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Stephen G. Breyer

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Bill Clinton
Senate confirmation:: Jul 29, 1994
Recorded service:: Oct 11, 1994 – Jun 30, 2022
Born:: Aug 15, 1938 (age 88)

In plain language

Stephen G. Breyer, associate justice.
Appointed by Bill Clinton; confirmed July 29, 1994.
Court service October 11, 1994 to June 30, 2022.

Decisions on record (2247)

ConcurrenceJun 16, 2003 · October Term 2002
Virginia v. Kevin Lamont Hicks
ConcurrenceJun 16, 2003 · October Term 2002
William Overton, Director, Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. v. Michelle Bazzetta et al.
MajorityJun 16, 2003 · October Term 2002
Federal Election Commission v. Christine Beaumont et al.
MajorityJun 16, 2003 · October Term 2002
Charles Thomas Sell v. United States
MajorityJun 9, 2003 · October Term 2002
Hillside Dairy Inc., A&a Dairy, L&s Dairy, and Milky Way Farms v. William J. Lyons, Jr., Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture, et al.
DissentJun 9, 2003 · October Term 2002
Khanh Phuong Nguyen v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 9, 2003 · October Term 2002
Desert Palace, Inc., Dba Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino v. Catharina F. Costa
MajorityJun 9, 2003 · October Term 2002
Michael Fitzgerald, Treasurer of Iowa v. Racing Association of Central Iowa et al.
MajorityJun 9, 2003 · October Term 2002
Dow Chemical Company, et al. v. Daniel Raymond Stephenson et al.
MajorityJun 2, 2003 · October Term 2002
Beneficial National Bank, et al. v. Marie Anderson et al.
Did not participateJun 2, 2003 · October Term 2002
Dastar Corporation v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation et al.
MajorityJun 2, 2003 · October Term 2002
Entergy Louisiana, Inc. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission et al.
MajorityJun 2, 2003 · October Term 2002
The Citizens Bank v. Alafabco, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
Nevada Department of Human Resources, et al. v. William Hibbs et al.
ConcurrenceMay 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
Ben Chavez v. Oliverio Martinez
DissentMay 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
National Park Hospitality Association v. Department of the Interior et al.
MajorityMay 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
The Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Kenneth L. Nord
MajorityMay 27, 2003 · October Term 2002
Clyde Timothy Bunkley v. Florida
MajorityMay 19, 2003 · October Term 2002
Janette Price, Warden v. Duyonn Andre Vincent
MajorityMay 19, 2003 · October Term 2002
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Peter E. Walsh, Acting Commissioner, Maine Department of Human Services, et al.
MajorityMay 19, 2003 · October Term 2002
Phillip T. Breuer v. Jim's Concrete of Brevard, Inc.
MajorityMay 19, 2003 · October Term 2002
Inyo County, California, et al. v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony et al.
MajorityMay 19, 2003 · October Term 2002
City of Los Angeles v. Edwin F. David
MajorityMay 19, 2003 · October Term 2002
State of Kansas v. States of Nebraska and Colorado
MajorityMay 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Illinois Ex Rel. Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois v. Telemarketing Associates, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Robert Kaupp v. Texas
DissentApr 29, 2003 · October Term 2002
Charles Demore, District Director, San Francisco District of Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. v. Hyung Joon Kim
MajorityApr 29, 2003 · October Term 2002
Joseph C. Roell, Petra Garibay, and James Reagan v. Jon Michael Withrow
MajorityApr 23, 2003 · October Term 2002
Franchise Tax Board of California v. Gilbert P. Hyatt, et al.
MajorityApr 23, 2003 · October Term 2002
Joseph Massaro v. United States
DissentApr 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P. C. v. Deborah Wells
MajorityApr 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
Susan Jinks v. Richland County, South Carolina
ConcurrenceApr 22, 2003 · October Term 2002
Dole Food Company, et al. v. Gerardo Dennis Patrickson et al.
MajorityApr 7, 2003 · October Term 2002
Virginia v. Barry Elton Black, Richard J. Elliott, and Jonathan O'mara
MajorityApr 7, 2003 · October Term 2002
Pacificare Health Systems, Inc., et al. v. Jeffrey Book et al.
MajorityApr 7, 2003 · October Term 2002
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Inez Preece Campbell and Matthew C. Barneck, Special Administrator and Personal Representative of the Estate of Curtis B. Campbell
MajorityApr 2, 2003 · October Term 2002
Kentucky Association of Health Plans, Inc., et al. v. Janie A. Miller, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Insurance
ConcurrenceMar 31, 2003 · October Term 2002
Beatrice Branch, et al. v. John Robert Smith et al.
MajorityMar 31, 2003 · October Term 2002
A. Elliott Archer, et Ux. v. Arlene L. Warner
MajorityMar 26, 2003 · October Term 2002
Allen D. Brown and Greg Hayes v. Legal Foundation of Washington et al.
MajorityMar 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, et al. v. Buckeye Community Hope Foundation et al.
DissentMar 25, 2003 · October Term 2002
Jeanne Woodford, Warden v. Robert Frederick Garceau
MajorityMar 10, 2003 · October Term 2002
Cook County, Illinois v. United States Ex Rel. Janet Chandler
DissentMar 10, 2003 · October Term 2002
Norfolk & Western Railway Company v. Freeman Ayers et al.
MajorityMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Connecticut Department of Public Safety, et al. v. John Doe, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
DissentMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Gary Albert Ewing v. California
DissentMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California v. Leandro Andrade
DissentMar 5, 2003 · October Term 2002
Delbert W. Smith and Bruce M. Botelho v. John Doe I et al.
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
United States v. Navajo Nation
MajorityMar 4, 2003 · October Term 2002
Erick Cornell Clay v. United States