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Cite as:  584 U. S. ____ (2018) 

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BREYER, J., concurring 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 16–712 
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OIL STATES ENERGY SERVICES, LLC, PETITIONER 
v. GREENE’S ENERGY GROUP, LLC, ET AL. 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT 

[April 24, 2018] 

  JUSTICE  BREYER,  with  whom  JUSTICE  GINSBURG  and 
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR join, concurring. 
  I  join  the  Court’s  opinion  in  full.    The  conclusion  that 
inter  partes  review  is  a  matter  involving  public  rights  is 
sufficient  to  show  that  it  violates  neither  Article  III  nor 
the Seventh Amendment.  But the Court’s opinion should 
not  be  read  to  say  that  matters  involving  private  rights 
may never be adjudicated other than by Article III courts, 
say, sometimes by agencies.  Our  precedent is to the con-
trary.  Stern v. Marshall, 564 U. S. 462, 494 (2011); Com-
modity  Futures  Trading  Comm’n  v.  Schor,  478  U. S.  833, 
853–856 (1986); see also Stern, supra, at 513 (BREYER, J., 
dissenting)  (“The  presence  of  ‘private  rights’  does  not 
automatically  determine  the  outcome  of  the  question  but 
requires  a  more  ‘searching’  examination  of  the  relevant 
factors”).