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Wednesday’s Opinions

The Court issued opinions this morning in the following two cases, which Lyle describes in further detail below:

No. 03-388, Bates v. Dow AgroSciences, vacated and remanded. The opinion was written by Justice Stevens. Justice Breyer filed a one-paragraph concurrence. Justice Thomas filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part that Justice Scalia joined.

No. 03-9627, Pace v. DiGuglielmo, affirmed 5-4, in an opinion authored by the Chief Justice. Justice Stevens dissented, joined by Justices Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer.

It is possible the Court will issue further decisions on Monday. Four opinions remain outstanding from the “December” sitting, three from the January sitting, and 28 (out of 30) from the final three sittings of the Term.