2015 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts

The 2015 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2015 and concluded October 2, 2016. This was the eleventh term of Chief Justice John Roberts's tenure on the Court.
John Roberts 2015 term statistics 4 Majority or Plurality 1 Concurrence 0 Other 3 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 8 Bench opinions = 8 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: - Least joined by: -

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
1-01	OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs	01577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act  • commercial activities exception	Unanimous
4-02	Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez	02577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Article III  • Case or Controversy Clause  • effect of unaccepted settlement offer or offer of judgment on mootness  • Telephone Consumer Protection Act  • liability of federal contractor	Scalia, Alito	Ginsburg Thomas Alito
1-03	Sturgeon v. Frost	03577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act  • authority to regulate waterway in conservation area	Unanimous
2-04	Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo	04577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938  • certification of class action  • compensibility for varying times spent donning and doffing protective gear	Alito (in part)	Kennedy Thomas
4-05	Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt	05578 U.S. ___ (2016)	taxpayer lawsuit against State in court of another State  • Full Faith and Credit Clause	Thomas	Breyer
4-06	Bank Markazi v. Peterson	06578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012  • domestic suits by victims of state-sponsored terrorism  • case-specific legislative designation of state assets for judgment execution  • separation of powers  • Article III	Sotomayor	Ginsburg
1-07	Foster v. Chatman	07578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • racial discrimination in juror peremptory challenges  • adequate and independent state ground	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito Thomas
1-08	Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co.	08578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Clean Water Act  • United States Army Corps of Engineers jurisdictional determination  • Administrative Procedure Act reviewability	Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Kennedy Ginsburg Kagan

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