# 2013 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

* The 2013 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2013, and concluded October 5, 2014. This was the twentieth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
* Stephen Breyer 2013 term statistics
* 7
* Majority or Plurality
* 1
* Concurrence
* 1
* Other
* 7
* Dissent
* 1
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 17
* Bench opinions = 15
* Opinions relating to orders = 2
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 3
* Most joined by: Sotomayor (11 in full, 1 in part)
* Least joined by: Alito (4)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 401 | Planned Parenthood of Greater Tex. Surgical Health Services v. Abbott | 571 U.S. ___ (2013) | restrictions on abortion providers • physician admitting privileges requirement | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of an application to vacate a stay. ||||||
| 402 | Unite Here Local 355 v. Mulhall | 571 U.S. ___ (2013) | Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 | Sotomayor, Kagan | per curiam |
| Breyer dissented from the Court's dismissal of certiorari as improvidently granted. ||||||
| 103 | Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC | 571 U.S. ___ (2014) | patent law • Declaratory Judgment Act • subject-matter jurisdiction • burden of proof | Unanimous | |
| 104 | Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice | 571 U.S. ___ (2014) | Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 • preclusion of state-law class actions • connection between misrepresentation and sale of security | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Thomas Kennedy |
| 105 | BG Group plc v. Republic of Argentina | 572 U.S. ___ (2014) | consent to arbitration by treaty • Federal Arbitration Act | Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Kagan; Sotomayor (in part) | Sotomayor Roberts |
| 406 | McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission | 572 U.S. ___ (2014) | First Amendment • campaign finance reform • Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 • Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 • aggregate campaign contribution limits | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Roberts Thomas |
| 507 | Hussain v. Obama | 572 U.S. ___ (2014) | Authorization for Use of Military Force • detention of enemy combatants | | |
| Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 208 | Schuette v. BAMN | 572 U.S. ___ (2014) | Michigan Civil Rights Initiative • Fourteenth Amendment • Equal Protection Clause • racial preferences in college admission | | Kennedy Roberts Scalia Sotomayor |
| 409 | White v. Woodall | 572 U.S. ___ (2014) | Fifth Amendment • privilege against self-incrimination • adverse inference from defendant's failure to testify • limitations on habeas corpus • unreasonable application of clearly established federal law | Ginsburg, Sotomayor | Scalia |
| 410 | Town of Greece v. Galloway | 572 U.S. ___ (2014) | First Amendment • Establishment Clause • legislative prayer | | Kennedy Thomas Alito Kagan |
| 111 | Robers v. United States | 572 U.S. ___ (2014) | Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 | Unanimous | Sotomayor |
| 412 | Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. | 572 U.S. ___ (2014) | copyright • statute of limitations • laches | Roberts, Kennedy | Ginsburg |
| 313 | Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA | 573 U.S. ___ (2014) | Clean Air Act • regulation of greenhouse gases • Prevention of Significant Deterioration permits for stationary pollution emitters | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia Alito |
| 114 | Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer | 573 U.S. ___ (2014) | Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 • breach of fiduciary duty of prudence | Unanimous | |
| 115 | American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc. | 573 U.S. ___ (2014) | copyright law • digital redistribution of broadcast television • right to publicly perform copyrighted works | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia |
| 116 | NLRB v. Noel Canning | 573 U.S. ___ (2014) | recess appointments | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia |
| 417 | Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. | 573 U.S. ___ (2014) | Religious Freedom Restoration Act • Affordable Care Act • contraceptive mandate • religious-based objection by for-profit corporation | | Alito Kennedy Ginsburg |
| Signed jointly with Kagan. ||||||