Supreme Court of the United States · The Justices

October Term 2016

62 argued cases decided by written opinion. Who wrote, who joined whom, and how often the Court split.

The Court, in order of seniority

Roberts, C.J.Chief Justice since 2005
Kennedysince 1988
Thomassince 1991
Ginsburgsince 1993
Breyersince 1994
Alitosince 2006
Sotomayorsince 2009
Kagansince 2010
Gorsuchsince 2017

Opinions written Granted & Noted List

One bar per Justice, in seniority order, so the chart reads the same every Term. A mixed writing (concurring in part, dissenting in part) counts once under its lead label; the striped end of a segment is the share that was partial. Hover a segment for its count.

Opinion of the Court
Concurrence
Concurring in the judgment
Dissent
… in part

Roberts, C.J.

Kennedy

Thomas

Ginsburg

Breyer

Alito

Sotomayor

Kagan

Gorsuch

0102030 opinions

The counts

Justice	Court	Conc.	Conc. in judgment	Dissent	Total	Share of majorities
Roberts, C.J.	8	0	0	2	10	13%
Kennedy	8	2 (1 in part)	0	0	10	13%
Thomas	7	10 (5 in part)	4 (2 in part)	9	30	11%
Ginsburg	8	2 (2 in part)	3	2	15	13%
Breyer	8	1	2	6	17	13%
Alito	7	3 (3 in part)	5 (1 in part)	3	18	11%
Sotomayor	7	2 (1 in part)	2	4	15	11%
Kagan	7	0	0	1	8	11%
Gorsuch	1	2 (2 in part)	0	1	4	2%
1 opinion was per curiam. Share of majorities is out of the 61 signed opinions of the Court. Counts are of argued cases on the Granted & Noted List; writings on the order lists are not included.

How they write Measured from 62 of 62 decisions

Every opinion of the Term, read from its PDF and measured by writing: the Court’s opinion, each concurrence and each dissent, body text only (footnotes counted apart, citations counted once each).

Length, by kind of writing

Justice	Opinions of the Court	Concurrences	Dissents
Roberts, C.J.	83,864	—	33,943
Kennedy	84,276	2974	—
Thomas	73,589	12230	82,244
Ginsburg	83,628	7161	2774
Breyer	83,934	391	82,786
Alito	73,042	8678	44,700
Sotomayor	72,624	52,488	52,803
Kagan	73,653	—	11,520
Gorsuch	14,153	3373	22,332
Per curiam	15,984	—	—

Each cell is the number written, a bar, and the median length in words. The bars share one scale, so a dissent’s length reads against a Court opinion’s: a bar is full at 4,700 words, the longest median among cells with two or more writings, and a longer one is marked. A concurrence in the judgment is counted with the concurrences; a mixed writing with the dissents.

Style, pooled over every writing

Justice	Words per sentence	Sentences over 40 words	Grade level	Citations per 1,000 words	Footnote share	Contractions per 1,000 words
Roberts, C.J.	19.7	8%	11.5	13.6	5%	0.1
Kennedy	20.5	7%	12.1	15.3	0%	0.0
Thomas	13.7	6%	9.5	24.0	3%	0.2
Ginsburg	20.2	9%	12.4	20.8	18%	0.0
Breyer	17.6	8%	10.7	18.1	1%	0.2
Alito	17.4	8%	10.7	18.6	10%	0.1
Sotomayor	15.6	7%	10.1	19.1	9%	0.1
Kagan	17.2	6%	10.5	16.1	13%	0.2
Gorsuch	20.9	9%	11.5	9.2	1%	5.5
Per curiam	21.7	6%	12.4	10.4	1%	0.0

A Justice’s writings of every kind, weighted by length. Each column is shaded from its lowest value (lightest) to its highest (darkest) among the Justices. Across the Term’s 135 writings: 17.2 words per sentence, grade level 10.7, 18.5 citations per 1,000 words. Grade level is Flesch–Kincaid, computed after citations are masked; on legal prose it is an index for comparing Justices, not a reading age.

Who agreed with whom Lineups parsed for 62 of 62 decisions

Every pair of Justices, as a network. A line joins two who ended on the same side of the judgment at least as often as the threshold; the thicker and darker, the more often. Distance is the layout’s reading of the whole matrix: pairs who agree sit close. Circle size is the share of decisions in the majority. The stricter reading counts only decisions where both joined the opinion of the Court in full. Hover a Justice or a line for the numbers.

Same side of the judgmentJoined the same opinion in full

Show pairs agreeing at least –%

weakerstronger agreementcircle size: share of decisions in the majority

Portraits: the Justices’ official photographs, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, public domain as works of the U.S. government, via Wikimedia Commons.

	Roberts	Kennedy	Thomas	Ginsburg	Breyer	Alito	Sotomayor	Kagan	Gorsuch
Roberts	·	92	86	78	82	93	81	84	93
Kennedy	92	·	78	83	90	85	86	90	86
Thomas	86	78	·	67	72	93	67	71	93
Ginsburg	78	83	67	·	87	71	95	91	57
Breyer	82	90	72	87	·	75	85	92	57
Alito	93	85	93	71	75	·	74	78	93
Sotomayor	81	86	67	95	85	74	·	90	54
Kagan	84	90	71	91	92	78	90	·	64
Gorsuch	93	86	93	57	57	93	54	64	·

Share of decisions both took part in where both were on the same side of the judgment. A Justice who concurred in part and dissented in part is on neither side for that decision.

	Roberts	Kennedy	Thomas	Ginsburg	Breyer	Alito	Sotomayor	Kagan	Gorsuch
Roberts	·	81	62	67	73	64	71	76	64
Kennedy	81	·	59	78	83	62	79	84	64
Thomas	62	59	·	47	52	58	48	53	64
Ginsburg	67	78	47	·	73	47	76	79	50
Breyer	73	83	52	73	·	57	77	82	43
Alito	64	62	58	47	57	·	52	57	57
Sotomayor	71	79	48	76	77	52	·	80	38
Kagan	76	84	53	79	82	57	80	·	43
Gorsuch	64	64	64	50	43	57	38	43	·

Share of decisions both took part in where both joined the opinion of the Court without a qualifier; a plurality or a split opinion counts for no one.

The shape of the Term

Unanimity comes from the Court’s own flags on the Granted & Noted List and covers every decision. The splits and lineups come from the parsed syllabi and cover 62 of 62 decisions.

31of 62

Unanimous

21 fully, 10 in the judgment only

Decided 6–3

one decision

Thomas

Most often alone

3 lone dissents, 8 solo concurrences

Kennedy

Most often in the majority

95% of the decisions with a parsed lineup

Vote splits

9–0

8–0

8–1

7–0

7–1

7–2

6–2

6–3

5–3

5–4

4–2

From the 62 decisions with a parsed lineup. A Justice concurring in part and dissenting in part counts on the minority side.

Most frequent 5–4 lineup

AlitoGorsuchKennedyRoberts, C.J.Thomas over BreyerGinsburgKaganSotomayor · 2 of 3 five-to-four decisions

Most frequent 5–3 lineup

BreyerGinsburgKaganKennedySotomayor over AlitoRoberts, C.J.Thomas · 3 of 6 five-to-three decisions

The writings Granted & Noted List

Every opinion each Justice wrote this Term, newest first, each linking to the case’s docket page. A count is a claim; this list is the evidence.

Roberts, C.J. 10 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 26, 2017	Court	Trinity Lutheran Church v. ComerNo. 15-577	this opinion	Kennedy, Alito, Kagan, Thomas (in part), Gorsuch (in part)	Reversed and remanded
Jun 23, 2017	Dissenting	Murr v. WisconsinNo. 15-214	Kennedy	Thomas, Alito	Affirmed
Jun 23, 2017	Court	Lee v. United StatesNo. 16-327	this opinion	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
May 30, 2017	Court	Impression Products v. Lexmark InternationalNo. 15-1189	this opinion	Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Apr 3, 2017	Court	Dean v. United StatesNo. 15-9260	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed and remanded
Mar 29, 2017	Court	Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman, Att’y Gen. Of NyNo. 15-1391	this opinion	Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Kagan	Vacated and remanded
Mar 28, 2017	Dissenting	Moore v. TexasNo. 15-797	Ginsburg	Thomas, Alito	Vacated and remanded
Mar 22, 2017	Court	Endrew F. v. Douglas County School Dist. Re-1No. 15-827	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded
Mar 21, 2017	Court	NLRB v. Sw General, INC.No. 15-1251	this opinion	Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan	Affirmed
Feb 22, 2017	Court	Buck v. DavisNo. 15-8049	this opinion	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded

Kennedy 10 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 26, 2017	Court	California Public Employees’ Retirement Sys. v. Anz SecuritiesNo. 16-373	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch	Affirmed
Jun 23, 2017	Court	Murr v. WisconsinNo. 15-214	this opinion	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed
Jun 22, 2017	Court	Weaver v. MassachusettsNo. 16-240	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Gorsuch	Affirmed
Jun 19, 2017	Court	Packingham v. North CarolinaNo. 15-1194	this opinion	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Jun 19, 2017	Concurring	Matal, Interim Dir., U.s. Patent & Trademark Office v. TamNo. 15-1293	Alito	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed
Jun 19, 2017	Court	Ziglar v. AbbasiNo. 15-1358	this opinion	Roberts, Alito, Thomas (in part)	Reversed in part, vacated and remanded in part (SS, EK & NMG – no part)
Mar 6, 2017	Court	Pena-Rodriguez v. ColoradoNo. 15-606	this opinion	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Mar 6, 2017	Concurring	Beckles v. United StatesNo. 15-8544	Thomas	no one	Affirmed
Mar 1, 2017	Court	Bethune-Hill v. Va State Board Of ElectionsNo. 15-680	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded
Dec 6, 2016	Court	State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States, Ex Rel. RigsbyNo. 15-513	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed

Thomas 30 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 26, 2017	Dissenting	Hernandez v. MesaNo. 15-118	NA	NA	Vacated and remanded
Jun 26, 2017	Concurring	Trinity Lutheran Church v. ComerNo. 15-577	Roberts, C.J.	Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 26, 2017	Court	Davila v. Davis, Dir., Tx DocjNo. 16-6219	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Gorsuch	Affirmed
Jun 23, 2017	Dissenting	Murr v. WisconsinNo. 15-214	Kennedy	no one	Affirmed
Jun 23, 2017	Dissenting	Lee v. United StatesNo. 16-327	Roberts, C.J.	Alito (in part)	Reversed and remanded
Jun 22, 2017	Concurring	Weaver v. MassachusettsNo. 16-240	Kennedy	Gorsuch	Affirmed
Jun 19, 2017	Concurring	Matal, Interim Dir., U.s. Patent & Trademark Office v. TamNo. 15-1293	Alito	no one	Affirmed
Jun 19, 2017	Concurring	Ziglar v. AbbasiNo. 15-1358	Kennedy	no one	Reversed in part, vacated and remanded in part (SS, EK & NMG – no part)
Jun 12, 2017	Court	Sandoz INC. v. Amgen INC.No. 15-1039	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated in part, reversed in part, and remanded
Jun 12, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Sessions, Att’y Gen. v. Morales-SantanaNo. 15-1191	Ginsburg	Alito	Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded
Jun 12, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Microsoft Corp. v. BakerNo. 15-457	Ginsburg	Roberts, Alito	Reversed and remanded
May 30, 2017	Court	Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions, Att’y Gen.No. 16-54	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed
May 22, 2017	Concurring	Cooper, Gov. Of Nc v. HarrisNo. 15-1262	Kagan	no one	Affirmed
May 22, 2017	Court	Tc Heartland v. Kraft Food Brands GroupNo. 16-341	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed and remanded
May 15, 2017	Concurring	Howell v. HowellNo. 15-1031	Breyer	no one	Reversed and remanded
May 15, 2017	Dissenting	Kindred Nursing Centers v. ClarkNo. 16-32	Kagan	no one	Reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded
May 1, 2017	Concurring	Bank Of America Corp. v. MiamiNo. 15-1111	Breyer	Kennedy, Alito	Vacated and remanded
Apr 25, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Lewis v. ClarkeNo. 15-1500	Sotomayor	no one	Reversed and remanded
Apr 19, 2017	Dissenting	Nelson v. ColoradoNo. 15-1256	Ginsburg	no one	Reversed and remanded
Apr 19, 2017	Court	Manrique v. United StatesNo. 15-7250	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Kagan	Affirmed
Apr 18, 2017	Concurring	Coventry Health Care Of Missouri v. NevilsNo. 16-149	Ginsburg	no one	Reversed and remanded
Mar 22, 2017	Dissenting	Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp.No. 15-649	Breyer	Alito	Reversed and remanded
Mar 22, 2017	Court	Star Athletica, L.l.c. v. Varsity Brands, INC.No. 15-866	this opinion	Roberts, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed
Mar 21, 2017	Dissenting	Manuel v. City Of JolietNo. 14-9496	Kagan	no one	Reversed and remanded
Mar 21, 2017	Concurring	NLRB v. Sw General, INC.No. 15-1251	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Affirmed
Mar 6, 2017	Dissenting	Pena-Rodriguez v. ColoradoNo. 15-606	Kennedy	no one	Reversed and remanded
Mar 6, 2017	Court	Beckles v. United StatesNo. 15-8544	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito	Affirmed
Mar 1, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Bethune-Hill v. Va State Board Of ElectionsNo. 15-680	Kennedy	no one	Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded
Feb 22, 2017	Dissenting	Buck v. DavisNo. 15-8049	Roberts, C.J.	Alito	Reversed and remanded
Nov 29, 2016	Concurring	Bravo-Fernandez v. United StatesNo. 15-537	Ginsburg	no one	Affirmed

Ginsburg 15 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 26, 2017	Dissenting	California Public Employees’ Retirement Sys. v. Anz SecuritiesNo. 16-373	Kennedy	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed
Jun 23, 2017	Court	Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Bd.No. 16-399	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Jun 12, 2017	Court	Sessions, Att’y Gen. v. Morales-SantanaNo. 15-1191	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded
Jun 12, 2017	Court	Microsoft Corp. v. BakerNo. 15-457	this opinion	Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
May 30, 2017	Concurring	Impression Products v. Lexmark InternationalNo. 15-1189	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Reversed and remanded
May 30, 2017	Court	Bnsf Railway Co. v. TyrellNo. 16-405	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Apr 25, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Lewis v. ClarkeNo. 15-1500	Sotomayor	no one	Reversed and remanded
Apr 19, 2017	Court	Nelson v. ColoradoNo. 15-1256	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Apr 19, 2017	Dissenting	Manrique v. United StatesNo. 15-7250	Thomas	Sotomayor	Affirmed
Apr 18, 2017	Court	Coventry Health Care Of Missouri v. NevilsNo. 16-149	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed and remanded
Apr 3, 2017	Concurring	Mclane v. EEOCNo. 15-1248	Sotomayor	no one	Vacated and remanded
Mar 28, 2017	Court	Moore v. TexasNo. 15-797	this opinion	Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Vacated and remanded
Mar 22, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Star Athletica, L.l.c. v. Varsity Brands, INC.No. 15-866	Thomas	no one	Affirmed
Mar 6, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Beckles v. United StatesNo. 15-8544	Thomas	no one	Affirmed
Nov 29, 2016	Court	Bravo-Fernandez v. United StatesNo. 15-537	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed

Breyer 17 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 26, 2017	Dissenting	Hernandez v. MesaNo. 15-118	NA	Ginsburg	Vacated and remanded
Jun 26, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Trinity Lutheran Church v. ComerNo. 15-577	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 26, 2017	Dissenting	Davila v. Davis, Dir., Tx DocjNo. 16-6219	Thomas	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed
Jun 22, 2017	Court	Turner v. United StatesNo. 15-1503	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor	Affirmed
Jun 22, 2017	Dissenting	Weaver v. MassachusettsNo. 16-240	Kennedy	Kagan	Affirmed
Jun 19, 2017	Dissenting	Ziglar v. AbbasiNo. 15-1358	Kennedy	Ginsburg	Reversed in part, vacated and remanded in part (SS, EK & NMG – no part)
Jun 19, 2017	Court	Mcwilliams v. Dunn, Comm’r, Alabama DocNo. 16-5294	this opinion	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Jun 12, 2017	Concurring	Sandoz INC. v. Amgen INC.No. 15-1039	Thomas	no one	Vacated in part, reversed in part, and remanded
May 15, 2017	Court	Howell v. HowellNo. 15-1031	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
May 15, 2017	Court	Midland Funding v. JohnsonNo. 16-348	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito	Reversed
May 1, 2017	Court	Bank Of America Corp. v. MiamiNo. 15-1111	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Vacated and remanded
May 1, 2017	Court	Bolivarian Rep. Of Venezuela v. Helmerich & PayneNo. 15-423	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded
Mar 29, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman, Att’y Gen. Of NyNo. 15-1391	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Vacated and remanded
Mar 22, 2017	Court	Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp.No. 15-649	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Mar 22, 2017	Dissenting	Star Athletica, L.l.c. v. Varsity Brands, INC.No. 15-866	Thomas	Kennedy	Affirmed
Mar 21, 2017	Dissenting	Sca Hygiene Products v. First Quality Baby ProductsNo. 15-927	Alito	no one	Vacated in part and remanded
Dec 12, 2016	Court	Shaw v. United StatesNo. 15-5991	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded

Alito 18 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 22, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Weaver v. MassachusettsNo. 16-240	Kennedy	Gorsuch	Affirmed
Jun 22, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Maslenjak v. United StatesNo. 16-309	Kagan	no one	Vacated and remanded
Jun 19, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Packingham v. North CarolinaNo. 15-1194	Kennedy	Roberts, Thomas	Reversed and remanded
Jun 19, 2017	Court	Matal, Interim Dir., U.s. Patent & Trademark Office v. TamNo. 15-1293	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Thomas (in part)	Affirmed
Jun 19, 2017	Court	Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court Of Cal., San Francisco Cty.No. 16-466	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 19, 2017	Dissenting	Mcwilliams v. Dunn, Comm’r, Alabama DocNo. 16-5294	Breyer	Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 5, 2017	Court	Town Of Chester, Ny v. Laroe EstatesNo. 16-605	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded
May 30, 2017	Court	County Of Los Angeles v. MendezNo. 16-369	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded
May 22, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Cooper, Gov. Of Nc v. HarrisNo. 15-1262	Kagan	Roberts, Kennedy	Affirmed
May 22, 2017	Court	Water Splash v. MenonNo. 16-254	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded
Apr 19, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Nelson v. ColoradoNo. 15-1256	Ginsburg	no one	Reversed and remanded
Mar 21, 2017	Dissenting	Manuel v. City Of JolietNo. 14-9496	Kagan	Thomas	Reversed and remanded
Mar 21, 2017	Court	Sca Hygiene Products v. First Quality Baby ProductsNo. 15-927	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Vacated in part and remanded
Mar 6, 2017	Dissenting	Pena-Rodriguez v. ColoradoNo. 15-606	Kennedy	Roberts, Thomas	Reversed and remanded
Mar 1, 2017	Concurring	Bethune-Hill v. Va State Board Of ElectionsNo. 15-680	Kennedy	no one	Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded
Feb 22, 2017	Concurring	Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp.No. 14-1538	Sotomayor	Thomas	Reversed and remanded – CJ out
Feb 22, 2017	Concurring	Fry v. Napoleon Community SchoolsNo. 15-497	Kagan	Thomas	Vacated and remanded
Dec 6, 2016	Court	Salman v. United StatesNo. 15-628	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed

Sotomayor 15 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 26, 2017	Dissenting	Trinity Lutheran Church v. ComerNo. 15-577	Roberts, C.J.	Ginsburg	Reversed and remanded
Jun 19, 2017	Dissenting	Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court Of Cal., San Francisco Cty.No. 16-466	Alito	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 5, 2017	Court	Honeycutt v. United StatesNo. 16-142	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed
Jun 5, 2017	Concurring	Dignity Health v. RollinsNo. 16-258	Kagan	no one	Reversed
Jun 5, 2017	Court	Kokesh v. SECNo. 16-529	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed
May 30, 2017	Concurring	Bnsf Railway Co. v. TyrellNo. 16-405	Ginsburg	no one	Reversed and remanded
May 15, 2017	Dissenting	Midland Funding v. JohnsonNo. 16-348	Breyer	Ginsburg, Kagan	Reversed
Apr 25, 2017	Court	Lewis v. ClarkeNo. 15-1500	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Apr 3, 2017	Court	Mclane v. EEOCNo. 15-1248	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan	Vacated and remanded
Mar 29, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman, Att’y Gen. Of NyNo. 15-1391	Roberts, C.J.	Alito	Vacated and remanded
Mar 21, 2017	Dissenting	NLRB v. Sw General, INC.No. 15-1251	Roberts, C.J.	Ginsburg	Affirmed
Mar 6, 2017	Conc. in judgment	Beckles v. United StatesNo. 15-8544	Thomas	no one	Affirmed
Feb 22, 2017	Court	Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp.No. 14-1538	this opinion	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Thomas (in part), Alito (in part)	Reversed and remanded – CJ out
Jan 18, 2017	Court	Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Corp.No. 14-1055	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed
Dec 6, 2016	Court	Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple INC.No. 15-777	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed and remanded

Kagan 8 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 22, 2017	Dissenting	Turner v. United StatesNo. 15-1503	Breyer	Ginsburg	Affirmed
Jun 22, 2017	Court	Maslenjak v. United StatesNo. 16-309	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Vacated and remanded
Jun 5, 2017	Court	Dignity Health v. RollinsNo. 16-258	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed
May 22, 2017	Court	Cooper, Gov. Of Nc v. HarrisNo. 15-1262	this opinion	Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Affirmed
May 15, 2017	Court	Kindred Nursing Centers v. ClarkNo. 16-32	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor	Reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded
Apr 18, 2017	Court	Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. HaegerNo. 15-1406	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed and remanded
Mar 21, 2017	Court	Manuel v. City Of JolietNo. 14-9496	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Reversed and remanded
Feb 22, 2017	Court	Fry v. Napoleon Community SchoolsNo. 15-497	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Vacated and remanded

Gorsuch 4 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 26, 2017	Concurring	Trinity Lutheran Church v. ComerNo. 15-577	Roberts, C.J.	Thomas	Reversed and remanded
Jun 23, 2017	Dissenting	Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Bd.No. 16-399	Ginsburg	Thomas	Reversed and remanded
Jun 22, 2017	Concurring	Maslenjak v. United StatesNo. 16-309	Kagan	Thomas	Vacated and remanded
Jun 12, 2017	Court	Henson v. Santander Consumer USANo. 16-349	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed

How these are counted

A decision is one written opinion of the Court in an argued case. Consolidated dockets argued together count once.

A mixed writing counts once, under its lead label, and is marked partial. A concurrence in part and dissent in part is never two writings.

A plurality credits its author with the lead opinion; there is no opinion of the Court to have joined in full.

Partial joins (“joined as to Part II–B”) count as agreement on the judgment but not on the full opinion.

Denominators are per pair: only decisions both Justices took part in, and in which neither was on both sides.

Merits only. Argued cases on the Granted & Noted List. Dissents from denial and emergency-docket writings are not counted here.

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