2005 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sandra Day O'Connor

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The 2005 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2005, and concluded October 1, 2006. This was the twenty-fifth and final term of Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's tenure on the Court; O'Connor retired on January 31, 2006. Sandra Day O'Connor.jpg
Sandra Day O'Connor 2005 term statistics
3
Majority or Plurality
0
Concurrence
0
Other
0
Dissent
0
Concurrence/dissentTotal = 3
Bench opinions = 3Opinions relating to orders = 0In-chambers opinions = 0
Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas (3) Least joined by: Roberts, [1] Ginsburg, Breyer (2)
TypeCaseCitationIssuesJoined byOther opinions
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Schaffer v. Weast 546 U.S. 49 (2005)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act   individualized education program challenges   burden of proof Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas
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Stevens
102



Lockhart v. United States 546 U.S. 142 (2005)

Debt Collection Act of 1982   Social Security   student loan debt Unanimous
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Scalia
103



Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood 546 U.S. 320 (2005)

abortion   parental notification   facial challenge Unanimous
O'Connor's opinion for the Court vacated and remanded the First Circuit's judgment that New Hampshire's parental notification law was unconstitutional, but avoided a substantive ruling on the challenged law or a reconsideration of prior Supreme Court abortion precedent. Instead, the Court only addressed the issue of remedy, holding that invalidating a statute in its entirety "is not always necessary or justified, for lower courts may be able to render narrower declaratory and injunctive relief."

Notes

  1. Roberts did not participate in one of the three cases in which O'Connor filed an opinion.

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