2004 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

The 2004 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 2004, and concluded October 3, 2005. This was the eleventh term of Associate Justice Stephen 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 opinions: 1 Most joined by: Ginsburg (14) Least joined by: Scalia, Thomas (5)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
101	Kansas v. Colorado	543 U.S. 86 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg; Stevens, Thomas (in part)	Thomas Stevens
202	Brosseau v. Haugen	543 U.S. 194 (2004)		Scalia, Ginsburg	per curiam Stevens
103	United States v. Booker	543 U.S. 220 (2004)	right to jury trial	Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Ginsburg	Stevens Stevens Scalia Thomas Breyer
Breyer filed one of two opinions for the Court.
404	United States v. Booker	543 U.S. 220 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy	Stevens Breyer Stevens Scalia Thomas
105	Cherokee Nation v. Leavitt	543 U.S. 631 (2005)		Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg	Scalia
106	Wilkinson v. Dotson	544 U.S. 74 (2005)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg	Scalia Kennedy
207	City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams	544 U.S. 113 (2005)		O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg	Scalia Stevens
208	Brown v. Payton	544 U.S. 133 (2005)			Kennedy Scalia Souter
109	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.
110	Small v. United States	544 U.S. 385 (2005)		Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg	Thomas
211	Bates v. Dow Agrosciences, L.L.C.	544 U.S. 431 (2005)			Stevens Thomas
212	Johanns v. Livestock Mktg. Ass'n	544 U.S. 550 (2005)			Scalia Thomas Ginsburg Kennedy Souter
113	Deck v. Missouri	544 U.S. 622 (2005)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg	Thomas
414	Medellin v. Dretke	544 U.S. 660 (2005)		Stevens	per curiam Ginsburg O'Connor Souter
115	Tory v. Cochran	544 U.S. 734 (2005)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg	Thomas
216	Johnson v. California	545 U.S. 162 (2005)			Stevens Thomas
217	Miller-El v. Dretke	545 U.S. 231 (2005)			Souter Thomas
418	Graham County Soil & Water Conservation Dist. v. United States ex rel. Wilson	545 U.S. 409 (2005)		Ginsburg	Thomas Stevens
119	Am. Trucking Ass'ns v. Mich. PSC	545 U.S. 429 (2005)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg	Scalia Thomas
120	Mid-Con Freight Sys. v. Mich. PSC	545 U.S. 440 (2005)		Stevens, Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg	Kennedy
221	Gonzales v. Crosby	545 U.S. 524 (2005)			Scalia Stevens
222	Van Orden v. Perry	545 U.S. 677 (2005)	Establishment Clause		Rehnquist Scalia Thomas Stevens O'Connor Souter
423	Bell v. Thompson	545 U.S. 794 (2005)		Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg	Kennedy
224	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.	545 U.S. 913 (2005)	copyright law	Stevens, O'Connor	Souter Ginsburg
225	Nat'l Cable & Telecomms. Ass'n v. Brand X Internet Servs.	545 U.S. 967 (2005)	Communications		Thomas Stevens Scalia

References

• "2004 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
• "2004 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on October 12, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
• "2004 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on June 15, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2016.