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Case	Decision	Decision Date	Vote
Yates v. Hendon	Wrote a special concurrence	March 2, 2004	9-0
Bedroc Limited v. United States	Wrote a special concurrence	March 31, 2004	6-3
Pliler v. Ford	Wrote the majority opinion	June 21, 2004	7-2
General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. v. Cline	Wrote a dissent	February 24, 2004	6-3
Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders	Wrote a dissent	June 14, 2004	8-1
Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation v. Hood	Wrote a dissent	May 17, 2004	7-2
Olympic Airways v. Husain	Wrote the majority opinion	February 24, 2004	6-2
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission	Wrote a dissent, joined Kennedy's dissent, joined Scalia's dissent	December 10, 2003	5-4
Banks v. Dretke	Wrote a dissent	February 24, 2004	7-2
Tennessee v. Lane	Wrote a dissent, joined Rehnquist's dissent	May 17, 2004	5-4
United States v. Galletti	Wrote the majority opinion	March 23, 2004	9-0
Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia	Wrote a special concurrence	June 24, 2004	7-2
Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen	Wrote the majority opinion	June 7, 2004	9-0
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld	Wrote a dissent	June 28, 2004	6-3
Groh v. Ramirez	Wrote a dissent	February 24, 2004	5-4
Aetna Health, Inc. v. Davila	Wrote the majority opinion	June 21, 2004	9-0
Till v. SCS Credit Corp.	Wrote a special concurrence	May 17, 2004	5-4
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow	Wrote a special concurrence, joined Rehnquist's concurrence	June 14, 2004	8-0
Beard v. Banks	Wrote an opinion	June 24, 2004	5-4
Locke v. Davey	Wrote a dissent	February 25, 2004	7-2
Sabri v. United States	Wrote a special concurrence	May 17, 2004	9-0
United States v. Patane	Wrote the judgment of the Court	June 28, 2004	5-4
United States v. Lara	Wrote a special concurrence	April 19, 2004	7-2
Tennard v. Dretke	Wrote a dissent	June 24, 2004	6-3
Scarborough v. Principi	Wrote a dissent	May 3, 2004	7-2
Household Credit Services v. Pfennig	Wrote the majority opinion	April 21, 2004	9-0

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