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.
Stephen Breyer 2015 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 6 Concurrence 0 Other 8 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 23 Bench opinions = 16 Opinions relating to orders = 7 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Ginsburg (9) Least joined by: Scalia (1)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
401	Correll v. Florida	577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty		Sotomayor
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari and application for stay of execution.
102	DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia	577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Federal Arbitration Act	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Kagan	Thomas Ginsburg
203	Hurst v. Florida	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	death penalty  • Sixth Amendment  • right to a jury trial  • judicial factfinding of aggravating circumstances after jury advisory recommendation		Sotomayor Alito
404	Brooks v. Alabama	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	death penalty		Sotomayor
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of a stay of execution and a petition for certiorari.
205	Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974  • preemption of state law health care disclosure requirements		Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg
106	Luis v. United States	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	pretrial asset freezing  • Sixth Amendment  • right to counsel of one's choice	Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Thomas Kennedy Kagan
107	Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	taxpayer lawsuit against State in court of another State  • Full Faith and Credit Clause	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts
108	Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	legislative redistricting  • Voting Rights Act  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause	Unanimous
109	Heffernan v. City of Paterson	578 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
210	Ocasio v. United States	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Hobbs Act  • conspiracy		Alito Thomas Sotomayor
411	Boyer v. Davis	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • decades-long delay in carrying out execution
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
112	Wittman v. Personhuballah	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	legislative redistricting  • Article III  • standing	Unanimous
413	Tucker v. Louisiana	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty	Ginsburg
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
214	Ross v. Blake	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995  • exhaustion of remedies		Kagan Thomas
415	Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle	579 U.S. ___ (2016)	Double Jeopardy Clause  • sovereignty of Puerto Rico	Sotomayor	Kagan Thomas Ginsburg
216	Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc.	579 U.S. ___ (2016)	patent law  • Patent Act of 1952  • enhanced damages for infringement	Kennedy, Alito	Roberts
117	Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee	579 U.S. ___ (2016)	Leahy-Smith America Invents Act  • appealability of decision to conduct inter partes review	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Kagan; Alito, Sotomayor (in part)	Thomas Alito
318	RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community	579 U.S. ___ (2016)	Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act  • extraterritorial application		Alito Ginsburg
419	Mathis v. United States	579 U.S. ___ (2016)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • sentence enhancement for prior convictions	Ginsburg	Kagan Kennedy Thomas Alito
120	Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt	579 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fourteenth Amendment  • abortion  • regulation of abortion providers  • Texas Senate Bill 5  • res judicata	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Ginsburg Thomas Alito
421	Conner v. Sellers	579 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • lengthy delay in carrying out execution
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of an application for a stay of execution and of certiorari.
422	Conner v. Sellers	579 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • lengthy delay in carrying out execution
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of an application for a stay of execution and of certiorari.
223	Gloucester County School Board v. G. G.	579 U.S. ___ (2016)
Breyer concurred in the Court's granting of a stay pending a petition for certiorari.

References

• "2015 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
• "2015 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
• "2015 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved August 4, 2016.