Type |
Case |
Citation |
Issues |
Joined by |
Other opinions |
401
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Correll v. Florida |
577 U.S. 948 (2015)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty |
|
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Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari and application for stay of execution. |
402
|
Mullenix v. Luna |
577 U.S. 20 (2015)
|
Fourth Amendment • use of deadly force in effecting arrest • qualified immunity |
|
|
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503
|
Holiday v. Stephens |
577 U.S. 999 (2015)
|
death penalty • appointment of counsel in clemency proceedings |
|
|
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
104
|
Hurst v. Florida |
577 U.S. 92 (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 |
|
|
405
|
Kansas v. Carr |
577 U.S. 127 (2016)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • jury instructions on standard of proof for mitigating factors |
|
|
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206
|
Brooks v. Alabama |
577 U.S. 1115 (2016)
|
death penalty |
Ginsburg |
|
Sotomayor concurred in the Court's denial of a stay of execution and a petition for certiorari. |
107
|
Lockhart v. United States |
577 U.S. 347 (2016)
|
federal child pornography laws • scope of sentence enhancement for prior convictions |
Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito |
|
|
108
|
Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, Inc. |
577 U.S. 378 (2016)
|
diversity jurisdiction • citizenship of investment trust |
Unanimous[2] |
|
|
209
|
Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC |
578 U.S. 167 (2016)
|
Federal Power Act • interstate wholesale electricity rates • federal preemption |
|
|
|
410
|
Ocasio v. United States |
578 U.S. 306 (2016)
|
Hobbs Act • conspiracy |
Roberts |
|
|
111
|
Husky Int'l Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz |
578 U.S. 355 (2016)
|
bankruptcy law • Chapter 7 • discharge exception for actual fraud |
Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan |
|
|
212
|
Zubik v. Burwell |
578 U.S. 410 (2016)
|
Affordable Care Act • contraceptive mandate • Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 |
Ginsburg |
|
|
413
|
Kernan v. Hinojosa |
578 U.S. 416 (2016)
|
habeas corpus • state court unexplained denial of petition |
Ginsburg |
|
|
214
|
Betterman v. Montana |
578 U.S. 450 (2016)
|
Sixth Amendment • Speedy Trial Clause • postconviction delay in sentencing |
|
|
|
415
|
Luna Torres v. Lynch |
578 U.S. 473 (2016)
|
immigration law • removal for conviction of aggravated felony |
Thomas, Breyer |
|
|
116
|
Green v. Brennan |
578 U.S. 547 (2016)
|
Title VII • constructive discharge • statute of limitations |
Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan |
|
|
217
|
Adams v. Alabama |
578 U.S. 998 (2016)
|
Eighth Amendment • mandatory life imprisonment of minors • retroactivity of new constitutional rules |
Ginsburg |
|
Sotomayor concurred in the Court's decision to grant certiorari, vacate the lower court's opinion, and remand. |
118
|
Simmons v. Himmelreich |
578 U.S. 621 (2016)
|
Federal Tort Claims Act • exceptions for discretionary functions • judgment bar against subsequent suit against employees |
Unanimous[2] |
|
|
119
|
Dietz v. Bouldin |
579 U.S. 40 (2016)
|
district court recall of jury in civil case after discharge |
Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan |
|
|
420
|
Puerto Rico v. Franklin Cal. Tax-Free Trust |
579 U.S. 131 (2016)
|
bankruptcy law • preemption of municipal bankruptcy laws • Puerto Rican government-debt crisis |
Ginsburg |
|
|
421
|
Utah v. Strieff |
579 U.S. 243 (2016)
|
Fourth Amendment • exclusionary rule • attenuation doctrine |
Ginsburg (in part) |
|
|
322
|
Birchfield v. North Dakota |
579 U.S. 479 (2016)
|
Fourth Amendment • search incident to arrest • drunk driving • implied consent to breathalyzer or blood alcohol content tests |
Ginsburg |
|
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