2017 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

The 2017 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018. This was the twenty-fourth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
Stephen Breyer 2017 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 3 Concurrence 2 Other 11 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 25 Bench opinions = 19 Opinions relating to orders = 6 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Ginsburg (16 in full, 1 in part) Least joined by: Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch (3)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Truehill v. Florida	583 U.S. ___ (2017)	Eighth Amendment		Sotomayor
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Dunn v. Madison	583 U.S. ___ (2017)	Eighth Amendment		per curiam Ginsburg
	In re United States	583 U.S. ___ (2017)	Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals  • Administrative Procedure Act  • writ of mandamus	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Breyer dissented from the Court's grant of a stay.
	Class v. United States	583 U.S. ___ (2017)	challenge to constitutionality of statute after guilty plea  • Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11	Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch	Alito
	Hamm v. Dunn	583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty		Ginsburg
Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of a stay and of certiorari.
	Middleton v. Florida	583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty		Sotomayor
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Patchak v Zinke	583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Indian Reorganization Act  • Gun Lake Act  • Article III		Thomas Ginsburg Sotomayor Roberts
	Jennings v. Rodriguez	583 U.S. ___ (2018)		Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Alito Thomas
	Hidalgo v Arizona	583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Marinello v. United States	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	interference with IRS proceeding	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch	Thomas
	Wilson v. Sellers	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	habeas corpus  • review of unexplained state court decisions	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Gorsuch
	Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	patent law  • inter partes review  • cancellation of patent by United States Patent and Trademark Office  • Article III	Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Thomas Gorsuch
	SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	patent law  • inter partes review	Ginsburg, Sotomayor; Kagan (in part)	Gorsuch Ginsburg
	Dahda v. United States	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968  • authorization of wiretapping outside court's territorial jurisdiction	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
	Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn.	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act  • state authorization of sports gambling  • Tenth Amendment  • anticommandeering doctrine		Alito Thomas Ginsburg
	Lagos v. United States	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996  • restitution for costs and fees from private investigations and civil proceedings	Unanimous
	Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	National Voter Registration Act  • Help America Vote Act of 2002  • deregistration for failure to vote	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito Thomas Sotomayor
	Chavez-Meza v. United States	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines  • judicial explanation for sentence reduction	Roberts, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito	Kennedy
	Lucia v. SEC	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	SEC administrative law judges  • Appointments Clause	Ginsburg, Sotomayor (in part)	Kagan Thomas Sotomayor
	Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	Railroad Retirement Tax Act of 1937  • employee stock option plans	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Gorsuch
	Ohio v. American Express Co.	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	antitrust law  • Sherman Antitrust Act  • antisteering provisions in two-sided credit card markets	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas
	Trump v. Hawaii	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	Executive Order 13780  • Immigration and Nationality Act  • Article III  • First Amendment  • Establishment Clause	Kagan	Roberts Kennedy Thomas Sotomayor
	National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	First Amendment  • free speech  • abortion  • crisis pregnancy center notice and disclosure requirements regarding licensure and abortion service availability	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas Kennedy
	Florida v. Georgia	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	tri-state water dispute	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Thomas
	Jordan v. Mississippi	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • delay and uncertainty in execution
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.

References

• 2017 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2018.
• 2017 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2018.
• 2017 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2018.