2015 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

The 2015 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2015 and will conclude October 2, 2016. This is the twenty-second term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court.
Stephen Breyer 2015 term statistics (in progress) 5 Majority or Plurality 3 Concurrence 0 Other 3 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 11 Bench opinions = 8 Opinions relating to orders = 3 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: - Least joined by: -

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Correll v. Florida	577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty		Sotomayor
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari and application for stay of execution.
	DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia	577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Federal Arbitration Act	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Kagan	Thomas Ginsburg
	Hurst v. Florida	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	death penalty  • Sixth Amendment  • right to a jury trial  • judicial factfinding of aggravating circumstances after jury advisory recommendation		Sotomayor Alito
	Brooks v. Alabama	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	death penalty		Sotomayor
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of a stay of execution and a petition for certiorari.
	Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974  • preemption of state law health care disclosure requirements		Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg
	Luis v. United States	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	pretrial asset freezing  • Sixth Amendment  • right to counsel of one's choice	Roberts, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas Kennedy Kagan
	Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	taxpayer lawsuit against State in court of another State  • Full Faith and Credit Clause	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts
	Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	legislative redistricting  • Voting Rights Act  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause	Unanimous[1]
	Heffernan v. City of Paterson	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	First Amendment  • free speech by government employees  • demotion based on employer's factual mistake regarding engagement in protected activity	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas
	Ocasio v. United States	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Hobbs Act  • criminal		Alito Thomas Sotomayor
	Boyer v. Davis	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • decades-long delay in carrying out execution
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.

Notes

1. This opinion was handed down after the death of Justice Scalia, and so was unanimous as to the eight justices remaining on the Court.

References

• 2015 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved May 2, 2016.
• 2015 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved May 2, 2016.
• 2015 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved May 2, 2016.