Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
101 | Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. | 574 U.S. ___ (2015)
| patent law • claim construction • appellate standard of review • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
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402 | Bower v. Texas | 575 U.S. ___ (2015)
| death penalty • consideration of mitigating evidence at sentencing | Ginsburg, Sotomayor | |
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
103 | Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. | 575 U.S. ___ (2015)
| Pregnancy Discrimination Act • disparate treatment claim | Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
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104 | Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama | 575 U.S. ___ (2015)
| Fourteenth Amendment • Equal Protection Clause • redistricting • racial gerrymandering • Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
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205 | Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. | 575 U.S. ___ (2015)
| Medicaid • Supremacy Clause • implied right of action | | |
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106 | Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc. | 575 U.S. ___ (2015)
| Natural Gas Act • federal preemption of state antitrust laws | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan; Thomas (in part) | |
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207 | Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar | 575 U.S. ___ (2015)
| First Amendment • freedom of speech • ban on personal solicitation of campaign funds by judicial candidates | | |
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108 | Tibble v. Edison Int'l | 575 U.S. ___ (2015)
| Employee Retirement Income Security Act • breach of fiduciary duty • statute of limitations | Unanimous | |
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109 | Coleman v. Tollefson | 575 U.S. ___ (2015)
| in forma pauperis filing status • ineligibility after dismissals of three frivolous suits • effect of pending appeal | Unanimous | |
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210 | Zivotofsky v. Kerry | 576 U.S. ___ (2015)
| political question doctrine • U.S. position on status of Jerusalem • Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 • passport designation of births in Jerusalem | | |
Breyer stated that he continued to believe the case presented a nonjusticiable political question, but joined the Court's opinion because its precedent in Zivotofsky v. Clinton (from which he had dissented) precluded resolving the case on that ground. |
411 | Kerry v. Din | 576 U.S. ___ (2015)
| Immigration and Nationality Act • exclusion of alien for terrorist activities • denial of spouse's visa • Due Process Clause • substantive due process • liberty interest in marriage | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
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412 | Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC | 576 U.S. ___ (2015)
| bankruptcy law • Chapter 11 • attorney's fee application • award of attorneys fees for defending application • American Rule | Ginsburg, Kagan | |
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213 | Reed v. Town of Gilbert | 576 U.S. ___ (2015)
| First Amendment • free speech • content-based restrictions • regulation of signs on private property | | |
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114 | Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. | 576 U.S. ___ (2015)
| First Amendment • free speech • government speech • specialty license plates | Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
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315 | Horne v. Department of Agriculture | 576 U.S. ___ (2015)
| Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 • National Raisin Reserve • Fifth Amendment • Takings Clause | Ginsburg, Kagan | |
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116 | Kingsley v. Hendrickson | 576 U.S. ___ (2015)
| Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • excessive force against pretrial detainee | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
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417 | Glossip v. Gross | 576 U.S. ___ (2015)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • use of midazolam in lethal injection | Ginsburg | |
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