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2016 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2016 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2016, and concluded October 1, 2017. The table below illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.

Table key


Delivered the Court's opinion

Joined the Court's opinion

Filed a concurrence

Joined a concurrence

Filed a dissent

Joined a dissent

Filed a concurrence/dissent

Joined a concurrence/dissent

Did not participate in the decision
  • Decisions that do not note an argument date were decided without oral argument. Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's opinion are per curiam.
  • Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices frequently join multiple opinions in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly.
  • An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality. An asterisk in a joining vote denotes that the justice joined it only in part.
  • A dash ( - ) denotes that the Justice voted without filing or joining an opinion.

2016 term opinions

#Case name and citationArguedDecidedRobertsKennedyThomasGinsburgBreyerAlitoSotomayorKaganGorsuch
1Bosse v. Oklahoma, 580 U.S. ___October 11, 2016
2Bravo-Fernandez v. United States, 580 U.S. ___October 4, 2016November 29, 2016
3State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby, 580 U.S. ___November 1, 2016December 6, 2016
4Salman v. United States, 580 U.S. ___October 5, 2016December 6, 2016
5Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc., 580 U.S. ___October 11, 2016December 6, 2016
6Shaw v. United States, 580 U.S. ___October 4, 2016December 12, 2016
7White v. Pauly, 580 U.S. ___January 9, 2017
8Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Corp., 580 U.S. ___November 8, 2016January 18, 2017
9Buck v. Davis, 580 U.S. ___October 5, 2016February 22, 2017
10Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp., 580 U.S. ___December 6, 2016February 22, 2017
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*
11Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools, 580 U.S. ___October 31, 2016February 22, 2017
12Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections, 580 U.S. ___December 5, 2016March 1, 2017
13Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado, 580 U.S. ___October 11, 2016March 6, 2017
2
12
2
14Beckles v. United States, 580 U.S. ___November 28, 2016March 6, 2017
1
2
3
15Rippo v. Baker, 580 U.S. ___March 6, 2017
16NLRB v. SW General, Inc., 580 U.S. ___November 7, 2016March 21, 2017
17SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC, 580 U.S. ___November 1, 2016March 21, 2017
18Manuel v. Joliet, 580 U.S. ___October 5, 2016March 21, 2017
12
2
19Endrew F. v. Douglas County School Dist. RE–1, 580 U.S. ___January 11, 2017March 22, 2017
20Star Athletica, L. L. C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc., 580 U.S. ___October 31, 2016March 22, 2017
21Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp., 580 U.S. ___December 7, 2016March 22, 2017
22Moore v. Texas, 581 U.S. ___November 29, 2016March 28, 2017
23Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman, 581 U.S. ___January 10, 2017March 29, 2017
1
2
2
24Dean v. United States, 581 U.S. ___February 28, 2017April 3, 2017
25McLane Co. v. EEOC, 581 U.S. ___February 21, 2017April 3, 2017
26Coventry Health Care of Mo., Inc. v. Nevils, 581 U.S. ___March 1, 2017April 18, 2017
27Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger, 581 U.S. ___January 10, 2017April 18, 2017
28Manrique v. United States, 581 U.S. ___October 11, 2016April 19, 2017
29Nelson v. Colorado, 581 U.S. ___January 9, 2017April 19, 2017
30Lewis v. Clarke, 581 U.S. ___January 9, 2017April 25, 2017
1
2
31Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne Int'l Drilling Co., 581 U.S. ___November 2, 2016May 1, 2017
32Bank of America Corp. v. Miami, 581 U.S. ___November 8, 2016May 1, 2017
33Howell v. Howell, 581 U.S. ___March 20, 2017May 15, 2017
34Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson, 581 U.S. ___January 17, 2017May 15, 2017
35Kindred Nursing Centers, L. P. v. Clark, 581 U.S. ___February 22, 2017May 15, 2017
36TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, 581 U.S. ___March 27, 2017May 22, 2017
37Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon, 581 U.S. ___March 22, 2017May 22, 2017
38Cooper v. Harris, 581 U.S. ___December 5, 2016May 22, 2017
39Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark Int'l, Inc., 581 U.S. ___March 21, 2017May 30, 2017
40Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions, 581 U.S. ___February 27, 2017May 30, 2017
41BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell, 581 U.S. ___April 25, 2017May 30, 2017
42County of Los Angeles v. Mendez, 581 U.S. ___March 22, 2017May 30, 2017
43Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc., 581 U.S. ___April 17, 2017June 5, 2017
44Honeycutt v. United States, 581 U.S. ___March 29, 2017June 5, 2017
45Kokesh v. SEC, 581 U.S. ___April 18, 2017June 5, 2017
46Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton, 581 U.S. ___March 27, 2017June 5, 2017
47North Carolina v. Covington (2017), 581 U.S. ___June 5, 2017
48Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc., 582 U.S. ___April 26, 2017June 12, 2017
49Microsoft Corp. v. Baker, 582 U.S. ___March 21, 2017June 12, 2017
50Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 582 U.S. ___November 9, 2016June 12, 2017
51Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., 582 U.S. ___April 18, 2017June 12, 2017
52Virginia v. LeBlanc, 582 U.S. ___June 12, 2017
53Packingham v. North Carolina, 582 U.S. ___February 27, 2017June 19, 2017
54Ziglar v. Abbasi, 582 U.S. ___January 18, 2017June 19, 2017
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*
55McWilliams v. Dunn, 582 U.S. ___April 24, 2017June 19, 2017
56Matal v. Tam, 582 U.S. ___January 18, 2017June 19, 2017
*1
*2
*1
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*1
*1
57Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., 582 U.S. ___April 25, 2017June 19, 2017
58Jenkins v. Hutton, 582 U.S. ___June 19, 2017
59Weaver v. Massachusetts, 582 U.S. ___April 19, 2017June 22, 2017
1
2
12
60Turner v. United States, 582 U.S. ___March 29, 2017June 22, 2017
61Maslenjak v. United States, 582 U.S. ___April 26, 2017June 22, 2017
2
1
2
62Jae Lee v. United States, 582 U.S. ___March 28, 2017June 23, 2017
*
63Murr v. Wisconsin, 582 U.S. ___March 20, 2017June 23, 2017
1
12
1
64Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board, 582 U.S. ___April 17, 2017June 23, 2017
65Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, 582 U.S. ___April 19, 2017June 26, 2017
*
*13
2
*13
66California Public Employees' Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc., 582 U.S. ___April 17, 2017June 26, 2017
67Davila v. Davis, 582 U.S. ___April 24, 2017June 26, 2017
68Hernandez v. Mesa, 582 U.S. ___June 26, 2017
1
2
2
69Pavan v. Smith, 582 U.S. ___June 26, 2017
70Trump. v. International Refugee Assistance Project, 582 U.S. ___June 26, 2017
#Case name and citationArguedDecidedRobertsKennedyThomasGinsburgBreyerAlitoSotomayorKaganGorsuch

2016 term membership and statistics

This was the twelfth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure and the first term for Justice Gorsuch. The Court began its term with a vacant seat because the Senate had not yet confirmed a replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia following his death on February 13, 2016. The seat was eventually filled by Neil Gorsuch on April 7, 2017.

JusticeAppointment historyAgreement with judgmentOpinions filed
SeniorityNamePresidentDate confirmed%#Total
Chief JusticeJohn RobertsGeorge W. BushSeptember 29, 200592.8%64/69800210
Associate JusticeAnthony KennedyRonald ReaganFebruary 18, 198895.7%67/70820010
Associate JusticeClarence ThomasGeorge H. W. BushOctober 23, 199177.1%54/707133932
Associate JusticeRuth Bader GinsburgBill ClintonAugust 10, 199384.3%59/70852217
Associate JusticeStephen BreyerBill ClintonAugust 3, 199490%63/70830617
Associate JusticeSamuel AlitoGeorge W. BushJanuary 31, 200682.9%58/70771318
Associate JusticeSonia SotomayorBarack ObamaAugust 6, 200988.4%61/69731415
Associate JusticeElena KaganBarack ObamaAugust 7, 201092.6%63/6870018
Associate JusticeNeil GorsuchDonald TrumpApril 7, 201777.8%14/1812025
Totals
6135729132


References

  • "2016 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
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