The 2019 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2019 and will conclude October 4, 2020. The table below will illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.

Table key

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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

Filed a statement

Joined a statement

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.

2019 term opinions

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# Case name and citation Argued Decided Roberts Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Alito Sotomayor Kagan Gorsuch Kavanaugh
1 Thompson v. Hebdon,[a] 589 U.S. ___November 25, 2019
2 Rotkiske v. Klemm, 589 U.S. ___October 16, 2019December 10, 2019
3 Peter v. NantKwest, Inc., 589 U.S. ___October 7, 2019December 10, 2019

2019 term membership and statistics

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This is the fifteenth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure, and the second term with the current 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 100% 3/3 0 0 0 0 0
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas George H. W. Bush October 23, 1991 100% 3/3 1 0 0 0 1
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Bill Clinton August 10, 1993 66.7% 2/3 0 0 0 1 1
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer Bill Clinton August 3, 1994 100% 3/3 0 0 0 0 0
Associate Justice Samuel Alito George W. Bush January 31, 2006 100% 3/3 0 0 0 0 0
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor Barack Obama August 6, 2009 100% 3/3 1 1 0 0 2
Associate Justice Elena Kagan Barack Obama August 7, 2010 100% 3/3 0 0 0 0 0
Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch Donald Trump April 7, 2017 100% 3/3 0 0 0 0 0
Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh Donald Trump October 6, 2018 100% 3/3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
2 1 0 1 4


Notes

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  1. ^ Ginsburg filed an opinion respecting the Supreme Court's judgment in Thompson v. Hebdon.

References

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  • 2019 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved December 13, 2019.
  • 2019 Term Court Calendar (PDF), Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved September 28, 2019