2004 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice Stephen Breyer 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 eleventh term of Breyer’s tenure on the Court.
Stephen Breyer 2004 term statistics 10 Majority or Plurality 11 Concurrence 0 Other 4 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 25 Bench opinions = 25 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous decisions: 1 Most joined by: Ginsburg (14) Least joined by: Scalia, Thomas (5)

Case	Issue	Joined by
Kansas v. Colorado 543 U.S. 86 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg; Stevens, Thomas (in part)
Brosseau v. Haugen 543 U.S. 194 (2004)		Scalia, Ginsburg
United States v. Booker 543 U.S. 220 (2004)	Rights of the accused: right to jury trial	Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Ginsburg
Breyer filed one of two opinions for the Court.
United States v. Booker 543 U.S. 220 (2005)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy
Cherokee Nation v. Leavitt 543 U.S. 631 (2005)		Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg
Wilkinson v. Dotson 544 U.S. 74 (2005)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg
City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams 544 U.S. 113 (2005)		O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg
Brown v. Payton 544 U.S. 133 (2005)
Dura Pharmaceuticals v. Broudo 544 U.S. 336 (2005)	Securities regulation	Unanimous
Breyer wrote for the Court in ruling that private actions under section 10(b) of the Exchange Act fail to state a claim if they allege no more than that the price of the stock was artificially inflated when purchased. Unless the price subsequently drops as a consequence of the market reacting to disclosure of the fraud, the stock purchaser has not suffered an injury.
Small v. United States 544 U.S. 385 (2005)		Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg
Bates v. Dow Agrosciences, L.L.C. 544 U.S. 431 (2005)
Johanns v. Livestock Mktg. Ass'n 544 U.S. 550 (2005)
Deck v. Missouri 544 U.S. 622 (2005)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg
Medellin v. Dretke 544 U.S. 660 (2005)		Stevens
Tory v. Cochran 544 U.S. 734 (2005)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg
Johnson v. California 545 U.S. 162 (2005)
Miller-El v. Dretke 545 U.S. 231 (2005)
Graham County Soil & Water Conservation Dist. v. United States ex rel. Wilson 545 U.S. 409 (2005)		Ginsburg
Am. Trucking Ass'ns v. Mich. PSC 545 U.S. 429 (2005)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg
Mid-Con Freight Sys. v. Mich. PSC 545 U.S. 440 (2005)		Stevens, Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg
Gonzales v. Crosby 545 U.S. 524 (2005)
Van Orden v. Perry 545 U.S. 677 (2005)	Establishment Clause
Bell v. Thompson 545 U.S. 794 (2005)		Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. 545 U.S. 913 (2005)	Copyright	Stevens, O'Connor
Nat'l Cable & Telecomms. Ass'n v. Brand X Internet Servs. 545 U.S. 967 (2005)	Communications

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.