2001 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

2001 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 2001 Term, which lasted from October 1, 2001, until October 6, 2002. The table illustrates what opinions were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion. [One decree the Court had included in its list of bench opinions for the term has been omitted: "Nebraska v. Wyoming", 534 U.S. 40 (2001), a "per curiam" decree approving the parties' settlement.]

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2001 term opinions

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"Dusenbery v. United States", 534 U.S. 161
October 29, 2001
January 8, 2002
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"Toyota Motor Mfg., Ky., Inc. v. Williams", 534 U.S. 184
November 7, 2001
January 8, 2002
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"Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co. v. Knudson", 534 U.S. 204
October 1, 2001
January 8, 2002
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"Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker", 535 U.S. 125
February 19, 2002
March 26, 2002
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"Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB", 535 U.S. 137
January 15, 2002
March 27, 2002
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"Mickens v. Taylor", 535 U.S. 162
November 5, 2001
March 27, 2002
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"Adams v. Florida Power Corp.", [The Court in "Adams" dismissed "certiorari" as improvidently granted.] 535 U.S. 228

April 1, 2001
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"Sao Paulo State of Federative Republic of Brazil v. American Tobacco Co.", 535 U.S. 229

April 1, 2002
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"Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition", 535 U.S. 234
October 30, 2001
April 16, 2002|
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"Thompson v. Western States Medical Center", 535 U.S. 357
February 26, 2002
April 29, 2002
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"Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc.", 535 U.S. 425
December 4, 2001
May 13, 2002
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"Gisbrecht v. Barnhart", 535 U.S. 789
March 20, 2002
May 28, 2002
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"SEC v. Zandford", 535 U.S. 813
March 18, 2002
June 3, 2002
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"Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc."535 U. S. 826
March 19, 2002
June 3, 2002
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"Franconia Associates v. United States", 536 U.S. 129
April 15, 2002
June 10, 2002
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"Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc. of N. Y., Inc. v. Village of Stratton", 536 U.S. 150
February 26, 2002
June 17, 2002
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"Barnes v. Gorman", 536 U.S. 181
April 23, 2002
June 17, 2002
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"BE&K Construction Co. v. NLRB", 536 U.S. 516
April 16, 2002
June 24, 2002
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"Hope v. Pelzer", 536 U.S. 730
April 17, 2002
June 27, 2002
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"Republican Party of Minnesota v. White", 536 U.S. 765
March 26, 2002
June 27, 2002
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"Bd. of Ed. of Pottawatomie v. Earls", 536 U.S. 822

June 27, 2002
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"Stewart v. Smith", 536 U.S. 856

June 28, 2002
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"United States v. Bass", 536 U.S. 862

June 28, 2002
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2001 term membership and statistics

This was the sixteenth term of Chief Justice Rehnquist's tenure, and the eighth consecutive term in which the Court's membership had not changed.
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Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Ronald Reagan
align=right|September 25, 1981
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Associate Justice David Souter
George H. W. Bush
align=right|October 9, 1990
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Associate Justice Stephen Breyer
Bill Clinton
align=right|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.

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