# 2014 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

* The 2014 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2014, and concluded October 4, 2015. This was the twenty-first term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
* Stephen Breyer 2014 term statistics
* 8
* Majority or Plurality
* 4
* Concurrence
* 0
* Other
* 4
* Dissent
* 1
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 17
* Bench opinions = 16
* Opinions relating to orders = 1
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 2
* Most joined by: Ginsburg (13)
* Least joined by: Scalia, Alito (3)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 101 | Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. | 574 U.S. ___ (2015) | patent law • claim construction • appellate standard of review • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Thomas |
| 402 | Bower v. Texas | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | death penalty • consideration of mitigating evidence at sentencing | Ginsburg, Sotomayor | |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 103 | Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | Pregnancy Discrimination Act • disparate treatment claim | Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Alito Scalia Kennedy |
| 104 | Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | Fourteenth Amendment • Equal Protection Clause • redistricting • racial gerrymandering • Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia Thomas |
| 205 | Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | Medicaid • Supremacy Clause • implied right of action | | Scalia Sotomayor |
| 106 | Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc. | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | Natural Gas Act • federal preemption of state antitrust laws | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan; Thomas (in part) | Thomas Scalia |
| 207 | Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | First Amendment • freedom of speech • ban on personal solicitation of campaign funds by judicial candidates | | Roberts Ginsburg Scalia Kennedy Alito |
| 108 | Tibble v. Edison Int'l | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | Employee Retirement Income Security Act • breach of fiduciary duty • statute of limitations | Unanimous | |
| 109 | Coleman v. Tollefson | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | in forma pauperis filing status • ineligibility after dismissals of three frivolous suits • effect of pending appeal | Unanimous | |
| 210 | Zivotofsky v. Kerry | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | political question doctrine • U.S. position on status of Jerusalem • Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 • passport designation of births in Jerusalem | | Kennedy Thomas Roberts Scalia |
| Breyer stated that he continued to believe the case presented a nonjusticiable political question, but joined the Court's opinion because its precedent in Zivotofsky v. Clinton (from which he had dissented) precluded resolving the case on that ground. ||||||
| 411 | Kerry v. Din | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | Immigration and Nationality Act • exclusion of alien for terrorist activities • denial of spouse's visa • Due Process Clause • substantive due process • liberty interest in marriage | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia Kennedy |
| 412 | Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | bankruptcy law • Chapter 11 • attorney's fee application • award of attorneys fees for defending application • American Rule | Ginsburg, Kagan | Thomas Sotomayor |
| 213 | Reed v. Town of Gilbert | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | First Amendment • free speech • content-based restrictions • regulation of signs on private property | | Thomas Alito Kagan |
| 114 | Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | First Amendment • free speech • government speech • specialty license plates | Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Alito |
| 315 | Horne v. Department of Agriculture | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 • National Raisin Reserve • Fifth Amendment • Takings Clause | Ginsburg, Kagan | Roberts Thomas Sotomayor |
| 116 | Kingsley v. Hendrickson | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • excessive force against pretrial detainee | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia Alito |
| 417 | Glossip v. Gross | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • use of midazolam in lethal injection | Ginsburg | Alito Scalia Thomas Sotomayor |