# 2004 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

* The 2004 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 2004, and concluded October 3, 2005. This was the twelfth term of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's tenure on the Court.
* Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2004 term statistics
* 8
* Majority or Plurality
* 6
* Concurrence
* 0
* Other
* 7
* Dissent
* 0
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 21
* Bench opinions = 21
* Opinions relating to orders = 0
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 2
* Most joined by: Breyer (15)
* Least joined by: Thomas (6)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 101 | Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh | 543 U.S. 50 (2004) | | Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Breyer | Stevens Kennedy Thomas Scalia |
| 402 | Kowalski v. Tesmer | 543 U.S. 125 (2004) | | Stevens, Souter | Rehnquist Thomas |
| 403 | Cooper Indus. v. Aviall Servs. | 543 U.S. 157 (2004) | | Stevens | Thomas |
| 104 | Florida v. Nixon | 543 U.S. 175 (2004) | | Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer | |
| Rehnquist did not participate. ||||||
| 405 | Illinois v. Caballes | 543 U.S. 405 (2005) | U.S. Const. amend. IV | Souter | Stevens Souter |
| Ginsburg filed one of two dissents from Stevens' 6-2 decision upholding the constitutionality of a search for illegal drugs conducted without cause by a sniffing police dog during a traffic stop. Ginsburg wrote that the Court's decision "clears the way for suspicionless, dog-accompanied drug sweeps of parked cars along sidewalks and in parking lots. ... Nor would motorists have constitutional grounds for complaint should police with dogs, stationed at long traffic lights, circle cars waiting for the red signal to turn green." ||||||
| 206 | Bell v. Cone | 543 U.S. 447 (2004) | | Thomas, Breyer | per curiam |
| 407 | Smith v. Massachusetts | 543 U.S. 462 (2005) | | Rehnquist, Kennedy, Breyer | Scalia |
| 208 | Johnson v. California | 543 U.S. 499 (2005) | | Souter, Breyer | O'Connor Stevens Thomas |
| 109 | Ballard v. Comm'r | 544 U.S. 40 (2005) | | Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Breyer | Kennedy Rehnquist |
| 110 | City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation | 544 U.S. 197 (2005) | | Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer | Souter Stevens |
| 111 | Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Indus. Corp. | 544 U.S. 280 (2005) | | Unanimous | |
| 412 | Pasquantino v. United States | 544 U.S. 349 (2005) | | Breyer; Scalia, Souter (in part) | Thomas |
| 213 | Johanns v. Livestock Mktg. Ass'n | 544 U.S. 550 (2005) | | | Scalia Thomas Breyer Kennedy Souter |
| 214 | Medellin v. Dretke | 544 U.S. 660 (2005) | | Scalia (in part) | per curiam O'Connor Souter Breyer |
| 115 | Cutter v. Wilkinson | 544 U.S. 709 (2005) | Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act | Unanimous | Thomas |
| 216 | Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. | 545 U.S. 119 (2005) | Americans with Disabilities Act | Breyer | Kennedy Thomas Scalia |
| 417 | Dodd v. United States | 545 U.S. 353 (2005) | | Breyer | O'Connor Stevens |
| 418 | Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Servs. | 545 U.S. 546 (2005) | | Stevens, O'Connor, Breyer | Kennedy Stevens |
| 119 | Halbert v. Michigan | 545 U.S. 605 (2005) | | Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Breyer | Thomas |
| 120 | Mayle v. Felix | 545 U.S. 644 (2005) | | Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer | Souter |
| 221 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. | 545 U.S. 913 (2005) | copyright law | Rehnquist, Kennedy | Souter Breyer |
| Ginsburg also joined Souter's unanimous opinion. ||||||