# 2001 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2001 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2001, and concluded October 6, 2002. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.

## Table key

| | Delivered the Court's opinion | Joined the Court's opinion | Filed a concurrence | Joined a concurrence |
| | Filed a dissent | Joined a dissent | Filed a concurrence/dissent | Joined a concurrence/dissent |
| | Did not participate in the decision |
| Decisions that do not note an argument date were decided without oral argument. Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's opinion are per curiam. Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices frequently join multiple opinions in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly. An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality. An asterisk in a joining vote denotes that the justice joined it only in part. A dash ( - ) denotes that the Justice voted without filing or joining an opinion. ||||||||

## 2001 term opinions

| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Rehnquist | Stevens | O'Connor | Scalia | Kennedy | Souter | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer |
| 1 | United States Postal Service v. Gregory, 534 U.S. 1 | October 9, 2001 | November 13, 2001 | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | TRW Inc. v. Andrews, 534 U.S. 19 | October 9, 2001 | November 13, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko, 534 U.S. 61 | October 1, 2001 | November 27, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Chickasaw Nation v. United States, 534 U.S. 84 | October 2, 2001 | November 27, 2001 | | | | * | | | * | | |
| 5 | Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Mineta, 534 U.S. 103 | October 31, 2001 | November 27, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | United States v. Knights (2001), 534 U.S. 112 | November 6, 2001 | December 10, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J. E. M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., 534 U.S. 124 | October 3, 2001 | December 10, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Stewart v. Smith, 534 U.S. 157 | | December 12, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Dusenberry v. United States, 534 U.S. 161 | October 29, 2001 | January 8, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Toyota Motor Mfg., Ky., Inc. v. Williams, 534 U.S. 184 | November 7, 2001 | January 8, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co. v. Knudson, 534 U.S. 204 | October 1, 2001 | January 8, 2002 | | 12 | | | | 2 | | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Chao v. Mallard Bay Drilling, Inc., 534 U.S. 235 | October 31, 2001 | January 9, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Kelly v. South Carolina, 234 U.S. 246 | November 26, 2001 | January 9, 2002 | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 14 | United States v. Arvizu, 534 U.S. 266 | November 27, 2001 | January 15, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | EEOC v. Waffle House, Inc., 534 U.S. 279 | October 10, 2001 | January 15, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Thomas v. Chicago Park Dist., 534 U.S. 316 | December 3, 2001 | January 15, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | National Cable & Telecommunications Assn., Inc. v. Gulf Power Co., 534 U.S. 327 | October 2, 2001 | January 16, 2002 | | | | | | * | * | | |
| 18 | Lee v. Kemna, 534 U.S. 362 | October 29, 2001 | January 22, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Kansas v. Crane, 534 U.S. 407 | October 30, 2001 | January 22, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Owasso Independent School Dist. No. I-011 v. Falvo, 534 U.S. 426 | November 27, 2001 | February 19, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co., 534 U.S. 438 | November 7, 2001 | February 19, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Family Servs. v. Blumer, 534 U.S. 473 | December 3, 2001 | February 20, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A., 534 U.S. 506 | January 15, 2002 | February 26, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Porter v. Nussle, 534 U.S. 516 | January 14, 2002 | February 26, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Raygor v. Regents of Univ. of Minn., 534 U.S. 533 | November 26, 2001 | February 27, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1 | October 3, 2001 | March 4, 2002 | | | | * | * | | * | | |
| 27 | Young v. United States, 535 U.S. 43 | January 9, 2002 | March 4, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | United States v. Vonn, 535 U.S. 55 | November 6, 2001 | March 4, 2002 | | * | | | | | | | |
| 29 | Ragsdale v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc., 535 U.S. 81 | January 7, 2002 | March 19, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Edelman v. Lynchburg College, 535 U.S. 106 | January 8, 2002 | March 19, 2002 | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 31 | Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker, 535 U.S. 125 | February 19, 2002 | March 26, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB, 535 U.S. 137 | January 15, 2002 | March 27, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Mickens v. Taylor, 535 U.S. 162 | November 5, 2001 | March 27, 2002 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 3 | 3 |
| 34 | Barnhart v. Walton, 535 U.S. 212 | January 16, 2002 | March 27, 2002 | | | | * | | | | | |
| 35 | Adams v. Florida Power Corp., 535 U.S. 228 | March 20, 2002 | April 1, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 36 | Sao Paulo State of Federative Republic of Brazil v. American Tobacco Co., 535 U.S. 229 | | April 1, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 535 U.S. 234 | October 30, 2001 | April 16, 2002 | * | | | ** | | | | | |
| 38 | United States v. Craft, 535 U.S. 274 | January 14, 2002 | April 17, 2002 | | 2 | | 12 | | | 12 | | |
| 39 | Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 535 U.S. 302 | January 7, 2002 | April 23, 2002 | 1 | | | 12 | | | 12 | | |
| 40 | Thompson v. Western States Medical Center, 535 U.S. 357 | February 26, 2002 | April 29, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 41 | US Airways, Inc. v. Barnett, 535 U.S. 391 | December 4, 2001 | April 29, 2002 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 42 | Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc., 535 U.S. 425 | December 4, 2001 | May 13, 2002 | | | * | 1 | 2 | | | | * |
| 43 | Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC, 535 U.S. 467 | October 10, 2001 | May 13, 2002 | | | | ** | | | * | | |
| 44 | Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union, 535 U.S. 564 | November 28, 2001 | May 13, 2002 | | | *1 | | 2 | 2 | * | 2 | *3 |
| 45 | Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga., 535 U.S. 613 | February 25, 2002 | May 13, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | United States v. Cotton, 535 U.S. 625 | April 15, 2002 | May 20, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 47 | Verizon Md. Inc. v. Public Serv. Comm'n of Md., 535 U.S. 635 | December 5, 2001 | May 20, 2002 | | | | | 1 | 2 | | 2 | 2 |
| 48 | Alabama v. Shelton, 535 U.S. 654 | February 19, 2002 | May 20, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 49 | Mathias v. WorldCom Technologies, Inc., 535 U.S. 682 | December 5, 2001 | May 20, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Bell v. Cone, 535 U.S. 685 | March 25, 2002 | May 28, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 51 | Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 535 U.S. 722 | January 8, 2002 | May 28, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 52 | Federal Maritime Comm'n v. South Carolina Ports Authority, 535 U.S. 743 | February 25, 2002 | May 28, 2002 | | 12 | | | | 2 | | 2 | 2 |
| 53 | Gisbrecht v. Barnhart, 535 U.S. 789 | March 20, 2002 | May 28, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 54 | SEC v. Zandford, 535 U.S. 813 | March 18, 2002 | June 3, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 55 | Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc., 535 U.S. 826 | March 19, 2002 | June 3, 2002 | | *1 | 2 | | | | | 2 | |
| 56 | Devlin v. Scardelletti, 536 U.S. 1 | March 26, 2002 | June 10, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 57 | McKune v. Lile, 536 U.S. 24 | November 28, 2001 | June 10, 2002 | | | | | * | | | | |
| 58 | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Echazabal, 536 U.S. 73 | February 27, 2002 | June 10, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 59 | JPMorgan Chase Bank v. Traffic Stream (BVI) Infrastructure Ltd., 536 U.S. 88 | April 17, 2002 | June 10, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 60 | National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 101 | January 9, 2002 | June 10, 2002 | * | | * | ** | ** | | | | * |
| 61 | Franconia Associates v. United States, 536 U.S. 129 | April 15, 2002 | June 10, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc. of N. Y., Inc. v. Village of Stratton, 536 U.S. 150 | February 26, 2002 | June 17, 2002 | | | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 63 | Barnes v. Gorman, 536 U.S. 181 | April 23, 2002 | June 17, 2002 | | 1 | 2 | | | 2 | | 1 | 1 |
| 64 | United States v. Drayton, 536 U.S. 194 | April 16, 2002 | June 17, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 65 | Carey v. Saffold, 536 U.S. 214 | February 27, 2002 | June 17, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 66 | United States v. Fior D'Italia, Inc., 536 U.S. 238 | April 22, 2002 | June 17, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 67 | Horn v. Banks, 536 U.S. 266 | | June 17, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 68 | Gonzaga University v. Doe, 536 U.S. 273 | April 24, 2002 | June 20, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 69 | Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 | February 20, 2002 | June 20, 2002 | 12 | | | 12 | | | 12 | | |
| 70 | Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran, 536 U.S. 355 | January 16, 2002 | June 20, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 71 | Christopher v. Harbury, 536 U.S. 403 | March 18, 2002 | June 20, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 72 | City of Columbus v. Ours Garage & Wrecker Service, Inc., 536 U.S. 424 | April 23, 2002 | June 20, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 73 | Utah v. Evans, 536 U.S. 452 | March 27, 2002 | June 20, 2002 | | | *1 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | | |
| 74 | BE&K Construction Co. v. NLRB, 536 U.S. 516 | April 16, 2002 | June 24, 2002 | | 2 | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 75 | Harris v. United States, 536 U.S. 545 | March 25, 2002 | June 24, 2002 | | | 1 | | * | | | | *2 |
| 76 | Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584 | April 22, 2002 | June 24, 2002 | | | | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | 3 |
| 77 | United States v. Ruiz, 536 U.S. 622 | April 24, 2002 | June 24, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 78 | Kirk v. Louisiana, 536 U.S. 635 | | June 24, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 79 | Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 | February 20, 2002 | June 27, 2002 | | 123 | 1 | | | 23 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 80 | Hope v. Pelzer, 536 U.S. 730 | April 17, 2002 | June 27, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 81 | Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 U.S. 765 | March 26, 2002 | June 27, 2002 | | 12 | 1 | | 2 | 12 | | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Board of Ed. of Independent School Dist. No. 92 of Pottawatomie Cty. v. Earls, 536 U.S. 822 | March 19, 2002 | June 27, 2002 | | 2 | 12 | | | 12 | | 2 | |
| 83 | Stewart v. Smith, 536 U.S. 856 | | June 28, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| 84 | United States v. Bass, 536 U.S. 862 | | June 28, 2002 | | | | | | | | | |
| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Rehnquist | Stevens | O'Connor | Scalia | Kennedy | Souter | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer |

## 2001 term membership and statistics

This was the sixteenth term of Chief Justice Rehnquist's tenure, and the eighth consecutive term in which the Court's membership had not changed.
| Justice | Justice | Appointment history | Appointment history | Agreement with judgment | Agreement with judgment | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed |
| Seniority | Name | President | Date confirmed | % | # | | | | | Total |
| Chief Justice | William Rehnquist | Richard Nixon | January 7, 1972 | 84.5% | 71/84 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| Associate Justice | John Paul Stevens | Gerald Ford | December 19, 1975 | 72.6% | 61/84 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 25 |
| Associate Justice | Sandra Day O'Connor | Ronald Reagan | September 25, 1981 | 87.3% | 69/79 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| Associate Justice | Antonin Scalia | Ronald Reagan | September 26, 1986 | 73.5% | 61/83 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 27 |
| Associate Justice | Anthony Kennedy | Ronald Reagan | February 18, 1988 | 89.3% | 75/84 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Associate Justice | David Souter | George H. W. Bush | October 9, 1990 | 77.4% | 65/84 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| Associate Justice | Clarence Thomas | George H. W. Bush | October 23, 1991 | 78.6% | 66/84 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Associate Justice | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Bill Clinton | August 10, 1993 | 79.8% | 67/84 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| Associate Justice | Stephen Breyer | Bill Clinton | August 3, 1994 | 79.5% | 66/83 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 |
| Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals |
| Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | 75 | 46 | 8 | 56 | 185 |