2015 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

The 2015 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2015 and concluded October 2, 2016. This was the twenty-second term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.	150px
Stephen Breyer 2015 term statistics 6 Majority or Plurality 3 Concurrence 0 Other 4 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 13 Bench opinions = 9 Opinions relating to orders = 4 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: - Least joined by: -

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
4-01	Correll v. Florida	01577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty		Sotomayor
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari and application for stay of execution.
1-02	DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia	02577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Federal Arbitration Act	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Kagan	Thomas Ginsburg
2-03	Hurst v. Florida	03577 U.S. ___ (2016)	death penalty  • Sixth Amendment  • right to a jury trial  • judicial factfinding of aggravating circumstances after jury advisory recommendation		Sotomayor Alito
4-04	Brooks v. Alabama	04577 U.S. ___ (2016)	death penalty		Sotomayor
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of a stay of execution and a petition for certiorari.
2-05	Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.	05577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974  • preemption of state law health care disclosure requirements		Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg
1-06	Luis v. United States	06578 U.S. ___ (2016)	pretrial asset freezing  • Sixth Amendment  • right to counsel of one's choice	Roberts, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas Kennedy Kagan
1-07	Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt	07578 U.S. ___ (2016)	taxpayer lawsuit against State in court of another State  • Full Faith and Credit Clause	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts
1-08	Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n	08578 U.S. ___ (2016)	legislative redistricting  • Voting Rights Act  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause	Unanimous
1-09	Heffernan v. City of Paterson	09578 U.S. ___ (2016)	First Amendment  • free speech by government employees  • demotion based on employer's factual mistake regarding engagement in protected activity	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas
2-10	Ocasio v. United States	10578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Hobbs Act  • criminal		Alito Thomas Sotomayor
4-11	Boyer v. Davis	11578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • decades-long delay in carrying out execution
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
1-12	Wittman v. Personhuballah	12578 U.S. ___ (2016)	legislative redistricting  • Article III  • standing	Unanimous
4-13	Tucker v. Louisiana	13578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty	Ginsburg
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.

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