2004 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Paul Stevens

The 2004 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 2004, and concluded October 3, 2005. This was the thirtieth term of Associate Justice John Paul Stevens's tenure on the Court.
John Paul Stevens 2004 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 9 Concurrence 2 Other 12 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 32 Bench opinions = 29 Opinions relating to orders = 2 In-chambers opinions = 1 Unanimous opinions: 0 Most joined by: Ginsburg (16) Least joined by: Rehnquist, Thomas (2)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
201	Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh	543 U.S. 50 (2004)		Breyer	Ginsburg Kennedy Thomas Scalia
302	Kansas v. Colorado	543 U.S. 86 (2004)			Breyer Thomas
403	Brosseau v. Haugen	543 U.S. 194 (2004)			per curiam Breyer
Stevens dissented from the Court's per curiam decision that ruled that a police officer who shot a suspect fleeing in an automobile was entitled to qualified immunity. Stevens argued that the officer's conduct was objectively unreasonable because deadly force should not have been used to prevent the suspect's escape. He also believed that the immunity issue should have been decided by a jury, and that the Court should have held full briefing and argument on the case.
104	United States v. Booker	543 U.S. 220 (2005)	Right to a jury trial  • determination of federal sentencing factors by judge	Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg	Breyer Stevens Scalia Thomas Breyer
Stevens filed one of two opinions for the Court, each resolving different parts of the case; the other was filed by Breyer.
405	United States v. Booker	543 U.S. 220 (2005)	Right to a jury trial  • determination of federal sentencing factors by judge	Souter; Scalia (in part)	Stevens Breyer Scalia Thomas Breyer
Stevens filed one of three dissents from Breyer's opinion for the Court in part.
106	Illinois v. Caballes	543 U.S. 405 (2005)		O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer	Souter Ginsburg
407	Johnson v. California	543 U.S. 499 (2005)			O'Connor Ginsburg Thomas
208	Roper v. Simmons	543 U.S. 551 (2005)	Death penalty  • execution of minors	Ginsburg	Kennedy O'Connor Scalia
509	Spencer v. Pugh	543 U.S. 1301 (2004)	Voter intimidation
Stevens denied a stay.
210	Kunkle v. Texas	543 U.S. 1309 (2004)
Stevens concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
211	Tenet v. Doe	544 U.S. 1 (2005)		Ginsburg	Rehnquist Scalia
212	Muehler v. Mena	544 U.S. 93 (2005)		Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Rehnquist Kennedy
213	City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams	544 U.S. 113 (2005)			Scalia Breyer
414	City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation	544 U.S. 197 (2005)			Ginsburg Souter
115	Smith v. City of Jackson	544 U.S. 228 (2005)		Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer; Scalia (in part)	O'Connor Scalia
216	Rhines v. Weber	544 U.S. 269 (2005)		Ginsburg, Breyer	O'Connor Souter
417	Pace v. DiGuglielmo	544 U.S. 408 (2005)		Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Rehnquist
118	Bates v. Dow Agrosciences, L.L.C.	544 U.S. 431 (2005)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Breyer Thomas
419	Granholm v. Heald	544 U.S. 460 (2005)		O'Connor	Kennedy Thomas
420	Clingman v. Beaver	544 U.S. 581 (2005)		Ginsburg; Souter (in part)	Thomas O'Connor
521	Evans v. Stephens	544 U.S. 942 (2005)
Stevens filed an opinion respecting the Court's denial of certiorari to emphasize that the decision not to review the lower court's decision was not a judgment on the merits.
122	Gonzales v. Raich	545 U.S. 1 (2005)	Commerce Clause  • prohibition of state-sanctioned intrastate production of medical marijuana	Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Scalia O'Connor Thomas
123	Johnson v. California	545 U.S. 162 (2005)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Breyer Thomas
124	San Remo Hotel, L.P. v. City & County of San Francisco	545 U.S. 323 (2005)		Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Rehnquist
425	Dodd v. United States	545 U.S. 353 (2005)		Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer (in part)	O'Connor Ginsburg
226	Graham Cty. Soil & Water Consv. Dist. v. United States ex rel. Wilson	545 U.S. 409 (2005)			Thomas Breyer
127	Kelo v. City of New London	545 U.S. 469 (2005)	Eminent domain	Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Kennedy O'Connor Thomas
428	Gonzales v. Crosby	545 U.S. 524 (2005)		Souter	Scalia Breyer
429	Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Servs.	545 U.S. 546 (2005)		Breyer	Kennedy Ginsburg
430	Van Orden v. Perry	545 U.S. 677 (2005)	Establishment Clause	Ginsburg	Rehnquist Scalia Thomas Breyer O'Connor Souter
431	Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales	545 U.S. 748 (2005)	Due process right to enforce restraining order	Ginsburg	Scalia Souter
232	Nat'l Cable & Telecomms. Ass'n v. Brand X Internet Servs.	545 U.S. 967 (2005)	Telecommunications		Thomas Breyer Scalia

References

• "2004 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
• "2004 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on October 12, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
• "2004 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on June 15, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2016.