2003 term United States Supreme Court opinions of William Rehnquist

The 2003 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2003 and concluded October 3, 2004. This was the thirty-second term of Chief Justice William Rehnquist's tenure on the Court and the eighteenth term 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 opinions: 2 Most joined by: O'Connor (11) Least joined by: Stevens (5)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Virginia v. Maryland	540 U.S. 56 (2003)		O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer
	McConnell v. Federal Election Commission	540 U.S. 93 (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. 93 (2003)	campaign finance reform	Scalia, Kennedy
	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
The Court upheld a state scholarship program that excluded only theology students from consideration.
	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
	Tennessee Student Assistance Corp. v. Hood	541 U.S. 440 (2004)	Bankruptcy  • state sovereignty	Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
	Tennessee v. Lane	541 U.S. 509 (2004)	State sovereignty  • Americans with Disabilities Act	Kennedy, Thomas
	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
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)
	Rumsfeld v. Padilla	542 U.S. 426 (2004)		O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
	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 July 7, 2010.
• 2003 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, archived from the original on March 9, 2005, retrieved July 7, 2010.
• 2003 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, archived from the original on February 2, 2014, retrieved July 7, 2010.