2019 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

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The 2019 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2019, and concluded October 4, 2020. This was the twenty-sixth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
Stephen Breyer 2019 term statistics 5 Majority or Plurality 2 Concurrence 1 Other 7 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 17 Bench opinions = 14 Opinions relating to orders = 3 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Ginsburg (14) Least joined by: Thomas (1)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
101	Holguin-Hernandez v. United States	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure  • preserving claims of error for appeal	Unanimous	Alito
302	Kansas v. Garcia	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986  • fraudulent employee documents  • federal preemption	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito Thomas
103	Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Immigration and Nationality Act  • judicial review of removal proceedings  • statute of limitations	Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas
204	Allen v. Cooper	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	copyright law  • Intellectual Property Clause  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990  • state sovereign immunity from infringement claims	Ginsburg	Kagan Thomas
405	Kahler v. Kansas	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • insanity defense	Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Kagan
506	McKeever v. Barr	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure  • release of grand jury information by District Court
Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
107	County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Clean Water Act  • pollutant discharge without permit into navigable waters	Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh	Kavanaugh Thomas Alito
108	Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act  • Article II  • Appointments Clause	Roberts, Ginsburg, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas Sotomayor
209	Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act  • eligibility for asylum  • habeas corpus  • Article One  • Suspension Clause  • Due Process Clause	Ginsburg	Alito Thomas Sotomayor
110	June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	abortion laws  • requirement that abortion clinic doctors have hospital admitting privileges  • Fourteenth Amendment  • third-party standing	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts Thomas Alito Gorsuch Kavanaugh
411	Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003  • policy statements against prostitution and sex trafficking as requirement for funding  • First Amendment  • free speech  • speech by foreign affiliates of U.S. organizations	Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Kavanaugh Thomas
412	Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	state law prohibition on government aid to religious schools  • First Amendment  • Free Exercise Clause	Kagan (in part)	Roberts Thomas Alito Gorsuch Ginsburg Sotomayor
413	Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V.	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	trademark law  • eligibility of generic term combined with domain name for protection		Ginsburg Sotomayor
314	Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc.	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991  • prohibition of robocalls to cell phones  • exception for government debt collection  • First Amendment  • free speech	Ginsburg, Kagan	Kavanaugh Sotomayor Gorsuch
415	Barr v. Lee	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty	Ginsburg	per curiam Sotomayor
416	Barr v. Pukey	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty	Ginsburg	Sotomayor
Breyer dissented from the Court's vacatur of the lower court's preliminary injunction.
417	Trump v. Sierra Club	591 U.S. ___ (2020)		Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of motion to lift a stay.

References

• "2019 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
• "2019 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
• "2019 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved September 19, 2020.

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