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The 2014 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2014, and concluded October 4, 2015. This was the sixth term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor 's tenure on the Court.
Sonia Sotomayor 2014 term statistics
Majority or Plurality
Concurrence
Other
Dissent
Concurrence/dissent
Total =
20
Bench opinions = 16
Opinions relating to orders = 4
In-chambers opinions = 0
Unanimous opinions: 2
Most joined by: Kagan (13)
Least joined by: Roberts, Scalia (3)
Type
Case
Citation
Issues
Joined by
Other opinions
501
Redd v. Chappell
574 U.S. ___ (2014)
state law guarantee of counsel in habeas corpus proceedings
Breyer
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
202
Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk
574 U.S. ___ (2014)
Fair Labor Standards Act • Portal-to-Portal Act • compensation for postwork antitheft screening of employees
Kagan
103
Warger v. Shauers
574 U.S. ___ (2014)
Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) • inadmissibility of statements made during jury deliberation ��� challenge to trial verdict based on dishonesty during voir dire
Unanimous
404
Heien v. North Carolina
574 U.S. ___ (2014)
Fourth Amendment • reasonableness of search • mistake of law by police
105
574 U.S. ___ (2015)
Telecommunications Act of 1996 • denial by local government of cell phone tower placement
Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Kagan
406
Warner v. Gross
574 U.S. ___ (2015)
Eighth Amendment • capital punishment • lethal injection
Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of stays of execution of sentences of death.
207
Holt v. Hobbs
574 U.S. ___ (2015)
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act • prison regulation of beard growth • Islamic beard customs
408
574 U.S. ___ (2015)
Homeland Security Act • Aviation and Transportation Security Act • unauthorized disclosure of security operations by Federal Air Marshall • Sensitive Security Information • Whistleblower Protection Act
Kennedy
109
574 U.S. ___ (2015)
trademark law • priority right • tacking • determination by jury
Unanimous
110
575 U.S. ___ (2015)
Administrative Procedure Act • exclusion of interpretive rules from notice-and-comment requirements
Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan; Alito (in part)
411
575 U.S. ___ (2015)
Medicaid • Supremacy Clause • implied right of action
Kennedy, Ginsburg, Kagan
112
575 U.S. ___ (2015)
bankruptcy law • Article III • consent to adjudication by bankruptcy courts
Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan; Alito (in part)
213
576 U.S. ___ (2015)
bankruptcy law • Chapter 11 • attorney's fee application • award of attorneys fees for defending application • American Rule
414
Davis v. Ayala
576 U.S. ___ (2015)
Equal Protection Clause • race-based peremptory challenge in jury selection • ex parte hearing of prosecutor's justification of challenges • harmless error
Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
115
Brumfield v. Cain
576 U.S. ___ (2015)
Eighth Amendment • execution of the intellectually disabled • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
416
Horne v. Department of Agriculture
576 U.S. ___ (2015)
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 • National Raisin Reserve • Fifth Amendment • Takings Clause
117
Los Angeles v. Patel
576 U.S. ___ (2015)
Fourth Amendment • mandated hotel guest record keeping and inspection • facial challenge
Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
518
Carlton v. United States
576 U.S. ___ (2015)
sentence enhancement based on factual error • plain error review
Breyer
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
419
Glossip v. Gross
576 U.S. ___ (2015)
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • use of midazolam in lethal injection
Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
420
Jordan v. Fisher
576 U.S. ___ (2015)
prosecutorial vindictiveness • certificate of appealability
Ginsburg, Kagan
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
References
Judicial opinions of Sonia Sotomayor
Supreme Court of the United States 2014 term (October 6, 2014 - October 4, 2015)
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