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