2003 term United States Supreme Court opinions of William Rehnquist

The table below lists all opinions filed by Chief Justice William Rehnquist during the 2003 term of the Supreme Court of the United States, which lasted from October 6, 2003, until October 3, 2004. This was the thirty-second term of Rehnquist’s tenure on the Court, and his eighteenth as Chief Justice.
William Rehnquist 2003 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 2 Concurrence 1 Other 4 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 16 Bench opinions = 14 Opinions relating to orders = 1 In-chambers opinions = 1 Unanimous decisions: 2 Most joined by: O'Connor (11) Least joined by: Stevens (5)

Case	Issue	Joined by
Virginia v. Maryland 540 U.S. 56 (2003)		O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer
Stevens and Kennedy filed dissents.
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission 540 U.S. (2003)	Campaign finance reform	O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter; Stevens, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer (in part)
Rehnquist filed one of three opinions for the Court.
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission 540 U.S. (2003)	Campaign finance reform	Scalia, Kennedy
Rehnquist also filed one of two opinions dissenting in part.
Maryland v. Pringle 540 U.S. 366 (2003)		Unanimous
Locke v. Davey 540 U.S. 712 (2004)	Establishment Clause: public funding	Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Rehnquist wrote for a 7-2 majority that upheld a state scholarship program that excluded only theology students from consideration. Scalia and Thomas filed dissents.
Crawford v. Washington 541 U.S. 36 (2004)	Confrontation Clause: hearsay	O'Connor
United States v. Flores-Montano 541 U.S. 149 (2004)		Unanimous
BedRoc Ltd., LLC v. United States 541 U.S. 176 (2004)		O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy
Stevens filed a dissent.
Tennessee Student Assistance Corp. v. Hood 541 U.S. 440 (2004)	Bankruptcy; state sovereignty	Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Thomas filed a dissent.
Tennessee v. Lane 541 U.S. 509 (2004)	State sovereignty; Americans with Disabilities Act	Kennedy, Thomas
Rehnquist filed one of two dissents from Stevens' 5-4 decision.
Thornton v. United States 541 U.S. 615 (2004)		Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer; O'Connor (in part)
Colorado General Assembly v. Salazar 541 U.S. 1093 (2004)	Electoral redistricting	Scalia, Thomas
Rehnquist dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari, arguing that the Court should review the Colorado Supreme Court's interpretation of the Federal Elections Clause in the U.S. Constitution that it was up to each state to decide for itself what "Legislature" meant in the context of what branch of government was empowered to redraw legislative districts.
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow 542 U.S. 1 (2004)	Article III standing; Establishment Clause	O'Connor; Thomas (in part)
Tennard v. Dretke 542 U.S. 274 (2004)
Rehnquist filed one of three dissents from O'Connor's 6-3 decision.
Rumsfeld v. Padilla 542 U.S. 426 (2004)		O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
Stevens filed a dissent.
Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission 542 U.S. 1305 (2004)	Campaign finance reform
Rehnquist denied a request for an injunction pending appeal.

References

• "2003 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
• "2003 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2005-03-09. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
• "2003 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2005-02-14. Retrieved 2010-07-07.