2017 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court 2017 term
The 2017 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018. 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 voted without filing or joining an opinion.
2017 term opinions
#
Case name and citation
Argued
Decided
Roberts
Kennedy
Thomas
Ginsburg
Breyer
Alito
Sotomayor
Kagan
Gorsuch
1
Kernan v. Cuero , 583 U.S. ___ November 6, 2017
2
Dunn v. Madison , 583 U.S. ___ November 6, 2017
3
Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Servs. of Chicago , 583 U.S. ___ October 10, 2017 November 8, 2017
4
In re United States , 583 U.S. ___ December 20, 2017
5
Tharpe v. Sellers , 583 U.S. ___ January 8, 2018
6
District of Columbia v. Wesby , 583 U.S. ___ October 4, 2017 January 22, 2018
7
Artis v. District of Columbia , 583 U.S. ___ November 1, 2017 January 22, 2018
8
National Assn. of Mfrs. v. Department of Defense , 583 U.S. ___ October 11, 2017 January 22, 2018
9
CNH Industrial N. V. v. Reese , 583 U.S. ___ February 20, 2018
10
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers , 583 U.S. ___ November 28, 2017 February 21, 2018
11
Class v. United States , 583 U.S. ___ October 4, 2017 February 21, 2018
12
Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran , 583 U.S. ___ December 4, 2017 February 21, 2018
13
Murphy v. Smith , 583 U.S. ___ December 6, 2017 February 21, 2018
14
Patchak v. Zinke , 583 U.S. ___ November 7, 2017 February 27, 2018
15
Jennings v. Rodriguez ,[ 2] 583 U.S. ___ October 3, 2017 February 27, 2018
16
Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc. , 583 U.S. ___ November 6, 2017 February 27, 2018
17
U.S. Bank N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC , 583 U.S. ___ October 31, 2017 March 5, 2018
18
Texas v. New Mexico , 583 U.S. ___ January 8, 2018 March 5, 2018
19
Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund , 583 U.S. ___ November 28, 2017 March 20, 2018
20
Marinello v. United States , 584 U.S. ___ December 6, 2017 March 21, 2018
21
Ayestas v. Davis , 584 U.S. ___ October 30, 2017 March 21, 2018
22
Hall v. Hall , 584 U.S. ___ January 16, 2018 March 27, 2018
23
Encino Motorcars v. Navarro , 584 U.S. ___ January 17, 2018 April 2, 2018
24
Kisela v. Hughes , 584 U.S. ___ April 2, 2018
25
Wilson v. Sellers , 584 U.S. ___ October 30, 2017 April 17, 2018
26
Sessions v. Dimaya ,[ 3] 584 U.S. ___ October 2, 2017 April 17, 2018
27
United States v. Microsoft Corp. , 584 U.S. ___ February 27, 2018 April 17, 2018
28
Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC , 584 U.S. ___ October 11, 2017 April 24, 2018
29
Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC , 584 U.S. ___ November 27, 2017 April 24, 2018
30
SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu , 584 U.S. ___ November 27, 2017 April 24, 2018
31
United States v. Sanchez-Gomez , 584 U.S. ___ March 26, 2018 May 14, 2018
32
Byrd v. United States , 584 U.S. ___ January 9, 2018 May 14, 2018
33
McCoy v. Louisiana , 584 U.S. ___ January 17, 2018 May 14, 2018
34
Dahda v. United States , 584 U.S. ___ February 21, 2018 May 14, 2018
35
Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association , 584 U.S. ___ December 4, 2017 May 14, 2018
36
Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis , 584 U.S. ___ October 2, 2017 May 21, 2018
37
Upper Skagit Tribe v. Lundgren , 584 U.S. ___ March 21, 2018 May 21, 2018
38
Lagos v. United States , 584 U.S. ___ April 18, 2018 May 29, 2018
39
Collins v. Virginia , 584 U.S. ___ January 9, 2018 May 29, 2018
40
City of Hays v. Vogt ,[ 4] 584 U.S. ___ February 20, 2018 May 29, 2018
41
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Comm'n , 584 U.S. ___ December 5, 2017 June 4, 2018
42
Hughes v. United States , 584 U.S. ___ March 27, 2018 June 4, 2018
43
Koons v. United States , 584 U.S. ___ March 27, 2018 June 4, 2018
44
Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling , 584 U.S. ___ April 17, 2018 June 4, 2018
45
Azar v. Garza , 584 U.S. ___ June 4, 2018
46
China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh , 584 U.S. ___ March 26, 2018 June 11, 2018
47
Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute , 584 U.S. ___ January 10, 2018 June 11, 2018
48
Sveen v. Melin , 584 U.S. ___ March 19, 2018 June 11, 2018
49
Washington v. United States ,[ 5] 584 U.S. ___ April 18, 2018 June 11, 2018
50
Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky , 585 U.S. ___ February 28, 2018 June 14, 2018
51
Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. , 585 U.S. ___ April 24, 2018 June 14, 2018
52
Gill v. Whitford , 585 U.S. ___ October 3, 2017 June 18, 2018
53
Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach , 585 U.S. ___ February 27, 2018 June 18, 2018
54
Chavez-Meza v. United States , 585 U.S. ___ April 23, 2018 June 18, 2018
55
Rosales-Mireles v. United States , 585 U.S. ___ February 21, 2018 June 18, 2018
56
Benisek v. Lamone , 585 U.S. ___ June 18, 2018
57
South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. , 585 U.S. ___ April 17, 2018 June 21, 2018
58
Pereira v. Sessions , 585 U.S. ___ April 23, 2018 June 21, 2018
59
Lucia v. SEC , 585 U.S. ___ April 23, 2018 June 21, 2018
60
Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States , 585 U.S. ___ April 16, 2018 June 21, 2018
61
Carpenter v. United States , 585 U.S. ___ November 29, 2017 June 22, 2018
62
WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp. , 585 U.S. ___ April 16, 2018 June 22, 2018
63
Ortiz v. United States , 585 U.S. ___ January 16, 2018 June 22, 2018
64
Currier v. Virginia , 585 U.S. ___ February 20, 2018 June 22, 2018
65
Dalmazzi v. United States ,[ 6] 585 U.S. ___ January 16, 2018 June 22, 2018
66
Cox v. United States ,[ 7] 585 U.S. ___ January 16, 2018 June 22, 2018
67
Ohio v. American Express Co. , 585 U.S. ___ February 26, 2018 June 25, 2018
68
Abbott v. Perez , 585 U.S. ___ April 24, 2018 June 25, 2018
69
Trump v. Hawaii , 585 U.S. ___ April 25, 2018 June 26, 2018
70
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra , 585 U.S. ___ March 20, 2018 June 26, 2018
71
Florida v. Georgia , 585 U.S. ___ January 8, 2018 June 27, 2018
72
Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees , 585 U.S. ___ February 26, 2018 June 27, 2018
73
Sause v. Bauer , 585 U.S. ___ June 28, 2018
74
Sexton v. Beaudreaux , 585 U.S. ___ June 28, 2018
75
North Carolina v. Covington , 585 U.S. ___ June 28, 2018
#
Case name and citation
Argued
Decided
Roberts
Kennedy
Thomas
Ginsburg
Breyer
Alito
Sotomayor
Kagan
Gorsuch
2017 term membership and statistics
This was the thirteenth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure. Justice Kennedy retired on July 31, 2018, making it the second and final (and also the only full) 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
93.3%
70/75
6
1
0
4
11
Associate Justice
Anthony Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
February 18, 1988
91.9%
68/74
6
5
0
2
13
Associate Justice
Clarence Thomas
George H. W. Bush
October 23, 1991
81.3%
61/75
7
15
0
9
31
Associate Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Bill Clinton
August 10, 1993
76%
57/75
6
3
0
6
15
Associate Justice
Stephen Breyer
Bill Clinton
August 3, 1994
73.3%
55/75
7
3
2
7
19
Associate Justice
Samuel Alito
George W. Bush
January 31, 2006
80%
60/75
7
2
0
6
15
Associate Justice
Sonia Sotomayor
Barack Obama
August 6, 2009
72%
54/75
7
7
0
9
23
Associate Justice
Elena Kagan
Barack Obama
August 7, 2010
78.1%
57/73
6
2
0
1
9
Associate Justice
Neil Gorsuch
Donald Trump
April 7, 2017
84.7%
61/72
7
4
0
6
17
Notes on statistics:
Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included.
Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point.
Totals
59
42
2
50
153
Notes
^ One decree in an original jurisdiction case has been omitted from this table: Montana v. Wyoming , 583 U.S. ___ (2018).
^ Jennings v. Rodriguez , 583 U.S. ___ (2018), was originally argued November 30, 2016 and reargued October 3, 2017.
^ Sessions v. Dimaya , 584 U.S. ___ (2018), was originally argued January 17, 2017 and reargued October 2, 2017.
^ In City of Hays v. Vogt , 584 U.S. ___ (2018), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted .
^ The Court's per curiam opinion in Washington v. United States , 584 U.S. ___ (2018), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court .
^ In Dalmazzi v. United States , 585 U.S. ___ (2018), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted .
^ In Cox v. United States , 585 U.S. ___ (2018), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted .
References
Supreme Court of the United States 2017 term
(October 2, 2017 – September 30, 2018)
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