2000 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
# 2000 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2000 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2000, and concluded September 30, 2001. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.

## Table key

| | Delivered the Court's opinion | Joined the Court's opinion | Filed a concurrence | Joined a concurrence |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Filed a dissent | Joined a dissent | Filed a concurrence/dissent | Joined a concurrence/dissent |
| | Did not participate in the decision |
| Decisions that do not note an argument date were decided without oral argument. Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's opinion are per curiam. Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices frequently join multiple opinions in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly. An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality. An asterisk in a joining vote denotes that the justice joined it only in part. A dash ( - ) denotes that the Justice voted without filing or joining an opinion. ||||||||

## 2000 term opinions

| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Rehnquist | Stevens | O'Connor | Scalia | Kennedy | Souter | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Artuz v. Bennett, 531 U.S. 4 | October 10, 2000 | November 7, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Cleveland v. United States, 531 U.S. 12 | October 10, 2000 | November 7, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Sinkfield v. Kelley, 531 U.S. 28 | | November 27, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Indianapolis v. Edmond, 531 U.S. 32 | October 3, 2000 | November 28, 2000 | 1 | | | 1* | | | 12 | | |
| 5 | Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. Mine Workers, 531 U.S. 57 | October 2, 2000 | November 28, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Bd., 531 U.S. 70 | December 1, 2000 | December 4, 2000 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Green Tree Financial Corp.-Ala. v. Randolph, 531 U.S. 79 | October 3, 2000 | December 11, 2000 | | * | | | | * | | * | ** |
| 8 | Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 | December 11, 2000 | December 12, 2000 | | 12*34* | | | | 23*4* | | 12*34* | 123*4 |
| 9 | Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook Cty. v. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 | October 31, 2000 | January 9, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Glover v. United States, 531 U.S. 198 | November 27, 2000 | January 9, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Gitlitz v. Commissioner, 531 U.S. 206 | November 27, 2000 | January 9, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Fiore v. White, 531 U.S. 225 | | January 9, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Lopez v. Davis, 531 U.S. 230 | October 30, 2000 | January 10, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Seling v. Young, 531 U.S. 250 | October 31, 2000 | January 17, 2001 | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 15 | City News & Novelty, Inc. v. Waukesha, 531 U.S. 278 | November 28, 2000 | January 17, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | District of Columbia v. Tri County Industries, Inc., 531 U.S. 287 | January 10, 2001 | January 17, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Assn., 531 U.S. 288 | October 11, 2000 | February 20, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Director of Revenue of Mo. v. CoBank ACB, 531 U.S. 316 | November 28, 2000 | February 20, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Illinois v. McArthur, 531 U.S. 326 | November 1, 2000 | February 20, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Comm., 531 U.S. 341 | December 4, 2000 | February 21, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. Garrett, 531 U.S. 356 | October 11, 2000 | February 21, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Central Green Co. v. United States, 531 U.S. 425 | October 30, 2000 | February 21, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Lewis v. Lewis & Clark Marine, Inc., 531 U.S. 438 | November 29, 2000 | February 21, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc., 531 U.S. 457 | November 7, 2000 | February 27, 2001 | | *1 | | | | *1 | 2 | | *3 |
| 25 | Semtek Int'l Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 531 U.S. 497 | December 5, 2000 | February 27, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Cook v. Gralike, 531 U.S. 510 | November 6, 2000 | February 28, 2001 | 1 | | | | 2 | * | *3 | | |
| 27 | Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez, 531 U.S. 533 | October 4, 2000 | February 28, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Department of Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protective Assn., 532 U.S. 1 | January 10, 2001 | March 5, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | Ohio v. Reiner, 532 U.S. 17 | | March 19, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc., 532 U.S. 23 | November 29, 2000 | March 20, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | Shafer v. South Carolina, 532 U.S. 36 | January 9, 2001 | March 20, 2001 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 32 | Buford v. United States, 532 U.S. 59 | January 8, 2001 | March 20, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Ferguson v. City of Charleston, 532 U.S. 67 | October 4, 2000 | March 21, 2001 | * | | | | | | * | | |
| 34 | Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams, 532 U.S. 105 | November 6, 2000 | March 21, 2001 | | 12 | | | | 1*2 | | 12 | 12 |
| 35 | Egelhoff v. Egelhoff, 532 U.S. 141 | November 8, 2000 | March 21, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 36 | Texas v. Cobb, 532 U.S. 162 | January 16, 2001 | April 2, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | Lujan v. G & G Fire Sprinklers, Inc., 532 U.S. 189 | February 26, 2001 | April 17, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | United States v. Cleveland Indians Baseball Co., 532 U.S. 200 | February 27, 2001 | April 17, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 39 | Shaw v. Murphy, 532 U.S. 223 | January 16, 2001 | April 18, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Easley v. Cromartie, 532 U.S. 234 | November 27, 2000 | April 18, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 41 | Clark County School Dist. v. Breeden, 532 U.S. 268 | | April 23, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 42 | Alexander v. Sandoval, 532 U.S. 275 | January 16, 2001 | April 24, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 43 | Atwater v. Lago Vista, 532 U.S. 318 | December 4, 2000 | April 24, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 44 | Daniels v. United States, 532 U.S. 374 | January 8, 2001 | April 25, 2001 | | 1 | * | * | | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| 45 | Lackawanna County District Attorney v. Coss, 532 U.S. 394 | February 20, 2001 | April 25, 2001 | | 1 | * | * | | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| 46 | C & L Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla., 532 U.S. 411 | March 19, 2001 | April 30, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 47 | Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., 532 U.S. 424 | February 26, 2001 | May 14, 2001 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 48 | Rogers v. Tennessee, 532 U.S. 451 | November 1, 2000 | May 14, 2001 | | 12 | | 2 | | | 2 | | 2*3 |
| 49 | United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative, 532 U.S. 483 | March 28, 2001 | May 14, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Major League Baseball Players Assn. v. Garvey, 532 U.S. 504 | | May 14, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 51 | Bartnicki v. Vopper, 532 U.S. 514 | December 5, 2000 | May 21, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 52 | United States v. Hatter, 532 U.S. 557 | February 20, 2001 | May 21, 2001 | | | | *1 | | | 2 | | |
| 53 | Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. v. United Int'l Holdings, Inc., 532 U.S. 588 | March 21, 2001 | May 21, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Buckhannon Bd. & Care Home v. WV Dept. of Health and Human Resources, 532 U.S. 598 | February 27, 2001 | May 29, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 55 | Atkinson Trading Co. v. Shirley, 532 U.S. 645 | March 27, 2001 | May 29, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 56 | PGA TOUR, Inc. v. Martin, 532 U.S. 661 | January 17, 2001 | May 29, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 57 | NLRB v. Kentucky River Community Care, Inc., 532 U.S. 706 | February 21, 2001 | May 29, 2001 | | * | | | | * | | * | * |
| 58 | Booth v. Churner, 532 U.S. 731 | March 20, 2001 | May 29, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 59 | New Hampshire v. Maine, 532 U.S. 742 | April 16, 2001 | May 29, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 60 | Becker v. Montgomery, 532 U.S. 757 | April 16, 2001 | May 29, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 61 | Arkansas v. Sullivan, 532 U.S. 769 | | May 29, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Florida v. Thomas, 532 U.S. 774 | April 25, 2001 | June 4, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 63 | Penry v. Johnson, 532 U.S. 782 | March 27, 2001 | June 4, 2001 | * | | | * | | | * | | |
| 64 | Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drylock Corp. v. Garris, 532 U.S. 811 | April 18, 2001 | June 4, 2001 | | | | | | * | | * | * |
| 65 | United Dominion Industries, Inc. v. United States, 532 U.S. 822 | March 26, 2001 | June 4, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 66 | Pollard v. E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 532 U.S. 843 | April 23, 2001 | June 4, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 67 | Kansas v. Colorado, 533 U.S. 1 | March 19, 2001 | June 11, 2001 | | | * | * | | | * | | |
| 68 | Kyllo v. United States, 533 U.S. 27 | February 20, 2001 | June 11, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 69 | Tuan Anh Nguyen v. INS, 533 U.S. 53 | January 9, 2001 | June 11, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 70 | Good News Club v. Milford Central School, 533 U.S. 98 | February 28, 2001 | June 11, 2001 | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | | 2 | *2 |
| 71 | Alabama v. Bozeman, 533 U.S. 146 | April 17, 2001 | June 11, 2001 | | | | * | | | * | | |
| 72 | Cedric Kushner Promotions, Ltd. v. King, 533 U.S. 158 | April 18, 2001 | June 11, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 73 | Duncan v. Walker, 533 U.S. 167 | March 26, 2001 | June 18, 2001 | | 1 | | | | 12 | | | |
| 74 | Saucier v. Katz, 533 U.S. 194 | March 20, 2001 | June 18, 2001 | | | | | | * | | | |
| 75 | United States v. Mead Corp., 533 U.S. 218 | November 8, 2000 | June 18, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 76 | Idaho v. United States, 533 U.S. 262 | April 23, 2001 | June 18, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 77 | INS v. St. Cyr, 533 U.S. 289 | April 24, 2001 | June 25, 2001 | 2 | | 12* | 2 | | | 2 | | |
| 78 | Calcano-Martinez v. INS, 533 U.S. 348 | April 24, 2001 | June 25, 2001 | 2 | | 1 | 2 | | | 2 | | |
| 79 | Nevada v. Hicks, 533 U.S. 353 | March 21, 2001 | June 25, 2001 | | 12 | 2 | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 80 | United States v. United Foods, Inc., 533 U.S. 405 | April 17, 2001 | June 25, 2001 | | 1 | * | | | | 2 | | |
| 81 | Federal Election Comm'n v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Comm., 533 U.S. 431 | February 28, 2001 | June 25, 2001 | * | | | | | | | | |
| 82 | New York Times Co. v. Tasini, 533 U.S. 483 | March 28, 2001 | June 25, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 83 | Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly, 533 U.S. 525 | April 25, 2001 | June 28, 2001 | | *1 | | *1 | *1 | *1*2 | *2 | *1 | *1 |
| 84 | Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, 533 U.S. 606 | February 26, 2001 | June 28, 2001 | | * | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | 12 |
| 85 | Tyler v. Cain, 533 U.S. 656 | April 16, 2001 | June 28, 2001 | | | | | | | | | |
| 86 | Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 | February 21, 2001 | June 28, 2001 | 2 | | | 12* | 2 | | 12* | | |
| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Rehnquist | Stevens | O'Connor | Scalia | Kennedy | Souter | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer |

## 2000 term membership and statistics

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

| Justice | Justice | Appointment history | Appointment history | Agreement with judgment | Agreement with judgment | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Seniority | Name | President | Date confirmed | % | # | | | | | Total |
| Chief Justice | William Rehnquist | Richard Nixon | January 7, 1972 | 83.7% | 72/86 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Associate Justice | John Paul Stevens | Gerald Ford | December 19, 1975 | 70.9% | 61/86 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 31 |
| Associate Justice | Sandra Day O'Connor | Ronald Reagan | September 25, 1981 | 90.5% | 76/84 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| Associate Justice | Antonin Scalia | Ronald Reagan | September 26, 1986 | 79.1% | 68/86 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 28 |
| Associate Justice | Anthony Kennedy | Ronald Reagan | February 18, 1988 | 91.9% | 79/86 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Associate Justice | David Souter | George H. W. Bush | October 9, 1990 | 80% | 68/85 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| Associate Justice | Clarence Thomas | George H. W. Bush | October 23, 1991 | 80.2% | 69/86 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 |
| Associate Justice | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Bill Clinton | August 10, 1993 | 76.7% | 66/86 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| Associate Justice | Stephen Breyer | Bill Clinton | August 3, 1994 | 74.1% | 63/85 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals |
| Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | 77 | 46 | 10 | 56 | 189 |
