2012 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

The 2012 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2012 and concluded October 6, 2013. This was the nineteenth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.	150px
Stephen Breyer 2012 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 5 Concurrence 1 Other 6 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 20 Bench opinions = 18 Opinions relating to orders = 2 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Sotomayor, Kagan (13) Least joined by: Scalia (3)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
4-01	Delling v. Idaho • [full text]	01568 U.S. ___ (2012)	insanity defense	Ginsburg, Sotomayor
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari, believing the Court should have reviewed whether Idaho's modification of the insanity defense violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause.
1-02	Lozman v. Riviera Beach	02568 U.S. ___ (2013)	admiralty jurisdiction  • status of floating house as "vessel" under Rules of Construction Act	Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Kagan	Sotomayor
4-03	Bailey v. United States	03568 U.S. ___ (2013)	Fourth Amendment  • detention incident to the execution of a search warrant	Thomas, Alito	Kennedy Scalia
1-04	Henderson v. United States	04568 U.S. ___ (2013)	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure  • Rule 52(b)  • plain error	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Scalia
4-05	Clapper v. Amnesty International USA	05568 U.S. ___ (2013)	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act  • Article III  • standing	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito
1-06	Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	06568 U.S. ___ (2013)	copyright law  • first-sale doctrine  • domestic sale of foreign-published works	Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Kagan Ginsburg
1-07	Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles	07568 U.S. ___ (2013)	Class Action Fairness Act of 2005  • diversity jurisdiction  • amount in controversy	Unanimous
2-08	Wos v. E. M. A.	08568 U.S. ___ (2013)	Medicaid anti-lien provision  • state recovery of tort awards for medical expenditures		Kennedy Roberts
4-09	Comcast Corp. v. Behrend	09569 U.S. ___ (2013)	antitrust law  • class action certification	Sotomayor, Kagan	Scalia
Breyer coauthored a dissent with Justice Ginsburg.
2-10	Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.	10569 U.S. ___ (2013)	Alien Tort Statute  • extraterritoriality	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts Kennedy Alito
1-10	Bullock v. BankChampaign, N. A.	10569 U.S. ___ (2013)	bankruptcy law  • discharge of debt  • defalcation	Unanimous
2-12	Arlington v. FCC	12569 U.S. ___ (2013)	Telecommunications Act of 1996  • Chevron deference to agency interpretation of its own statutory jurisdiction		Scalia Roberts
1-13	Trevino v. Thaler	13569 U.S. ___ (2013)	ineffective assistance of counsel  • procedural default	Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts Scalia
2-14	Alleyne v. United States	14570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Sixth Amendment  • right to a jury trial  • mandatory minimum sentencing  • judicial factfinding		Thomas Sotomayor Roberts Alito
1-15	FTC v. Actavis, Inc.	15570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984  • Federal Trade Commission Act  • generic drugs	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts
4-16	Salinas v. Texas	16570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Fifth Amendment  • self-incrimination	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito Thomas
1-17	United States v. Kebodeaux	17570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act  • Necessary and Proper Clause	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts Alito Scalia Thomas
4-18	Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett	18570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act  • federal preemption  • product liability	Kagan	Alito Sotomayor
2-19	Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl	19570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Indian Child Welfare Act  • termination of parental rights		Alito Thomas Scalia Sotomayor
5-20	Gallow v. Cooper	20570 U.S. ___ (2013)	ineffective assistance of counsel	Sotomayor
Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.

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