2003 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy

The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy 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 seventeenth term of Kennedy’s tenure on the Court.
Anthony Kennedy 2003 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 7 Concurrence 0 Other 7 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 23 Bench opinions = 23 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous decisions: 3 Most joined by: Rehnquist, Thomas (12) Least joined by: Souter, Ginsburg (5)

Case	Issue	Joined by
Virginia v. Maryland 540 U.S. 56 (2003)		Stevens
Kennedy filed one of two dissents from Rehnquist's 7-2 decision.
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission 540 U.S. 93 (2003)	Campaign finance reform: U.S. Const. amend. I, McCain-Feingold Act	Rehnquist; Thomas (in part)
Frew v. Hawkins 540 U.S. 431 (2004)		Unanimous
Alaska Dep't of Envtl. Conservation v. EPA 540 U.S. 461 (2004)		Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas
Kennedy dissented from Ginsburg's 5-4 decision.
Lamie v. United States Trustee 540 U.S. 526 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer; Scalia (in part)
Groh v. Ramirez 540 U.S. 551 (2004)		Rehnquist
United States Postal Serv. v. Flamingo Indus. (USA) Ltd. 540 U.S. 736 (2004)		Unanimous
Nat'l Archives & Records Admin. v. Favish 541 U.S. 157 (2004)		Unanimous
United States v. Lara 541 U.S. 193 (2004)
Vieth v. Jubelirer 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
Dretke v. Haley 541 U.S. 386 (2004)
Sabri v. United States 541 U.S. 600 (2004)		Scalia
Yarborough v. Alvarado 541 U.S. 652 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Thomas
Republic of Austria v. Altmann 541 U.S. 677 (2004)	Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act	Rehnquist, Thomas
Hibbs v. Winn 542 U.S. 88 (2004)		Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas
Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada 542 U.S. 177 (2004)	Rights of the accused	Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Thomas
Blakely v. Washington 542 U.S. 296 (2004)	Rights of the accused: right to jury trial	Breyer
Cheney v. United States District Court 542 U.S. 367 (2004)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Breyer; Scalia, Thomas (in part)
Rumsfeld v. Padilla 542 U.S. 426 (2004)		O'Connor
Rasul v. Bush 542 U.S. 466 (2004)
Missouri v. Seibert 542 U.S. 600 (2004)
United States v. Patane 542 U.S. 630 (2004)		O'Connor
Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union 542 U.S. 656 (2004)		Stevens, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg

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.