2003 term United States Supreme Court opinions of David Souter

The 2003 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2003, and concluded October 3, 2004. This was the fourteenth term of Associate Justice David Souter's tenure on the Court.
David Souter 2003 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 3 Concurrence 0 Other 5 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 18 Bench opinions = 18 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Ginsburg (14) Least joined by: Scalia, Thomas (5)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
101	United States v. Banks	540 U.S. 31 (2003)		Unanimous
102	General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline	540 U.S. 581 (2003)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, Breyer	Scalia Thomas
103	Doe v. Chao	540 U.S. 614 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas	Ginsburg Breyer
104	Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League	541 U.S. 125 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer	Scalia Stevens
405	United States v. Lara	541 U.S. 193 (2004)		Scalia	Breyer Stevens Kennedy Thomas
406	Engine Mfrs. Ass'n v. S. Coast Air Quality Mgmt. Dist.	541 U.S. 246 (2004)			Scalia
407	Vieth v. Jubelirer	541 U.S. 267 (2004)		Ginsburg	Scalia Kennedy Stevens Breyer
208	Tennessee Student Assistance Corp. v. Hood	541 U.S. 440 (2004)	bankruptcy  • state sovereign immunity	Ginsburg	Rehnquist Thomas
209	Tennessee v. Lane	541 U.S. 509 (2004)	Americans with Disabilities Act  • state sovereign immunity	Ginsburg	Stevens Ginsburg Rehnquist Scalia Thomas
110	Sabri v. United States	541 U.S. 600 (2004)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, Breyer; Scalia, Kennedy (in part)	Kennedy Thomas
111	Central Laborers' Pension Fund v. Heinz	541 U.S. 739 (2004)		Unanimous	Breyer
212	City of Littleton v. Z. J. Gifts D-4, L.L.C.	541 U.S. 774 (2004)		Kennedy	Breyer Stevens Scalia
113	United States v. Dominguez Benitez	542 U.S. 74 (2004)	criminal procedure	Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer	Scalia
Souter's opinion for the Court held that a defendant attempting to reverse his conviction due to a Fed. R. Crim. P. 11 violation must show a reasonable probability that, but for the trial court's error in failing to advise him his guilty plea could not be withdrawn, he would not have entered the plea. Justice Antonin Scalia concurred in the judgment but disagreed with Souter's standard.
414	Beard v. Banks	542 U.S. 406 (2004)		Ginsburg	Thomas Stevens
315	Hamdi v. Rumsfeld	542 U.S. 507 (2004)	Due Process  • habeas corpus	Ginsburg	O'Connor Scalia Thomas
116	Missouri v. Seibert	542 U.S. 600 (2004)		Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer	Kennedy Breyer O'Connor
417	United States v. Patane	542 U.S. 630 (2004)		Stevens, Ginsburg	Thomas Kennedy Breyer
118	Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain	542 U.S. 692 (2004)		Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy; Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer (in part)	Scalia Ginsburg 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, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2016.