2012 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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The 2012 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2012, and concluded October 6, 2013. This was the twentieth term of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's tenure on the Court.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2012 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 1 Concurrence 0 Other 7 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 17 Bench opinions = 17 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 3 Most joined by: Sotomayor (14) Least joined by: Thomas (6)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
101	Arkansas Game and Fish Comm’n v. United States • [full text]	568 U.S. 23, 26–40 (2012)	Takings Clause  • flood control	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor
Ginsburg's opinion for the Court held that government-induced, temporary flooding was not categorically excluded from liability under the Takings Clause.
102	Los Angeles County Flood Control Dist. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.	568 U.S. 78, 80–84 (2013)	Clean Water Act	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
103		568 U.S. 145, 148–61 (2013)	low income patient adjustment to health care provider Medicare reimbursement  •  • statute of limitations for appealing administrative decision  • equitable tolling	Unanimous	Sotomayor
204	Chafin v. Chafin	568 U.S. 165, 180–85 (2013)	International Child Abduction Remedies Act  • Article III  • Case or Controversy Clause  • mootness	Scalia, Breyer	Roberts
105		568 U.S. 455, 458–82 (2013)	securities fraud  • Securities Exchange Act of 1934 §10(b)  • SEC Rule 10b-5  • fraud-on-the-market theory  • materiality  • class certification	Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito Scalia Thomas
106		568 U.S. 503, 505–18 (2013)	Federal Tort Claims Act  •  •  •	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan; Scalia (in part)
406	Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	568 U.S. 519, 557–87 (2013)	copyright law  • first-sale doctrine  • domestic sale of foreign-published works	Kennedy; Scalia (in part)	Breyer Kagan
407	Comcast Corp. v. Behrend	569 U.S. 27, 38–49 (2013)	antitrust law  • class action certification	Sotomayor, Kagan	Scalia
Ginsburg coauthored a dissent with Justice Breyer.
108	Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey	569 U.S. 251, 254–66 (2013)	• federal preemption  • state regulation of car towing	Unanimous
109		569 U.S. 351, 354–68 (2013)	Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996  • due process  • retroactive abolition of affirmative defense	Unanimous
110	McQuiggin v. Perkins	569 U.S. 383, 386–401 (2013)	Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996  • actual innocence  • miscarriage of justice	Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Scalia
111	United States v. Davila	569 U.S. 597, 600–13 (2013)	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 11  • vacatur of guilty pleas  • prejudicial error	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Scalia
412		570 U.S. 48, 81–98 (2013)	Freedom of Information Act  • Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994  • attorney solicitation of clients	Scalia, Sotomayor, Kagan	Kennedy
413	Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin	570 U.S. 297, 334–37 (2013)	affirmative action  • race as factor in college admissions  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause		Kennedy Scalia Thomas
414	University of Tex. Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar	570 U.S. 338, 363–86 (2013)	Title VII  • employer retaliation  • causation	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Kennedy
415	Vance v. Ball State Univ.	570 U.S. 421, 451–71 (2013)	Title VII  • vicarious liability of supervisors	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito Thomas
416	Shelby County v. Holder	570 U.S. 529, 559–94 (2013)	Voting Rights Act of 1965  • coverage formula  • preclearance  • Fifteenth Amendment	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts Thomas

References

• "2012 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
• "2012 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
• "2012 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 7, 2013.

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