2015 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

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The 2015 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2015 and will conclude October 2, 2016. The table below illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.[1]

Table key
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

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 concurred or dissented without filing a separate opinion.

2015 term opinions

# Case name and citation Argued Decided Roberts Scalia Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Alito Sotomayor Kagan

1

 Maryland v. Kulbicki, 577 U.S. ___ October 5, 2015
2

 Mullenix v. Luna, 577 U.S. ___ November 9, 2015
3

 OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs, 577 U.S. ___ October 5, 2015 December 1, 2015
4

 Shapiro v. McManus, 577 U.S. ___ November 4, 2015 December 8, 2015
5

 DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia, 577 U.S. ___ October 6, 2015 December 14, 2015 1 2 2
6

 White v. Wheeler, 577 U.S. ___ December 14, 2015
7

 Bruce v. Samuels, 577 U.S. ___ November 4, 2015 January 12, 2016
8

 Hurst v. Florida, 577 U.S. ___ October 13, 2015 January 12, 2016
9

 Kansas v. Carr, 577 U.S. ___ October 7, 2015 January 20, 2016
10

 Montanile v. Board of Trustees of Nat. Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan, 577 U.S. ___ November 9, 2015 January 20, 2016 *
11

 Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez, 577 U.S. ___ October 14, 2015 January 20, 2016 1 1
1 2
12

 Duncan v. Owens,[2] 577 U.S. ___ January 12, 2016 January 20, 2016
13

 Montgomery v. Louisiana, 577 U.S. ___ October 13, 2015 January 25, 2016 1
1 2
1
14

 Musacchio v. United States, 577 U.S. ___ November 30, 2015 January 25, 2016
15

 Menominee Tribe of Wis. v. United States, 577 U.S. ___ December 1, 2015 January 25, 2016
16

 FERC v. Electric Power Supply Assn., 577 U.S. ___ October 14, 2015 January 25, 2016
17

 James v. Boise, 577 U.S. ___ January 25, 2016
18

 Amgen Inc. v. Harris, 577 U.S. ___ January 25, 2016
19

 Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 577 U.S. ___ December 2, 2015 March 1, 2016
1
2
20

 Lockhart v. United States, 577 U.S. ___ November 3, 2015 March 1, 2016
21

 Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., 577 U.S. ___ January 19, 2016 March 7, 2016
22

 Wearry v. Cain, 577 U.S. ___ March 7, 2016
23

 V.L. v. E.L., 577 U.S. ___ March 7, 2016
24

 Caetano v. Massachusetts, 577 U.S. ___ March 21, 2016
25

 Sturgeon v. Frost, 577 U.S. ___ January 20, 2016 March 22, 2016
26

 Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, 577 U.S. ___ November 10, 2015 March 22, 2016
*
27

 Nebraska v. Parker, 577 U.S. ___ January 20, 2016 March 22, 2016
28

 Hawkins v. Community Bank,[3] 577 U.S. ___ October 5, 2015 March 22, 2016
29

 Friedrichs v. California Teachers Ass'n,[4] 578 U.S. ___ January 11, 2016 March 29, 2016
30

 Luis v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ November 10, 2015 March 30, 2016 1 * 1 2
31

 Evenwel v. Abbott, 578 U.S. ___ December 8, 2015 April 4, 2016
1 2*
2
32

 Nichols v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ March 1, 2016 April 4, 2016
33

 Woods v. Etherton, 578 U.S. ___ April 4, 2016
34

 Welch v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ March 30, 2016 April 18, 2016
35

 Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC, 578 U.S. ___ February 24, 2016 April 19, 2016 1
2
36

 Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt, 578 U.S. ___ December 7, 2015 April 19, 2016 -
37

 Molina-Martinez v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ January 12, 2016 April 20, 2016
38

 Bank Markazi v. Peterson, 578 U.S. ___ January 13, 2016 April 20, 2016 *
39

 Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm’n, 578 U.S. ___ December 8, 2015 April 20, 2016
40

 Heffernan v. City of Paterson, 578 U.S. ___ January 19, 2016 April 26, 2016
41

 Ocasio v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ October 6, 2015 May 2, 2016 2 1
2
42

 Sheriff v. Gillie, 578 U.S. ___ March 29, 2016 May 16, 2016
43

 Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 578 U.S. ___ November 2, 2015 May 16, 2016
44

 Husky Int'l Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz, 578 U.S. ___ March 1, 2016 May 16, 2016
45

 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Manning, 578 U.S. ___ December 1, 2015 May 16, 2016
46

 Zubik v. Burwell, 578 U.S. ___ March 23, 2016 May 16, 2016
47

 Kernan v. Hinojosa, 578 U.S. ___ May 16, 2016
48

 CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC, 578 U.S. ___ March 28, 2016 May 19, 2016
49

 Betterman v. Montana, 578 U.S. ___ March 28, 2016 May 19, 2016
1
1
2
50

 Luna Torres v. Lynch, 578 U.S. ___ November 3, 2015 May 19, 2016
51

 Foster v. Chatman, 578 U.S. ___ November 2, 2015 May 23, 2016
52

 Wittman v. Personhuballah, 578 U.S. ___ March 21, 2016 May 23, 2016
53

 Green v. Brennan, 578 U.S. ___ November 30, 2015 May 23, 2016
54

 Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., 578 U.S. ___ March 30, 2016 May 31, 2016
1
1
2
1
3
55

 Johnson v. Lee, 578 U.S. ___ May 31, 2016
56

 Lynch v. Arizona, 578 U.S. ___ May 31, 2016
# Case name and citation Argued Decided Roberts Scalia Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Alito Sotomayor Kagan

2015 term membership and statistics

This is the eleventh term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure. Justice Scalia died on February 13, 2016, making it the sixth and final 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 92.9% 52/56 4 1 0 3 8
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia Ronald Reagan September 26, 1986 83.3% 15/18 2 1 0 2 5
Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy Ronald Reagan February 18, 1988 98.2% 55/56 6 1 0 1 8
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas George H. W. Bush October 23, 1991 75% 42/56 3 9 0 10 22
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Bill Clinton August 10, 1993 91.1% 51/56 7 1 0 4 12
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer Bill Clinton August 3, 1994 96.4% 54/56 6 3 0 0 9
Associate Justice Samuel Alito George W. Bush January 31, 2006 85.5% 47/55 4 5 0 3 12
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor Barack Obama August 6, 2009 83.9% 47/56 5 3 0 5 13
Associate Justice Elena Kagan Barack Obama August 7, 2010 96.4% 54/56 3 1 0 2 6
Totals
40 25 0 30 95


Notes

  1. ↑ One decree in an original jurisdiction case has been omitted from this table: Montana v. Wyoming, 577 U.S. ___ (2016).
  2. ↑ In Duncan v. Owens, 577 U.S. ___ (2016), the Court dismissed certiorari as improvidently granted.
  3. ↑ The Court's per curiam opinion in Hawkins v. Community Bank, 577 U.S. ___ (2016) noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court.
  4. ↑ The Court's per curiam opinion in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Assn., 578 U.S. ___ (2016) noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court.

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