Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
501 | Redd v. Chappell | 574 U.S. 1041 (2014)
| state law guarantee of counsel in habeas corpus proceedings | Breyer | |
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
202 | Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk | 574 U.S. 37 (2014)
| Fair Labor Standards Act • Portal-to-Portal Act • compensation for postwork antitheft screening of employees | Kagan | |
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103 | Warger v. Shauers | 574 U.S. 40 (2014)
| Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) • inadmissibility of statements made during jury deliberation • challenge to trial verdict based on dishonesty during voir dire | Unanimous | |
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404 | Heien v. North Carolina | 574 U.S. 71 (2014)
| Fourth Amendment • reasonableness of search • mistake of law by police | | |
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105 | T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell | 574 U.S. 293 (2015)
| Telecommunications Act of 1996 • denial by local government of cell phone tower placement | Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Kagan | |
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406 | Warner v. Gross | 574 U.S. 1112 (2015)
| Eighth Amendment • capital punishment • lethal injection | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | |
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of stays of execution of sentences of death. |
207 | Holt v. Hobbs | 574 U.S. 352 (2015)
| Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act • prison regulation of beard growth • Islamic beard customs | | |
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408 | Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean | 574 U.S. 400 (2015)
| Homeland Security Act • Aviation and Transportation Security Act • unauthorized disclosure of security operations by Federal Air Marshall • Sensitive Security Information • Whistleblower Protection Act | Kennedy | |
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109 | Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank | 574 U.S. 418 (2015)
| trademark law • priority right • tacking • determination by jury | Unanimous | |
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110 | Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. | 575 U.S. 92 (2015)
| Administrative Procedure Act • exclusion of interpretive rules from notice-and-comment requirements | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan; Alito (in part) | |
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411 | Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. | 575 U.S. 336 (2015)
| Medicaid • Supremacy Clause • implied right of action | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Kagan | |
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112 | Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif | 575 U.S. 665 (2015)
| bankruptcy law • Article III • consent to adjudication by bankruptcy courts | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan; Alito (in part) | |
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213 | Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC | 576 U.S. 135 (2015)
| bankruptcy law • Chapter 11 • attorney's fee application • award of attorneys fees for defending application • American Rule | | |
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414 | Davis v. Ayala | 576 U.S. 290 (2015)
| Equal Protection Clause • race-based peremptory challenge in jury selection • ex parte hearing of prosecutor's justification of challenges • harmless error | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | |
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115 | Brumfield v. Cain | 576 U.S. 305 (2015)
| Eighth Amendment • execution of the intellectually disabled • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | |
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416 | Horne v. Department of Agriculture | 576 U.S. 377 (2015)
| Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 • National Raisin Reserve • Fifth Amendment • Takings Clause | | |
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117 | Los Angeles v. Patel | 576 U.S. 409 (2015)
| Fourth Amendment • mandated hotel guest record keeping and inspection • facial challenge | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | |
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518 | Carlton v. United States | 576 U.S. 1044 (2015)
| sentence enhancement based on factual error • plain error review | Breyer | |
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
419 | Glossip v. Gross | 576 U.S. 949 (2015)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • use of midazolam in lethal injection | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | |
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420 | Jordan v. Fisher | 576 U.S. 1071 (2015)
| prosecutorial vindictiveness • certificate of appealability | Ginsburg, Kagan | |
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |