2005 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2005 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2005, and concluded October 1, 2006. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion. ^[1]

Table key

	Delivered the Court's opinion		Joined the Court's opinion		Filed a concurrence		Joined a concurrence
	Filed a dissent		Joined a dissent		Filed a concurrence/dissent		Joined a concurrence/dissent
	Did not participate in the decision
Decisions that do not note an argument date were decided without oral argument. Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's opinion are per curiam. Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices frequently join multiple opinions in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly. An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality. An asterisk in a joining vote denotes that the justice joined it only in part. A dash ( - ) denotes that the Justice voted without filing or joining an opinion.

2005 term opinions

#	Case name and citation	Argued	Decided	Roberts	Stevens	O'Connor	Scalia	Kennedy	Souter	Thomas	Ginsburg	Breyer	Alito
1	Dye v. Hofbauer , 546 U.S. 1		October 11, 2005
2	Schriro v. Smith , 546 U.S. 6		October 17, 2005
3	Kane v. Garcia Espitia , 546 U.S. 9		October 31, 2005
4	Eberhart v. United States , 546 U.S. 12		October 31, 2005
5	IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez , 546 U.S. 21	October 3, 2005	November 8, 2005
6	United States v. Olson , 546 U.S. 43	October 12, 2005	November 8, 2005
7	Schaffer v. Weast , 546 U.S. 49	October 5, 2005	November 14, 2005								1	2
8	Maryland v. Blake, [2] 546 U.S. 72	November 1, 2005	November 14, 2005
9	Bradshaw v. Richey , 546 U.S. 74		November 28, 2005
10	Lincoln Property Co. v. Roche , 546 U.S. 81	October 11, 2005	November 29, 2005
11	Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation , 546 U.S. 95	October 3, 2005	December 6, 2005
12	Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp. , 546 U.S. 132	November 8, 2005	December 7, 2005
13	Lockhart v. United States , 546 U.S. 142	November 2, 2005	December 7, 2005
14	United States v. Georgia , 546 U.S. 151	November 9, 2005	January 10, 2006
15	Volvo Trucks North America v. Reeder-Simco GMC , 546 U.S. 164	October 31, 2005	January 10, 2006
16	Evans v. Chavis , 546 U.S. 189	November 9, 2005	January 10, 2006
17	Brown v. Sanders , 546 U.S. 212	October 11, 2005	January 11, 2006		1				1		2	2
18	Gonzales v. Oregon , 546 U.S. 243	October 5, 2005	January 17, 2006	1			1			1 2
19	Wachovia Bank, N. A. v. Schmidt , 546 U.S. 303	November 28, 2005	January 17, 2006
20	Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood , 546 U.S. 320	November 30, 2005	January 18, 2006
21	Rice v. Collins , 546 U.S. 333	December 5, 2005	January 18, 2006
22	Will v. Hallock , 546 U.S. 345	November 28, 2005	January 18, 2006
23	Central Virginia Community College v. Katz , 546 U.S. 356	October 31, 2005	January 23, 2006
24	Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc. , 546 U.S. 394	November 2, 2005	January 23, 2006
25	Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. FEC , 546 U.S. 410	January 17, 2006	January 23, 2006
26	Gonzales v. UDV , 546 U.S. 418	November 1, 2005	February 21, 2006
27	Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna , 546 U.S. 440	November 29, 2005	February 21, 2006
28	Ministry of Defense of Iran v. Elahi , 546 U.S. 450		February 21, 2006
29	Ash v. Tyson Foods, Inc. , 546 U.S. 454		February 21, 2006
30	Lance v. Dennis , 546 U.S. 459		February 21, 2006
31	Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald , 546 U.S. 470	December 6, 2005	February 22, 2006
32	Dolan v. United States Postal Service , 546 U.S. 481	November 7, 2005	February 22, 2006
33	Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp. , 546 U.S. 500	January 11, 2006	February 22, 2006
34	Oregon v. Guzek , 546 U.S. 517	December 7, 2005	February 22, 2006
35	Texaco, Inc. v. Dagher , 547 U.S. 1	January 10, 2006	February 28, 2006
36	Scheidler v. NOW , 547 U.S. 9	November 30, 2005	February 28, 2006
37	Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. Ind. Ink, Inc. , 547 U.S. 28	November 29, 2005	March 1, 2006
38	Rumsfeld v. FAIR , 547 U.S. 47	December 6, 2005	March 6, 2006
39	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit , 547 U.S. 71	January 18, 2006	March 21, 2006
40	United States v. Grubbs , 547 U.S. 90	January 18, 2006	March 21, 2006		*				*		*
41	Georgia v. Randolph , 547 U.S. 103	November 8, 2005	March 22, 2006	1	1		1 2			3		2
42	Gonzales v. Thomas , 547 U.S. 183		April 17, 2006
43	Salinas v. United States , 547 U.S. 188		April 24, 2006
44	Northern Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. Chatham County , 547 U.S. 189	March 1, 2006	April 25, 2006
45	Day v. McDonough , 547 U.S. 198	February 27, 2006	April 25, 2006		1		2			2		1 2
46	Jones v. Flowers , 547 U.S. 220	January 17, 2006	April 26, 2006
47	Hartman v. Moore , 547 U.S. 250	January 10, 2006	April 26, 2006
48	Ark. Dep't of Human Servs. v. Ahlborn , 547 U.S. 268	February 27, 2006	May 1, 2006
49	Marshall v. Marshall , 547 U.S. 293	February 28, 2006	May 1, 2006
50	Holmes v. South Carolina , 547 U.S. 319	February 22, 2006	May 1, 2006
51	DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno , 547 U.S. 332	March 1, 2006	May 15, 2006
52	Sereboff v. Mid Atlantic Medical Services, Inc. , 547 U.S. 356	March 28, 2006	May 15, 2006
53	S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Bd. of Env. Protection , 547 U.S. 370	February 21, 2006	May 15, 2006				*
54	eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L. L. C. , 547 U.S. 388	March 29, 2006	May 15, 2006	1	2		1	2	2		1	2
55	Brigham City v. Stuart , 547 U.S. 398	April 24, 2006	May 22, 2006
56	Garcetti v. Ceballos , [3] 547 U.S. 410	March 21, 2006	May 30, 2006		1 2				2		2	3
57	Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp. , 547 U.S. 451	March 27, 2006	June 5, 2006							* 1		2
58	Zedner v. United States , 547 U.S. 489	April 18, 2006	June 5, 2006				*
59	Whitman v. Dep't of Transportation , 547 U.S. 512		June 5, 2006
60	Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Williams, [4] 547 U.S. 516	April 26, 2006	June 5, 2006
61	House v. Bell , 547 U.S. 518	January 11, 2006	June 12, 2006
62	Hill v. McDonough , 547 U.S. 573	April 26, 2006	June 12, 2006
63	Hudson v. Michigan , [5] 547 U.S. 586	May 18, 2006	June 15, 2006				*	*
64	Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust , 547 U.S. 633	April 24, 2006	June 15, 2006				*
65	Howard Delivery Serv. v. Zurich American Ins. Co. , 547 U.S. 651	March 21, 2006	June 15, 2006
66	Empire HealthChoice Assurance, Inc. v. McVeigh , 547 U.S. 677	April 25, 2006	June 15, 2006
67	Rapanos v. United States , 547 U.S. 715	February 21, 2006	June 19, 2006	1	1		*	2	1		1	1 2
68	Davis v. Washington , 547 U.S. 813	March 20, 2006	June 19, 2006
69	Samson v. California , 547 U.S. 843	February 22, 2006	June 19, 2006
70	Youngblood v. West Virginia , 547 U.S. 867		June 19, 2006				1	2		1
71	Dixon v. United States , 548 U.S. 1	April 25, 2006	June 22, 2006				2	1					2
72	Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales , 548 U.S. 30	March 22, 2006	June 22, 2006
73	Burlington, N. & S. F. R. Co. v. White , 548 U.S. 53	April 17, 2006	June 22, 2006
74	Woodford v. Ngo , 548 U.S. 81	March 22, 2006	June 22, 2006
75	Lab. Corp. of Am. Holdings v. Metabolite Labs. , [6] 548 U.S. 124	March 21, 2006	June 22, 2006
76	United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez , 548 U.S. 140	April 18, 2006	June 26, 2006
77	Kansas v. Marsh , [7] 548 U.S. 163	April 25, 2006	June 26, 2006		1 2				2		2	2
78	Washington v. Recuenco , 548 U.S. 212	April 17, 2006	June 26, 2006		1 2						2
79	Randall v. Sorrell , 548 U.S. 230	February 28, 2006	June 26, 2006		1 2*		2	1	2	2	2	*	* 3
80	Arlington Central School Dist. Bd. of Ed. v. Murphy , 548 U.S. 291	April 19, 2006	June 26, 2006		2				1 2			2
81	Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon , 548 U.S. 331	March 29, 2006	June 28, 2006								*
82	League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry , 548 U.S. 399	March 1, 2006	June 28, 2006	* 1 3*	* 2		3	*	* 4	3	* 4	* 2* 5	* 1 3*
83	Beard v. Banks , 548 U.S. 521	March 27, 2006	June 28, 2006		1						1 2	*
84	Hamdan v. Rumsfeld , 548 U.S. 557	March 28, 2006	June 29, 2006		*		1 2 3*	* 1 2	1* 2	1 2 3*	1* 2	1* 2	1 2* 3
85	Clark v. Arizona , 548 U.S. 735	April 19, 2006	June 29, 2006									*
#	Case name and citation	Argued	Decided	Roberts	Stevens	O'Connor	Scalia	Kennedy	Souter	Thomas	Ginsburg	Breyer	Alito

2005 term membership and statistics

This was the first term of Chief Justice Roberts, who was confirmed following the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist on September 3. Justice O'Connor also retired midterm on January 31, 2006, when she was replaced by Justice Alito. The Court's membership had not changed for the previous eleven terms.

Justice		Appointment history		Agreement with judgment		Opinions filed
Seniority	Name	President	Date confirmed	%	#					Total
Chief Justice	John Roberts	George W. Bush	September 29, 2005	92.6%	75/81	8	2	2	1	13
Associate Justice	John Paul Stevens	Gerald Ford	December 19, 1975	76.5%	65/85	7	6	1	14	28
Associate Justice	Sandra Day O'Connor	Ronald Reagan	September 25, 1981	100%	25/25	3	0	0	0	3
Associate Justice	Antonin Scalia	Ronald Reagan	September 26, 1986	89.4%	76/85	9	6	1	5	21
Associate Justice	Anthony Kennedy	Ronald Reagan	February 18, 1988	89.4%	76/85	8	7	0	3	18
Associate Justice	David Souter	George H. W. Bush	October 9, 1990	82.4%	70/85	7	1	1	4	13
Associate Justice	Clarence Thomas	George H. W. Bush	October 23, 1991	82.1%	69/84	8	2	2	7	19
Associate Justice	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Bill Clinton	August 10, 1993	82.4%	70/85	8	4	0	5	17
Associate Justice	Stephen Breyer	Bill Clinton	August 3, 1994	80%	68/85	7	4	3	10	24
Associate Justice	Samuel Alito	George W. Bush	January 31, 2006	88.1%	37/42	4	3	0	2	9
Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point.						Totals
						69	35	10	51	165

Notes

1. Two decrees in original jurisdiction cases have been omitted from this table: Alaska v. United States , 546 U.S. 413 (2006); and Arizona v. California , 547 U.S. 150 (2006).
2. In Maryland v. Blake, 546 U.S. 72 (2005), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.
3. Garcetti v. Ceballos , 547 U.S. 410 (2006), was originally argued October 12, 2005 and reargued March 21, 2006.
4. In Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Williams, 547 U.S. 516 (2006), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari limited to Question 1 presented by the petition as improvidently granted. The Court granted certiorari, vacated the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit's judgment, and remanded for further consideration in light of Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp. , 547 U.S. 451 (2006), which was handed down the same day.
5. Hudson v. Michigan , 547 U.S. 586 (2006), was originally argued January 9, 2006 and reargued May 18, 2006.
6. In Lab. Corp. of Am. Holdings v. Metabolite Labs. , 548 U.S. 124 (2006), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.
7. Kansas v. Marsh , 548 U.S. 163 (2006), was originally argued December 7, 2005 and reargued April 25, 2006.

References

• "2005 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2016.