Lara	541 U.S. 193 (2004)		Scalia
	Engine Mfrs. Ass'n v. S. Coast Air Quality Mgmt. Dist.	541 U.S. 246 (2004)
	Vieth v. Jubelirer	541 U.S. 267 (2004)		Ginsburg
	Tennessee Student Assistance Corp. v. Hood	541 U.S. 440 (2004)	bankruptcy  • state sovereign immunity	Ginsburg
	Tennessee v. Lane	541 U.S. 509 (2004)	Americans with Disabilities Act  • state sovereign immunity	Ginsburg
	Sabri v. United States	541 U.S. 600 (2004)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, Breyer; Scalia, Kennedy (in part)
	Central Laborers' Pension Fund v. Heinz	541 U.S. 739 (2004)		Unanimous
	City of Littleton v. Z. J. Gifts D-4, L.L.C.	541 U.S. 774 (2004)		Kennedy
	United States v. Dominguez Benitez	542 U.S. 74 (2004)	criminal procedure	Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer
Souter's opinion for the Court held that a defendant attempting to reverse his conviction due to a Fed. R. Crim. P. 11 violation must show a reasonable probability that, but for the trial court's error in failing to advise him his guilty plea could not be withdrawn, he would not have entered the plea. Justice Antonin Scalia concurred in the judgment but disagreed with Souter's standard.
	Beard v. Banks	542 U.S. 406 (2004)		Ginsburg
	Hamdi v. Rumsfeld	542 U.S. 507 (2004)	Due Process  • habeas corpus	Ginsburg
	Missouri v. Seibert	542 U.S. 600 (2004)		Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer
	United States v. Patane	542 U.S. 630 (2004)		Stevens, Ginsburg
	Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain	542 U.S. 692 (2004)		Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy; Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer (in part)

References

• 2003 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved July 7, 2010.
• 2003 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, archived from the original on March 9, 2005, retrieved July 7, 2010.
• 2003 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, archived from the original on February 14, 2005, retrieved July 7, 2010.