2020 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor

The 2020 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2020, and concluded October 3, 2021. This was the twelfth term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on the Court.
Sonia Sotomayor 2020 term statistics 6 Majority or Plurality 6 Concurrence 6 Other 18 Dissent 3 Concurrence/dissent Total = 39 Bench opinions = 20 Opinions relating to orders = 19 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Kagan (16) Least joined by: Barrett (2 in full, 1 in part)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
501	Kaur v. Maryland	592 U.S. ___ (2020)
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
502	Henness v. DeWine	592 U.S. ___ (2020)
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
403	Ross v. National Urban League	592 U.S. ___ (2020)
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's grant of application for stay.
404	Merrill v. People First of Alabama	592 U.S. ___ (2020)		Breyer, Kagan
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's grant of application for stay.
405	Valentine v. Collier	592 U.S. ___ (2020)		Kagan
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of application to vacate stay.
406	Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo	592 U.S. ___ (2020)		Kagan	per curiam Gorsuch Kavanaugh Roberts Breyer
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's grant of application for injunctive relief.
207	Carney v. Adams	592 U.S. ___ (2020)			Breyer
108	Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Assn.	592 U.S. ___ (2020)		Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas
409	Bernard v. United States	592 U.S. ___ (2020)
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari and application for stay of execution.
410	Bourgeois v. Watson	592 U.S. ___ (2020)		Kagan
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari and application for stay of execution.
411	FDA v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists	592 U.S. ___ (2021)		Kagan	Roberts
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's grant of application for stay.
212	Chicago v. Fulton	592 U.S. ___ (2021)			Alito
413	United States v. Higgs	592 U.S. ___ (2021)			Breyer
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's grant of certiorari before judgment and summary reversal, and application to vacate stay of execution.
414	Francois v. Wilkinson	592 U.S. ___ (2021)
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of application for stay of removal.
115	Salinas v. Railroad Retirement Bd.	592 U.S. ___ (2021)		Roberts, Breyer, Kagan, Kavanaugh	Thomas
216	Brownback v. King	592 U.S. ___ (2021)	Federal Tort Claims Act		Thomas
417	Smith v. Titus	592 U.S. ___ (2021)
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
518	Longoria v. United States	592 U.S. ___ (2021)		Gorsuch
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
119	Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid	592 U.S. ___ (2021)		Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barett	Alito
420	Whatley v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison	593 U.S. ___ (2021)
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
521	Brown v. Polk County	593 U.S. ___ (2021)
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
122	Carr v. Saul	593 U.S. ___ (2021)		Roberts, Alito, Kagan, Kavanaugh; Thomas, Breyer, Gorsuch, Barrett (in part)	Thomas Breyer
423	Jones v. Mississippi	593 U.S. ___ (2021)		Breyer, Kagan	Kavanaugh Thomas
524	Calvert v. Texas	593 U.S. ___ (2021)
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
425	BP P.L.C. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore	593 U.S. ___ (2021)			Gorsuch
226	CIC Servs., LLC v. IRS	593 U.S. ___ (2021)			Kagan Kavanaugh
427	Johnson v. Precythe	593 U.S. ___ (2021)		Breyer, Kagan	Breyer
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
128	United States v. Palomar-Santiago	593 U.S. ___ (2021)		Unanimous
529	National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System	593 U.S. ___ (2021)		Breyer, Kavanaugh
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
230	Terry v. United States	593 U.S. ___ (2021)			Thomas
331	Greer v. United States	593 U.S. ___ (2021)			Kavanaugh
232	Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe	593 U.S. ___ (2021)		Breyer, Kagan	Thomas Gorsuch Alito
333	Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System	594 U.S. ___ (2021)			Barrett Gorsuch
334	Collins v. Yellen	594 U.S. ___ (2021)		Breyer	Alito Thomas Gorsuch Kagan
135	Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation	594 U.S. ___ (2021)		Roberts, Breyer, Kavanaugh, Barrett; Alito (in part)	Gorsuch
436	Hernandez v. Peery	594 U.S. ___ (2021)
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
437	Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta	594 U.S. ___ (2021)		Breyer, Kagan	Roberts Thomas Alito
438	Dunn v. Reeves	594 U.S. ___ (2021)		Kagan	per curiam
439	Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson	594 U.S. ___ (2021)		Breyer, Kagan	Roberts Breyer Kagan
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of application for injunctive relief.

References

• "2020 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
• "2020 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
• "2020 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved April 20, 2021.