2002 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sandra Day O'Connor

The 2002 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2002, and concluded October 5, 2003. This was the twenty-second term of Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's tenure on the Court.
Sandra Day O'Connor 2002 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 6 Concurrence 0 Other 0 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 17 Bench opinions = 17 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Rehnquist (9) Least joined by: Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg (5)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
101	Yellow Transportation, Inc. v. Michigan	537 U.S. 36 (2002)		Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer
202	Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania	537 U.S. 101 (2003)
103	Ewing v. California	538 U.S. 11 (2003)		Rehnquist, Kennedy
104	Lockyer v. Andrade	538 U.S. 63 (2003)		Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
105	Cuyahoga Falls v. Buckeye Community Hope Foundation	538 U.S. 188 (2003)		Unanimous
206	Woodford v. Garceau	538 U.S. 202 (2003)
307	Branch v. Smith	538 U.S. 254 (2003)		Thomas (in part)
108	Virginia v. Black	538 U.S. 343 (2003)		Rehnquist, Stevens, Breyer; Scalia (in part)
109	Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt	538 U.S. 488 (2003)		Unanimous
210	Demore v. Kim	538 U.S. 510 (2003)		Scalia, Thomas
311	Pharmaceutical Research and Mfrs. of America v. Walsh	538 U.S. 644 (2003)		Rehnquist, Kennedy
212	Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa	539 U.S. 90 (2003)
213	Gratz v. Bollinger	539 U.S. 244 (2003)		Breyer (in part)
114	Grutter v. Bollinger	539 U.S. 306 (2003)		Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer; Scalia, Thomas (in part)
115	Georgia v. Ashcroft	539 U.S. 461 (2003)		Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
116	Wiggins v. Smith	539 U.S. 510 (2003)		Rehnquist, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
217	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.