2002 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas during the 2002 term of the Supreme Court of the United States, which lasted from October 7, 2002 until October 5, 2003. This was the twelfth term of Thomas' tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2002 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 8 Concurrence 0 Other 12 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 29 Bench opinions = 27 Opinions relating to orders = 2 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous decisions: 4 Most joined by: Scalia (13) Least joined by: Breyer (4)

Case	Issue	Joined by
United States v. Bean 537 U.S. 71 (2002)		Unanimous
Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. 537 U.S. 79 (2002)
Pierce County v. Guillen 537 U.S. 129 (2003)		Unanimous
Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co. 537 U.S. 149 (2003)
Miller-El v. Cockrell 537 U.S. 322 (2003)
Boeing Co. v. United States 537 U.S. 437 (2003)		Scalia
United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe 537 U.S. 465 (2003)		Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy
Borgner v. Florida Bd. of Dentistry 537 U.S. 1080 (2002)	First Amendment: free speech: commercial speech	Ginsburg
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
Foster v. Florida 537 U.S. 990 (2002)
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari, and responded to Breyer's dissent.
Ewing v. California 538 U.S. 11 (2003)
Smith v. Doe 538 U.S. 84 (2003)
Woodford v. Garceau 538 U.S. 202 (2003)		Rehnquist, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy
Archer v. Warner 538 U.S. 314 (2003)		Stevens
Virginia v. Black 538 U.S. 343 (2003)
State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. v. Campbell 538 U.S. 408 (2003)
Roell v. Withrow 538 U.S. 580 (2003)		Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy
Pharmaceutical Research and Mfrs. of America v. Walsh 538 U.S. 644 (2003)
Chavez v. Martinez 538 U.S. 760 (2003)		Rehnquist; O'Connor, Scalia (in part)
National Park Hospitality Assn. v. Department of Interior 538 U.S. 803 (2003)		Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg
Entergy La., Inc. v. Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n 539 U.S. 39 (2003)		Unanimous
Hillside Dairy, Inc. v. Lyons 539 U.S. 59 (2003)
Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa 539 U.S. 90 (2003)		Unanimous
Overton v. Bazzetta 539 U.S. (2003)		Scalia
Federal Election Commission v. Beaumont, 539 U.S. 146 (2003)		Scalia
Gratz v. Bollinger 539 U.S. 244 (2003)
Grutter v. Bollinger 539 U.S. 306 (2003)		Scalia (in part)
Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle 539 U.S. 444 (2003)
Georgia v. Ashcroft 539 U.S. 461 (2003)
Lawrence v. Texas 539 U.S. 558 (2003)

References

• "2002 Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2004-02-04. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
• "2002 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2004-11-02. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
• "2002 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2004-02-14. Retrieved 2010-07-07.