# 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

* The 2011 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2011, and concluded September 30, 2012. This was the eighteenth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
* Stephen Breyer 2011 term statistics
* 7
* Majority or Plurality
* 5
* Concurrence
* 0
* Other
* 10
* Dissent
* 0
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 22
* Bench opinions = 22
* Opinions relating to orders = 0
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 1
* Most joined by: Kagan (12)
* Least joined by: Scalia (2)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 101 | Minneci v. Pollard | 565 U.S. 118 (2012) | Eighth Amendment • cruel and unusual punishment • privately-run prison • adequate alternative causes of action under state tort law | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia Ginsburg |
| 402 | Golan v. Holder | 565 U.S. 302 (2012) | copyright • Berne Convention • public domain | Alito | Ginsburg |
| 103 | Reynolds v. United States | 565 U.S. 432 (2012) | Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act • applicability to pre-Act offenders | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia |
| 404 | Wetzel v. Lambert | 565 U.S. 520 (2012) | Brady disclosure • materiality of police notes to witness impeachment | Ginsburg, Kagan | per curiam |
| 205 | Messerschmidt v. Millender | 565 U.S. 535 (2012) | Fourth Amendment • law enforcement reliance on overbroad search warrant • qualified immunity | | Roberts Kagan Sotomayor |
| 106 | Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern Cal., Inc. | 565 U.S. 606 (2012) | Medicaid • state law reduction of payments to providers • review by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services • private action to enforce federal reimbursement criteria • Supremacy Clause | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Roberts |
| 107 | Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. | 566 U.S. 66 (2012) | patent law • laws of nature exemption from patentability • diagnostic test of drug potency | Unanimous | |
| 408 | Zivotofsky v. Clinton | 566 U.S. 189 (2012) | political question doctrine • U.S. position on status of Jerusalem • Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 • passport designation of births in Jerusalem | | Roberts Alito Sotomayor |
| 409 | Setser v. United States | 566 U.S. 231 (2012) | Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 • federal court discretion to order consecutive or concurrent sentences in anticipation of state court sentence | Kennedy, Ginsburg | Scalia |
| 410 | Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington | 566 U.S. 318 (2012) | Fourth Amendment • strip searches in jail of arrestees of minor offenses | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Kennedy Roberts Alito |
| 211 | Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority | 566 U.S. 449 (2012) | Torture Victim Protection Act • liability of organizations | | Sotomayor |
| 112 | United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC | 566 U.S. 478 (2012) | Internal Revenue Code of 1954 • overstatement of basis in property • statute of limitations for tax deficiency | Roberts, Thomas, Alito; Scalia (in part) | Scalia Kennedy |
| 413 | Hall v. United States | 566 U.S. 506 (2012) | bankruptcy • priority of taxation on post-petition sale of farm assets | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Kagan | Sotomayor |
| 114 | Armour v. Indianapolis | 566 U.S. 673 (2012) | Equal Protection Clause • disparate tax treatment • administrative justifications under rational basis review | Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Roberts |
| 215 | Williams v. Illinois | 567 U.S. 50 (2012) | Sixth Amendment • Confrontation Clause • expert testimony | | Alito Thomas Kagan |
| 416 | Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. | 567 U.S. 142 (2012) | Fair Labor Standards Act • exemption of outside salesmen from overtime regulations • status of pharmaceutical sales representatives | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Alito |
| 117 | Dorsey v. United States | 567 U.S. 260 (2012) | Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 • Fair Sentencing Act • mandatory minimum setencing • applicability of post-Act sentencing to pre-Act offenders | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia |
| 418 | Knox v. Service Employees | 567 U.S. 298 (2012) | mootness due to voluntary cessation • First Amendment • compulsory fees for political lobbying by public sector agency shop | | Alito Sotomayor |
| 419 | Southern Union Co. v. United States | 567 U.S. 343 (2012) | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 • Sixth Amendment • right to jury determination of facts relating to criminal fines | Kennedy, Alito | Sotomayor |
| 220 | Miller v. Alabama | 567 U.S. 460 (2012) | Eighth Amendment • Cruel and Unusual Punishment • sentencing of juveniles to life without parole | Sotomayor | Kagan Roberts Thomas Alito |
| 421 | American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock | 567 U.S. 516 (2012) | First Amendment • free speech • campaign finance reform • corporate personhood | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | per curiam |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's brief per curiam decision, which held that a Montana state law banning political expenditures by corporations was precluded by Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Breyer wrote that he disagreed with the holding in Citizens United and would support reconsidering it. Even accepting that decision, however, Breyer did not believe it precluded a finding that Montana had a compelling state interest in limiting corporate political expenditures in light of the particular "history and political landscape in Montana." ||||||
| 222 | United States v. Alvarez | 567 U.S. 709 (2012) | Stolen Valor Act of 2005 • First Amendment • freedom of speech • protection of false statements | Kagan | Kennedy Alito |