2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

The 2011 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2011 and concluded September 30, 2012. This was the eighteenth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court .
Stephen Breyer 2011 term statistics
7
 Majority or Plurality
5
 Concurrence
0
 Other
10
 Dissent
0
 Concurrence/dissent Total = 22
Bench opinions = 22 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0
Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Kagan (12) Least joined by: Scalia (2)
Type Case Citation Issues Joined by Other opinions
1-01



Minneci v. Pollard 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Eighth Amendment  • cruel and unusual punishment  • privately-run prison  • adequate alternative causes of action under state tort law Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
Scalia
 Ginsburg
4-02



Golan v. Holder 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 copyright  • Berne Convention  • public domain Alito
Ginsburg
1-03



Reynolds v. United States 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act  • applicability to pre-Act offenders Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
Scalia
4-04



Wetzel v. Lambert 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Brady disclosure  • materiality of police notes to witness impeachment Ginsburg, Kagan
per curiam
2-05



Messerschmidt v. Millender 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Fourth Amendment  • law enforcement reliance on overbroad search warrant  • qualified immunity
Roberts
 Kagan
 Sotomayor
1-06



Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern Cal., Inc. 565 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Medicaid  • state law reduction of payments to providers  • review by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  • private action to enforce federal reimbursement criteria  • Supremacy Clause Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Roberts
1-07



Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 patent law  • laws of nature exemption from patentability  • diagnostic test of drug potency Unanimous
4-08



Zivotofsky v. Clinton 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 political question doctrine  • U.S. position on status of Jerusalem  • Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003  • passport designation of births in Jerusalem
Roberts
 Alito
 Sotomayor
4-09



Setser v. United States 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Sentencing Reform Act of 1984  • federal court discretion to order consecutive or concurrent sentences in anticipation of state court sentence Kennedy, Ginsburg
Scalia
4-10



Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Fourth Amendment  • strip searches in jail of arrestees of minor offenses Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Kennedy
 Roberts
 Alito
2-11



Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Torture Victim Protection Act  • liability of organizations
Sotomayor
1-12



United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Internal Revenue Code of 1954  • overstatement of basis in property  • statute of limitations for tax deficiency Roberts, Thomas, Alito; Scalia (in part)
Scalia
 Kennedy
4-13



Hall v. United States 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 bankruptcy  • priority of taxation on post-petition sale of farm assets Kennedy, Ginsburg, Kagan
Sotomayor
1-14



Armour v. Indianapolis 566 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Equal Protection Clause  • disparate tax treatment  • administrative justifications under rational basis review Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Roberts
2-15



Williams v. Illinois 567 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Sixth Amendment  • Confrontation Clause  • expert testimony
Alito
 Thomas
 Kagan
4-16



Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. 567 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Fair Labor Standards Act  • exemption of outside salesmen from overtime regulations  • status of pharmaceutical sales representatives Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Alito
1-17



Dorsey v. United States 567 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986  • Fair Sentencing Act  • mandatory minimum setencing  • applicability of post-Act sentencing to pre-Act offenders Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Scalia
4-18



Knox v. Service Employees 567 U.S. ___ (2012)

 mootness due to voluntary cessation  • First Amendment  • compulsory fees for political lobbying by public sector agency shop
Alito
 Sotomayor
4-19



Southern Union Co. v. United States 567 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976  • Sixth Amendment  • right to jury determination of facts relating to criminal fines Kennedy, Alito
Sotomayor
2-20



Miller v. Alabama 567 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Eighth Amendment  • Cruel and Unusual Punishment  • sentencing of juveniles to life without parole Sotomayor
Kagan
 Roberts
 Thomas
 Alito
4-21



American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock 567 U.S. ___ (2012)

 First Amendment  • free speech  • campaign finance reform  • corporate personhood Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
per curiam
Breyer dissented from the Court's brief per curiam decision, which held that a Montana state law banning political expenditures by corporations was precluded by Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Breyer wrote that he disagreed with the holding in Citizens United and would support reconsidering it. Even accepting that decision, however, Breyer did not believe it precluded a finding that Montana had a compelling state interest in limiting corporate political expenditures in light of the particular "history and political landscape in Montana."
2-22



United States v. Alvarez 567 U.S. ___ (2012)

 Stolen Valor Act of 2005  • First Amendment  • freedom of speech  • protection of false statements Kagan
Kennedy
 Alito

References

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Supreme Court of the United States 2011 term (October 3, 2011 - September 30, 2012)
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