Supreme Court of the United States · The Justices

October Term 2017

61 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

01020 opinions

The counts

Justice	Court	Conc.	Conc. in judgment	Dissent	Total	Share of majorities
Roberts, C.J.	6	1	0	4	11	11%
Kennedy	6	5 (1 in part)	0	2	13	11%
Thomas	7	15 (4 in part)	0	6	28	12%
Ginsburg	6	0	2 (1 in part)	6	14	11%
Breyer	6	3 (1 in part)	1 (1 in part)	7	17	11%
Alito	7	2 (1 in part)	0	6	15	12%
Sotomayor	7	5 (1 in part)	2	8	22	12%
Kagan	5	2	0	1	8	9%
Gorsuch	6	4 (2 in part)	0	6	16	11%
5 opinions were per curiam. Share of majorities is out of the 56 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 61 of 61 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.	65,120	1624	42,612
Kennedy	64,600	5190	23,912
Thomas	74,387	14841	103,264
Ginsburg	63,368	2354	51,917
Breyer	62,661	4378	96,424
Alito	77,110	2803	64,330
Sotomayor	74,589	7692	114,208
Kagan	54,518	22,102	17,234
Gorsuch	63,194	43,302	63,236
Per curiam	52,552	—	—

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 7,110 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.	21.2	8%	12.7	14.6	9%	0.1
Kennedy	22.6	12%	12.8	11.8	3%	0.1
Thomas	17.5	7%	10.9	19.7	9%	0.1
Ginsburg	21.3	11%	12.5	17.1	17%	0.1
Breyer	20.5	11%	12.1	16.1	1%	0.0
Alito	21.8	10%	12.3	14.4	10%	0.1
Sotomayor	17.1	10%	10.9	19.3	9%	0.2
Kagan	18.3	4%	10.9	17.2	11%	0.4
Gorsuch	19.8	8%	11.1	11.9	8%	4.2
Per curiam	13.5	3%	9.0	22.4	11%	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 157 writings: 19.3 words per sentence, grade level 11.5, 16.7 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 61 of 61 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

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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	·	89	80	65	67	79	64	69	85
Kennedy	89	·	85	63	62	84	63	68	88
Thomas	80	85	·	55	53	95	51	56	81
Ginsburg	65	63	55	·	95	53	95	93	59
Breyer	67	62	53	95	·	52	96	96	59
Alito	79	84	95	53	52	·	49	54	80
Sotomayor	64	63	51	95	96	49	·	95	56
Kagan	69	68	56	93	96	54	95	·	61
Gorsuch	85	88	81	59	59	80	56	61	·

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	·	70	57	53	55	57	49	58	63
Kennedy	70	·	59	52	52	59	47	56	64
Thomas	57	59	·	38	36	57	32	39	54
Ginsburg	53	52	38	·	55	37	53	55	41
Breyer	55	52	36	55	·	36	53	57	43
Alito	57	59	57	37	36	·	31	39	54
Sotomayor	49	47	32	53	53	31	·	52	37
Kagan	58	56	39	55	57	39	52	·	46
Gorsuch	63	64	54	41	43	54	37	46	·

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 61 of 61 decisions.

17of 61

Unanimous

15 fully, 2 in the judgment only

Decided 6–3

2 of them on the most frequent lineup

Alito

Most often alone

2 lone dissents, 2 solo concurrences

Roberts, C.J.

Most often in the majority

92% of the decisions with a parsed lineup

Vote splits

9–0

8–0

8–1

7–1

7–2

6–3

5–3

5–4

From the 61 decisions with a parsed lineup. A Justice concurring in part and dissenting in part counts on the minority side.

Most frequent 6–3 lineup

AlitoGorsuchKaganKennedyRoberts, C.J.Thomas over BreyerGinsburgSotomayor · 2 of 7 six-to-three decisions

Most frequent 5–4 lineup

AlitoGorsuchKennedyRoberts, C.J.Thomas over BreyerGinsburgKaganSotomayor · 13 of 17 five-to-four decisions

Most frequent 5–3 lineup

AlitoBreyerGinsburgRoberts, C.J.Thomas over KaganKennedySotomayor · 1 of 2 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. 11 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 26, 2018	Court	Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Hawaii, et al.No. 17-965	this opinion	Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 22, 2018	Court	Timothy Ivory Carpenter v. United StatesNo. 16-402	this opinion	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Jun 21, 2018	Dissenting	South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., et al.No. 17-494	Kennedy	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Vacated and remanded
Jun 18, 2018	Court	Beverly R. Gill, et al., Appellants v. William Whitford, et al.No. 16-1161	this opinion	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Thomas (in part), Gorsuch (in part)	Vacated and remanded
Jun 14, 2018	Court	Minnesota Voters Alliance, et al. v. Joe Mansky, et al.No. 16-1435	this opinion	Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 4, 2018	Dissenting	Erik Lindsey Hughes v. United StatesNo. 17-155	Kennedy	Thomas, Alito	Reversed and remanded
May 21, 2018	Concurring	Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Sharline Lundgren, et virNo. 17-387	Gorsuch	Kennedy	Vacated and remanded
May 14, 2018	Court	United States v. Rene Sanchez-Gomez, et al.No. 17-312	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded
Apr 17, 2018	Dissenting	Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General v. James Garcia DimayaNo. 15-1498	Kagan	Kennedy, Thomas, Alito	Affirmed
Mar 27, 2018	Court	Elsa Hall, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ethlyn Louise Hall and as Successor Trustee of the Ethlyn Louise Hall Family Trust v. Samuel Hall, et al.No. 16-1150	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed and remanded
Feb 27, 2018	Dissenting	David Patchak v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior, et al.No. 16-498	Thomas	Kennedy, Gorsuch	Affirmed

Kennedy 13 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 26, 2018	Concurring	National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, dba NIFLA, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, et al.No. 16-1140	Thomas	Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 26, 2018	Concurring	Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Hawaii, et al.No. 17-965	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 22, 2018	Concurring	Michael Nelson Currier v. VirginiaNo. 16-1348	Gorsuch	no one	Affirmed
Jun 22, 2018	Dissenting	Timothy Ivory Carpenter v. United StatesNo. 16-402	Roberts, C.J.	Thomas, Alito	Reversed and remanded
Jun 21, 2018	Concurring	Wescley Fonseca Pereira v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney GeneralNo. 17-459	Sotomayor	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 21, 2018	Court	South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., et al.No. 17-494	this opinion	Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Gorsuch	Vacated and remanded
Jun 18, 2018	Court	Fane Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, FloridaNo. 17-21	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch	Vacated and remanded
Jun 18, 2018	Dissenting	Adaucto Chavez-Meza v. United StatesNo. 17-5639	Breyer	Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed
Jun 4, 2018	Court	Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd., et al. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, et al.No. 16-111	this opinion	Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch	Reversed
Jun 4, 2018	Court	Erik Lindsey Hughes v. United StatesNo. 17-155	this opinion	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
May 14, 2018	Court	Terrence Byrd v. United StatesNo. 16-1371	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded
Apr 24, 2018	Court	Joseph Jesner, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLCNo. 16-499	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Roberts, Thomas	Judgment affirmed
Mar 5, 2018	Concurring	U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee, By and Through CWCapital Asset Management LLC v. The Village at Lakeridge, LLCNo. 15-1509	Kagan	no one	Affirmed

Thomas 28 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 26, 2018	Court	National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, dba NIFLA, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, et al.No. 16-1140	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 26, 2018	Concurring	Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Hawaii, et al.No. 17-965	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 25, 2018	Court	Ohio, et al. v. American Express Company, et al.No. 16-1454	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Gorsuch	Affirmed
Jun 25, 2018	Concurring	Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants v. Shannon Perez, et al.No. 17-586	Alito	Gorsuch	1REVERSED AND REMANDED; 2
Jun 22, 2018	Court	WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical CorporationNo. 16-1011	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Jun 22, 2018	Concurring	Cox v. United StatesNo. 16-1017	NA	no one	Affirmed
Jun 22, 2018	Dissenting	Timothy Ivory Carpenter v. United StatesNo. 16-402	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 21, 2018	Concurring	Raymond J. Lucia, et al. v. Securities and Exchange CommissionNo. 17-130	Kagan	Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 21, 2018	Concurring	South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., et al.No. 17-494	Kennedy	no one	Vacated and remanded
Jun 18, 2018	Concurring	Beverly R. Gill, et al., Appellants v. William Whitford, et al.No. 16-1161	Roberts, C.J.	Gorsuch	Vacated and remanded
Jun 18, 2018	Dissenting	Florencio Rosales-Mireles v. United StatesNo. 16-9493	Sotomayor	Alito	Reversed and remanded
Jun 18, 2018	Dissenting	Fane Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, FloridaNo. 17-21	Kennedy	no one	Vacated and remanded
Jun 11, 2018	Concurring	Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al.No. 16-980	Alito	no one	Reversed
Jun 4, 2018	Concurring	Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd., et al. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, et al.No. 16-111	Kennedy	Gorsuch	Reversed
May 29, 2018	Concurring	Ryan Austin Collins v. VirginiaNo. 16-1027	Sotomayor	no one	Reversed and remanded
May 21, 2018	Concurring	Epic Systems Corporation v. Jacob LewisNo. 16-285	Gorsuch	no one	1 & 2REVERSED AND REMANDED; 3AFFIRMED
May 21, 2018	Dissenting	Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Sharline Lundgren, et virNo. 17-387	Gorsuch	Alito	Vacated and remanded
May 14, 2018	Concurring	Terrence Byrd v. United StatesNo. 16-1371	Kennedy	Gorsuch	Vacated and remanded
May 14, 2018	Concurring	Philip D. Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al.No. 16-476	Alito	no one	Reversed
Apr 24, 2018	Concurring	Joseph Jesner, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLCNo. 16-499	Kennedy	no one	Judgment affirmed
Apr 24, 2018	Court	Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, et al.No. 16-712	this opinion	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed
Apr 17, 2018	Dissenting	Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General v. James Garcia DimayaNo. 15-1498	Kagan	Kennedy (in part), Alito (in part)	Affirmed
Apr 2, 2018	Court	Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Hector Navarro, et al.No. 16-1362	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Mar 21, 2018	Dissenting	Carlo J. Marinello, II v. United StatesNo. 16-1144	Breyer	Alito	Reversed and remanded
Feb 27, 2018	Concurring	David Jennings, et al. v. Alejandro Rodriguez, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly SituatedNo. 15-1204	Alito	Gorsuch (in part)	Reversed and remanded
Feb 27, 2018	Court	David Patchak v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior, et al.No. 16-498	this opinion	Breyer, Alito, Kagan	Affirmed
Feb 21, 2018	Concurring	Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Paul SomersNo. 16-1276	Ginsburg	Alito, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jan 22, 2018	Court	District of Columbia, et al. v. Theodore Wesby, et al.No. 15-1485	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded

Ginsburg 14 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 22, 2018	Dissenting	Michael Nelson Currier v. VirginiaNo. 16-1348	Gorsuch	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed
Jun 14, 2018	Court	Animal Science Products, Inc., et al. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., et al.No. 16-1220	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded
Jun 11, 2018	Court	China Agritech, Inc. v. Michael H. Resh, et al.No. 17-432	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 4, 2018	Dissenting	Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd., et al. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, et al.No. 16-111	Kennedy	Sotomayor	Reversed
May 21, 2018	Dissenting	Epic Systems Corporation v. Jacob LewisNo. 16-285	Gorsuch	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	1 & 2REVERSED AND REMANDED; 3AFFIRMED
May 14, 2018	Dissenting	Philip D. Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al.No. 16-476	Alito	Sotomayor, Breyer	Reversed
May 14, 2018	Court	Robert Leroy McCoy v. LouisianaNo. 16-8255	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Apr 24, 2018	Dissenting	SAS Institute Inc. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al.No. 16-969	Gorsuch	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Apr 2, 2018	Dissenting	Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Hector Navarro, et al.No. 16-1362	Thomas	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Feb 27, 2018	Conc. in judgment	David Patchak v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior, et al.No. 16-498	Thomas	Sotomayor	Affirmed
Feb 21, 2018	Court	Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Paul SomersNo. 16-1276	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Jan 22, 2018	Conc. in judgment	District of Columbia, et al. v. Theodore Wesby, et al.No. 15-1485	Thomas	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jan 22, 2018	Court	Stephanie C. Artis v. District of ColumbiaNo. 16-460	this opinion	Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Nov 8, 2017	Court	Charmaine Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, et al.No. 16-658	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded

Breyer 17 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 26, 2018	Dissenting	National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, dba NIFLA, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, et al.No. 16-1140	Thomas	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Jun 26, 2018	Dissenting	Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Hawaii, et al.No. 17-965	Roberts, C.J.	Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Jun 25, 2018	Dissenting	Ohio, et al. v. American Express Company, et al.No. 16-1454	Thomas	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed
Jun 21, 2018	Conc. in judgment	Raymond J. Lucia, et al. v. Securities and Exchange CommissionNo. 17-130	Kagan	Ginsburg (in part), Sotomayor (in part)	Reversed and remanded
Jun 21, 2018	Dissenting	Wisconsin Central Ltd., et al. v. United StatesNo. 17-530	Gorsuch	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Jun 18, 2018	Court	Adaucto Chavez-Meza v. United StatesNo. 17-5639	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito	Affirmed
Jun 11, 2018	Dissenting	Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al.No. 16-980	Alito	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed
May 29, 2018	Court	Sergio Fernando Lagos v. United StatesNo. 16-1519	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed and remanded
May 14, 2018	Concurring	Philip D. Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al.No. 16-476	Alito	no one	Reversed
May 14, 2018	Court	Los Rovell Dahda v. United StatesNo. 17-43	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed
Apr 24, 2018	Concurring	Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, et al.No. 16-712	Thomas	Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Affirmed
Apr 24, 2018	Dissenting	SAS Institute Inc. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al.No. 16-969	Gorsuch	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan (in part)	Reversed and remanded
Apr 17, 2018	Court	Marion Wilson v. Eric Sellers, WardenNo. 16-6855	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Mar 21, 2018	Court	Carlo J. Marinello, II v. United StatesNo. 16-1144	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Feb 27, 2018	Dissenting	David Jennings, et al. v. Alejandro Rodriguez, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly SituatedNo. 15-1204	Alito	Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Reversed and remanded
Feb 27, 2018	Concurring	David Patchak v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior, et al.No. 16-498	Thomas	no one	Affirmed
Feb 21, 2018	Court	Rodney Class v. United StatesNo. 16-424	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded

Alito 15 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 27, 2018	Court	Mark Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al.No. 16-1466	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 25, 2018	Court	Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants v. Shannon Perez, et al.No. 17-586	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Gorsuch	1REVERSED AND REMANDED; 2
Jun 22, 2018	Dissenting	Cox v. United StatesNo. 16-1017	NA	no one	Affirmed
Jun 22, 2018	Dissenting	Timothy Ivory Carpenter v. United StatesNo. 16-402	Roberts, C.J.	Thomas	Reversed and remanded
Jun 21, 2018	Dissenting	Wescley Fonseca Pereira v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney GeneralNo. 17-459	Sotomayor	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 11, 2018	Court	Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al.No. 16-980	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Gorsuch	Reversed
Jun 4, 2018	Court	Timothy D. Koons, Kenneth Jay Putensen, Randy Feauto, Esequiel Gutierrez, and Jose Manuel Gardea v. United StatesNo. 17-5716	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed
May 29, 2018	Dissenting	Ryan Austin Collins v. VirginiaNo. 16-1027	Sotomayor	no one	Reversed and remanded
May 14, 2018	Concurring	Terrence Byrd v. United StatesNo. 16-1371	Kennedy	no one	Vacated and remanded
May 14, 2018	Court	Philip D. Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al.No. 16-476	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Kagan, Gorsuch, Breyer (in part)	Reversed
May 14, 2018	Dissenting	Robert Leroy McCoy v. LouisianaNo. 16-8255	Ginsburg	Thomas, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Apr 24, 2018	Concurring	Joseph Jesner, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLCNo. 16-499	Kennedy	no one	Judgment affirmed
Mar 21, 2018	Court	Carlos Manuel Ayestas, aka Dennis Zelaya Corea v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions DivisionNo. 16-6795	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded
Feb 27, 2018	Court	David Jennings, et al. v. Alejandro Rodriguez, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly SituatedNo. 15-1204	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas (in part), Gorsuch (in part), Sotomayor (in part)	Reversed and remanded
Feb 21, 2018	Dissenting	Rodney Class v. United StatesNo. 16-424	Breyer	Kennedy, Thomas	Reversed and remanded

Sotomayor 22 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 27, 2018	Dissenting	Mark Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al.No. 16-1466	Alito	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 26, 2018	Dissenting	Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Hawaii, et al.No. 17-965	Roberts, C.J.	Ginsburg	Reversed and remanded
Jun 25, 2018	Dissenting	Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants v. Shannon Perez, et al.No. 17-586	Alito	Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	1REVERSED AND REMANDED; 2
Jun 21, 2018	Dissenting	Raymond J. Lucia, et al. v. Securities and Exchange CommissionNo. 17-130	Kagan	Ginsburg	Reversed and remanded
Jun 21, 2018	Court	Wescley Fonseca Pereira v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney GeneralNo. 17-459	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 18, 2018	Court	Florencio Rosales-Mireles v. United StatesNo. 16-9493	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 14, 2018	Dissenting	Minnesota Voters Alliance, et al. v. Joe Mansky, et al.No. 16-1435	Roberts, C.J.	Breyer	Reversed and remanded
Jun 11, 2018	Dissenting	Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al.No. 16-980	Alito	no one	Reversed
Jun 11, 2018	Conc. in judgment	China Agritech, Inc. v. Michael H. Resh, et al.No. 17-432	Ginsburg	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 4, 2018	Court	Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. R. Scott ApplingNo. 16-1215	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Thomas (in part), Alito (in part), Gorsuch (in part)	Affirmed
Jun 4, 2018	Concurring	Erik Lindsey Hughes v. United StatesNo. 17-155	Kennedy	no one	Reversed and remanded
May 29, 2018	Court	Ryan Austin Collins v. VirginiaNo. 16-1027	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Apr 24, 2018	Dissenting	Joseph Jesner, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLCNo. 16-499	Kennedy	Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Judgment affirmed
Mar 21, 2018	Concurring	Carlos Manuel Ayestas, aka Dennis Zelaya Corea v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions DivisionNo. 16-6795	Alito	Ginsburg	Vacated and remanded
Mar 5, 2018	Concurring	U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee, By and Through CWCapital Asset Management LLC v. The Village at Lakeridge, LLCNo. 15-1509	Kagan	Kennedy, Thomas, Gorsuch	Affirmed
Feb 27, 2018	Conc. in judgment	David Patchak v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior, et al.No. 16-498	Thomas	no one	Affirmed
Feb 27, 2018	Court	Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc.No. 16-784	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed and remanded
Feb 21, 2018	Dissenting	Charles Murphy v. Robert Smith, et al.No. 16-1067	Gorsuch	Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Affirmed
Feb 21, 2018	Concurring	Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Paul SomersNo. 16-1276	Ginsburg	Breyer	Reversed and remanded
Feb 21, 2018	Court	Jenny Rubin, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, et al.No. 16-534	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed
Jan 22, 2018	Concurring	District of Columbia, et al. v. Theodore Wesby, et al.No. 15-1485	Thomas	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jan 22, 2018	Court	National Association of Manufacturers v. Department of Defense, et al.No. 16-299	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed and remanded

Kagan 8 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 27, 2018	Dissenting	Mark Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al.No. 16-1466	Alito	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Reversed and remanded
Jun 21, 2018	Court	Raymond J. Lucia, et al. v. Securities and Exchange CommissionNo. 17-130	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 18, 2018	Concurring	Beverly R. Gill, et al., Appellants v. William Whitford, et al.No. 16-1161	Roberts, C.J.	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Vacated and remanded
Jun 11, 2018	Court	Ashley Sveen, et al. v. Kaye MelinNo. 16-1432	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor	Reversed and remanded
Jun 4, 2018	Concurring	Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd., et al. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, et al.No. 16-111	Kennedy	Breyer	Reversed
Apr 17, 2018	Court	Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General v. James Garcia DimayaNo. 15-1498	this opinion	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Affirmed
Mar 20, 2018	Court	Cyan, Inc., et al. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al.No. 15-1439	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed
Mar 5, 2018	Court	U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee, By and Through CWCapital Asset Management LLC v. The Village at Lakeridge, LLCNo. 15-1509	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed

Gorsuch 16 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jun 22, 2018	Dissenting	WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical CorporationNo. 16-1011	Thomas	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 22, 2018	Court	Michael Nelson Currier v. VirginiaNo. 16-1348	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Alito	Affirmed
Jun 22, 2018	Dissenting	Timothy Ivory Carpenter v. United StatesNo. 16-402	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 21, 2018	Concurring	South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., et al.No. 17-494	Kennedy	no one	Vacated and remanded
Jun 21, 2018	Court	Wisconsin Central Ltd., et al. v. United StatesNo. 17-530	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito	Reversed and remanded
Jun 11, 2018	Dissenting	Ashley Sveen, et al. v. Kaye MelinNo. 16-1432	Kagan	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 4, 2018	Concurring	Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd., et al. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, et al.No. 16-111	Kennedy	Alito	Reversed
May 21, 2018	Court	Epic Systems Corporation v. Jacob LewisNo. 16-285	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito	1 & 2REVERSED AND REMANDED; 3AFFIRMED
May 21, 2018	Court	Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Sharline Lundgren, et virNo. 17-387	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Vacated and remanded
Apr 24, 2018	Concurring	Joseph Jesner, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLCNo. 16-499	Kennedy	no one	Judgment affirmed
Apr 24, 2018	Dissenting	Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, et al.No. 16-712	Thomas	Roberts	Affirmed
Apr 24, 2018	Court	SAS Institute Inc. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al.No. 16-969	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito	Reversed and remanded
Apr 17, 2018	Concurring	Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General v. James Garcia DimayaNo. 15-1498	Kagan	no one	Affirmed
Apr 17, 2018	Dissenting	Marion Wilson v. Eric Sellers, WardenNo. 16-6855	Breyer	Thomas, Alito	Reversed and remanded
Feb 21, 2018	Court	Charles Murphy v. Robert Smith, et al.No. 16-1067	this opinion	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito	Affirmed
Jan 22, 2018	Dissenting	Stephanie C. Artis v. District of ColumbiaNo. 16-460	Ginsburg	Kennedy, Thomas, Alito	Reversed and remanded

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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