2018 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

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The 2018 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2018, and concluded October 6, 2019. This was the twenty-eighth term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2018 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 17 Concurrence 0 Other 8 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 34 Bench opinions = 28 Opinions relating to orders = 6 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 4 Most joined by: Gorsuch (14 in full, 1 in part) Least joined by: Sotomayor (5)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
201	Reynolds v. Florida	586 U.S. ___ (2018)	Eighth Amendment  • capital punishment  • jury instructions		Breyer Sotomayor
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
402	Gee v. Planned Parenthood of Gulf Coast, Inc.	586 U.S. ___ (2018)	private right of action to challenge State determination of qualified Medicaid providers  • defunding of Planned Parenthood	Alito, Gorsuch
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
103		586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Social Security Act  • cap on claimant attorney fees	Unanimous
104	Stokeling v. United States	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • definition of "physical force"	Breyer, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Sotomayor
105		586 U.S. ___ (2019)	patent law  • Leahy-Smith America Invents Act  • invalidation of patent under "on sale" provision	Unanimous
206	McKee v. Cosby	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • free speech  • defamation
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
207	Timbs v. Indiana	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Eighth Amendment  • excessive fines  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • Incorporation Doctrine  • Privileges and Immunities Clause  • civil forfeiture		Ginsburg Gorsuch
408	Garza v. Idaho	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel  • failure to file notice of appeal  • waiver of right to appeal	Gorsuch; Alito (in part)	Sotomayor
209	Nielsen v. Preap	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996  • detention of aliens without bond for commission of certain crimes  • Article III	Gorsuch	Alito Kavanaugh Breyer
410	Frank v. Gaos	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Stored Communications Act  • Article III  • standing  • class certification  • cy pres		per curiam
411	Republic of Sudan v. Harrison	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976  • service on foreign state		Alito
412	Lorenzo v. SEC	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	securities fraud  • SEC Rule 10b-5  • dissemination of false or misleading statements	Gorsuch	Breyer
213	Bucklew v. Precythe	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • challenges to method of execution		Gorsuch Kavanaugh Breyer Sotomayor
214	Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Federal Arbitration Act  • contractual agreement to class action arbitration		Roberts Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor Kagan
115	Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	sovereign immunity  • private suits against states in courts of other states	Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Breyer
116		587 U.S. ___ (2019)	False Claims Act  • statute of limitations	Unanimous
217	Price v. Dunn	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • challenges to method of execution	Alito, Gorsuch
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
218		587 U.S. ___ (2019)	FDA approval of pharmaceutical labeling  • preemption of state failure-to-warn law		Breyer Alito
419	Daniel v. United States	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Federal Tort Claims Act  • right of military personnel to sue government for federal employee negligence
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
220	Nieves v. Bartlett	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • free speech  • retaliatory arrest  • Fourth Amendment  • probable cause		Roberts Ginsburg Gorsuch Sotomayor
121	Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	removal jurisdiction  • Class Action Fairness Act of 2005  • third-party counterclaims	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito
222	Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc.	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	abortion rights  • eugenics		per curiam Ginsburg
123	Mont v. United States	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	tolling of supervised release for new imprisonment  • Sentencing Reform Act of 1984	Roberts, Ginsburg, Alito, Kavanaugh	Sotomayor
124		587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act  • applicability of state law to Outer Continental Shelf  • Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938  • minimum wage	Unanimous
225		587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • remaining-in burglary as violent felony		Kavanaugh
226	Gamble v. United States	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fifth Amendment  • Double Jeopardy Clause  • dual sovereignty doctrine  • stare decisis		Alito Ginsburg Gorsuch
227		588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991  • unsolicited advertisement by fax  •	Gorsuch	Breyer Kavanaugh
228	American Legion v. American Humanist Assn.	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • Establishment Clause  • cross as public war memorial  • Incorporation doctrine		Alito Breyer Kagan Gorsuch Kavanaugh Ginsburg
429	McDonough v. Smith	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Section 1983  • prosecution based on false evidence  • statute of limitations	Kagan, Gorsuch	Sotomayor
230	Knick v. Township of Scott	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fifth Amendment  • Takings Clause  • state court exhaustion of remedies		Roberts Kagan
431	Flowers v. Mississippi	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	jury selection  • racially motivated peremptory strike	Gorsuch (in part)	Kavanaugh Alito
332	Department of Commerce v. New York	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	addition of citizenship question to 2020 United States Census  • Article I  • Enumeration Clause  • Administrative Procedures Act  • Article III  • standing	Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Roberts Breyer Alito
233	Mitchell v. Wisconsin	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fourth Amendment  • blood alcohol test taken from unconscious driver  • exigent circumstances		Alito Sotomayor Gorsuch
234	Harris v. West Alabama Women’s Center	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	abortion rights
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.

References

• "2018 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
• "2018 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
• "2018 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 7, 2019.

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