The table below lists the opinions delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of the United States

Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...

 during the 2001 Term, which lasted from October 1, 2001, until October 6, 2002. The table illustrates what opinions were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion.

2001 term opinions

Case name	Argued	Decided	Rehnquist	Stevens	O'Connor	Scalia	Kennedy	Souter	Thomas	Ginsburg	Breyer
United States Postal Service v. Gregory, 534 U.S. 1	October 9, 2001	November 13, 2001							1	2
TRW Inc. v. Andrews TRW Inc. v. Andrews TRW Inc. v. Andrews, 534 U.S. 19 , is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court. The following text is adapted from , a document in the public domain.-Background:The plaintiff in TRW v. Andrews was a victim of identity theft... , 534 U.S. 19	October 9, 2001	November 13, 2001
Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko, 534 U.S. 61	October 1, 2001	November 27, 2001
Chickasaw Nation v. United States Chickasaw Nation v. United States Chickasaw Nation v. United States, 534 U.S. 84 , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that Indian tribes were liable for taxes on gambling operations under .-Background:... , 534 U.S. 84	October 2, 2001	November 27, 2001				*			*
Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Mineta, 534 U.S. 103	October 31, 2001	November 27, 2001
United States v. Knights, 534 U.S. 112	November 6, 2001	December 10, 2001
J. E. M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., 534 U.S. 124	October 3, 2001	December 10, 2001
Stewart v. Smith, 534 U.S. 157		December 12, 2001
Dusenbery v. United States, 534 U.S. 161	October 29, 2001	January 8, 2002
Toyota Motor Mfg., Ky., Inc. v. Williams, 534 U.S. 184	November 7, 2001	January 8, 2002
Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co. v. Knudson, 534 U.S. 204	October 1, 2001	January 8, 2002		1 2				2		2	2
Chao v. Mallard Bay Drilling, Inc., 534 U.S. 235	October 31, 2001	January 9, 2002
Kelly v. South Carolina, 534 U.S. 246	November 26, 2001	January 9, 2002	1			2	1		2
United States v. Arvizu United States v. Arvizu United States v. Arvizu, , is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously reaffirmed the proposition that the Fourth Amendment required courts to analyze the reasonableness of a traffic stop based on the totality of the circumstances instead of examining the plausibility of... , 534 U.S. 266	November 27, 2001	January 15, 2002
EEOC v. Waffle House, Inc., 534 U.S. 279	October 10, 2001	January 15, 2002
Thomas v. Chicago Park Dist., 534 U.S. 316	December 3, 2001	January 15, 2002
National Cable & Telecommunications Assn., Inc. v. Gulf Power Co., 534 U.S. 327	October 2, 2001	January 16, 2002						*	*
Lee v. Kemna, 534 U.S. 362	October 29, 2001	January 22, 2002
Kansas v. Crane Kansas v. Crane Kansas v. Crane, is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Act as consistent with substantive due process. The Court clarified that its earlier holding in Kansas v... , 534 U.S. 407	October 30, 2001	January 22, 2002
Owasso Independent School Dist. No. I-011 v. Falvo, 534 U.S. 426	November 27, 2001	February 19, 2002
Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co., 534 U.S. 438	November 7, 2001	February 19, 2002
Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Family Servs. v. Blumer, 534 U.S. 473	December 3, 2001	February 20, 2002
Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A., 534 U.S. 506	January 15, 2002	February 26, 2002
Porter v. Nussle Porter v. Nussle Porter v. Nussle, , is a United States Supreme Court case in which the court settled an intercircuit conflict regarding civil procedure for prisoners seeking redress... , 534 U.S. 516	January 14, 2002	February 26, 2002
Raygor v. Regents of Univ. of Minn., 534 U.S. 533	November 26, 2001	February 27, 2002
New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1	October 3, 2001	March 4, 2002				*	*		*
Young v. United States, 535 U.S. 43	January 9, 2002	March 4, 2002
United States v. Vonn, 535 U.S. 55	November 6, 2001	March 4, 2002		*
Ragsdale v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc., 535 U.S. 81	January 7, 2002	March 19, 2002
Edelman v. Lynchburg College, 535 U.S. 106	January 8, 2002	March 19, 2002			1	1			2
Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker, 535 U.S. 125	February 19, 2002	March 26, 2002
Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB, , is a decision by the United States Supreme Court which denied an award of back pay to an undocumented worker who had been laid-off for his part in a union organizing drive... , 535 U.S. 137	January 15, 2002	March 27, 2002
Mickens v. Taylor, 535 U.S. 162	November 5, 2001	March 27, 2002		1				2		3	3
Barnhart v. Walton, 535 U.S. 212	January 16, 2002	March 27, 2002				*
Adams v. Florida Power Corp., 535 U.S. 228	March 20, 2002	April 1, 2002
Sao Paulo State of Federative Republic of Brazil v. American Tobacco Co., 535 U.S. 229		April 1, 2002
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, , struck down two overbroad provisions of the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 because they abridged "the freedom to engage in a substantial amount of lawful speech." The case was brought against the Government by the Free Speech Coalition, a "California... , 535 U.S. 234	October 30, 2001	April 16, 2002	*			* *
United States v. Craft, 535 U.S. 274	January 14, 2002	April 17, 2002		2		1 2			1 2
Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 535 U.S. 302 , is one of the United States Supreme Court's more recent interpretations of the Takings Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.... , 535 U.S. 302	January 7, 2002	April 23, 2002	1			1 2			1 2
Thompson v. Western States Medical Center, 535 U.S. 357	February 26, 2002	April 29, 2002
US Airways, Inc. v. Barnett, 535 U.S. 391	December 4, 2001	April 29, 2002		1	2	1		2	1	2
Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc. Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc. Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc. was a United States Supreme Court case on the controversial issue of adult bookstore zoning in the city of Los Angeles. Zoning laws dictated that no adult bookstores could be within five hundred feet of a public park, or religious establishment, or within 1000... , 535 U.S. 425	December 4, 2001	May 13, 2002			*	1	2				*
Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC, , was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States where Verizon Communications was arguing that the FCC had an unreasonable way for setting rates for leasing network elements... , 535 U.S. 467	October 10, 2001	May 13, 2002				* *			*
Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union, 535 U.S. 564	November 28, 2001	May 13, 2002			* 1		2	2	*	2	* 3
Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga. Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga. Lapides v. Board of Regents of University System of Georgia, , is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which ruled that a state voluntarily waives its Eleventh Amendment immunity when it invokes a federal court's removal jurisdiction... , 535 U.S. 613	February 25, 2002	May 13, 2002
United States v. Cotton, 535 U.S. 625	April 15, 2002	May 20, 2002
Verizon Md. Inc. v. Public Serv. Comm'n of Md., 535 U.S. 635	December 5, 2001	May 20, 2002					1	2		2	2
Alabama v. Shelton Alabama v. Shelton Alabama v. Shelton, 535 U.S. 654, decided by the Supreme Court on May 20, 2002, upheld the Alabama State Supreme Court's ruling that counsel must be provided for the accused in order to impose a suspended prison sentence.-The Case:... , 535 U.S. 654	February 19, 2002	May 20, 2002
Mathias v. WorldCom Tech., Inc., 535 U.S. 682
Bell v. Cone, 535 U.S. 685	March 25, 2002	May 28, 2002
Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. Festo Corp. v Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 535 U.S. 722 , was a United States Supreme Court decision in the area of patent law that examined the relationship between the doctrine of equivalents Festo Corp. v Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 535 U.S. 722 (2002), was a United States... , 535 U.S. 722	January 8, 2002	May 28, 2002
Federal Maritime Comm'n v. South Carolina Ports Authority, 535 U.S. 743	February 25, 2002	May 28, 2002		1 2				2		2	2
Gisbrecht v. Barnhart, 535 U.S. 789	March 20, 2002	May 28, 2002
SEC v. Zandford, 535 U.S. 813	March 18, 2002	June 3, 2002
Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc.535 U. S. 826	March 19, 2002	June 3, 2002		* 1	2					2
Devlin v. Scardelletti, 536 U.S. 1	March 26, 2002	June 10, 2002
McKune v. Lile, 536 U.S. 24	November 28, 2001	June 10, 2002					*
Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Echazabal, 536 U.S. 73	February 27, 2002	June 10, 2002
JPMorgan Chase Bank v. Traffic Stream (BVI) Infrastructure Ltd., 536 U.S. 88	April 17, 2002	June 10, 2002
National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 101	January 9, 2002	June 10, 2002	* *		*	* *	* *				*
Franconia Associates v. United States, 536 U.S. 129	April 15, 2002	June 10, 2002
Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc. of N. Y., Inc. v. Village of Stratton, 536 U.S. 150	February 26, 2002	June 17, 2002				1		2	1	2	2
Barnes v. Gorman, 536 U.S. 181	April 23, 2002	June 17, 2002		1	2			2		1	1
United States v. Drayton, 536 U.S. 194	April 16, 2002	June 17, 2002
Carey v. Saffold, 536 U.S. 214	February 27, 2002	June 17, 2002
United States v. Fior D'Italia, Inc., 536 U.S. 238	April 22, 2002	June 17, 2002
Horn v. Banks, 536 U.S. 26		June 17, 2002
Gonzaga University v. Doe Gonzaga University v. Doe Gonzaga University v. Doe, 536 U.S. 273 , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, which prohibits the federal government from funding educational institutions that release education records to unauthorized persons,... , 536 U.S. 273	April 24, 2002	June 20, 2002
Atkins v. Virginia Atkins v. Virginia Atkins v. Virginia, , is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 6-3 that executing the mentally retarded violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishments.-The case:... , 536 U.S. 304	February 20, 2002	June 20, 2002	1 2			1 2			1 2
Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran, was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, which ruled that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act did not preempt an Illinois medical-review statute.... , 536 U.S. 355	January 16, 2002	June 20, 2002
Christopher v. Harbury, 536 U.S. 403	March 18, 2002	June 20, 2002
City of Columbus v. Ours Garage & Wrecker Service, Inc., 536 U.S. 424	April 23, 2002	June 20, 2002
Utah v. Evans Utah v. Evans Utah v. Evans, 536 U.S. 452 , was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the use of certain statistical techniques in the census.... , 536 U.S. 452	March 27, 2002	June 20, 2002			* 1	1	2		2
BE&K Construction Co. v. NLRB, 536 U.S. 516	April 16, 2002	June 24, 2002		2		1		2	1	2	2
Harris v. United States, 536 U.S. 545	March 25, 2002	June 24, 2002			1		*				* 2
Ring v. Arizona Ring v. Arizona Ring v. Arizona, , is a case in which the United States Supreme Court applied the rule of Apprendi v. New Jersey, , to capital sentencing schemes, holding that the Sixth Amendment requires a jury to find the aggravating factors necessary for imposing the death penalty. Ring overruled a portion of... , 536 U.S. 584	April 22, 2002	June 24, 2002				1	2		1		3
United States v. Ruiz, 536 U.S. 622	April 24, 2002	June 24, 2002
Kirk v. Louisiana, 536 U.S. 635		June 24, 2002
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris Zelman v. Simmons-Harris Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, , was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court which tested the allowance of school vouchers in relation to the establishment clause of the First Amendment.... , 536 U.S. 639	February 20, 2002	June 27, 2002		1 2 3	1			2 3	2	2	2 3
Hope v. Pelzer Hope v. Pelzer In Hope v. Pelzer, , the United States Supreme Court ruled that the defense of qualified immunity, under which government actors may not be sued for actions they take in connection with their offices, did not apply to a suit challenging the Alabama Department of Corrections's use of the "hitching... , 536 U.S. 730	April 17, 2002	June 27, 2002
Republican Party of Minnesota v. White Republican Party of Minnesota v. White Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 U.S. 765 , is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the First Amendment rights of candidates for judicial office... , 536 U.S. 765	March 26, 2002	June 27, 2002		1 2	1		2	1 2		1 2	1 2
Bd. of Ed. of Pottawatomie v. Earls, 536 U.S. 822	March 19, 2002	June 27, 2002		2	1 2			1 2		2
Stewart v. Smith, 536 U.S. 856		June 28, 2002
United States v. Bass, 536 U.S. 862		June 28, 2002
Case name	Argued	Decided	Rehnquist	Stevens	O'Connor	Scalia	Kennedy	Souter	Thomas	Ginsburg	Breyer

2001 term membership and statistics

This was the sixteenth term of Chief Justice Rehnquist's tenure, and the eighth consecutive term in which the Court's membership had not changed.

Justice	Appointed by	Date confirmed	% Majority	Opinions filed
Chief Justice Chief Justice of the United States The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States...  William H. Rehnquist	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....  (as Chief Justice) Richard M. Nixon (as Associate Justice)	(CJ) September 26, 1986 (AJ) January 7, 1972	84.5%	10 0 0 5 Total=15
Associate Justice Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States...  John Paul Stevens John Paul Stevens John Paul Stevens served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from December 19, 1975 until his retirement on June 29, 2010. At the time of his retirement, he was the oldest member of the Court and the third-longest serving justice in the Court's history...	Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...	December 19, 1975	72.6%	8 3 1 13 Total=25
Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor is an American jurist who was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981...	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....	September 25, 1981	87.3%	8 7 3 4 Total=22
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia Antonin Scalia Antonin Gregory Scalia is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice...	Ronald Reagan	September 26, 1986	73.5%	8 10 0 9 Total=27
Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy Anthony Kennedy Anthony McLeod Kennedy is an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, having been appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988. Since the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor, Kennedy has often been the swing vote on many of the Court's politically charged 5–4 decisions...	Ronald Reagan	February 18, 1988	89.3%	8 6 0 2 Total=16
Associate Justice David Souter David Souter David Hackett Souter is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served from 1990 until his retirement on June 29, 2009. Appointed by President George H. W. Bush to fill the seat vacated by William J...	George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...	October 9, 1990	77.4%	8 3 0 6 Total=17
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Succeeding Thurgood Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Court....	George H. W. Bush	October 23, 1991	78.6%	7 7 3 7 Total=24
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice and the first Jewish female justice.She is generally viewed as belonging to...	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...	August 10, 1993	79.8%	9 3 0 4 Total=16
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer Stephen Breyer Stephen Gerald Breyer is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994, and known for his pragmatic approach to constitutional law, Breyer is generally associated with the more liberal side of the Court....	Bill Clinton	August 3, 1994	79.5%	9 7 1 6 Total=23
Notes on statistics: A justice is only included in the majority if they joined or concurred in the Court's judgment in full. Percentages are based only on the cases in which a justice participated, and are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent. The opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders and in-chambers opinions are not included.