2019 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2019 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2019, and concluded October 4, 2020. The table below illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.

Table key

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 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.

2019 term opinions

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# Case name and citation Argued Decided Roberts Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Alito Sotomayor Kagan Gorsuch Kavanaugh
1 Thompson v. Hebdon, 589 U.S. ___November 25, 2019
2 Rotkiske v. Klemm, 589 U.S. ___October 16, 2019December 10, 2019
3 Peter v. NantKwest, Inc., 589 U.S. ___October 7, 2019December 10, 2019
4 Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC, 589 U.S. ___November 13, 2019January 14, 2020
5 Retirement Plans Comm. of IBM v. Jander, 589 U.S. ___November 6, 2019January 14, 2020
1
1
2
6 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan v. Acevedo Feliciano, 589 U.S. ___February 24, 2020
7 Monasky v. Taglieri, 589 U.S. ___December 11, 2019February 25, 2020
*1
2
8 Hernandez v. Mesa, 589 U.S. ___November 12, 2019February 25, 2020
9 Rodriguez v. FDIC, 589 U.S. ___December 3, 2019February 25, 2020
10 McKinney v. Arizona, 589 U.S. ___December 11, 2019February 25, 2020
11 Shular v. United States, 589 U.S. ___January 21, 2020February 26, 2020
12 Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, 589 U.S. ___December 10, 2019February 26, 2020
13 Intel Corp. Investment Policy Comm. v. Sulyma, 589 U.S. ___December 4, 2019February 26, 2020
14 Kansas v. Garcia, 589 U.S. ___October 16, 2019March 3, 2020
15 Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr, 589 U.S. ___December 9, 2019March 23, 2020
*
16 Allen v. Cooper, 589 U.S. ___November 5, 2019March 23, 2020
*1
2
2
17 Kahler v. Kansas, 589 U.S. ___October 7, 2019March 23, 2020
18 Comcast Corp. v. National Assn. of African-American Owned Media, 589 U.S. ___November 13, 2019March 23, 2020
*
19 Davis v. United States, 589 U.S. ___March 23, 2020
20 CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co., 589 U.S. ___November 5, 2019March 30, 2020
21 Kansas v. Glover, 589 U.S. ___November 4, 2019April 6, 2020
22 Babb v. Wilkie, 589 U.S. ___January 15, 2020April 6, 2020
*
23 Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee, 589 U.S. ___April 6, 2020
24 Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian, 590 U.S. ___December 3, 2019April 20, 2020
*2
*1
*2
25 Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP, 590 U.S. ___December 9, 2019April 20, 2020
*
*
*
26 Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U.S. ___October 7, 2019April 20, 2020
1
*2
*
*
*3
27 County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, 590 U.S. ___November 6, 2019April 23, 2020
1
2
1
28 Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc., 590 U.S. ___January 14, 2020April 23, 2020
1
1
2
1
29 Barton v. Barr, 590 U.S. ___November 4, 2019April 23, 2020
30 Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc., 590 U.S. ___December 2, 2019April 27, 2020
1
2
1*2
1
31 Maine Community Health Options v. United States, 590 U.S. ___December 10, 2019April 27, 2020
*
*
32 New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. City of New York, 590 U.S. ___December 2, 2019April 27, 2020
*
33 United States v. Sineneng-Smith, 590 U.S. ___February 25, 2020May 7, 2020
34 Kelly v. United States, 590 U.S. ___January 14, 2020May 7, 2020
35 Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc., 590 U.S. ___January 13, 2020May 14, 2020
36 Opati v. Republic of Sudan, 590 U.S. ___February 24, 2020May 18, 2020
37 GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, 590 U.S. ___January 21, 2020June 1, 2020
38 Financial Oversight and Mngmt Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, 590 U.S. ___October 15, 2019June 1, 2020
1
2
39 Banister v. Davis, 590 U.S. ___December 4, 2019June 1, 2020
40 Thole v. U.S. Bank N.A., 590 U.S. ___January 13, 2020June 1, 2020
41 Nasrallah v. Barr, 590 U.S. ___March 2, 2020June 1, 2020
42 Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez, 590 U.S. ___February 26, 2020June 8, 2020
*
43 United States Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Assn., 590 U.S. ___February 24, 2020June 15, 2020
*
44 Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. ___October 8, 2019June 15, 2020
1
1
2
45 Andrus v. Texas, 590 U.S. ___June 15, 2020
46 Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of Univ. of Cal., 591 U.S. ___November 12, 2019June 18, 2020
*
1
12
*3
1
4
47 Liu v. SEC, 591 U.S. ___March 3, 2020June 22, 2020
48 Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam, 591 U.S. ___March 2, 2020June 25, 2020
1
2
2
49 Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 591 U.S. ___March 3, 2020June 29, 2020
*
*1
2
2
2
2
*1
50 June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo, 591 U.S. ___March 4, 2020June 29, 2020
12*
*
2
23
2*4
51 USAID v. Alliance for Open Society (2020), 591 U.S. ___May 5, 2020June 29, 2020
52 Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, 591 U.S. ___January 22, 2020June 30, 2020
1
1
2
2
3
12*
13
53 Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V., 591 U.S. ___May 4, 2020June 30, 2020
54 Chiafalo v. Washington, 591 U.S. ___May 13, 2020July 6, 2020
*
55 Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc., 591 U.S. ___May 6, 2020July 6, 2020
*2*
1
1
1
2
*
56 Colorado Dept. of State v. Baca,[1] 591 U.S. ___May 13, 2020July 6, 2020
-
57 Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, 591 U.S. ___May 6, 2020July 8, 2020
2
1
2
1
58 Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, 591 U.S. ___May 11, 2020July 8, 2020
59 Trump v. Vance, 591 U.S. ___May 12, 2020July 9, 2020
1
2
60 Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP, 591 U.S. ___May 12, 2020July 9, 2020
1
2
61 McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U.S. ___May 11, 2020July 9, 2020
1
1*2
1
1
62 Sharp v. Murphy,[2] 591 U.S. ___November 27, 2018July 9, 2020
-
-
63 Barr v. Lee, 591 U.S. ___July 14, 2020
12
1
2
2
# Case name and citation Argued Decided Roberts Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Alito Sotomayor Kagan Gorsuch Kavanaugh

2019 term membership and statistics

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This was the fifteenth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure. Justice Ginsburg died on September 18, 2020, making it the second and final (and also the only full) term with the same membership.

Justice Appointment history Agreement with judgment Opinions filed
Seniority Name President Date confirmed % # Total
Chief Justice John Roberts George W. Bush September 29, 2005 96.8% 61/63 7 1 0 1 0 9
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas George H. W. Bush October 15, 1991 68.3% 43/63 5 13 2 11 0 31
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Bill Clinton August 10, 1993 74.6% 47/63 6 1 0 7 1 15
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer Bill Clinton August 3, 1994 77.8% 49/63 5 2 2 5 0 14
Associate Justice Samuel Alito George W. Bush January 31, 2006 71.4% 45/63 6 6 2 10 0 24
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor Barack Obama August 6, 2009 71% 44/62 5 8 1 8 0 22
Associate Justice Elena Kagan Barack Obama August 7, 2010 79% 49/62 6 3 1 0 0 10
Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch Donald Trump April 7, 2017 85.5% 53/62 7 2 2 2 0 13
Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh Donald Trump October 6, 2018 93.5% 58/62 6 5 1 2 0 14
Totals
53 41 11 46 1 170


Notes

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  1. ^ In Colorado Dept. of State v. Baca, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), the Court reversed the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit's judgment for the reasons stated in Chiafalo v. Washington, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), which was handed down the same day.
  2. ^ In Sharp v. Murphy, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), the Court affirmed the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit's judgment for the reasons stated in McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), which was handed down the same day.

References

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  • "2019 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  • "2019 Term Court Calendar" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
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