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.	File:Stephen Breyer, SCOTUS photo portrait.jpg
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	552 U.S. 130 (2008)		Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Alito	File:Transparent.gif Stevens File:Transparent.gif Ginsburg
402	Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons	552 U.S. 214 (2008)		Stevens	File:Transparent.gif Thomas File:Transparent.gif Kennedy
103	Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transp. Assn.	552 U.S. 364 (2008)		Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Alito; Scalia (in part)	File:Transparent.gif Scalia File:Transparent.gif Ginsburg
404	Medellin v. Texas	552 U.S. 491 (2008)		Souter, Ginsburg	File:Transparent.gif Roberts File:Transparent.gif Stevens
405	Hall Street Associates, L. L. C. v. Mattel, Inc.	552 U.S. 576 (2008)	Federal Arbitration Act		File:Transparent.gif Souter File:Transparent.gif Stevens
406	Smith v. Arizona	552 U.S. 985 (2007)
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
207	Baze v. Rees	553 U.S. 35 (2008)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • lethal injection		File:Transparent.gif Roberts File:Transparent.gif Stevens File:Transparent.gif Scalia File:Transparent.gif Thomas File:Transparent.gif Alito File:Transparent.gif Ginsburg
108	Begay v. United States	553 U.S. 137 (2008)		Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg	File:Transparent.gif Scalia File:Transparent.gif Alito
409	Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd.	553 U.S. 181 (2008)			File:Transparent.gif Stevens File:Transparent.gif Scalia File:Transparent.gif Souter
410	United States v. Ressam	553 U.S. 272 (2008)			File:Transparent.gif Stevens File:Transparent.gif Thomas
111	CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries	553 U.S. 442 (2008)		Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Alito	File:Transparent.gif Thomas
412	United States v. Santos	553 U.S. 507 (2008)			File:Transparent.gif Scalia File:Transparent.gif Stevens File:Transparent.gif Alito
413	Irizarry v. United States	553 U.S. 708 (2008)		Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg	File:Transparent.gif Stevens File:Transparent.gif Thomas
414	Florida Dept. of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc.	554 U.S. 33 (2008)		Stevens	File:Transparent.gif Thomas
415	Chamber of Commerce of United States v. Brown	554 U.S. 60 (2008)		Ginsburg	File:Transparent.gif Stevens
116	Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn	554 U.S. 105 (2008)		Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Alito; Roberts (in part)	File:Transparent.gif Roberts File:Transparent.gif Kennedy File:Transparent.gif Scalia
117	Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC	554 U.S. 135 (2008)		Roberts, Stevens, Souter, Thomas	File:Transparent.gif Kennedy
118	Indiana v. Edwards	554 U.S. 164 (2008)		Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Alito	File:Transparent.gif Scalia
219	Greenlaw v. United States	554 U.S. 237 (2008)			File:Transparent.gif Ginsburg File:Transparent.gif Alito
120	Sprint Communications Co. v. APCC Services, Inc.	554 U.S. 269 (2008)		Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg	File:Transparent.gif Roberts
421	Giles v. California	554 U.S. 353 (2008)		Stevens, Kennedy	File:Transparent.gif Scalia File:Transparent.gif Souter File:Transparent.gif Thomas File:Transparent.gif Alito
322	Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker	554 U.S. 471 (2008)	maritime law  • punitive damages		File:Transparent.gif Souter File:Transparent.gif Scalia File:Transparent.gif Stevens File:Transparent.gif Ginsburg
423	District of Columbia v. Heller	554 U.S. 570 (2008)	Second Amendment  • prohibition on handgun ownership	Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg	File:Transparent.gif Scalia File:Transparent.gif Stevens
424	Medellín v. Texas	554 U.S. 759 (2008)	death penalty		File:Transparent.gif per curiam File:Transparent.gif Stevens File:Transparent.gif Souter File:Transparent.gif 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.