# 2018 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

* The 2018 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2018, and concluded October 6, 2019. This was the twenty-fifth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
* Stephen Breyer 2018 term statistics
* 8
* Majority or Plurality
* 2
* Concurrence
* 2
* Other
* 9
* Dissent
* 4
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 25
* Bench opinions = 20
* Opinions relating to orders = 5
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 3
* Most joined by: Ginsburg (14 in full, 1 in part)
* Least joined by: Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh (4)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 501 | Reynolds v. Florida | 586 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • capital punishment • jury instructions | | Thomas Sotomayor |
| Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 102 | United States v. Stitt | 586 U.S. ___ (2018) | Armed Career Criminal Act • definition of "burglary" as prior conviction | Unanimous | |
| 403 | Jam v. International Finance Corp. | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) | International Organizations Immunities Act • relationship to Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act | | Roberts |
| Kavanaugh did not participate. ||||||
| 104 | Washington State Dept. of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc. | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) | Yakama Nation Treaty of 1855 • state taxation of fuel importers | Sotomayor, Kagan | Gorsuch Roberts Kavanaugh |
| 405 | Nielsen v. Preap | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) | Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 • detention of aliens without bond for commission of certain crimes | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Alito Thomas Kavanaugh |
| 106 | Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) | Fair Debt Collection Practices Act • nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings | Unanimous | Sotomayor |
| 107 | Lorenzo v. SEC | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | securities fraud • SEC Rule 10b-5 • dissemination of false or misleading statements | Roberts, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan | Thomas |
| 408 | Bucklew v. Precythe | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • challenges to method of execution | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan (in part) | Gorsuch Thomas Kavanaugh Sotomayor |
| 409 | Dunn v. Price | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | Eighth Amendment • capital punishment • risk of substantial pain and suffering | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's grant of application to vacate stay of execution. ||||||
| 410 | Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | Federal Arbitration Act • contractual agreement to class action arbitration | | Roberts Thomas Ginsburg Sotomayor Kagan |
| 411 | Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | sovereign immunity • private suits against states in courts of other states | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Thomas |
| 112 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | FDA approval of pharmaceutical labeling • preemption of state failure-to-warn law | Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch | Thomas Alito |
| 413 | Price v. Dunn | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • challenges to method of execution | Ginsburg; Sotomayor, Kagan (in part) | |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of application for stay of execution. ||||||
| 114 | Taggart v. Lorenzen | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | bankruptcy law • Chapter 7 • civil contempt for violation of discharge order | Unanimous | |
| 415 | Azar v. Allina Health Services | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | Medicare Act • notice-and-comment rulemaking requirement | | Gorsuch |
| 416 | Return Mail, Inc. v. Postal Service | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | patent law • Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 • eligibility of federal government to initiate Patent Trial and Appeal Board post-patent issuance review | Ginsburg, Kagan | Sotomayor |
| 517 | Al-Alwi v. Trump | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | Authorization for Use of Military Force • indefinite detention of enemy combatants | | |
| Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 118 | PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic, Inc. | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 • unsolicited advertisement by fax • Administrative Orders Review Act | Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Thomas Kavanaugh |
| 219 | American Legion v. American Humanist Assn. | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | First Amendment • Establishment Clause • cross as public war memorial | Kagan | Alito Thomas Kagan Gorsuch Kavanaugh Ginsburg |
| 120 | Rehaif v. United States | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | federal firearms laws • firearm possession by alien in country illegally • scienter | Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh | Alito |
| 321 | Iancu v. Brunetti | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | trademark law • Lanham Act • registration of immoral or scandalous trademarks • First Amendment • free speech | | Kagan Alito Roberts Sotomayor |
| 322 | Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | Freedom of Information Act • confidential commercial information exemption | Ginsburg, Sotomayor | Gorsuch |
| 223 | United States v. Haymond | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | Fifth Amendment • Sixth Amendment • right to jury trial • mandatory minimum sentence for possession of child pornography • judicial finding of fact | | Gorsuch Alito |
| 324 | Department of Commerce v. New York | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | addition of citizenship question to 2020 United States census • Article I • Enumeration Clause • Administrative Procedures Act • Article III • standing | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Roberts Thomas Alito |
| 325 | Trump v. Sierra Club | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | Mexico–United States border wall • National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States • irreparable harm | | |
| Breyer concurred in part and dissented in part from the Court's grant of application for stay. ||||||