2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States handed down sixteen per curiam opinions during its 2017 term, which began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018.^[1]

Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted.

Court membership

Chief Justice: John Roberts

Associate Justices: Anthony Kennedy (retired July 31, 2018), Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch

Kernan v. Cuero

Full caption:	Scott Kernan, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation v. Michael Daniel Cuero
Citations:	583 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Petition denied, sub nom. Cuero v. Cate, No. 08-2008, S.D. Cal., Apr. 25, 2012; rev'd, 827 F. 3d 879 (9th Cir. 2016); rehearing en banc denied, 850 F. 3d 1019 (9th Cir. 2017)
Laws applied:	28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion  · Justia

583 U.S. ___
Decided November 6, 2017.
Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded.

Dunn v. Madison

Full caption:	Jefferson Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections v. Vernon Madison
Citations:	583 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Petition denied, sub nom. Madison v. Commissioner, Ala. Dept. of Corrections; rev'd in part, remanded, 677 F. 3d 1333 (11th Cir. 2012); cert. denied, sub nom. Thomas v. Madison, 568 U.S. 1019 (2012); petition denied, sub nom. Madison v. Commissioner, Ala. Dept. of Corrections; aff'd, 761 F. 3d 1240 (11th Cir. 2014); cert. denied, sub nom. Madison v. Thomas, 135 S. St. 1562 (2015); rehearing denied, 135 S. Ct. 2346 (2015); petition denied, S.D. Ala., May 10, 2016; rev'd, 851 F. 3d 1173 (11th Cir. 2017)
Laws applied:	U.S. Const. amend. VIII; 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion  · Justia

583 U.S. ___
Decided November 6, 2017.
Eleventh Circuit reversed.

Ginsburg filed a concurrence, joined by Breyer and Sotomayor. Breyer filed a concurrence.

In re United States

See also: Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California

Full caption:	In re United States, et al.
Citations:	583 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Motion granted, sub. nom. Regents of Univ. of Cal. v. Department of Homeland Security, No. 3:17-cv-05211, 2017 WL 4642324 (N.D. Cal., Oct. 17, 2017); petition denied sub. nom., In re United States, 875 F.3d 1200 (9th Cir. 2017); stay denied, 875 F.3d 1177 (9th Cir. 2017).
Subsequent history:	Remanded, In re United States, 877 F.3d 1080 (9th Cir. 2017); preliminary injunction granted sub. nom., Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Dep't of Homeland Security, 279 F. Supp. 3d 1011 (N.D. Cal. 2018); affirmed, 908 F.3d 476 (9th Cir. 2018); cert. granted, 139 S. Ct. 2779 (2019).
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion  · Justia

583 U.S. ___
Decided December 20, 2017.
Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded.

Tharpe v. Sellers

Full caption:	Keith Tharpe v. Eric Sellers, Warden
Citations:	583 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Motion denied, sub nom. Tharpe v. Warden, No. 10–433 (M.D. Ga., Sept. 5, 2017); certificate denied, 2017 WL 4250413 (11th Cir. Sept. 21, 2017)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion  · Oyez

583 U.S. ___
Decided January 8, 2018.
Eleventh Circuit vacated and remanded.

Thomas filed a dissent, joined by Alito and Gorsuch.

CNH Industrial N. V. v. Reese

Full caption:	CNH Industrial N.V., et al. v. Jack Reese, et al.
Citations:	583 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Summary judgment granted, 143 F. Supp. 3d 609 (E.D. Mich. 2015); aff'd in part, 854 F. 3d 877 (6th Cir. 2017)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion  · Justia

583 U.S. ___
Decided February 20, 2018.
Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded.

Kisela v. Hughes

Full caption:	Kisela v. Hughes
Citations:	584 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Summary judgment granted to plaintiff, No. 11-00366, D. Ariz.; rev'd, 862 F. 3d 775 (9th Cir. 2016)
Laws applied:	U.S. Const. amend. IV; 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion  · Justia

584 U.S. ___
Decided April 2, 2018.
Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded.

Sotomayor filed a dissent, joined by Ginsburg.

United States v. Microsoft Corp.

Main article: Microsoft Corp. v. United States

Full caption:	United States v. Microsoft Corporation
Citations:	584 U.S. ___
Prior history:	cert. granted, 583 U.S. ___ (2017)
Laws applied:	18 U.S.C. § 2703 (Stored Communications Act); Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act §103(a)(1)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion  · Oyez

584 U.S. ___
Decided April 17, 2018.
Second Circuit vacated and remanded.

Azar v. Garza

Main article: Garza v. Hargan

Full caption:	Alex M. Azar, II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Rochelle Garza, as guardian at litem to unaccompanied minor J. D.
Citations:	584 U.S. ___
Prior history:	temporary restraining order granted, sub nom. Garza v. Hargan, No. 17–2122 (D. D.C., Oct. 18, 2017); vacated in part, D.C. Cir., Oct. 19, 2017; vacated and remanded, 874 F. 3d 735 (D.C. Cir. 2017)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion  · Oyez

584 U.S. ___
Decided June 4, 2018.
District of Columbia Circuit vacated and remanded.

Benisek v. Lamone

Full caption:	O. John Benisek, et al. v. Linda H. Lamone, Administrator, Maryland State Board of Elections, et al.
Citations:	585 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Preliminary injunction denied, 266 F. Supp. 3d 799 (D. Md. 2017)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion  · Oyez

585 U.S. ___
Decided June 18, 2018.
District Court for the District of Maryland affirmed.

Sause v. Bauer

Full caption:	Mary Anne Sause v. Timothy J. Bauer, et al.
Citations:	585 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Dismissed, No. 15-09633, 2016 WL 3387469 (D. Kan. June 20, 2016; aff'd, 59 F. 3d 1270 (10th Cir. 2017)
Laws applied:	U. S. Const. amends. I, IV
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion  · Oyez

585 U.S. ___
Decided June 28, 2018.
Tenth Circuit reversed and remanded.

Sexton v. Beaudreaux

Full caption:	Michael Sexton, Warden v. Nicholas Beaudreaux
Citations:	585 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Petition denied, sub nom. Beaudreaux v. Soto, No. 13-00351 (N.D. Ca. Feb. 5, 2015); rev'd, No. 15-15345, (9th Cir. Sept. 18, 2017); rehearing denied, 9th Cir., Nov. 8, 2017
Laws applied:	U. S. Const. amends. VI, XIV
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion  · Oyez

585 U.S. ___
Decided June 28, 2018.
Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded.

Breyer dissented without separate opinion.

North Carolina v. Covington

Full caption:	North Carolina, et al. v. Sandra Little Covington, et al.
Citations:	585 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Judgment granted to plaintiffs, 316 F. R. D. 117 (M.D.N.C. 2016); stay granted, 580 U.S. ___ (2017); summarily aff ’d, 581 U.S. ___ (2017); remedial order vacated and remanded, 581 U. S. ___ (2017) (per curiam); recommendations of Special Master adopted, 283 F. Supp. 3d 410 (M.D.N.C. 2018); stay granted in part, 583 U.S. ___ (2018)
Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion  · Oyez

585 U.S. ___
Decided June 28, 2018.
District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina affirmed in part and reversed in part.

Thomas filed a dissent.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 583
• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 584
• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 585