# 2017 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

* The 2017 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018. This was the twenty-fourth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
* Stephen Breyer 2017 term statistics
* 7
* Majority or Plurality
* 3
* Concurrence
* 2
* Other
* 11
* Dissent
* 2
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 25
* Bench opinions = 19
* Opinions relating to orders = 6
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 1
* Most joined by: Ginsburg (16 in full, 1 in part)
* Least joined by: Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch (3)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 401 | Truehill v. Florida | 583 U.S. ___ (2017) | Eighth Amendment | | Sotomayor |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 202 | Dunn v. Madison | 583 U.S. ___ (2017) | Eighth Amendment | | per curiam Ginsburg |
| 403 | In re United States | 583 U.S. ___ (2017) | Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals • Administrative Procedure Act • writ of mandamus | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's grant of a stay. ||||||
| 104 | Class v. United States | 583 U.S. ___ (2017) | challenge to constitutionality of statute after guilty plea • Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 | Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch | Alito |
| 505 | Hamm v. Dunn | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty | | Ginsburg |
| Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of a stay and of certiorari. ||||||
| 406 | Middleton v. Florida | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty | | Sotomayor |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 207 | Patchak v. Zinke | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Indian Reorganization Act • Gun Lake Act • Article III | | Thomas Ginsburg Sotomayor Roberts |
| 408 | Jennings v. Rodriguez | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | | Ginsburg, Sotomayor | Alito Thomas |
| 509 | Hidalgo v Arizona | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
| Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 110 | Marinello v. United States | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | interference with IRS proceeding | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch | Thomas |
| 111 | Wilson v. Sellers | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | habeas corpus • review of unexplained state court decisions | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Gorsuch |
| 212 | Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | patent law • inter partes review • cancellation of patent by United States Patent and Trademark Office • Article III | Ginsburg, Sotomayor | Thomas Gorsuch |
| 413 | SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | patent law • inter partes review | Ginsburg, Sotomayor; Kagan (in part) | Gorsuch Ginsburg |
| 114 | Dahda v. United States | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 • authorization of wiretapping outside court's territorial jurisdiction | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
| 315 | Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn. | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act • state authorization of sports gambling • Tenth Amendment • anticommandeering doctrine | | Alito Thomas Ginsburg |
| 116 | Lagos v. United States | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 • restitution for costs and fees from private investigations and civil proceedings | Unanimous | |
| 417 | Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | National Voter Registration Act • Help America Vote Act of 2002 • deregistration for failure to vote | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Alito Thomas Sotomayor |
| 118 | Chavez-Meza v. United States | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines • judicial explanation for sentence reduction | Roberts, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito | Kennedy |
| 319 | Lucia v. SEC | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | SEC administrative law judges • Appointments Clause | Ginsburg, Sotomayor (in part) | Kagan Thomas Sotomayor |
| 420 | Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | Railroad Retirement Tax Act of 1937 • employee stock option plans | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Gorsuch |
| 421 | Ohio v. American Express Co. | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | antitrust law • Sherman Antitrust Act • antisteering provisions in two-sided credit card markets | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Thomas |
| 422 | Trump v. Hawaii | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | Executive Order 13780 • Immigration and Nationality Act • Article III • First Amendment • Establishment Clause | Kagan | Roberts Kennedy Thomas Sotomayor |
| 423 | National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | First Amendment • free speech • abortion • crisis pregnancy center notice and disclosure requirements regarding licensure and abortion service availability | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Thomas Kennedy |
| 124 | Florida v. Georgia | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | tri-state water dispute | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor | Thomas |
| 425 | Jordan v. Mississippi | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • delay and uncertainty in execution | | |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||