Supreme Court decisions of October Term 2002

The Court’s 2002 Term began in October 2002. These are the 84 decisions SCDB records for it, decided between October 15, 2002 and June 26, 2003, during the Rehnquist Court.

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Decided by one vote (14)

• David Allen Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania
  537 U.S. 101Decided January 14, 20035–4Antonin Scalia
• United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe
  537 U.S. 465Decided March 4, 20035–4David H. Souter
• Gary Albert Ewing v. California
  538 U.S. 11Decided March 5, 20035–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Bill Lockyer v. Leandro Andrade
  538 U.S. 63Decided March 5, 20035–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Norfolk & Western Railway Company v. Freeman Ayers
  538 U.S. 135Decided March 10, 20035–4Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Allen D. Brown and Greg Hayes v. Legal Foundation of Washington
  538 U.S. 216Decided March 26, 20035–4John Paul Stevens
• Charles Demore v. Hyung Joon Kim
  538 U.S. 510Decided April 29, 20035–4William H. Rehnquist
• Joseph C. Roell v. Jon Michael Withrow
  538 U.S. 580Decided April 29, 20035–4David H. Souter
• Khanh Phuong Nguyen v. United States
  539 U.S. 69Decided June 9, 20035–4John Paul Stevens
• Barbara Grutter v. Lee Bollinger
  539 U.S. 306Decided June 23, 20035–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• American Insurance Association v. John Garamendi
  539 U.S. 396Decided June 23, 20035–4David H. Souter
• Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Lynn W. Bazzle
  539 U.S. 444Decided June 23, 20035–4Stephen G. Breyer
• Georgia v. John Ashcroft
  539 U.S. 461Decided June 26, 20035–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Marion Reynolds Stogner v. CaliforniaLaw held unconstitutional
  539 U.S. 607Decided June 26, 20035–4Stephen G. Breyer

All decisions, in order

• Ford Motor Company and Citibank (South Dakota), N. A. v. John B. McCauley
  537 U.S. 1Decided October 15, 20029–0Per curiam
• Richard E. Early v. William Packer
  537 U.S. 3Decided November 4, 20029–0Per curiam
• Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Fredy Orlando Ventura
  537 U.S. 12Decided November 4, 20029–0Per curiam
• Jeanne Woodford v. John Louis Visciotti
  537 U.S. 19Decided November 4, 20029–0Per curiam
• Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. v. Hurley Henson
  537 U.S. 28Decided November 5, 20029–0William H. Rehnquist
• Yellow Transportation, Inc. v. Michigan
  537 U.S. 36Decided November 5, 20029–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Rex R. Sprietsma v. Mercury Marine
  537 U.S. 51Decided December 3, 20029–0John Paul Stevens
• United States v. Thomas Lamar Bean
  537 U.S. 71Decided December 10, 20029–0Clarence Thomas
• Karen Howsam, Etc. v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
  537 U.S. 79Decided December 10, 20028–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Abu-Ali Abdur'rahman v. Ricky Bell
  537 U.S. 88Decided December 10, 20028–1Per curiam
• Borden Ranch Partnership and Angelo K. Tsakopoulos v. United States Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency
  537 U.S. 99Decided December 16, 20024–4
• David Allen Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania
  537 U.S. 101Decided January 14, 20035–4Antonin Scalia
• Pierce County v. Ignacio Guillen
  537 U.S. 129Decided January 14, 20039–0Clarence Thomas
• Jo Anne B. Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Company
  537 U.S. 149Decided January 15, 20036–3David H. Souter
• Eric Eldred v. John D. Ashcroft
  537 U.S. 186Decided January 15, 20037–2Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• United States v. Francisco Jimenez Recio and Adrian Lopez-Meza
  537 U.S. 270Decided January 21, 20038–1Stephen G. Breyer
• David Meyer v. Emma Mary Ellen Holley
  537 U.S. 280Decided January 22, 20039–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Federal Communications Commission v. Nextwave Personal Communications Inc.
  537 U.S. 293Decided January 27, 20038–1Antonin Scalia
• Thomas Joe Miller-El v. Janie Cockrell
  537 U.S. 322Decided February 25, 20038–1Anthony M. Kennedy
• Washington State Department of Social and Health Services v. Guardianship Estate of Danny Keffeler
  537 U.S. 371Decided February 25, 20039–0David H. Souter
• Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc.
  537 U.S. 393Decided February 26, 20038–1William H. Rehnquist
• Victor Moseley and Cathy Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc.
  537 U.S. 418Decided March 4, 20039–0John Paul Stevens
• The Boeing Company and Consolidated Subsidiaries v. United States
  537 U.S. 437Decided March 4, 20037–2John Paul Stevens
• United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe
  537 U.S. 465Decided March 4, 20035–4David H. Souter
• United States v. Navajo Nation
  537 U.S. 488Decided March 4, 20036–3Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Erick Cornell Clay v. United States
  537 U.S. 522Decided March 4, 20039–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. John Doe
  538 U.S. 1Decided March 5, 20039–0William H. Rehnquist
• Gary Albert Ewing v. California
  538 U.S. 11Decided March 5, 20035–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Bill Lockyer v. Leandro Andrade
  538 U.S. 63Decided March 5, 20035–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Delbert W. Smith and Bruce M. Botelho v. John Doe I
  538 U.S. 84Decided March 5, 20036–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• Cook County v. United States ex Rel. Janet Chandler
  538 U.S. 119Decided March 10, 20039–0David H. Souter
• Norfolk & Western Railway Company v. Freeman Ayers
  538 U.S. 135Decided March 10, 20035–4Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• City of Cuyahoga Falls v. Buckeye Community Hope Foundation
  538 U.S. 188Decided March 25, 20039–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Jeanne Woodford v. Robert Frederick Garceau
  538 U.S. 202Decided March 25, 20036–3Clarence Thomas
• Allen D. Brown and Greg Hayes v. Legal Foundation of Washington
  538 U.S. 216Decided March 26, 20035–4John Paul Stevens
• Beatrice Branch v. John Robert Smith
  538 U.S. 254Decided March 31, 20037–2Antonin Scalia
• A. Elliott Archer v. Arlene L. Warner
  538 U.S. 314Decided March 31, 20037–2Stephen G. Breyer
• Kentucky Association of Health Plans, Inc. v. Janie A. Miller
  538 U.S. 329Decided April 2, 20039–0Antonin Scalia
• Virginia v. Barry Elton BlackLaw held unconstitutional
  538 U.S. 343Decided April 7, 20037–2Sandra Day O'Connor
• Pacificare Health Systems, Inc. v. Jeffrey Book
  538 U.S. 401Decided April 7, 20038–0Antonin Scalia
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Inez Preece Campbell and Matthew C. Barneck
  538 U.S. 408Decided April 7, 20036–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P. C. v. Deborah Wells
  538 U.S. 440Decided April 22, 20037–2John Paul Stevens
• Susan Jinks v. Richland County
  538 U.S. 456Decided April 22, 20039–0Antonin Scalia
• Dole Food Company v. Gerardo Dennis Patrickson
  538 U.S. 468Decided April 22, 20039–0Anthony M. Kennedy
• Franchise Tax Board of California v. Gilbert P. Hyatt
  538 U.S. 488Decided April 23, 20039–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Joseph Massaro v. United States
  538 U.S. 500Decided April 23, 20039–0Anthony M. Kennedy
• Charles Demore v. Hyung Joon Kim
  538 U.S. 510Decided April 29, 20035–4William H. Rehnquist
• Joseph C. Roell v. Jon Michael Withrow
  538 U.S. 580Decided April 29, 20035–4David H. Souter
• Illinois ex Rel. Lisa Madigan v. Telemarketing Associates, Inc.
  538 U.S. 600Decided May 5, 20039–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Robert Kaupp v. Texas
  538 U.S. 626Decided May 5, 20039–0Per curiam
• Janette Price v. Duyonn Andre Vincent
  538 U.S. 634Decided May 19, 20039–0William H. Rehnquist
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Peter E. Walsh
  538 U.S. 644Decided May 19, 20036–3John Paul Stevens
• Phillip T. Breuer v. Jim's Concrete of Brevard, Inc.
  538 U.S. 691Decided May 19, 20039–0David H. Souter
• Inyo County v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony
  538 U.S. 701Decided May 19, 20039–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• City of Los Angeles v. Edwin F. David
  538 U.S. 715Decided May 19, 20039–0Per curiam
• State of Kansas v. States of Nebraska and Colorado
  538 U.S. 720Decided May 19, 20039–0
• Nevada Department of Human Resources v. William Hibbs
  538 U.S. 721Decided May 27, 20036–3William H. Rehnquist
• Ben Chavez v. Oliverio Martinez
  538 U.S. 760Decided May 27, 20036–3Clarence Thomas
• National Park Hospitality Association v. Department of the Interior
  538 U.S. 803Decided May 27, 20037–2Clarence Thomas
• The Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Kenneth L. Nord
  538 U.S. 822Decided May 27, 20039–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Clyde Timothy Bunkley v. Florida
  538 U.S. 835Decided May 27, 20036–3Per curiam
• Beneficial National Bank v. Marie Anderson
  539 U.S. 1Decided June 2, 20037–2John Paul Stevens
• Dastar Corporation v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
  539 U.S. 23Decided June 2, 20038–0Antonin Scalia
• Entergy Louisiana, Inc. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission
  539 U.S. 39Decided June 2, 20039–0Clarence Thomas
• The Citizens Bank v. Alafabco, Inc.
  539 U.S. 52Decided June 2, 20039–0Per curiam
• Hillside Dairy Inc. v. William J. Lyons, Jr.
  539 U.S. 59Decided June 9, 20038–1John Paul Stevens
• Khanh Phuong Nguyen v. United States
  539 U.S. 69Decided June 9, 20035–4John Paul Stevens
• Desert Palace, Inc. v. Catharina F. Costa
  539 U.S. 90Decided June 9, 20039–0Clarence Thomas
• Michael Fitzgerald v. Racing Association of Central Iowa
  539 U.S. 103Decided June 9, 20039–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Dow Chemical Company v. Daniel Raymond Stephenson
  539 U.S. 111Decided June 9, 20038–0Per curiam
• Virginia v. Kevin Lamont Hicks
  539 U.S. 113Decided June 16, 20039–0Antonin Scalia
• William Overton v. Michelle Bazzetta
  539 U.S. 126Decided June 16, 20039–0Anthony M. Kennedy
• Federal Election Commission v. Christine Beaumont
  539 U.S. 146Decided June 16, 20037–2David H. Souter
• Charles Thomas Sell v. United States
  539 U.S. 166Decided June 16, 20036–3Stephen G. Breyer
• United States v. American Library Association, Inc.
  539 U.S. 194Decided June 23, 20036–3William H. Rehnquist
• Jennifer Gratz and Patrick Hamacher v. Lee Bollinger
  539 U.S. 244Decided June 23, 20036–3William H. Rehnquist
• Barbara Grutter v. Lee Bollinger
  539 U.S. 306Decided June 23, 20035–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• American Insurance Association v. John Garamendi
  539 U.S. 396Decided June 23, 20035–4David H. Souter
• Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Lynn W. Bazzle
  539 U.S. 444Decided June 23, 20035–4Stephen G. Breyer
• Georgia v. John Ashcroft
  539 U.S. 461Decided June 26, 20035–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Kevin Wiggins v. Sewall Smith
  539 U.S. 510Decided June 26, 20037–2Sandra Day O'Connor
• John Geddes Lawrence and Tyron Garner v. TexasAltered precedentLaw held unconstitutional
  539 U.S. 558Decided June 26, 20036–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• Marion Reynolds Stogner v. CaliforniaLaw held unconstitutional
  539 U.S. 607Decided June 26, 20035–4Stephen G. Breyer
• Nike, Inc. v. Marc Kasky
  539 U.S. 654Decided June 26, 20036–3Per curiam

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