2003 term United States Supreme Court opinions of David Souter

The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice David Souter during the 2003 term of the Supreme Court of the United States, which lasted from October 6, 2003 until October 3, 2004. This was the fourteenth term of 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 decisions: 2 Most joined by: Ginsburg (14) Least joined by: Scalia, Thomas (5)

Case	Issue	Joined by
United States v. Banks 540 U.S. 31 (2003)		Unanimous
General Dynamics Land System v. Cline 540 U.S. 581 (2004)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, Breyer
Scalia and Thomas filed dissents.
Doe v. Chao 540 U.S. 614 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
Ginsburg and Breyer filed dissents.
Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League 541 U.S. 125 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer
Stevens filed a dissent.
United States v. Lara 541 U.S. 193 (2004)		Scalia
Engine Mfrs. Ass'n v. S. Coast Air Quality Mgmt. Dist. 541 U.S. 246 (2004)
Souter was the sole dissenter from Scalia's opinion.
Vieth v. Jubelirer 541 U.S. 267 (2004)		Ginsburg
Souter filed one of three dissents.
Tennessee Student Assistance Corp. v. Hood 541 U.S. 440 (2004)	Bankruptcy; state sovereign immunity	Ginsburg
Tennessee v. Lane 541 U.S. 509 (2004)	Americans with Disabilities Act; state sovereign immunity	Ginsburg
Sabri v. United States 541 U.S. 600 (2004)		Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, Breyer; Scalia, Kennedy (in part)
Central Laborers' Pension Fund v. Heinz 541 U.S. 739 (2004)		Unanimous
City of Littleton v. Z. J. Gifts D-4, L.L.C. 541 U.S. 774 (2004)		Kennedy
United States v. Dominguez Benitez 542 U.S. 74 (2004)	Criminal procedure	Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer
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a reasonable probability that, but for the trial court's error in failing to advise him his guilty plea could not be withdrawn, he would not have entered the plea.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.
Beard v. Banks 542 U.S. 406 (2004)		Ginsburg
Souter filed one of two dissents from Thomas' 5-4 decision.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld 542 U.S. 507 (2004)	Due process; habeas corpus	Ginsburg
Missouri v. Seibert 542 U.S. 600 (2004)		Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer
United States v. Patane 542 U.S. 630 (2004)		Stevens, Ginsburg
Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain 542 U.S. 692 (2004)		Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy; Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer (in part)