2004 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy

The 2004 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 2004, and concluded October 3, 2005. This was the eighteenth term of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy's tenure on the Court.
Anthony Kennedy 2004 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 5 Concurrence 1 Other 5 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 20 Bench opinions = 19 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 1 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Scalia (10) Least joined by: Stevens, O'Connor (6)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
201	Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh	543 U.S. 50 (2004)		Rehnquist	Ginsburg Stevens Thomas Scalia
102	Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Banks	543 U.S. 426 (2005)		Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer
103	Roper v. Simmons	543 U.S. 551 (2005)		Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Stevens O'Connor Scalia
Kennedy wrote for the Court in ruling that the Eighth Amendment prohibited the execution of minors.
204	Ballard v. Comm'r	544 U.S. 40 (2005)		Scalia	Ginsburg Rehnquist
405	Wilkinson v. Dotson	544 U.S. 74 (2005)			Breyer Scalia
206	Muehler v. Mena	544 U.S. 93 (2005)			Rehnquist Stevens
107	Brown v. Payton	544 U.S. 133 (2005)		O'Connor, Scalia, Thomas, Breyer	Scalia Breyer Souter
408	Johnson v. United States	544 U.S. 295 (2005)		Stevens, Scalia, Ginsburg	Souter
109	Granholm v. Heald	544 U.S. 460 (2005)		Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer	Stevens Thomas
210	Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.	544 U.S. 528 (2005)			O'Connor
411	Johanns v. Livestock Mktg. Ass'n	544 U.S. 550 (2005)			Scalia Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Souter
512	Multimedia Holdings Corp. v. Circuit Court of Fla., St. Johns Cty	544 U.S. 1301 (2005)	Freedom of the press
Kennedy denied a television station's request for a stay against an order prohibiting publication of grand jury transcripts, because it did not appear that the station was actually subject to the order, and there was no real threat of prosecution for publishing the transcripts.
113	Alaska v. United States	545 U.S. 75 (2005)		Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer; Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas (in part)	Scalia
114	Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.	545 U.S. 119 (2005)	Americans with Disabilities Act	Stevens, Souter; Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer (in part)	Ginsburg Thomas Scalia
115	Wilkinson v. Austin	545 U.S. 209 (2005)		Unanimous
416	Rompilla v. Beard	545 U.S. 374 (2005)		Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas	Souter O'Connor
417	Mid-Con Freight Sys. v. Mich. PSC	545 U.S. 440 (2005)		Rehnquist, O'Connor	Breyer
218	Kelo v. City of New London	545 U.S. 469 (2005)			Stevens O'Connor Thomas
119	Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Servs.	545 U.S. 546 (2005)		Rehnquist, Scalia, Souter, Thomas	Stevens Ginsburg
120	Bell v. Thompson	545 U.S. 794 (2005)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Thomas	Breyer

References

• "2004 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
• "2004 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on October 12, 2006. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
• "2004 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on June 15, 2006. Retrieved December 16, 2016.