Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
401 | Elmore v. Holbrook | 580 U.S. 938 (2016)
| Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel • death penalty • mitigating factors at sentencing | Ginsburg | |
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
202 | Tatum v. Arizona | 580 U.S. 952 (2016)
| Eighth Amendment • life imprisonment of minors | | |
Sotomayor concurred in the Court's decision to grant, vacate, and remand. |
103 | Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc. | 580 U.S. 53 (2016)
| patent law • relevant article of manufacture in multicomponent product for determining damages | Unanimous[2] | |
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104 | Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Corp. | 580 U.S. 82 (2017)
| Federal National Mortgage Association • sue-and-be-sued clause • federal jurisdiction | Unanimous[2] | |
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405 | Arthur v. Dunn | 580 U.S. 1141 (2017)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • lethal injection | Breyer | |
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106 | Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp. | 580 U.S. 140 (2017)
| patent law • infringement of multicomponent inventions | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan; Thomas, Alito (in part) | |
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207 | Beckles v. United States | 580 U.S. ___ (2017)
| Federal Sentencing Guidelines • residual clause • Due Process Clause • void for vagueness doctrine | | |
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208 | Perez v. Florida | 580 U.S. ___ (2017)
| First Amendment • threatening speech | | |
Sotomayor concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari. |
409 | NLRB v. SW General, Inc | 580 U.S. ___ (2017)
| Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 | Ginsburg | |
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210 | Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman | 581 U.S. ___ (2017)
| First Amendment • commercial speech • regulation of communication of prices • price difference for credit card transactions | Alito | |
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111 | McLane Co. v. EEOC | 581 U.S. ___ (2017)
| EEOC subpoenas • standard of review of district court order to quash | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan | |
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412 | McGehee v. Hutchinson | 581 U.S. ___ (2017)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • lethal injection | | |
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of a stay and of certiorari. |
413 | Salazar-Limon v. Houston | 581 U.S. ___ (2017)
| summary judgment • excessive force | Ginsburg | |
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
114 | Lewis v. Clarke | 581 U.S. ___ (2017)
| tribal sovereign immunity • lawsuit against tribal employee as individual | Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Kagan | |
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415 | Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson | 581 U.S. ___ (2017)
| Fair Debt Collection Practices Act • bankruptcy law • filing of obviously time-barred proof of claim | Ginsburg, Kagan | |
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416 | Arthur v. Dunn | 581 U.S. ___ (2017)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • lethal injection | | |
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of an application for a stay of execution and of certiorari. |
317 | BNSF R. Co. v. Tyrrell | 581 U.S. ___ (2017)
| Federal Employers' Liability Act • personal jurisdiction over railroads • Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause | | |
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118 | Honeycutt v. United States | 581 U.S. ___ (2017)
| Comprehensive Forfeiture Act of 1984 • liability of co-conspirators | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan | |
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119 | Kokesh v. SEC | 581 U.S. ___ (2017)
| SEC disgorgement • statute of limitations | Unanimous | |
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220 | Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton | 581 U.S. ___ (2017)
| Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 • church plans | | |
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421 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., San Francisco Cty. | 582 U.S. ___ (2017)
| Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • personal jurisdiction • specific jurisdiction | | |
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422 | Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer | 582 U.S. ___ (2017)
| First Amendment • Free Exercise Clause • Establishment Clause • eligibility of religious organization for government grant | Ginsburg | |
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523 | Mathis v. Shulkin | 582 U.S. ___ (2017)
| Board of Veterans' Appeals • presumption of competence of medical examiners rendering opinion against claim | | |
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
424 | Otte v. Morgan | 582 U.S. ___ (2017)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty | Ginsburg | |
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of a stay and of certiorari. |