2007 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

The 2007 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2007, and concluded September 30, 2008. This was the fourteenth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
Stephen Breyer 2007 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 2 Concurrence 0 Other 13 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 24 Bench opinions = 23 Opinions relating to orders = 1 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 0 Most joined by: Stevens (10) Least joined by: Scalia (2)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
101	John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States	01552 U.S. 130 (2008)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Alito	Stevens Ginsburg
402	Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons	02552 U.S. 214 (2008)		Stevens	Thomas Kennedy
103	Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transp. Assn.	03552 U.S. 364 (2008)		Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Alito; Scalia (in part)	Scalia Ginsburg
404	Medellin v. Texas	04552 U.S. 491 (2008)		Souter, Ginsburg	Roberts Stevens
405	Hall Street Associates, L. L. C. v. Mattel, Inc.	05552 U.S. 576 (2008)	Federal Arbitration Act		Souter Stevens
406	Smith v. Arizona	06552 U.S. 985 (2007)
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
207	Baze v. Rees	07553 U.S. 35 (2008)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • lethal injection		Roberts Stevens Scalia Thomas Alito Ginsburg
108	Begay v. United States	08553 U.S. 137 (2008)		Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg	Scalia Alito
409	Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd.	09553 U.S. 181 (2008)			Stevens Scalia Souter
410	United States v. Ressam	10553 U.S. 272 (2008)			Stevens Thomas
111	CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries	11553 U.S. 442 (2008)		Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Alito	Thomas
412	United States v. Santos	12553 U.S. 507 (2008)			Scalia Stevens Alito
413	Irizarry v. United States	13553 U.S. 708 (2008)		Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg	Stevens Thomas
414	Florida Dept. of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc.	14554 U.S. 33 (2008)		Stevens	Thomas
415	Chamber of Commerce of United States v. Brown	15554 U.S. 60 (2008)		Ginsburg	Stevens
116	Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn	16554 U.S. 105 (2008)		Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Alito; Roberts (in part)	Roberts Kennedy Scalia
117	Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC	17554 U.S. 135 (2008)		Roberts, Stevens, Souter, Thomas	Kennedy
118	Indiana v. Edwards	18554 U.S. 164 (2008)		Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Alito	Scalia
219	Greenlaw v. United States	19554 U.S. 237 (2008)			Ginsburg Alito
120	Sprint Communications Co. v. APCC Services, Inc.	20554 U.S. 269 (2008)		Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg	Roberts
421	Giles v. California	21554 U.S. 353 (2008)		Stevens, Kennedy	Scalia Souter Thomas Alito
322	Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker	22554 U.S. 471 (2008)	maritime law  • punitive damages		Souter Scalia Stevens Ginsburg
423	District of Columbia v. Heller	23554 U.S. 570 (2008)	Second Amendment  • prohibition on handgun ownership	Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg	Scalia Stevens
424	Medellín v. Texas	24554 U.S. 759 (208)	death penalty		per curiam Stevens Souter Ginsburg
Breyer dissented from the Court's per curiam denial of an application for a stay of execution of sentence of death and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

References

• 2007 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved March 20, 2010 .
• 2007 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved March 20, 2010 .
• 2007 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved March 20, 2010 .