2003 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The 2003 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2003, and concluded October 3, 2004. This was the thirteenth term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2003 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 6 Concurrence 0 Other 9 Dissent 3 Concurrence/dissent Total = 27 Bench opinions = 27 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 4 Most joined by: Scalia (14) Least joined by: Souter, Breyer (5)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
101	Raytheon Co. v. Hernandez	540 U.S. 40 (2003)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg
Souter and Breyer did not participate.
302	McConnell v. Federal Election Commission	540 U.S. 93 (2003)	Campaign finance reform	Scalia (in part)	Stevens and O'Connor Rehnquist Breyer Scalia Kennedy Rehnquist Stevens
403	Groh v. Ramirez	540 U.S. 551 (2004)		Scalia; Rehnquist (in part)	Stevens Kennedy
404	General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline	540 U.S. 581 (2004)		Kennedy	Souter Scalia
105	Olympic Airways v. Husain	540 U.S. 644 (2004)		Rehnquist, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg	Scalia
306	Banks v. Dretke	540 U.S. 668 (2004)		Scalia	Ginsburg
407	Locke v. Davey	540 U.S. 712 (2004)			Rehnquist Scalia
208	Raymond B. Yates, M.D., P.C. Profit Sharing Plan v. Hendon	541 U.S. 1 (2004)			Ginsburg Scalia
109	United States v. Galletti	541 U.S. 114 (2004)		Unanimous
210	BedRoc Ltd., LLC v. United States	541 U.S. 176 (2004)		Breyer	Rehnquist Stevens
211	United States v. Lara	541 U.S. 193 (2004)			Breyer Stevens Kennedy Souter
112	Household Credit Servs. v. Pfennig	541 U.S. 232 (2004)		Unanimous
413	Scarborough v. Principi	541 U.S. 401 (2004)		Scalia	Ginsburg
414	Tennessee Student Assistance Corp. v. Hood	541 U.S. 440 (2004)	Bankruptcy  • Eleventh Amendment	Scalia	Rehnquist Souter
215	Till v. SCS Credit Corp.	541 U.S. 465 (2004)	bankruptcy		Stevens Scalia
416	Tennessee v. Lane	541 U.S. 509 (2004)	Americans with Disabilities Act  • state sovereign immunity		Stevens Souter Ginsburg Rehnquist Scalia
217	Sabri v. United States	541 U.S. 600 (2004)			Souter Kennedy
118	DOT v. Pub. Citizen	541 U.S. 752 (2004)		Unanimous
219	Elk Grove Unified Sch. Dist. v. Newdow	542 U.S. 1 (2004)	Standing  • Establishment Clause		Stevens Rehnquist O'Connor
420	Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders	542 U.S. 129 (2004)			Ginsburg
121	Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila	542 U.S. 200 (2004)		Unanimous	Ginsburg
122	Pliler v. Ford	542 U.S. 225 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy	Stevens O'Connor Ginsburg Breyer
423	Tennard v. Dretke	542 U.S. 274 (2004)			O'Connor Rehnquist Scalia
324	Cheney v. United States District Court	542 U.S. 367 (2004)		Scalia	Kennedy Stevens Ginsburg
125	Beard v. Banks	542 U.S. 406 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy	Stevens Souter
426	Hamdi v. Rumsfeld	542 U.S. 547 (2004)	Due process  • habeas corpus		O'Connor Souter Scalia
Thomas dissented from the plurality's ruling that citizens of the U.S. designated as enemy combatants by the Executive Branch had the right to challenge their detention. Thomas, the only member of the Court to fully adopt the government's position, argued that the Court should defer to the broad war-making powers of the President, particularly in light of the important security interests at stake in the War on Terror.
127	United States v. Patane	542 U.S. 630 (2004)		Rehnquist, Scalia	Kennedy Souter Breyer

References

• "2003 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
• "2003 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on March 9, 2005. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
• "2003 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on February 14, 2005. Retrieved December 23, 2016.