# 2002 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Paul Stevens

* The 2002 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2002, and concluded October 5, 2003. This was the twenty-eighth term of Associate Justice John Paul Stevens's tenure on the Court.
* John Paul Stevens 2002 term statistics
* 9
* Majority or Plurality
* 11
* Concurrence
* 4
* Other
* 8
* Dissent
* 3
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 35
* Bench opinions = 30
* Opinions relating to orders = 3
* In-chambers opinions = 2
* Unanimous opinions: 1
* Most joined by: Souter (15)
* Least joined by: Scalia (4)
| Type | Case | Citation | Joined by |
| 201 | Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. v. Henson | 537 U.S. 28 (2002) | |
| 202 | Yellow Transportation, Inc. v. Michigan | 537 U.S. 36 (2002) | |
| 103 | Sprietsma v. Mercury Marine | 537 U.S. 51 (2002) | Unanimous |
| 404 | Abdur'Rahman v. Bell | 537 U.S. 88 (2002) | |
| Stevens dissented from the Court's dismissal of certiorari as improvidently granted. ||||||
| 405 | Eldred v. Ashcroft | 537 U.S. 186 (2003) | |
| 306 | United States v. Jimenez Recio | 537 U.S. 270 (2003) | |
| 207 | FCC v. NextWave Personal Communications, Inc. | 537 U.S. 293 (2003) | |
| 408 | Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc. | 537 U.S. 393 (2003) | |
| 109 | Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc. | 537 U.S. 418 (2003) | Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer; Scalia (in part) |
| 110 | Boeing Co. v. United States | 537 U.S. 437 (2003) | Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| 511 | Foster v. Florida | 537 U.S. 990 (2002) | |
| Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari, to emphasize that it does not amount to a judgment on the merits. ||||||
| 512 | Stewart v. McCoy | 537 U.S. 993 (2002) | |
| Stevens filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 413 | In re Stanford | 537 U.S. 968 (2002) | Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| Stevens dissented from the Court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus. ||||||
| 514 | Chabad of Southern Ohio v. Cincinnati | 537 U.S. 1501 (2002) | |
| Stevens granted the application to vacate a stay. ||||||
| 215 | Connecticut Dept. of Public Safety v. Doe | 538 U.S. 1 (2003) | |
| 416 | Ewing v. California | 538 U.S. 11 (2003) | Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| 417 | Smith v. Doe | 538 U.S. 84 (2003) | |
| 118 | Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington | 538 U.S. 216 (2003) | O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| 219 | Branch v. Smith | 538 U.S. 254 (2003) | Souter, Breyer |
| 220 | Virginia v. Black | 538 U.S. 343 (2003) | |
| 121 | Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P.C. v. Wells | 538 U.S. 440 (2003) | Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas |
| 122 | Pharmaceutical Research and Mfrs. of America v. Walsh | 538 U.S. 644 (2003) | Souter, Ginsburg; Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Breyer (in part) |
| 223 | Inyo County v. Pauite-Shoshone Indians | 538 U.S. 701 (2003) | |
| 224 | Nevada Dept. of Human Resources v. Hibbs | 538 U.S. 721 (2003) | |
| 325 | Chavez v. Martinez | 538 U.S. 760 (2003) | |
| 226 | National Park Hospitality Assn. v. Department of Interior | 538 U.S. 803 (2003) | |
| 127 | Beneficial National Bank v. Anderson | 539 U.S. 1 (2003) | Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| 128 | Hillside Dairy, Inc. v. Lyons | 539 U.S. 59 (2003) | Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer; Thomas (in part) |
| 129 | Nguyen v. United States | 539 U.S. 69 (2003) | O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas |
| 230 | Nguyen v. United States | 539 U.S. 126 (2003) | Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| 431 | United States v. American Library Association, Inc. | 539 U.S. 194 (2003) | |
| 432 | Gratz v. Bollinger | 539 U.S. 244 (2003) | Souter |
| 333 | Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle | 539 U.S. 444 (2003) | |
| 234 | Nike, Inc. v. Klasky | 539 U.S. 654 (2003) | Ginsburg; Souter (in part) |
| Stevens concurred in the Court's dismissal of certiorari as improvidently granted. ||||||
| 535 | Prato v. Vallas | 539 U.S. 1301 (2003) | |
| Stevens denied the petitioner's request for an extension of time to pay the docketing fee and printing costs for the petition for certiorari, satisfied that there are no grounds upon which the Court would grant the petition. ||||||