Type |
Case |
Citation |
Issues |
Joined by |
Other opinions |
501
|
Apodaca v. Raemisch |
586 U.S. ___ (2018)
|
Eighth Amendment • solitary confinement |
|
|
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
402
|
Zagorski v. Parker |
586 U.S. ___ (2018)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • lethal injection by midazolam |
Breyer |
|
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of application for stay of execution and certiorari. |
403
|
Brown v. United States |
586 U.S. ___ (2018)
|
United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines • sentence enhancement for habitual offenders with violent crime convictions • vagueness doctrine |
Ginsburg |
|
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
504
|
Townes v. Alabama |
586 U.S. ___ (2018)
|
death penalty punishment • Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • jury instructions • prosecutorial burden of proof on each element of crime • failure to preserve audio record |
|
|
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
405
|
Zagorski v. Haslam |
586 U.S. ___ (2018)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • lethal injection by midazolam |
|
|
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of application for stay of execution and certiorari. |
406
|
Reynolds v. Florida |
586 U.S. ___ (2018)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • jury instructions |
|
|
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
407
|
Miller v. Parker |
586 U.S. ___ (2018)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • electric chair |
|
|
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of application for stay of execution and certiorari. |
408
|
Lance v. Sellers |
586 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel |
Ginsburg, Kagan |
|
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
409
|
Stokeling v. United States |
586 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Armed Career Criminal Act • definition of "physical force" |
Roberts, Ginsburg, Kagan |
|
|
510
|
Schock v. United States |
586 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Article One • Rulemaking Clause |
|
|
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
111
|
Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert |
586 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
deadline for appealing class action decertification • equitable tolling |
Unanimous |
|
|
112
|
Garza v. Idaho |
586 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel • failure to file notice of appeal • waiver of right to appeal |
Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Kavanaugh |
|
|
513
|
Tharpe v. Ford |
586 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Sixth Amendment • racial bias of juror |
|
|
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
214
|
Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP |
586 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act • nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings |
|
|
|
215
|
Sturgeon v. Frost |
587 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act • National Park Service regulatory authority over running river |
Ginsburg |
|
|
416
|
Biestek v. Berryhill |
587 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Social Security Administration claims process • effect of expert denying data request on evidentiary value of testimony |
|
|
|
417
|
Bucklew v. Precythe |
587 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • challenges to method of execution |
|
|
|
418
|
Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela |
587 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Federal Arbitration Act • contractual agreement to class action arbitration |
|
|
|
419
|
Abdur'rahman v. Parker |
587 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty punishment • challenges to method of execution |
|
|
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
120
|
Herrera v. Wyoming |
587 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
effect of statehood on Native American treaty rights |
Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch |
|
|
221
|
Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC |
587 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
bankruptcy law • Chapter 11 • debtor rejection of executory contract |
|
|
|
422
|
Nieves v. Bartlett |
587 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
First Amendment • free speech • retaliatory arrest • Fourth Amendment • probable cause |
|
|
|
123
|
Smith v. Berryhill |
587 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
judicial review of final decision by Social Security Administration |
Unanimous |
|
|
424
|
Mont v. United States |
587 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
tolling of supervised release for new imprisonment • Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 |
Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch |
|
|
125
|
Return Mail, Inc. v. Postal Service |
587 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
patent law • Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 • eligibility of federal government to initiate Patent Trial and Appeal Board post-patent issuance review |
Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh |
|
|
426
|
Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck |
587 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
First Amendment • public-access television • government-designated private entity as state actor |
Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan |
|
|
127
|
McDonough v. Smith |
588 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Section 1983 • prosecution based on false evidence • statute of limitations |
Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kavanaugh |
|
|
128
|
North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust |
588 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • state taxation of trust based on beneficiary residence |
Unanimous |
|
|
329
|
Iancu v. Brunetti |
588 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
trademark law • Lanham Act • registration of immoral or scandalous trademarks • First Amendment • free spech |
Breyer |
|
|
430
|
Mitchell v. Wisconsin |
588 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Fourth Amendment • blood alcohol test taken from unconscious driver • exigent circumstances |
Ginsburg, Kagan |
|
|
431
|
McGee v. McFadden |
588 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
death penalty • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • habeas corpus • certificate of appealability • withholding of exculpatory evidence |
|
|
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
532
|
Bowles v. Florida |
588 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • execution of the intellectually disabled |
|
|
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
533
|
Crutsinger v. Davis |
588 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
habeas corpus • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure • reopening of final judgment |
|
|
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
434
|
Barr v. East Bay Sanctuary Covenant |
588 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
asylum policy • requirement to apply for asylum in other countries while traveling |
Ginsburg |
|
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's grant of application for stay. |
535
|
Sparks v. Davis |
588 U.S. ___ (2019)
|
death penalty • pro-death penalty attire worn by courtroom employee during sentencing |
|
|
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |