1999_term_opinions_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

1999 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

1999 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

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The 1999 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 1999, and concluded October 1, 2000. 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.

1999 term opinions

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1999 term membership and statistics

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

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Notes

  1. [1]
    The Court's per curiam opinion in Free v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., 529 U.S. 333 (2000), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court.
  2. [2]
    In Terry Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362 (2000), the Court issued two majority opinions, each dealing with separate issues of the case: one authored by Justice Stevens and one authored by Justice O'Connor.
  3. [3]
    Rehnquist was initially appointed by Nixon to the Court as an Associate Justice. He was subsequently appointed to serve as Chief Justice by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed in that position September 26, 1986.

References

  • "Journal of the Supreme Court of the United States: October 1999 Term" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States.
  • "Vol. 528, United States Reports" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States.
  • "Vol. 529, United States Reports" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States.
  • "Vol. 530, United States Reports" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States.
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