2001 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

Full caption:	Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation, et al.
Citations:	534 U.S. 103
Prior history:	Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña, 515 U.S. 200 (1995) (Adarand I); on remand, 965 F. Supp. 1556 (D. Colo. 1997); vacated, sub nom. Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Slater, 169 F. 3d 1292 (10th Cir. 1999); rev'd, 528 U.S. 216 (2000); aff'd in part, 228 F. 3d 1147 (10th Cir. 2000); cert. granted, 532 U.S. 941 (2001)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

Full caption:	Sao Paulo State of the Federative Republic of Brazil v. American Tobacco Co., Inc., et al.
Citations:	535 U.S. 229
Prior history:	Motion for disqualification denied, Minute Entry in Civ. Action Nos. 00–0922, 98–3279 (E.D. La., May 26, 2000); rev'd, sub nom. Republic of Panama v. American Tobacco Co., 250 F. 3d 315 (5th Cir. 2001) (per curiam); rehearing en banc denied, 265 F. 3d 299 (5th Cir. 2001)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

Full caption:	Richard L. Mathias, et al. v. Worldcom Technologies, Inc., et al.
Citations:	535 U.S. 682
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion  · Justia

Full caption:	Martin Horn, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. v. George E. Banks
Citations:	536 U.S. 236
Prior history:	Petition denied, 63 F. Supp. 2d 525 (M.D. Penn. 1999); rev'd in part, 271 F. 3d 527 (3d Cir. 2001).
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

Full caption:	Kennedy D. Kirk v. Louisiana
Citations:	536 U.S. 635
Prior history:	Motion to suppress evidence denied; defendant convicted and sentenced; aff'd, 773 So. 2d 259 (La. Ct. App. 2000); review denied, La.
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

Full caption:	Terry L. Stewart, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. Robert Douglas Smith
Citations:	536 U.S. 856
Prior history:	Petition denied, D. Ariz.; rev'd, 241 F. 3d 1191 (9th Cir. 2001); cert. granted, question certified, 534 U.S. 157 (2001); reply to certified question, 46 P. 3d 1067 (Ariz. 2002)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

Full caption:	United States v. John Bass
Citations:	536 U.S. 862
Prior history:	Motion for discovery granted, E.D. Mich.; aff'd, 266 F. 3d 532 (6th Cir. 2001)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

The Supreme Court of the United States handed down nine per curiam opinions during its 2001 term, which began October 1, 2001 and concluded October 6, 2002.

Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted.

Chief Justice: William Rehnquist

Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer

534 U.S. 103
Decided November 27, 2001.
Writ of certiorari dismissed as improvidently granted.

535 U.S. 229
Decided April 1, 2002.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded.

In a tobacco-products liability suit brought by a foreign state against an American cigarette manufacturer, the Fifth Circuit held that 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) required the disqualification of the trial court judge because his name had appeared, albeit erroneously, prior to his appointment to the bench, on a motion to file an amicus curiae brief in a similar suit against some of the same defendants. The motion was submitted by an organization of which the judge had been president, but from which he had retired six months prior to its filing. The judge accordingly refused to disqualify himself because his name appeared in error on the motion to file the amicus brief and because he took no part in preparation or approval of the brief. The Fifth Circuit, however, ruled that his explanation would not "dissipate the doubts that a reasonable person would probably have about the court’s impartiality."

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