2015 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito

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 Associate Justice Samuel Alito's tenure on the Court.
Samuel Alito 2015 term statistics 4 Majority or Plurality 7 Concurrence 0 Other 4 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 15 Bench opinions = 12 Opinions relating to orders = 3 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: - Least joined by: -

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
4-01	Hurst v. Florida	01577 U.S. ___ (2016)	death penalty  • Sixth Amendment  • right to a jury trial  • judicial factfinding of aggravating circumstances after jury advisory recommendation		Sotomayor Breyer
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		Ginsburg Thomas Roberts
1-03	Menominee Tribe of Wis. v. United States	03577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act  • Contract Disputes Act of 1978  • equitable tolling of statute of limitations	Unanimous
2-04	Taylor v. Yee	04577 U.S. ___ (2016)	notification and length of state law escheat periods  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause	Thomas
Alito concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
4-05	Ben-Levi v. Brown	05577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000  • First Amendment  • Free Exercise Clause  • prison denial of inmate request for group prayer
Alito dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
4-06	Wearry v. Cain	06577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Due Process Clause  • obligation of prosecution to turn over exculpatory evidence	Thomas	per curiam
2-07	Caetano v. Massachusetts	07577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Second Amendment  • prohibition on stun gun ownership	Thomas	per curiam
2-08	Evenwel v. Abbott	08578 U.S. ___ (2016)	legislative redistricting based on total state population  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • one person, one vote doctrine	Thomas (in part)	Ginsburg Thomas
1-09	Nichols v. United States	09578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act  • change of residence registration requirements	Unanimous
2-10	Molina-Martinez v. United States	10578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Federal Sentencing Guidelines  • sentencing based on incorrect range	Thomas	Kennedy
1-11	Ocasio v. United States	11578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Hobbs Act  • criminal	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Breyer Thomas Sotomayor
1-12	Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins	12578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970  • Article III  • injury-in-fact	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Kagan	Thomas Ginsburg
2-13	Foster v. Chatman	13578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • racial discrimination in juror peremptory challenges  • adequate and independent state ground		Roberts Thomas
2-14	Green v. Brennan	14578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Title VII  • constructive discharge  • statute of limitations		Sotomayor Thomas
2-15	Adams v. Alabama	15578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • mandatory life imprisonment of minors  • retroactivity of new constitutional rules	Thomas	Thomas Sotomayor
Alito concurred in the Court's decision to grant certiorari, vacate the lower court's opinion, and remand.

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