2002 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

2002 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The table below lists the opinions delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2002 Term, which lasted from October 7, 2002, until October 5, 2003. The table illustrates what opinions were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion. [One decree the Court included in its list of bench opinions for the term has been omitted: "Kansas v. Nebraska", 538 U.S. 720 (2003), a "per curiam" decree approving the parties' settlement.]

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2002 term opinions

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"Pierce County v. Guillen", 537 U.S. 129
November 4, 2002
January 14, 2003
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"Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co.", 537 U.S. 149
October 8, 2002
January 15, 2003
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"Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Servs. v. Keffeler", 537 U.S. 371
December 3, 2002
February 25, 2003
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"Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc.", 537 U.S. 393
December 4, 2002
February 26, 2003
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"Boeing Co. v. United States", 537 U.S. 437
December 9, 2002
March 4, 2003
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"United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe", 537 U.S. 465
December 2, 2002
March 4, 2003
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"Lockyer v. Andrade", 538 U.S. 63
November 5, 2002
March 5, 2003
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"Smith v. Doe", 538 U.S. 84
November 13, 2002
March 5, 2003
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"Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson", 538 U.S. 468
January 22, 2003
April, 2003
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"Kaupp v. Texas", 538 U.S. 626

May 5, 2003
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"Price v. Vincent", 538 U.S. 634
April 21, 2003
May 19, 2003
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"Pharmaceutical Research and Mfrs. of America v. Walsh", 538 U.S. 644
January 22, 2003
May 19, 2003|
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"National Park Hospitality Assn. v. Department of Interior", 538 U.S. 803
March 4, 2003
May 27, 2003
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"Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord", 538 U.S. 822
April 28, 2003
May 27, 2003
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"Bunkley v. Florida", 538 U.S. 835

May 27, 2003
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"Beneficial National Bank v. Anderson", 539 U.S. 1
April 30, 2003
June 2, 2003
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"Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.", 539 U.S. 23
April 2, 2003
June 2, 2003
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"Entergy La., Inc. v. Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n", 539 U.S. 39
April 2, 2003
June 2, 2003
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"Citizens Bank v. Alafabco, Inc.", 539 U.S. 52

June 2, 2003
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"Hillside Dairy, Inc. v. Lyons", 539 U.S. 59
April 22, 2003
June 9, 2003
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"American Insurance Association v. Garamendi", 539 U.S. 296
April 23, 2003
June 23, 2003
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"Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle", 539 U.S. 444
April 22, 2003
June 23, 2003
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"Georgia v. Ashcroft", 539 U.S. 461
April 29, 2003
June 26, 2003
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"Stogner v. California", 539 U.S. 607
March 31, 2003
June 26, 2003
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"Nike, Inc. v. Klasky", [The Court in "Nike" dismissed "certiorari" as improvidently granted.] 539 U.S. 654

June 26, 2003
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2002 term membership and statistics

This was the seventeenth term of Chief Justice Rehnquist's tenure, and the ninth consecutive term in which the Court's membership had not changed.
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Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Ronald Reagan
September 25, 1981
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Associate Justice David Souter
George H. W. Bush
October 9, 1990
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Associate Justice Stephen Breyer
Bill Clinton
August 3, 1994
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colspan=5 bgcolor=#EEEEEE |Notes on statistics:
*A justice is only included in the majority if they joined or concurred in the Court's judgment in full.
*Percentages are based only on the cases in which a justice participated, and are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.
*The opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders and in-chambers opinions are not included.

Notes

References

* [http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/02slipopinion.html Supreme Court slip opinions, 2002 term]


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