Supreme Court of the United States · The Justices

October Term 2019

56 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
Thomassince 1991
Ginsburgsince 1993
Breyersince 1994
Alitosince 2006
Sotomayorsince 2009
Kagansince 2010
Gorsuchsince 2017
Kavanaughsince 2018

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.

Thomas

Ginsburg

Breyer

Alito

Sotomayor

Kagan

Gorsuch

Kavanaugh

0102030 opinions

The counts

Justice	Court	Conc.	Conc. in judgment	Dissent	Total	Share of majorities
Roberts, C.J.	7	0	1	0	8	13%
Thomas	5	10 (3 in part)	5 (1 in part)	10	30	10%
Ginsburg	6	1 (1 in part)	0	6 (1 in part)	13	12%
Breyer	5	1 (1 in part)	3 (1 in part)	4	13	10%
Alito	6	6 (2 in part)	1 (1 in part)	9	22	12%
Sotomayor	5	5 (1 in part)	3	7	20	10%
Kagan	6	2	2 (1 in part)	0	10	12%
Gorsuch	6	3 (1 in part)	1 (1 in part)	2	12	12%
Kavanaugh	6	4 (1 in part)	2 (1 in part)	2	14	12%
4 opinions were per curiam. Share of majorities is out of the 52 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 56 of 56 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.	75,380	22,327	—
Thomas	52,591	162,106	123,307
Ginsburg	62,733	1738	73,216
Breyer	54,986	41,892	55,233
Alito	64,422	7582	115,500
Sotomayor	53,574	9351	94,365
Kagan	63,902	41,291	—
Gorsuch	64,730	51,859	35,550
Kavanaugh	62,468	5966	42,092
Per curiam	4992	—	—

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 5,550 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	7%	12.7	15.8	9%	0.0
Thomas	16.0	7%	10.6	22.3	9%	0.0
Ginsburg	10.4	3%	8.3	26.8	8%	0.1
Breyer	18.0	7%	11.1	18.2	2%	0.1
Alito	19.8	11%	11.5	16.9	14%	0.2
Sotomayor	19.8	9%	12.1	19.7	12%	0.0
Kagan	16.9	3%	10.3	15.0	14%	1.0
Gorsuch	19.6	8%	11.5	11.3	7%	4.0
Kavanaugh	20.1	8%	12.9	15.2	12%	0.1
Per curiam	18.8	8%	11.2	11.5	5%	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 162 writings: 17.5 words per sentence, grade level 11.1, 18.8 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 56 of 56 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	Thomas	Ginsburg	Breyer	Alito	Sotomayor	Kagan	Gorsuch	Kavanaugh
Roberts	·	75	77	79	80	74	87	92	94
Thomas	75	·	58	61	92	51	60	79	80
Ginsburg	77	58	·	94	58	88	84	72	74
Breyer	79	61	94	·	61	83	87	75	76
Alito	80	92	58	61	·	52	64	79	81
Sotomayor	74	51	88	83	52	·	88	73	71
Kagan	87	60	84	87	64	88	·	78	80
Gorsuch	92	79	72	75	79	73	78	·	94
Kavanaugh	94	80	74	76	81	71	80	94	·

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	Thomas	Ginsburg	Breyer	Alito	Sotomayor	Kagan	Gorsuch	Kavanaugh
Roberts	·	52	54	58	61	57	67	77	76
Thomas	52	·	28	31	52	27	36	52	51
Ginsburg	54	28	·	52	36	49	55	48	50
Breyer	58	31	52	·	41	52	60	53	55
Alito	61	52	36	41	·	37	48	63	60
Sotomayor	57	27	49	52	37	·	59	51	52
Kagan	67	36	55	60	48	59	·	62	64
Gorsuch	77	52	48	53	63	51	62	·	75
Kavanaugh	76	51	50	55	60	52	64	75	·

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 56 of 56 decisions.

18of 56

Unanimous

11 fully, 7 in the judgment only

Decided 6–3

2 of them on the most frequent lineup

Thomas

Most often alone

2 lone dissents, 7 solo concurrences

Roberts, C.J.

Most often in the majority

98% of the decisions with a parsed lineup

Vote splits

9–0

8–0

8–1

7–2

6–3

5–3

5–4

4–5

3–6

From the 56 decisions with a parsed lineup. A Justice concurring in part and dissenting in part counts on the minority side.

Most frequent 6–3 lineup

BreyerGinsburgKaganKavanaughRoberts, C.J.Sotomayor over AlitoGorsuchThomas · 2 of 5 six-to-three decisions

Most frequent 5–4 lineup

AlitoGorsuchKavanaughRoberts, C.J.Thomas over BreyerGinsburgKaganSotomayor · 6 of 8 five-to-four 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. 8 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jul 9, 2020	Court	Donald J. Trump v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of the County of New York, et al.No. 19-635	this opinion	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed and remanded
Jul 9, 2020	Court	Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Mazars USA, LLP, et al.No. 19-715	this opinion	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Vacated and remanded
Jun 30, 2020	Court	Kendra Espinoza, et al. v. Montana Department of Revenue, et al.No. 18-1195	this opinion	Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Reversed and remanded
Jun 29, 2020	Conc. in judgment	June Medical Services L.L.C., et al. v. Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and HospitalsNo. 18-1323	Breyer	no one	Reversed
Jun 29, 2020	Court	Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection BureauNo. 19-7	this opinion	Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Alito, Kavanaugh	Vacated and remanded
Jun 18, 2020	Court	Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al.No. 18-587	this opinion	Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Sotomayor (in part)	1VACATED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED; 2 AFFIRMED AND REMANDED; 3 Feburary 13, 2018 order VACATED, November 9, 2017 order AFFIRMED IN PART, March 29, 2018 order REVERSED IN PART, and CASE REMANDED
Apr 27, 2020	Court	Georgia, et al. v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.No. 18-1150	this opinion	Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Affirmed
Apr 20, 2020	Court	Atlantic Richfield Company v. Gregory A. Christian, et al.No. 17-1498	this opinion	no one	Affirmed in part, vacated in part & REMANDED

Thomas 30 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jul 9, 2020	Dissenting	Donald J. Trump v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of the County of New York, et al.No. 19-635	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Affirmed and remanded
Jul 9, 2020	Dissenting	Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Mazars USA, LLP, et al.No. 19-715	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Vacated and remanded
Jul 8, 2020	Concurring	Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Agnes Morrissey-BerruNo. 19-267	Alito	Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jul 8, 2020	Court	Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, et al.No. 19-431	this opinion	Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Reversed and remanded
Jul 6, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Peter B. Chiafalo, Levi Jennet Guerra, and Esther Virginia John v. WashingtonNo. 19-465	Kagan	Gorsuch (in part)	Affirmed
Jul 6, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Colorado Department of State v. Micheal Baca, et al.No. 19-518	NA	no one	Reversed (for the reasons stated in Chiafalo v. Washington, ante, p. __; SS – no part)
Jun 30, 2020	Concurring	Kendra Espinoza, et al. v. Montana Department of Revenue, et al.No. 18-1195	Roberts, C.J.	Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 29, 2020	Dissenting	June Medical Services L.L.C., et al. v. Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and HospitalsNo. 18-1323	Breyer	no one	Reversed
Jun 29, 2020	Concurring	Agency for International Development, et al. v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., et al.No. 19-177	Kavanaugh	no one	Reversed
Jun 29, 2020	Concurring	Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection BureauNo. 19-7	Roberts, C.J.	Gorsuch	Vacated and remanded
Jun 25, 2020	Concurring	Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Vijayakumar ThuraissigiamNo. 19-161	Alito	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 22, 2020	Dissenting	Charles C. Liu, et al. v. Securities and Exchange CommissionNo. 18-1501	Sotomayor	no one	Vacated and remanded
Jun 18, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al.No. 18-587	Roberts, C.J.	Alito, Gorsuch	1VACATED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED; 2 AFFIRMED AND REMANDED; 3 Feburary 13, 2018 order VACATED, November 9, 2017 order AFFIRMED IN PART, March 29, 2018 order REVERSED IN PART, and CASE REMANDED
Jun 15, 2020	Court	United States Forest Service, et al. v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association, et al.No. 18-1584	this opinion	Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Ginsburg (in part)	Reversed and remanded
Jun 1, 2020	Concurring	James J. Thole, et al. v. U.S. Bank N.A., et al.No. 17-1712	Kavanaugh	Gorsuch	Affirmed
Jun 1, 2020	Court	GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp., fka Converteam SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, et al.No. 18-1048	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed and remanded
Jun 1, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, et al.No. 18-1334	Breyer	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 1, 2020	Dissenting	Nidal Khalid Nasrallah v. William P. Barr, Attorney GeneralNo. 18-1432	Kavanaugh	Alito	Reversed
May 7, 2020	Concurring	United States v. Evelyn Sineneng-SmithNo. 19-67	Ginsburg	no one	Vacated and remanded
Apr 27, 2020	Dissenting	Georgia, et al. v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.No. 18-1150	Roberts, C.J.	Alito, Breyer (in part)	Affirmed
Apr 23, 2020	Dissenting	County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al.No. 18-260	Breyer	Gorsuch	Vacated and remanded
Apr 20, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Evangelisto Ramos v. LouisianaNo. 18-5924	Gorsuch	no one	Reversed
Apr 6, 2020	Court	Kansas v. Charles GloverNo. 18-556	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Reversed and remanded
Apr 6, 2020	Dissenting	Noris Babb v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans AffairsNo. 18-882	Alito	no one	Reversed and remanded
Mar 30, 2020	Dissenting	CITGO Asphalt Refining Company, et al. v. Frescati Shipping Company, Ltd., et al.No. 18-565	Sotomayor	Alito	Affirmed
Mar 23, 2020	Dissenting	Ruben Ovalles v. William P. Barr, Attorney GeneralNo. 18-1015	Breyer	Alito (in part)	Vacated and remanded
Mar 23, 2020	Concurring	Frederick L. Allen, et al. v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al.No. 18-877	Kagan	no one	Affirmed
Feb 25, 2020	Concurring	Jesus C. Hernández, et al. v. Jesus Mesa, Jr.No. 17-1678	Alito	Gorsuch	Affirmed
Feb 25, 2020	Concurring	Michelle Monasky v. Domenico TaglieriNo. 18-935	Ginsburg	no one	Affirmed
Dec 10, 2019	Court	Kevin C. Rotkiske v. Paul Klemm, et al.No. 18-328	this opinion	Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Affirmed

Ginsburg 13 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jul 8, 2020	Dissenting	Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, et al.No. 19-431	Thomas	Sotomayor	Reversed and remanded
Jun 30, 2020	Dissenting	Kendra Espinoza, et al. v. Montana Department of Revenue, et al.No. 18-1195	Roberts, C.J.	Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Jun 30, 2020	Court	United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. v. Booking.com B.V.No. 19-46	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Affirmed
May 7, 2020	Court	United States v. Evelyn Sineneng-SmithNo. 19-67	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded
Apr 27, 2020	Dissenting	Georgia, et al. v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.No. 18-1150	Roberts, C.J.	Breyer	Affirmed
Apr 20, 2020	Court	Thryv, Inc., fka Dex Media, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP, et al.No. 18-916	this opinion	Roberts, Breyer, Kagan, Kavanaugh, Thomas (in part), Alito (in part)	Vacated and remanded
Mar 23, 2020	Concurring	Comcast Corporation v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al.No. 18-1171	Gorsuch	no one	Vacated and remanded
Feb 26, 2020	Court	Eddie Lee Shular v. United StatesNo. 18-6662	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed
Feb 25, 2020	Dissenting	Jesus C. Hernández, et al. v. Jesus Mesa, Jr.No. 17-1678	Alito	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed
Feb 25, 2020	Dissenting	James Erin McKinney v. ArizonaNo. 18-1109	Kavanaugh	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Affirmed
Feb 25, 2020	Court	Michelle Monasky v. Domenico TaglieriNo. 18-935	this opinion	Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Thomas (in part)	Affirmed
Jan 14, 2020	Court	Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLCNo. 18-938	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed
Dec 10, 2019	Dissenting	Kevin C. Rotkiske v. Paul Klemm, et al.No. 18-328	Thomas	no one	Affirmed

Breyer 13 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jul 6, 2020	Conc. in judgment	William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., et al.No. 19-631	Kavanaugh	Ginsburg, Kagan	Affirmed
Jun 30, 2020	Dissenting	Kendra Espinoza, et al. v. Montana Department of Revenue, et al.No. 18-1195	Roberts, C.J.	Kagan (in part)	Reversed and remanded
Jun 30, 2020	Dissenting	United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. v. Booking.com B.V.No. 19-46	Ginsburg	no one	Affirmed
Jun 29, 2020	Court	June Medical Services L.L.C., et al. v. Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and HospitalsNo. 18-1323	this opinion	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed
Jun 29, 2020	Dissenting	Agency for International Development, et al. v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., et al.No. 19-177	Kavanaugh	Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Reversed
Jun 25, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Vijayakumar ThuraissigiamNo. 19-161	Alito	Ginsburg	Reversed and remanded
Jun 1, 2020	Court	Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, et al.No. 18-1334	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Reversed and remanded
Apr 23, 2020	Court	County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al.No. 18-260	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh	Vacated and remanded
Mar 23, 2020	Court	Ruben Ovalles v. William P. Barr, Attorney GeneralNo. 18-1015	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Vacated and remanded
Mar 23, 2020	Dissenting	James K. Kahler v. KansasNo. 18-6135	Kagan	Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Affirmed
Mar 23, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Frederick L. Allen, et al. v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al.No. 18-877	Kagan	Ginsburg	Affirmed
Mar 3, 2020	Concurring	Kansas v. Ramiro GarciaNo. 17-834	Alito	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Feb 26, 2020	Court	Gonzalo Holguin-Hernandez v. United StatesNo. 18-7739	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded

Alito 22 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jul 9, 2020	Dissenting	Donald J. Trump v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of the County of New York, et al.No. 19-635	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Affirmed and remanded
Jul 9, 2020	Dissenting	Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Mazars USA, LLP, et al.No. 19-715	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Vacated and remanded
Jul 8, 2020	Court	Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Agnes Morrissey-BerruNo. 19-267	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Reversed and remanded
Jul 8, 2020	Concurring	Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, et al.No. 19-431	Thomas	Gorsuch	Reversed and remanded
Jun 30, 2020	Concurring	Kendra Espinoza, et al. v. Montana Department of Revenue, et al.No. 18-1195	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 29, 2020	Dissenting	June Medical Services L.L.C., et al. v. Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and HospitalsNo. 18-1323	Breyer	Gorsuch, Thomas (in part)	Reversed
Jun 25, 2020	Court	Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Vijayakumar ThuraissigiamNo. 19-161	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Reversed and remanded
Jun 18, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al.No. 18-587	Roberts, C.J.	no one	1VACATED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED; 2 AFFIRMED AND REMANDED; 3 Feburary 13, 2018 order VACATED, November 9, 2017 order AFFIRMED IN PART, March 29, 2018 order REVERSED IN PART, and CASE REMANDED
Jun 15, 2020	Dissenting	Gerald Lynn Bostock v. Clayton County, GeorgiaNo. 17-1618	Gorsuch	Thomas	1REVERSED AND REMANDED; 2AFFIRMED (Opinion also for 18-107)
Jun 1, 2020	Dissenting	Gregory Dean Banister v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions DivisionNo. 18-6943	Kagan	Thomas	Reversed and remanded
Apr 27, 2020	Dissenting	Maine Community Health Options v. United StatesNo. 18-1023	Sotomayor	no one	Reversed and remanded
Apr 27, 2020	Dissenting	New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al.No. 18-280	NA	no one	NA
Apr 23, 2020	Concurring	Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc., fka Fossil, Inc., et al.No. 18-1233	Gorsuch	Breyer, Kagan	Vacated and remanded
Apr 23, 2020	Dissenting	County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al.No. 18-260	Breyer	no one	Vacated and remanded
Apr 20, 2020	Concurring	Atlantic Richfield Company v. Gregory A. Christian, et al.No. 17-1498	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Affirmed in part, vacated in part & REMANDED
Apr 20, 2020	Dissenting	Evangelisto Ramos v. LouisianaNo. 18-5924	Gorsuch	Roberts, Kagan (in part)	Reversed
Apr 6, 2020	Court	Noris Babb v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans AffairsNo. 18-882	this opinion	Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Ginsburg (in part)	Reversed and remanded
Mar 3, 2020	Court	Kansas v. Ramiro GarciaNo. 17-834	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Reversed and remanded
Feb 26, 2020	Court	Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee, et al. v. Christopher M. SulymaNo. 18-1116	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed
Feb 26, 2020	Concurring	Gonzalo Holguin-Hernandez v. United StatesNo. 18-7739	Breyer	Gorsuch	Vacated and remanded
Feb 25, 2020	Court	Jesus C. Hernández, et al. v. Jesus Mesa, Jr.No. 17-1678	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Affirmed
Feb 25, 2020	Concurring	Michelle Monasky v. Domenico TaglieriNo. 18-935	Ginsburg	no one	Affirmed

Sotomayor 20 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jul 8, 2020	Dissenting	Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Agnes Morrissey-BerruNo. 19-267	Alito	Ginsburg	Reversed and remanded
Jul 6, 2020	Conc. in judgment	William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., et al.No. 19-631	Kavanaugh	no one	Affirmed
Jun 30, 2020	Dissenting	Kendra Espinoza, et al. v. Montana Department of Revenue, et al.No. 18-1195	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 30, 2020	Concurring	United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. v. Booking.com B.V.No. 19-46	Ginsburg	no one	Affirmed
Jun 25, 2020	Dissenting	Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Vijayakumar ThuraissigiamNo. 19-161	Alito	Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Jun 22, 2020	Court	Charles C. Liu, et al. v. Securities and Exchange CommissionNo. 18-1501	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Vacated and remanded
Jun 18, 2020	Concurring	Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al.No. 18-587	Roberts, C.J.	no one	1VACATED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED; 2 AFFIRMED AND REMANDED; 3 Feburary 13, 2018 order VACATED, November 9, 2017 order AFFIRMED IN PART, March 29, 2018 order REVERSED IN PART, and CASE REMANDED
Jun 15, 2020	Dissenting	United States Forest Service, et al. v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association, et al.No. 18-1584	Thomas	Kagan	Reversed and remanded
Jun 1, 2020	Dissenting	James J. Thole, et al. v. U.S. Bank N.A., et al.No. 17-1712	Kavanaugh	Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Affirmed
Jun 1, 2020	Concurring	GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp., fka Converteam SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, et al.No. 18-1048	Thomas	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 1, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, et al.No. 18-1334	Breyer	no one	Reversed and remanded
May 14, 2020	Court	Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc., et al. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc.No. 18-1086	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed and remanded
Apr 27, 2020	Court	Maine Community Health Options v. United StatesNo. 18-1023	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Kavanaugh, Thomas (in part), Gorsuch (in part)	Reversed and remanded
Apr 23, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc., fka Fossil, Inc., et al.No. 18-1233	Gorsuch	no one	Vacated and remanded
Apr 23, 2020	Dissenting	Andre Martello Barton v. William P. Barr, Attorney GeneralNo. 18-725	Kavanaugh	Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Affirmed
Apr 6, 2020	Dissenting	Kansas v. Charles GloverNo. 18-556	Thomas	no one	Reversed and remanded
Apr 6, 2020	Concurring	Noris Babb v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans AffairsNo. 18-882	Alito	Ginsburg	Reversed and remanded
Mar 30, 2020	Court	CITGO Asphalt Refining Company, et al. v. Frescati Shipping Company, Ltd., et al.No. 18-565	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Affirmed
Dec 11, 2019	Court	Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office v. NantKwest, Inc.No. 18-801	this opinion	the full Court	Affirmed
Dec 10, 2019	Concurring	Kevin C. Rotkiske v. Paul Klemm, et al.No. 18-328	Thomas	no one	Affirmed

Kagan 10 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jul 8, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, et al.No. 19-431	Thomas	Breyer	Reversed and remanded
Jul 6, 2020	Court	Peter B. Chiafalo, Levi Jennet Guerra, and Esther Virginia John v. WashingtonNo. 19-465	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Affirmed
Jun 29, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection BureauNo. 19-7	Roberts, C.J.	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Vacated and remanded
Jun 8, 2020	Court	Arthur J. Lomax v. Christina Ortiz-Marquez, et al.No. 18-8369	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Thomas (in part)	Affirmed
Jun 1, 2020	Court	Gregory Dean Banister v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions DivisionNo. 18-6943	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Reversed and remanded
May 7, 2020	Court	Bridget Anne Kelly v. United StatesNo. 18-1059	this opinion	the full Court	Reversed and remanded
Apr 6, 2020	Concurring	Kansas v. Charles GloverNo. 18-556	Thomas	Ginsburg	Reversed and remanded
Mar 23, 2020	Court	James K. Kahler v. KansasNo. 18-6135	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Affirmed
Mar 23, 2020	Court	Frederick L. Allen, et al. v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al.No. 18-877	this opinion	Roberts, Alito, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Thomas (in part)	Affirmed
Jan 14, 2020	Concurring	Retirement Plans Committee of IBM, et al. v. Larry W. Jander, et al.No. 18-1165	NA	Ginsburg	Vacated and remanded

Gorsuch 12 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jul 6, 2020	Conc. in judgment	William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., et al.No. 19-631	Kavanaugh	Thomas (in part)	Affirmed
Jun 30, 2020	Concurring	Kendra Espinoza, et al. v. Montana Department of Revenue, et al.No. 18-1195	Roberts, C.J.	no one	Reversed and remanded
Jun 29, 2020	Dissenting	June Medical Services L.L.C., et al. v. Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and HospitalsNo. 18-1323	Breyer	no one	Reversed
Jun 15, 2020	Court	Gerald Lynn Bostock v. Clayton County, GeorgiaNo. 17-1618	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	1REVERSED AND REMANDED; 2AFFIRMED (Opinion also for 18-107)
May 18, 2020	Court	Monicah Okoba Opati, In Her Own Right, and as Executrix of the Estate of Caroline Setla Opati, Deceased, et al. v. Republic of Sudan, et al.No. 17-1268	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded
Apr 23, 2020	Court	Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc., fka Fossil, Inc., et al.No. 18-1233	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Kavanaugh	Vacated and remanded
Apr 20, 2020	Concurring	Atlantic Richfield Company v. Gregory A. Christian, et al.No. 17-1498	Roberts, C.J.	Thomas	Affirmed in part, vacated in part & REMANDED
Apr 20, 2020	Court	Evangelisto Ramos v. LouisianaNo. 18-5924	this opinion	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Ginsburg, Breyer	Reversed
Apr 20, 2020	Dissenting	Thryv, Inc., fka Dex Media, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP, et al.No. 18-916	Ginsburg	Sotomayor (in part)	Vacated and remanded
Mar 23, 2020	Court	Comcast Corporation v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al.No. 18-1171	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, Ginsburg (in part)	Vacated and remanded
Feb 25, 2020	Court	Simon E. Rodriguez, as Chapter 7 Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of United Western Bancorp, Inc. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver for United Western BankNo. 18-1269	this opinion	the full Court	Vacated and remanded
Jan 14, 2020	Concurring	Retirement Plans Committee of IBM, et al. v. Larry W. Jander, et al.No. 18-1165	NA	NA	Vacated and remanded

Kavanaugh 14 writings

Decided	Writing	Case	Opinion of the Court by	Joined by	Result
Jul 9, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Donald J. Trump v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of the County of New York, et al.No. 19-635	Roberts, C.J.	Gorsuch	Affirmed and remanded
Jul 6, 2020	Court	William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., et al.No. 19-631	this opinion	Roberts, Alito, Thomas (in part)	Affirmed
Jun 29, 2020	Dissenting	June Medical Services L.L.C., et al. v. Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and HospitalsNo. 18-1323	Breyer	no one	Reversed
Jun 29, 2020	Court	Agency for International Development, et al. v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., et al.No. 19-177	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch	Reversed
Jun 18, 2020	Conc. in judgment	Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al.No. 18-587	Roberts, C.J.	no one	1VACATED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED; 2 AFFIRMED AND REMANDED; 3 Feburary 13, 2018 order VACATED, November 9, 2017 order AFFIRMED IN PART, March 29, 2018 order REVERSED IN PART, and CASE REMANDED
Jun 15, 2020	Dissenting	Gerald Lynn Bostock v. Clayton County, GeorgiaNo. 17-1618	Gorsuch	no one	1REVERSED AND REMANDED; 2AFFIRMED (Opinion also for 18-107)
Jun 1, 2020	Court	James J. Thole, et al. v. U.S. Bank N.A., et al.No. 17-1712	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch	Affirmed
Jun 1, 2020	Court	Nidal Khalid Nasrallah v. William P. Barr, Attorney GeneralNo. 18-1432	this opinion	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch	Reversed
Apr 27, 2020	Concurring	New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al.No. 18-280	NA	NA	NA
Apr 23, 2020	Concurring	County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al.No. 18-260	Breyer	no one	Vacated and remanded
Apr 23, 2020	Court	Andre Martello Barton v. William P. Barr, Attorney GeneralNo. 18-725	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch	Affirmed
Apr 20, 2020	Concurring	Evangelisto Ramos v. LouisianaNo. 18-5924	Gorsuch	no one	Reversed
Feb 26, 2020	Concurring	Eddie Lee Shular v. United StatesNo. 18-6662	Ginsburg	no one	Affirmed
Feb 25, 2020	Court	James Erin McKinney v. ArizonaNo. 18-1109	this opinion	Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch	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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