# 2012 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

* The 2012 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2012, and concluded October 6, 2013. This was the nineteenth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
* Stephen Breyer 2012 term statistics
* 8
* Majority or Plurality
* 5
* Concurrence
* 1
* Other
* 6
* Dissent
* 0
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 20
* Bench opinions = 18
* Opinions relating to orders = 2
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 2
* Most joined by: Sotomayor, Kagan (13)
* Least joined by: Scalia (3)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 101 | Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach | 568 U.S. 115, 118–33 (2013) | admiralty jurisdiction • status of floating house as "vessel" under Rules of Construction Act | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Kagan | Sotomayor |
| 402 | Bailey v. United States | 568 U.S. 186, 206–14 (2013) | Fourth Amendment • detention incident to the execution of a search warrant | Thomas, Alito | Kennedy Scalia |
| 103 | Henderson v. United States | 568 U.S. 266, 268–79 (2013) | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure • Rule 52(b) • plain error | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia |
| 404 | Clapper v. Amnesty International USA | 568 U.S. 398, 422–41 (2013) | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act • Article III • standing | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Alito |
| 105 | Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 568 U.S. 519, 523–54 (2013) | copyright law • first-sale doctrine • domestic sale of foreign-published works | Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan | Kagan Ginsburg |
| 106 | Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles | 568 U.S. 588, 590–96 (2013) | Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 • diversity jurisdiction • amount in controversy | Unanimous | |
| 207 | Wos v. E. M. A. | 568 U.S. 627, 644–46 (2013) | Medicaid anti-lien provision • state recovery of tort awards for medical expenditures | | Kennedy Roberts |
| 408 | Delling v. Idaho • [full text] | 568 U.S. 1038, 1039–41 (2012) | insanity defense | Ginsburg, Sotomayor | |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari, believing the Court should have reviewed whether Idaho's modification of the insanity defense violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause. ||||||
| 409 | Comcast Corp. v. Behrend | 569 U.S. 27, 38–49 (2013) | antitrust law • class action certification | Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia |
| Signed jointly with Ginsburg. ||||||
| 210 | Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. | 569 U.S. 108, 127–40 (2013) | Alien Tort Statute • extraterritoriality | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Roberts Kennedy Alito |
| 110 | Bullock v. BankChampaign, N. A. | 569 U.S. 267, 269–77 (2013) | bankruptcy law • discharge of debt • defalcation | Unanimous | |
| 212 | Arlington v. FCC | 569 U.S. 290, 308–12 (2013) | Telecommunications Act of 1996 • Chevron deference to agency interpretation of its own statutory jurisdiction | | Scalia Roberts |
| 113 | Trevino v. Thaler | 569 U.S. 413, 416–29 (2013) | ineffective assistance of counsel • procedural default | Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan | Roberts Scalia |
| 214 | Alleyne v. United States | 570 U.S. 99, 122–24 (2013) | Sixth Amendment • right to a jury trial • mandatory minimum sentencing • judicial factfinding | | Thomas Sotomayor Roberts Alito |
| 115 | FTC v. Actavis, Inc. | 570 U.S. 136, 140–60 (2013) | Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 • Federal Trade Commission Act • generic drugs | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Roberts |
| 416 | Salinas v. Texas | 570 U.S. 178, 193–204 (2013) | Fifth Amendment • self-incrimination | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Alito Thomas |
| 117 | United States v. Kebodeaux | 570 U.S. 387, 389–99 (2013) | Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act • Necessary and Proper Clause | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Roberts Alito Scalia Thomas |
| 418 | Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett | 570 U.S. 472, 493–96 (2013) | Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act • federal preemption • product liability | Kagan | Alito Sotomayor |
| 219 | Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl | 570 U.S. 637, 666–67 (2013) | Indian Child Welfare Act • termination of parental rights | | Alito Thomas Scalia Sotomayor |
| 520 | Gallow v. Cooper | 570 U.S. 933, 933–34 (2013) | ineffective assistance of counsel | Sotomayor | |
| Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||