2015 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor

The 2015 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2015 and concluded October 2, 2016. This was the seventh term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on the Court.
Sonia Sotomayor 2015 term statistics 5 Majority or Plurality 5 Concurrence 1 Other 6 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 17 Bench opinions = 13 Opinions relating to orders = 4 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: - Least joined by: -

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
4-01	Correll v. Florida	01577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty		Breyer
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari and application for stay of execution.
4-02	Mullenix v. Luna	02577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Fourth Amendment  • use of deadly force in effecting arrest  • qualified immunity		per curiam Scalia
5-03	Holiday v. Stephens	03577 U.S. ___ (2015)	death penalty  • appointment of counsel in clemency proceedings
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
1-04	Hurst v. Florida	04577 U.S. ___ (2016)	death penalty  • Sixth Amendment  • right to a jury trial  • judicial factfinding of aggravating circumstances after jury advisory recommendation	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Kagan	Breyer Alito
4-05	Kansas v. Carr	05577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • jury instructions on standard of proof for mitigating factors		Scalia
2-06	Brooks v. Alabama	06577 U.S. ___ (2016)	death penalty	Ginsburg	Breyer
Sotomayor concurred in the Court's denial of a stay of execution and a petition for certiorari.
1-07	Lockhart v. United States	07577 U.S. ___ (2016)	federal child pornography laws  • scope of sentence enhancement for prior convictions	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito	Kagan
1-08	Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, Inc.	08577 U.S. ___ (2016)	diversity jurisdiction  • citizenship of investment trust	Unanimous
2-09	Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC	09578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Federal Power Act  • interstate wholesale electricity rates  • federal preemption		Ginsburg Thomas
4-10	Ocasio v. United States	10578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Hobbs Act  • criminal	Roberts	Alito Breyer Thomas
1-11	Husky Int’l Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz	11578 U.S. ___ (2016)	bankruptcy law  • Chapter 7  • discharge exception for actual fraud	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan	Thomas
2-12	Zubik v. Burwell	12578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Affordable Care Act  • contraceptive mandate  • Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993	Ginsburg	per curiam
4-13	Kernan v. Hinojosa	13578 U.S. ___ (2016)	habeas corpus  • state court unexplained denial of petition	Ginsburg	per curiam
2-14	Betterman v. Montana	14578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Sixth Amendment  • Speedy Trial Clause  • postconviction delay in sentencing		Ginsburg Thomas
4-15	Luna Torres v. Lynch	15578 U.S. ___ (2016)	immigration law  • removal for conviction of aggravated felony	Thomas, Breyer	Kagan
1-16	Green v. Brennan	16578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Title VII  • constructive discharge  • statute of limitations	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Alito Thomas
2-17	Adams v. Alabama	17578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • mandatory life imprisonment of minors  • retroactivity of new constitutional rules	Ginsburg	Thomas Alito
Sotomayor concurred in the Court's decision to grant certiorari, vacate the lower court's opinion, and remand.

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