2020 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

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The 2020 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2020, and concluded October 3, 2021. 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

Filed a statement

Joined a statement

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.

2020 term opinions[]

# Case name and citation Argued Decided Roberts Thomas Breyer Alito Sotomayor Kagan Gorsuch Kavanaugh Barrett
1 Mckesson v. Doe, 592 U.S. ___November 2, 2020
-
2 Taylor v. Riojas, 592 U.S. ___November 2, 2020
-
3 Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, 592 U.S. ___November 25, 2020
1
2
23
23
1
2
4 Tanzin v. Tanvir, 592 U.S. ___October 6, 2020December 10, 2020
5 , 592 U.S. ___October 5, 2020December 10, 2020
6 United States v. Briggs, 592 U.S. ___October 13, 2020December 10, 2020
7 , 592 U.S. ___October 6, 2020December 10, 2020
8 Texas v. New Mexico, 592 U.S. ___October 5, 2020December 14, 2020
9 Shinn v. Kayer, 592 U.S. ___December 14, 2020
-
-
-
10 Trump v. New York, 592 U.S. ___November 30, 2020December 18, 2020
11 , 592 U.S. ___October 13, 2020January 14, 2021
12 Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc.,[1] 592 U.S. ___December 8, 2020January 25, 2021
13 Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, 592 U.S. ___December 7, 2020February 3, 2021
14 Salinas v. Railroad Retirement Bd., 592 U.S. ___November 2, 2020February 3, 2021
15 Republic of Hungary v. Simon,[2] 592 U.S. ___December 7, 2020February 3, 2021
16 , 592 U.S. ___November 9, 2020February 25, 2021
17 Pereida v. Wilkinson, 592 U.S. ___October 14, 2020March 4, 2021
18 United States Fish and Wildlife Serv. v. Sierra Club, Inc., 592 U.S. ___November 2, 2020March 4, 2021
19 Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, 592 U.S. ___January 12, 2021March 8, 2021
20 Torres v. Madrid, 592 U.S. ___October 14, 2020March 25, 2021
21 Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial Dist., 592 U.S. ___October 7, 2020March 25, 2021
2
1
2
22 Mays v. Hines, 592 U.S. ___March 29, 2021
-
23 Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, 592 U.S. ___December 8, 2020April 1, 2021
24 FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project, 592 U.S. ___January 19, 2021April 1, 2021
25 Florida v. Georgia, 592 U.S. ___February 22, 2021April 1, 2021
26 Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., 593 U.S. ___October 7, 2020April 5, 2021
27 Tandon v. Newsom, 593 U.S. ___April 9, 2021
-
28 AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC, 593 U.S. ___January 13, 2021April 22, 2021
29 , 593 U.S. ___March 3, 2021April 22, 2021
*1
*2
*1
*1
30 Jones v. Mississippi, 593 U.S. ___November 3, 2020April 22, 2021
31 Alaska v. Wright, 593 U.S. ___April 26, 2021
32 Niz-Chavez v. Garland, 593 U.S. ___November 9, 2020April 29, 2021
33 Caniglia v. Strom, 593 U.S. ___March 24, 2021May 17, 2021
1
1
2
3
34 , 593 U.S. ___December 1, 2020May 17, 2021
1
2
35 BP P.L.C. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 593 U.S. ___January 19, 2021May 17, 2021
36 Edwards v. Vannoy, 593 U.S. ___December 2, 2020May 17, 2021
12
12
37 Guam v. United States, 593 U.S. ___April 26, 2021May 24, 2021
38 , 593 U.S. ___April 27, 2021May 24, 2021
39 , 593 U.S. ___April 21, 2021May 27, 2021
40 , 593 U.S. ___March 23, 2021June 1, 2021
41 , 593 U.S. ___February 23, 2021June 1, 2021
42 Van Buren v. United States, 593 U.S. ___November 30, 2020June 3, 2021
43 Sanchez v. Mayorkas, 593 U.S. ___April 19, 2021June 7, 2021
44 Borden v. United States, 593 U.S. ___November 3, 2020June 10, 2021
*
45 Terry v. United States, 593 U.S. ___May 4, 2021June 14, 2021
46 , 593 U.S. ___April 20, 2021June 14, 2021
47 Fulton v. Philadelphia, 593 U.S. ___November 4, 2020June 17, 2021
23
1*
23
23
1
1
48 Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe, 593 U.S. ___December 1, 2020June 17, 2021
*
*
*2
1*
*2
*2
1
1*
*
49 California v. Texas, 593 U.S. ___November 10, 2020June 17, 2021
50 United States v. Arthrex, Inc., 594 U.S. ___March 1, 2021June 21, 2021
*
2*
2*
2*
*1
51 National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. Alston, 594 U.S. ___March 31, 2021June 21, 2021
52 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, 594 U.S. ___March 29, 2021June 21, 2021
*2
*2
*1
*2
53 Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, 594 U.S. ___March 22, 2021June 23, 2021
54 Mahanoy Area School Dist. v. B. L., 594 U.S. ___April 28, 2021June 23, 2021
55 Collins v. Yellen, 594 U.S. ___December 9, 2020June 23, 2021
1
*3*
*3*
*3
*2
56 Lange v. California, 594 U.S. ___February 24, 2021June 23, 2021
3
*2
3
12*
57 Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, 594 U.S. ___April 19, 2021June 25, 2021
*
58 HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC v. Renewable Fuels Assn., 594 U.S. ___April 27, 2021June 25, 2021
59 TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 594 U.S. ___March 30, 2021June 25, 2021
1
12
12
12
60 Lombardo v. St. Louis, 594 U.S. ___June 28, 2021
61 Pakdel v. City and County of San Francisco, 594 U.S. ___June 28, 2021
62 PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey, 594 U.S. ___April 28, 2021June 29, 2021
12
2
12
2
63 Johnson v. Guzman Chavez, 594 U.S. ___January 11, 2021June 29, 2021
*
*
*
64 Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., 594 U.S. ___April 21, 2021June 29, 2021
2
1
2
2
65 Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta, 594 U.S. ___April 26, 2021July 1, 2021
*
*1
*2
*2
66 Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, 594 U.S. ___March 2, 2021July 1, 2021
67 Dunn v. Reeves, 594 U.S. ___July 2, 2021
-
68 Alabama Assn. of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Servs., 594 U.S. ___August 26, 2021
# Case name and citation Argued Decided Roberts Thomas Breyer Alito Sotomayor Kagan Gorsuch Kavanaugh Barrett

2020 term membership and statistics[]

This was the sixteenth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure and the first term for Justice Barrett. The Court began its term with a vacant seat following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020. The seat was filled by Amy Coney Barrett on October 26, 2020.

Justice Appointment history Agreement with judgment Opinions filed
Seniority Name President Date confirmed % # Total
Chief Justice John Roberts George W. Bush September 29, 2005 91.2% 62/68 7 2 0 2 11
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas George H. W. Bush October 15, 1991 79.4% 54/68 7 11 0 6 24
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer Bill Clinton August 3, 1994 75% 51/68 6 1 1 6 14
Associate Justice Samuel Alito George W. Bush January 31, 2006 82.1% 55/67 6 8 1 4 19
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor Barack Obama August 6, 2009 67.6% 46/68 6 6 3 5 20
Associate Justice Elena Kagan Barack Obama August 7, 2010 73.5% 50/68 6 1 0 4 11
Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch Donald Trump April 7, 2017 86.8% 59/68 6 8 2 3 19
Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh Donald Trump October 6, 2018 97.1% 66/68 6 7 0 2 15
Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett Donald Trump October 26, 2020 91.1% 51/56 4 1 0 3 8
Totals
54 45 7 35 141


Notes[]

  1. ^ In Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., 592 U.S. ___ (2021), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.
  2. ^ In Republic of Hungary v. Simon, 592 U.S. ___ (2021), the Court vacated the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's judgment and remanded for further proceedings consistent with Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, 592 U.S. ___ (2021), which was handed down the same day.

References[]

  • "2020 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  • "2020 Term Court Calendar" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
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