# 2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

* The 2010 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 2010, and concluded October 1, 2011. This was the seventeenth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
* Stephen Breyer 2010 term statistics
* 7
* Majority or Plurality
* 5
* Concurrence
* 1
* Other
* 11
* Dissent
* 1
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 25
* Bench opinions = 23
* Opinions relating to orders = 2
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 0
* Most joined by: Ginsburg (15)
* Least joined by: Thomas (3)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 101 | Los Angeles County v. Humphries • [full text] | 562 U.S. 29 (2010) | 42 U.S.C. § 1983 • "policy or custom" liability requirement • damages | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor | |
| Breyer's 8-0 opinion held that a municipality can only be liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for an injury caused by that municipality's own "policy or custom", regardless of whether the plaintiff seeks prospective relief or monetary damages. ||||||
| 202 | Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC | 562 U.S. 223 (2011) | National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 • state law design defect claims • federal preemption | | Scalia Sotomayor |
| 103 | Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc. | 562 U.S. 323 (2011) | National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 • Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards on seat belt design • state law torts against auto manufacturers • federal preemption | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor | Thomas Sotomayor |
| 204 | Snyder v. Phelps | 562 U.S. 443 (2011) | First Amendment • free speech • intentional infliction of emotional distress | | Roberts Alito |
| 205 | Pepper v. United States | 562 U.S. 476 (2011) | Federal Sentencing Guidelines • consideration of postsentencing rehabilitation | | Sotomayor Alito Thomas |
| 406 | Milner v. Department of Navy | 562 U.S. 562 (2011) | Freedom of Information Act • exemption for internal personnel rules | | Kagan Alito |
| 107 | Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. | 563 U.S. 1 (2011) | Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 • antiretaliation provision • oral intracompany complaints | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor | Scalia |
| 308 | Cullen v. Pinholster | 563 U.S. 170 (2011) | Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • introduction of new evidence in habeas corpus proceedings • Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel | | Thomas Alito Sotomayor |
| 409 | AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion | 563 U.S. 333 (2011) | Federal Arbitration Act • federal preemption • class actions | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia Thomas |
| 110 | CIGNA Corp. v. Amara | 563 U.S. 421 (2011) | ERISA • failure to provide proper notice of plan changes • court authority to reform plan as equitable relief | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Kagan | Scalia |
| 411 | Chamber of Commerce of United States of America v. Whiting | 563 U.S. 582 (2011) | Immigration Reform and Control Act • Legal Arizona Workers Act • state requirement that businesses use E-Verify • suspension or revocation of business licenses for hiring unauthorized aliens • federal preemption | Ginsburg | Roberts Sotomayor |
| 112 | United States v. Tinklenberg | 563 U.S. 647 (2011) | Speedy Trial Act of 1974 • effect of pretrial motions on delay | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor; Roberts, Scalia, Thomas (in part) | Scalia |
| 113 | Fowler v. United States | 563 U.S. 668 (2011) | federal witness tampering crime • likelihood victim was intending to communicate with federal officer | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia Alito |
| 414 | Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior Univ. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. | 563 U.S. 776 (2011) | patent law • University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980 • vesting of federally funded patents in inventors or contractors | Ginsburg | Roberts Sotomayor |
| 515 | Kiyemba v. Obama | 563 U.S. 954 (2011) | Guantanamo Bay detainees | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor | |
| Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 216 | Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership | 564 U.S. 91 (2011) | Patent Act of 1952 • presumption of patent validity • on-sale bar • clear and convincing evidence | Scalia, Alito | Sotomayor Thomas |
| 417 | Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders | 564 U.S. 135 (2011) | SEC Rule 10b-5 • participation of corporate affiliate in making false statements | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Thomas |
| 418 | Davis v. United States | 564 U.S. 229 (2011) | Fourth Amendment • exclusionary rule • good faith reliance on binding appellate precedent | Ginsburg | Alito Sotomayor |
| 119 | Turner v. Rogers | 564 U.S. 431 (2011) | Due Process Clause • right to counsel in civil contempt hearing for indigent defendant facing incarceration | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Thomas |
| 420 | Stern v. Marshall | 564 U.S. 462 (2011) | Article III • bankruptcy court authority to decide state law counterclaim | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Roberts Scalia |
| 421 | Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. | 564 U.S. 552 (2011) | state law restrictions on sale or disclosure of drug prescriber information • First Amendment • free speech | Ginsburg, Kagan | Kennedy |
| 422 | Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. | 564 U.S. 786 (2011) | First Amendment • freedom of speech • restriction on sale of violent video games to minors | | Scalia Alito Thomas |
| 223 | J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro | 564 U.S. 873 (2011) | Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • personal jurisdiction over foreign manufacturer in state product liability suit • purposeful availment of the forum | Alito | Kennedy Ginsburg |
| 424 | Leal Garcia v. Texas | 564 U.S. 940 (2011) | Vienna Convention on Consular Relations • domestication of international law • due process | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | per curiam |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of a stay of execution ||||||
| 425 | Valle v. Florida | 564 U.S. 1067 (2011) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty | | |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of stay, in a case arguing that executing the petitioner after he spent 33 years on death row constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. ||||||