2002 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The 2002 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2002, and concluded October 5, 2003. This was the twelfth term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2002 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 8 Concurrence 0 Other 12 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 29 Bench opinions = 27 Opinions relating to orders = 2 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 4 Most joined by: Scalia (13) Least joined by: Breyer (4)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
101	United States v. Bean	537 U.S. 71 (2002)		Unanimous
202	Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.	537 U.S. 79 (2002)
103	Pierce County v. Guillen	537 U.S. 129 (2003)		Unanimous
404	Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co.	537 U.S. 149 (2003)
405	Miller-El v. Cockrell	537 U.S. 322 (2003)
406	Boeing Co. v. United States	537 U.S. 437 (2003)		Scalia
407	United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe	537 U.S. 465 (2003)		Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy
208	Foster v. Florida	537 U.S. 990 (2002)
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari, and responded to Breyer's dissent.
409	Borgner v. Florida Bd. of Dentistry	537 U.S. 1080 (2002)	First Amendment  • free speech  • commercial speech
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
210	Ewing v. California	538 U.S. 11 (2003)
211	Smith v. Doe	538 U.S. 84 (2003)
112	Woodford v. Garceau	538 U.S. 202 (2003)		Rehnquist, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy
413	Archer v. Warner	538 U.S. 314 (2003)		Stevens
414	Virginia v. Black	538 U.S. 343 (2003)
415	State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. v. Campbell	538 U.S. 408 (2003)
416	Roell v. Withrow	538 U.S. 580 (2003)		Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy
217	Pharmaceutical Research and Mfrs. of America v. Walsh	538 U.S. 644 (2003)
118	Chavez v. Martinez	538 U.S. 760 (2003)		Rehnquist; O'Connor, Scalia (in part)
119	National Park Hospitality Assn. v. Department of Interior	538 U.S. 803 (2003)		Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg
120	Entergy La., Inc. v. Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n	539 U.S. 39 (2003)		Unanimous
321	Hillside Dairy, Inc. v. Lyons	539 U.S. 59 (2003)
122	Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa	539 U.S. 90 (2003)		Unanimous
223	Overton v. Bazzetta	539 U.S. 126 (2003)		Scalia
424	Federal Election Commission v. Beaumont	539 U.S. 146 (2003)		Scalia
225	Gratz v. Bollinger	539 U.S. 244 (2003)
326	Grutter v. Bollinger	539 U.S. 306 (2003)		Scalia (in part)
427	Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle	539 U.S. 444 (2003)
228	Georgia v. Ashcroft	539 U.S. 461 (2003)
429	Lawrence v. Texas	539 U.S. 558 (2003)

References

• "2002 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on February 2, 2004. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
• "2002 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on November 2, 2004. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
• "2002 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on February 14, 2004. Retrieved July 7, 2010.