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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)

MajorityJan 25, 2010 · October Term 2009
Mark A. Briscoe and Sheldon A. Cypress v. Virginia
DissentJan 25, 2010 · October Term 2009
Hemi Group, LLC and Kai Gachupin v. City of New York, New York
DissentJan 21, 2010 · October Term 2009
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
MajorityJan 20, 2010 · October Term 2009
Holly Wood, Petitioner v. Richard F. Allen, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al.
MajorityJan 20, 2010 · October Term 2009
State of South Carolina v. State of North Carolina
MajorityJan 20, 2010 · October Term 2009
Agron Kucana v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General
MajorityJan 19, 2010 · October Term 2009
Marcus A. Wellons v. Hilton Hall, Warden
MajorityDec 8, 2009 · October Term 2009
Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Norman Carpenter
MajorityDec 8, 2009 · October Term 2009
Anita Alvarez, Cook County State's Attorney v. Chermane Smith et al.
MajorityDec 8, 2009 · October Term 2009
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment, Central Region
MajorityDec 8, 2009 · October Term 2009
Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. v. Joseph J. Kindler
MajorityDec 7, 2009 · October Term 2009
Michigan v. Jeremy Fisher
MajorityNov 30, 2009 · October Term 2009
George Porter, Jr. v. Bill McCollum, Attorney General of Florida, et al.
MajorityNov 16, 2009 · October Term 2009
Robert Wong, Warden v. Fernando Belmontes, Jr.
MajorityNov 9, 2009 · October Term 2009
David Bobby, Warden v. Robert J. Van Hook
MajorityOct 20, 2009 · October Term 2009
Joseph E. Corcoran v. Mark Levenhagen, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison
MajorityJun 29, 2009 · October Term 2008
Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of New York v. the Clearing House Association, L. L. C., et al.
DissentJun 29, 2009 · October Term 2008
Frank Ricci, et al. v. John Destefano et al.
DissentJun 25, 2009 · October Term 2008
Luis E. Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
MajorityJun 25, 2009 · October Term 2008
Safford Unified School District #1, et Al.v. April Redding
MajorityJun 25, 2009 · October Term 2008
Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc., et al. v. Edgar L. Townsend
DissentJun 25, 2009 · October Term 2008
Thomas C. Horne, Superintendent, Arizona Public Instruction v. Miriam Flores et al.
MajorityJun 22, 2009 · October Term 2008
Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, et al.
MajorityJun 22, 2009 · October Term 2008
Forest Grove School District v. T. A.
ConcurrenceJun 22, 2009 · October Term 2008
Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council et al.
DissentJun 18, 2009 · October Term 2008
District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. v. William G. Osborne
MajorityJun 18, 2009 · October Term 2008
F. Scott Yeager v. United States
MajorityJun 18, 2009 · October Term 2008
The Travelers Indemnity Company, et al. v. Pearlie Bailey et al.
DissentJun 18, 2009 · October Term 2008
Jack Gross v. Fbl Financial Services, Inc.
MajorityJun 15, 2009 · October Term 2008
Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez, Alaska
MajorityJun 15, 2009 · October Term 2008
Manoj Nijhawan v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General
MajorityJun 9, 2009 · October Term 2008
Indiana State Police Pension Trust et al. v. Chrysler LLC et al.
MajorityJun 8, 2009 · October Term 2008
Republic of Iraq v. Jordan Beaty et al.
MajorityJun 8, 2009 · October Term 2008
Hugh M. Caperton, et al. v. A. T. Massey Coal Company, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 8, 2009 · October Term 2008
United States v. Jacob Denedo
MajorityJun 8, 2009 · October Term 2008
United States Ex Rel. Irwin Eisenstein v. City of New York, New York, et al.
DissentJun 8, 2009 · October Term 2008
Edmund Boyle v. United States
MajorityJun 1, 2009 · October Term 2008
David Bobby, Warden v. Michael Bies
MajorityJun 1, 2009 · October Term 2008
Csx Transportation, Inc. v. Thurston Hensley
MajorityMay 26, 2009 · October Term 2008
Keith Haywood v. Curtis Drown, et al.
DissentMay 26, 2009 · October Term 2008
Jesse Jay Montejo v. Louisiana
MajorityMay 26, 2009 · October Term 2008
Salman Khade Abuelhawa v. United States
DissentMay 18, 2009 · October Term 2008
John D. Ashcroft, Former Attorney General, et al. v. Javaid Iqbal et al.
DissentMay 18, 2009 · October Term 2008
AT&T Corporation v. Noreen Hulteen et al.
MajorityMay 4, 2009 · October Term 2008
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityMay 4, 2009 · October Term 2008
Arthur Andersen LLP, et al. v. Wayne Carlisle et al.
ConcurrenceMay 4, 2009 · October Term 2008
Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. Hif Bio, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 4, 2009 · October Term 2008
Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa v. United States
DissentApr 29, 2009 · October Term 2008
Christopher Michael Dean v. United States
MajorityApr 29, 2009 · October Term 2008
Kansas v. Donnie Ray Ventris