2003 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Paul Stevens

The 2003 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2003, and concluded October 3, 2004. This was the twenty-ninth term of Associate Justice John Paul Stevens's tenure on the Court.
John Paul Stevens 2003 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 10 Concurrence 2 Other 12 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 33 Bench opinions = 29 Opinions relating to orders = 4 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Souter (18) Least joined by: Rehnquist (1)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Virginia v. Maryland	540 U.S. 56 (2003)		Kennedy	Rehnquist Kennedy
	McConnell v. Federal Election Commission	540 U.S. 93 (2003)	Campaign finance reform	O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Rehnquist Breyer Scalia Kennedy Thomas Rehnquist Stevens
Stevens co-authored one of three partial opinions for the Court.
	McConnell v. Federal Election Commission	540 U.S. 93 (2003)	Campaign finance reform	Ginsburg, Breyer	Stevens and O'Connor Rehnquist Breyer Scalia Kennedy Thomas Rehnquist
	Verizon Comm., Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, LLP	540 U.S. 398 (2004)		Souter, Thomas	Scalia
	Illinois v. Lidster	540 U.S. 419 (2004)		Souter, Ginsburg	Breyer
	Lamie v. United States Trustee	540 U.S. 526 (2004)		Souter, Breyer	Kennedy
	Illinois v. Fisher	540 U.S. 544 (2004)			per curiam
	Groh v. Ramirez	540 U.S. 551 (2004)		O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Kennedy Thomas
	Torres v. Mullin	540 U.S. 1035 (2004)	Vienna Convention on Consular Relations		Breyer
Stevens filed an opinion respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Zimmerman v. Johnson	540 U.S. 1087 (2004)	Death penalty	Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Stevens dissented from the Court's denial of a stay of execution, and vacation of a temporary stay entered by Scalia.
	Baldwin v. Reese	541 U.S. 27 (2004)			Breyer
	Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League	541 U.S. 125 (2004)			Souter Scalia
	BedRoc Ltd., LLC v. United States	541 U.S. 176 (2004)		Souter, Ginsburg	Rehnquist Thomas
	United States v. Lara	541 U.S. 193 (2004)			Breyer Kennedy Thomas Souter
	Vieth v. Jubelirer	541 U.S. 267 (2004)			Scalia Kennedy Souter Breyer
	Jones v. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.	541 U.S. 369 (2004)		Unanimous
	Dretke v. Haley	541 U.S. 386 (2004)		Kennedy, Souter	O'Connor Kennedy
	Till v. SCS Credit Corp.	541 U.S. 465 (2004)	Bankruptcy	Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Thomas Scalia
	Tennessee v. Lane	541 U.S. 509 (2004)	Americans with Disabilities Act; state sovereign immunity	O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Souter Ginsburg Rehnquist Scalia Thomas
	Thornton v. United States	541 U.S. 615 (2004)		Souter	Rehnquist O'Connor Scalia
	Republic of Austria v. Altmann	541 U.S. 677 (2004)	Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act	O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Scalia Breyer Kennedy
	City of Littleton v. Z. J. Gifts D-4, L.L.C.	541 U.S. 774 (2004)			Breyer Scalia Souter
	Bunting v. Mellen	541 U.S. 1019 (2004)		Ginsburg, Breyer	Scalia
Stevens filed an opinion respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Elk Grove Unified Sch. Dist. v. Newdow	542 U.S. 1 (2004)	Standing	Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Rehnquist O'Connor Thomas
	Hibbs v. Winn	542 U.S. 88 (2004)			Ginsburg Kennedy
	Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada	542 U.S. 177 (2004)	Rights of the accused		Kennedy Breyer
	Pliler v. Ford	542 U.S. 225 (2004)		Souter	Thomas O'Connor Ginsburg Breyer
	Cheney v. United States District Court	542 U.S. 367 (2004)			Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg
	Beard v. Banks	542 U.S. 406 (2004)		Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Thomas Souter
	Rumsfeld v. Padilla	542 U.S. 426 (2004)		Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Rehnquist Kennedy
	Rasul v. Bush	542 U.S. 466 (2004)		O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Kennedy Scalia
	Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union	542 U.S. 656 (2004)		Ginsburg	Kennedy Scalia Breyer
	Cox v. Larios	542 U.S. 947 (2004)	Electoral redistricting	Breyer	Scalia
Stevens concurred in the Court's summary affirmance.

References

• 2003 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, archived from the original on May 16, 2012, retrieved December 23, 2016.
• 2003 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, archived from the original on March 9, 2005, retrieved December 23, 2016.
• 2003 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, archived from the original on February 14, 2014, retrieved December 23, 2016.