# 1999 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 1999 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 1999, and concluded October 1, 2000. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.

## Table key

| | Delivered the Court's opinion | Joined the Court's opinion | Filed a concurrence | Joined a concurrence |
| | Filed a dissent | Joined a dissent | Filed a concurrence/dissent | Joined a concurrence/dissent |
| | Did not participate in the decision |
| Decisions that do not note an argument date were decided without oral argument. Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's opinion are per curiam. Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices frequently join multiple opinions in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly. An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality. An asterisk in a joining vote denotes that the justice joined it only in part. A dash ( - ) denotes that the Justice voted without filing or joining an opinion. ||||||||

## 1999 term opinions

| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Rehnquist | Stevens | O'Connor | Scalia | Kennedy | Souter | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer |
| 1 | Brancato v. Gunn, 528 U.S. 1 | | October 12, 1999 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Antonelli v. Caridine, 528 U.S. 3 | | October 12, 1999 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Judd v. United States Dist. Court for Western Dist. of Tex., 528 U.S. 5 | | October 12, 1999 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Dempsey v. Martin, 528 U.S. 7 | | October 12, 1999 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Prunty v. Brooks, 528 U.S. 9 | | October 12, 1999 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Flippo v. West Virginia, 528 U.S. 11 | | October 18, 1999 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | In re Bauer, 528 U.S. 16 | | October 18, 1999 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Texas v. Lesage, 528 U.S. 18 | | November 29, 1999 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Fiore v. White, 528 U.S. 23 | October 12, 1999 | November 30, 1999 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Los Angeles Police Dept. v. United Reporting Publishing Corp., 528 U.S. 32 | October 13, 1999 | December 7, 1999 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Drye v. United States, 528 U.S. 49 | November 8, 1999 | December 7, 1999 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents, 528 U.S. 62 | October 13, 1999 | January 11, 2000 | * | * | | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| 13 | New York v. Hill, 528 U.S. 110 | November 2, 1999 | January 11, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119 | November 2, 1999 | January 12, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Reno v. Condon, 528 U.S. 141 | November 10, 1999 | January 12, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, 528 U.S. 152 | November 9, 1999 | January 12, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., 528 U.S. 167 | October 12, 1999 | January 12, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Slater, 528 U.S. 216 | | January 12, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Weeks v. Angelone, 528 U.S. 225 | December 6, 1999 | January 19, 2000 | | | | | | * | | | |
| 20 | Gutierrez v. Ada, 528 U.S. 250 | December 6, 1999 | January 19, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Smith v. Robbins, 528 U.S. 259 | October 5, 1999 | January 19, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | United States v. Martinez-Salazar, 528 U.S. 304 | November 29, 1999 | January 19, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Reno v. Bossier Parish School Bd., 528 U.S. 320 | October 6, 1999 | January 24, 2000 | * | | * | | * | | * | | |
| 24 | Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC, 528 U.S. 377 | October 5, 1999 | January 24, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Baral v. United States, 528 U.S. 431 | January 18, 2000 | February 22, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Weisgram v. Marley Co., 528 U.S. 440 | January 18, 2000 | February 22, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | Hunt-Wesson, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board of California, 528 U.S. 458 | January 12, 2000 | February 22, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Roe v. Flores-Ortega, 528 U.S. 470 | November 1, 1999 | February 23, 2000 | | * | | | | * | | * | |
| 29 | Rice v. Cayetano, 528 U.S. 495 | October 6, 1999 | February 23, 2000 | | | | | | | | * | |
| 30 | Rotella v. Wood, 528 U.S. 549 | November 3, 1999 | February 23, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | Village of Willowbrook v. Olech, 528 U.S. 562 | January 10, 2000 | February 23, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc., 529 U.S. 1 | November 08, 1999 | February 29, 2000 | | | | * | | | | | |
| 33 | United States v. Johnson, 529 U.S. 53 | December 8, 1999 | March 1, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Portuondo v. Agard, 529 U.S. 61 | November 1, 1999 | March 6, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | United States v. Locke, 529 U.S. 89 | December 7, 1999 | March 6, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 36 | FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 529 U.S. 120 | December 1, 1999 | March 21, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | Cortez Byrd Chips, Inc. v. Bill Harbert Construction Co., 529 U.S. 193 | January 10, 2000 | March 21, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc., 529 U.S. 205 | January 19, 2000 | March 22, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 39 | Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth, 529 U.S. 217 | November 9, 1999 | March 22, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Garner v. Jones, 529 U.S. 244 | January 11, 2000 | March 28, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 41 | Florida v. J. L., 529 U.S. 266 | February 29, 2000 | March 28, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 42 | City of Erie v. Pap's A. M., 529 U.S. 277 | November 10, 1999 | March 29, 2000 | | | * | | | * | | | |
| 43 | Free v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., 529 U.S. 333 | March 27, 2000 | April 3, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 44 | Bond v. United States, 529 U.S. 334 | February 29, 2000 | April 17, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 45 | Norfolk Southern Railroad Co. v. Shanklin, 529 U.S. 344 | March 1, 2000 | April 17, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Terry Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362 | October 4, 1999 | April 18, 2000 | 2 | 1* | 1*2* | 2* | 1*2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | Michael Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 420 | February 28, 2000 | April 18, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 48 | Edwards v. Carpenter, 529 U.S. 446 | February 28, 2000 | April 25, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 49 | Nelson v. Adams USA, Inc., 529 U.S. 460 | March 27, 2000 | April 25, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473 | March 29, 2000 | April 26, 2000 | * | | * | * | | * | * | * | * |
| 51 | Beck v. Prupis, 529 U.S. 494 | November 3, 1999 | April 26, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 52 | Carmell v. Texas, 529 U.S. 513 | November 30, 1999 | May 1, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 53 | Christensen v. Harris County, 529 U.S. 576 | February 23, 2000 | May 1, 2000 | | | | * | | | | | |
| 54 | United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 | January 11, 2000 | May 15, 2000 | | | | | | * | | * | |
| 55 | Fischer v. United States (2000), 529 U.S. 667 | February 22, 2000 | May 15, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 56 | Johnson v. United States, 529 U.S. 694 | February 22, 2000 | May 15, 2000 | | | | | * | | | | |
| 57 | Public Lands Council v. Babbitt, 529 U.S. 728 | March 1, 2000 | May 15, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 58 | Ohler v. United States, 529 U.S. 753 | March 20, 2000 | May 22, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 59 | Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States ex rel. Stevens, 529 U.S. 765 | November 29, 1999 | May 22, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 60 | United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc., 529 U.S. 803 | November 30, 1999 | May 22, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 61 | Jones v. United States, 529 U.S. 848 | March 21, 2000 | May 22, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Geier v. American Honda Motor Co., 529 U.S. 861 | December 7, 1999 | May 22, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 63 | Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Union Planters Bank, N.A., 530 U.S. 1 | March 20, 2000 | May 30, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 64 | Raleigh v. Illinois Dept. of Revenue, 530 U.S. 15 | April 17, 2000 | May 30, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 65 | United States v. Hubbell, 530 U.S. 27 | February 22, 2000 | June 5, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 66 | Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 | January 12, 2000 | June 5, 2000 | | | * | | | | | | |
| 67 | Sims v. Apfel, 530 U.S. 103 | March 28, 2000 | June 5, 2000 | | | * | | | | * | | |
| 68 | Castillo v. United States, 530 U.S. 120 | April 24, 2000 | June 5, 2000 | | | | * | | | | | |
| 69 | Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc., 530 U.S. 133 | March 21, 2000 | June 12, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 70 | Ramdass v. Angelone, 530 U.S. 156 | April 18, 2000 | June 12, 2000 | | | | | * | | | | |
| 71 | Pegram v. Herdrich, 530 U.S. 211 | February 23, 2000 | June 12, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 72 | Harris Trust and Savings Bank v. Salomon Smith Barney Inc., 530 U.S. 238 | April 17, 2000 | June 12, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 73 | Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255 | April 19, 2000 | June 12, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 74 | Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 | March 29, 2000 | June 19, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 75 | Miller v. French, 530 U.S. 327 | April 18, 2000 | June 19, 2000 | | | | | | * | | * | |
| 76 | Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council, 530 U.S. 363 | March 22, 2000 | June 19, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 77 | Arizona v. California, 530 U.S. 392 | April 25, 2000 | June 19, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 78 | Dickerson v. United States, 530 U.S. 428 | April 19, 2000 | June 26, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 79 | Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 | March 28, 2000 | June 26, 2000 | | | | * | | | | | |
| 80 | California Democratic Party v. Jones, 530 U.S. 567 | April 24, 2000 | June 26, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 81 | Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United States, 530 U.S. 604 | March 22, 2000 | June 26, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 82 | Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, 530 U.S. 640 | April 26, 2000 | June 28, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 83 | Hill v. Colorado, 530 U.S. 703 | January 19, 2000 | June 28, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 84 | Mitchell v. Helms, 530 U.S. 793 | December 1, 1999 | June 28, 2000 | | | | | | | * | | |
| 85 | Stenberg v. Carhart, 530 U.S. 914 | April 25, 2000 | June 28, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Rehnquist | Stevens | O'Connor | Scalia | Kennedy | Souter | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer |

## 1999 term membership and statistics

This was the fourteenth term of Chief Justice Rehnquist's tenure, and the sixth consecutive term in which the Court's membership had not changed.
| Justice | Justice | Appointment history | Appointment history | Agreement with judgment | Agreement with judgment | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed |
| Seniority | Name | President | Date confirmed | % | # | | | | | Total |
| Chief Justice | William Rehnquist | Richard Nixon | January 7, 1972 | 89.4% | 76/85 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Associate Justice | John Paul Stevens | Gerald Ford | December 19, 1975 | 61.2% | 52/85 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 38 |
| Associate Justice | Sandra Day O'Connor | Ronald Reagan | September 25, 1981 | 95.2% | 80/84 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Associate Justice | Antonin Scalia | Ronald Reagan | September 26, 1986 | 82.4% | 70/85 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 25 |
| Associate Justice | Anthony Kennedy | Ronald Reagan | February 18, 1988 | 88.2% | 75/85 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| Associate Justice | David Souter | George H. W. Bush | October 9, 1990 | 77.6% | 66/85 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| Associate Justice | Clarence Thomas | George H. W. Bush | October 23, 1991 | 84.7% | 72/85 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| Associate Justice | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Bill Clinton | August 10, 1993 | 72.9% | 62/85 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| Associate Justice | Stephen Breyer | Bill Clinton | August 3, 1994 | 80% | 68/85 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 25 |
| Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals |
| Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | 74 | 51 | 11 | 62 | 198 |