2019 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

The 2019 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2019, and concluded October 4, 2020. This was the twenty-sixth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
Stephen Breyer 2019 term statistics 5 Majority or Plurality 2 Concurrence 1 Other 7 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 17 Bench opinions = 14 Opinions relating to orders = 3 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Ginsburg (14) Least joined by: Thomas (1)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Holguin-Hernandez v. United States	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure  • preserving claims of error for appeal	Unanimous	Alito
	Kansas v. Garcia	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986  • fraudulent employee documents  • federal preemption	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito Thomas
	Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Immigration and Nationality Act  • judicial review of removal proceedings  • statute of limitations	Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas
	Allen v. Cooper	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	copyright law  • Intellectual Property Clause  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990  • state sovereign immunity from infringement claims	Ginsburg	Kagan Thomas
	Kahler v. Kansas	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • insanity defense	Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Kagan
	McKeever v. Barr	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure  • release of grand jury information by District Court
Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
	County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Clean Water Act  • pollutant discharge without permit into navigable waters	Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh	Kavanaugh Thomas Alito
	Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act  • Article II  • Appointments Clause	Roberts, Ginsburg, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas Sotomayor
	Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act  • eligibility for asylum  • habeas corpus  • Article One  • Suspension Clause  • Due Process Clause	Ginsburg	Alito Thomas Sotomayor
	June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	abortion laws  • requirement that abortion clinic doctors have hospital admitting privileges  • Fourteenth Amendment  • third-party standing	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts Thomas Alito Gorsuch Kavanaugh
	Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003  • policy statements against prostitution and sex trafficking as requirement for funding  • First Amendment  • free speech  • speech by foreign affiliates of U.S. organizations	Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Kavanaugh Thomas
	Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	state law prohibition on government aid to religious schools  • First Amendment  • Free Exercise Clause	Kagan (in part)	Roberts Thomas Alito Gorsuch Ginsburg Sotomayor
	Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V.	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	trademark law  • eligibility of generic term combined with domain name for protection		Ginsburg Sotomayor
	Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc.	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991  • prohibition of robocalls to cell phones  • exception for government debt collection  • First Amendment  • free speech	Ginsburg, Kagan	Kavanaugh Sotomayor Gorsuch
	Barr v. Lee	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty	Ginsburg	per curiam Sotomayor
	Barr v. Pukey	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty	Ginsburg	Sotomayor
Breyer dissented from the Court's vacatur of the lower court's preliminary injunction.
	Trump v. Sierra Club	591 U.S. ___ (2020)		Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of motion to lift a stay.

References

• 2019 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved September 19, 2020.
• 2019 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved September 19, 2020.
• 2019 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved September 19, 2020.