2004 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during the 2004 term of the Supreme Court of the United States, which lasted from October 4, 2004 until October 3, 2005. This was the twelfth term of Ginsburg’s tenure on the Court.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2004 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 6 Concurrence 0 Other 7 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 21 Bench opinions = 21 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous decisions: 3 Most joined by: Breyer (15) Least joined by: Thomas (6)

Case	Issue	Joined by
Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh 543 U.S. 50 (2004)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Breyer
Scalia filed a dissent.
Kowalski v. Tesmer 543 U.S. 125 (2004)		Stevens, Souter
Cooper Indus. v. Aviall Servs. 543 U.S. 157 (2004)		Stevens
Florida v. Nixon 543 U.S. 175 (2004)		Unanimous
Illinois v. Caballes 543 U.S. 405 (2005)	U.S. Const. amend. IV	Souter
Ginsburg filed one of two dissents from Stevens' 6-2 decision upholding the constitutionality of a search for illegal drugs conducted without cause by a sniffing police dog during a traffic stop. Ginsburg wrote that the Court's decision "clears the way for suspicionless, dog-accompanied drug sweeps of parked cars along sidewalks and in parking lots. ... Nor would motorists have constitutional grounds for complaint should police with dogs, stationed at long traffic lights, circle cars waiting for the red signal to turn green."
Bell v. Cone 543 U.S. 447 (2005)		Thomas, Breyer
Smith v. Massachusetts 543 U.S. 462 (2005)		Rehnquist, Kennedy, Breyer
Johnson v. California 543 U.S. 499 (2005)		Souter, Breyer
Ballard v. Comm'r 544 U.S. 40 (2005)		Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Breyer
Rehnquist filed a dissent.
City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation 544 U.S. 197 (2005)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer
Stevens filed a dissent.
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Indus. Corp. 544 U.S. 280 (2005)		Unanimous
Pasquantino v. United States 544 U.S. 349 (2005)		Breyer; Scalia, Souter (in part)
Johanns v. Livestock Mktg. Ass'n 544 U.S. 550 (2005)
Medellin v. Dretke 544 U.S. 660 (2005)		Scalia (in part)
Cutter v. Wilkinson 544 U.S. 709 (2005)	Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act	Unanimous
Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. 545 U.S. 119 (2005)	Americans with Disabilities Act	Breyer
Dodd v. United States 545 U.S. 353 (2005)		Breyer
Ginsburg filed one of two dissents from O'Connor's 5-4 decision.
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Servs. 545 U.S. 546 (2005)		Stevens, O'Connor, Breyer
Ginsburg filed one of two dissents from Kennedy's 5-4 decision.
Halbert v. Michigan 545 U.S. 605 (2005)		Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Breyer
Thomas filed a dissent.
Mayle v. Felix 545 U.S. 644 (2005)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer
Souter filed a dissent.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. 545 U.S. 913 (2005)	Copyright	Rehnquist, Kennedy
Ginsburg joined in Souter's unanimous opinion and filed a separate concurrence.

References

• "2004 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
• "2004 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2006-10-12. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
• "2004 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2006-06-15. Retrieved 2010-07-07.