Supreme Court cases, October term 2016-2017

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The Supreme Court of the United States began its October 2016 term on Monday, October 3, 2016, with only eight justices. Ninth Justice Antonin Scalia, who had served on the Supreme Court for three decades, was found dead of natural causes on February 13, 2016.[1][2]

On January 31, 2017, President Donald Trump (R) nominated Neil Gorsuch to succeed Scalia on the Supreme Court. Gorsuch was confirmed on a recorded 54-45 vote of the U.S. Senate on April 7, 2017. He joined the court for the final, two-week argument sitting of the term, which began on April 17, 2017.

Below is information about the cases the court considered in the 2016-2017 term. Click here to read about all of the cases heard in the 2015-2016 term and here for major cases from that term. For more on major cases heard in other terms, click on the following links: 2012, 2013, and 2014.

## The circuits[edit]

Click on your region to find more information about the court of appeals for your state.

# Cases by circuit[edit]

## Circuits[edit]

### 1st Circuit[edit]

* Bravo-Fernandez v. United States

### 2nd Circuit[edit]

* CalPERS v. ANZ Securities
* Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates
* Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman
* Sessions v. Morales-Santana
* Ziglar v. Abbasi/Ashcroft v. Abbasi/Hasty v. Abbasi (consolidated)

### 3rd Circuit[edit]

* Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp.
* St. Peter's Healthcare v. Kaplan

### 4th Circuit[edit]

* Henson v. Santander Consumer USA

### 5th Circuit[edit]

* Buck v. Davis
* Davila v. Davis
* Hernandez v. Mesa
* State Farm v. U.S. ex rel Rigsby

### 6th Circuit[edit]

* Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions
* Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools
* Honeycutt v. United States
* Lee v. United States
* Maslenjak v. United States
* Star Athletica LLC v. Varsity Brands

### 7th Circuit[edit]

* Advocate Health Care v. Stapleton
* Manuel v. City of Joliet

### 8th Circuit[edit]

* Dean v. United States
* Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer

### 9th Circuit[edit]

* County of Los Angeles v. Mendez
* Dignity Health v. Rollins
* Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. v. Haeger
* Jennings v. Rodriguez
* Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Group
* Sessions v. Dimaya
* McLane Company v. EEOC
* Microsoft Corp. v. Baker
* Salman v. United States
* Shaw v. United States

### 10th Circuit[edit]

* Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District
* Kokesh v. SEC

### 11th Circuit[edit]

* Bank of America v. Miami/Wells Fargo v. Miami (consolidated)
* Beckles v. United States
* Manrique v. United States
* McWilliams v. Dunn
* Midland Funding v. Johnson

### D.C. Circuit[edit]

* National Labor Relations Board v. SW General Inc.
* Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board
* Venezuela v. Helmerich and Payne International

### Federal Circuit[edit]

* Impression Products v. Lexmark
* Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp.
* Matal v. Tam
* Samsung Electronics v. Apple
* Sandoz v. Amgen/Amgen v. Sandoz (consolidated)
* SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products
* TC Heartland v. Kraft

### U.S. district courts[edit]

* Bethune-Hill v. Virginia Board of Elections
* Cooper v. Harris

### District of Columbia courts[edit]

* Turner v. United States/Overton v. United States (consolidated)

### State courts[edit]

* BNSF Railway v. Tyrrell
* Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California
* Coventry Health Care of Missouri v. Nevils
* Howell v. Howell
* Kindred Nursing Centers v. Clark
* Lewis v. Clarke
* Moore v. Texas
* Murr v. Wisconsin
* Nelson v. Colorado
* Packingham v. North Carolina
* Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado
* Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon
* Weaver v. Massachusetts

# Cases by sitting[edit]

## Sitting[edit]

### October sitting[edit]

October 4, 2016

* Bravo-Fernandez v. United States
* Shaw v. United States

October 5, 2016

* Buck v. Davis
* Manuel v. City of Joliet
* Salman v. United States

October 11, 2016

* Manrique v. United States
* Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado
* Samsung Electronics v. Apple

### November sitting[edit]

October 31, 2016

* Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools
* Star Athletica LLC v. Varsity Brands

November 1, 2016

* SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products
* State Farm v. U.S. ex rel Rigsby

November 2, 2016

* Venezuela v. Helmerich and Payne International

November 7, 2016

* National Labor Relations Board v. SW General Inc.

November 8, 2016

* Bank of America v. Miami / Wells Fargo v. Miami (consolidated)
* Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Group

November 9, 2016

* Sessions v. Morales-Santana

### December sitting[edit]

November 28, 2016

* Beckles v. United States

November 29, 2016

* Moore v. Texas

November 30, 2016

* Jennings v. Rodriguez

December 5, 2016

* Bethune-Hill v. Virginia Board of Elections
* Cooper v. Harris

December 6, 2016

* Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp.

December 7, 2016

* Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp.

### January sitting[edit]

January 9, 2017

* Nelson v. Colorado
* Lewis v. Clarke

January 10, 2017

* Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman
* Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. v. Haeger

January 11, 2017

* Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District

January 17, 2017

* Sessions v. Dimaya
* Midland Funding v. Johnson

January 18, 2017

* Matal v. Tam
* Ziglar v. Abbasi/Ashcroft v. Abbasi/Hasty v. Abbasi (consolidated)

### February sitting[edit]

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

* Hernandez v. Mesa
* McLane Company v. EEOC

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

* Kindred Nursing Centers v. Clark

Monday, February 27, 2017

* Packingham v. North Carolina
* Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

* Dean v. United States

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

* Coventry Health Care of Missouri v. Nevils

### March sitting[edit]

Monday, March 20, 2017

* Murr v. Wisconsin
* Howell v. Howell

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

* Microsoft Corp. v. Baker
* Impression Products v. Lexmark

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

* County of Los Angeles v. Mendez
* Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon

Monday, March 27, 2017

* Advocate Health Care v. Stapleton / St. Peter's Healthcare v. Kaplan / Dignity Health v. Rollins (consolidated)
* TC Heartland v. Kraft

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

* Lee v. United States

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

* Turner v. United States/Overton v. United States (consolidated)
* Honeycutt v. United States

### April sitting[edit]

Monday, April 17, 2017

* Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board
* Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates
* CalPERS v. ANZ Securities

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

* Kokesh v. SEC
* Henson v. Santander Consumer USA

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

* Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer
* Weaver v. Massachusetts

Monday, April 24, 2017

* McWilliams v. Dunn
* Davila v. Davis

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

* Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California
* BNSF Railway v. Tyrrell

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

* Sandoz v. Amgen/Amgen v. Sandoz (consolidated)
* Maslenjak v. United States

# Where are the cases coming from?[edit]

List of argued cases - 2016 Term

Court  | Number of cases
United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit | 1
United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit | 7
United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit | 2
United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit | 1
United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit | 4
United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit | 6
United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit | 2
United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit | 2
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 10
United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit | 2
United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit | 6
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 3
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | 8
U.S. district courts | 2
District of Columbia courts | 2
State/commonwealth courts | 13
Totals (argued cases) | 71
Source: Supreme Court of the United States

# Term data[edit]

## October sitting[edit]

In October, the justices heard argument in eight cases.

October sitting, U.S. Supreme Court, 2016 Term

Case  | Author  | Decision  | Vote  | Court below
Bravo-Fernandez v. United States | Ginsburg | Judgment affirmed | 8-0 to affirm | First Circuit
Shaw v. United States | Breyer | Judgment vacated and remanded | 8-0 | Ninth Circuit
Salman v. United States | Alito | Judgment affirmed | 8-0 | Ninth Circuit
Buck v. Davis | Roberts | Judgment reversed and remanded | 6-2 | Fifth Circuit
Manuel v. City of Joliet | Kagan | Judgment reversed and remanded | 6-2 | Seventh Circuit
Manrique v. United States | Thomas | Judgment affirmed | 6-2 | Eleventh Circuit
Samsung Electronics v. Apple | Sotomayor | Judgment reversed and remanded | 8-0 | Federal Circuit
Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado | Kennedy | Judgment reversed and remanded | 5-3 | Colorado Supreme Court
Source: Supreme Court of the United States

## November sitting[edit]

In November, the justices heard argument in ten cases, with two cases consolidated into one argument.

November sitting, U.S. Supreme Court, 2016 Term

Case  | Author  | Decision  | Vote  | Court below
Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools | Kagan | Judgment vacated and remanded | 8-0 to vacate and remand | Sixth Circuit
Star Athletica LLC v. Varsity Brands | Thomas | Judgment affirmed | 6-2 | Sixth Circuit
SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products | Alito | Judgment vacated and remanded | 7-1 | Federal Circuit
State Farm v. U.S. ex rel Rigsby | Kennedy | Judgment affirmed | 8-0 | Fifth Circuit
Venezuela v. Helmerich and Payne International | Breyer | Judgment vacated and remanded | 8-0 | D.C. Circuit
National Labor Relations Board v. SW General Inc. | Roberts | Judgment affirmed | 6-2 to affirm | D.C. Circuit
Bank of America v. Miami
Wells Fargo v. Miami | Breyer | Judgment vacated and remanded | 5-3 | Eleventh Circuit
Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Group | Sotomayor | Judgment reversed | 8-0 | Ninth Circuit
Sessions v. Morales-Santana | Ginsburg | Judgment affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded | 6-2 to affirm in part
8-0 to reverse in part | Second Circuit
Source: Supreme Court of the United States

## December sitting[edit]

In December, the justices heard argument in seven cases.

December sitting, U.S. Supreme Court, 2016 Term

Case  | Author  | Decision  | Vote  | Court below
Beckles v. United States | Thomas | Judgment affirmed | 7-0 to affirm | Eleventh Circuit
Moore v. Texas | Ginsburg | Judgment vacated and remanded | 5-3 | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jennings v. Rodriguez | None | Case to be reargued next term | No vote | Ninth Circuit
Bethune-Hill v. Virginia Board of Elections | Kennedy | Judgment affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded | 8-0 to vacate and remand; 7-1 to affirm | Eastern District of Virginia
Cooper v. Harris | Kagan | Judgment affirmed | 8-0 to affirm on District 1;
5-3 to affirm on District 12 | Middle District of North Carolina
Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp. | Sotomayor | Judgment reversed and remanded | 7-0 to reverse and remand | Federal Circuit
Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp. | Breyer | Judgment reversed and remanded | 6-2 | Third Circuit
Source: Supreme Court of the United States

## January sitting[edit]

In January, the justices heard argument in eleven cases, with three cases consolidated into one argument.

January sitting, U.S. Supreme Court, 2016 Term

Case  | Author  | Decision  | Vote  | Court below
Nelson v. Colorado | Ginsburg | Judgment reversed and remanded | 7-1 to reverse and remand | Colorado Supreme Court
Lewis v. Clarke | Sotomayor | Judgment reversed and remanded | 8-0 to reverse and remand | Connecticut Supreme Court
Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman | Roberts | Judgment vacated and remanded | 8-0 to vacate and remand | Second Circuit
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. v. Haeger | Kagan | Judgment reversed and remanded | 8-0 | Ninth Circuit
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District | Roberts | Judgment vacated and remanded | 8-0 | Tenth Circuit
Sessions v. Dimaya | None | Case to be reargued next term | No vote | Ninth Circuit
Midland Funding v. Johnson | Breyer | Judgment reversed | 5-3 | Eleventh Circuit
Matal v. Tam | Alito | Judgment affirmed | 8-0 to affirm | Federal Circuit
Ziglar v. Abbasi
Ashcroft v. Abbasi
Hasty v. Abbasi | Kennedy | Judgment vacated in part, reversed in part, and remanded | 4-2 | Second Circuit
Source: Supreme Court of the United States

## February sitting[edit]

In February, the justices heard argument in seven cases.

February sitting, U.S. Supreme Court, 2016 Term

Case  | Author  | Decision  | Vote  | Court below
Hernandez v. Mesa | Per curiam | Judgment vacated and remanded | No public vote recorded | Fifth Circuit
McLane Company v. EEOC | Sotomayor | Judgment vacated and remanded | 7-1 to reverse and remand | Ninth Circuit
Kindred Nursing Centers v. Clark | Kagan | Judgment reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded | 7-1 | Kentucky Supreme Court
Packingham v. North Carolina | Kennedy | Judgment reversed and remanded | 8-0 to reverse and remand | North Carolina Supreme Court
Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions | Thomas | Judgment reversed | 8-0 | Sixth Circuit
Dean v. United States | Roberts | Judgment reversed and remanded | 8-0 | Eighth Circuit
Coventry Health Care of Missouri v. Nevils | Ginsburg | Judgment reversed and remanded | 8-0 to reverse and remand | Missouri Supreme Court
Source: Supreme Court of the United States

## March sitting[edit]

In March, the justices heard argument in fourteen cases, with three cases consolidated into one argument and two other cases consolidated into another argument.

March sitting, U.S. Supreme Court, 2016 Term

Case  | Author  | Decision  | Vote  | Court below
Murr v. Wisconsin | Kennedy | Judgment affirmed | 5-3 | Wisconsin Court of Appeals for District III
Howell v. Howell | Breyer | Judgment reversed and remanded | 8-0 to reverse and remand | Arizona Supreme Court
Microsoft Corp. v. Baker | Ginsburg | Judgment reversed and remanded | 8-0 to reverse and remand | Ninth Circuit
Impression Products v. Lexmark | Roberts | Judgment reversed and remanded | 8-0 for domestic exhaustion
7-1 for international exhaustion | Federal Circuit
County of Los Angeles v. Mendez | Alito | Judgment vacated and remanded | 8-0 | Ninth Circuit
Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon | Alito | Judgment vacated and remanded | 8-0 | Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals
Advocate Health Care v. Stapleton
St. Peter's Healthcare v. Kaplan
Dignity Health v. Rollins | Kagan | Judgment reversed | 8-0 to reverse | Seventh Circuit
Third Circuit
Ninth Circuit
TC Heartland v. Kraft | Thomas | Judgment reversed and remanded | 8-0 | Federal Circuit
Lee v. United States | Roberts | Judgment reversed and remanded | 6-2 | Sixth Circuit
Overton v. United States
Turner v. United States | Breyer | Judgment affirmed | 6-2 | District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Honeycutt v. United States | Sotomayor | Judgment reversed | 8-0 | Sixth Circuit
Source: Supreme Court of the United States

## April sitting[edit]

In April, Justice Neil Gorsuch heard his first arguments as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices heard argument in fourteen cases, with two cases consolidated into one argument.

April sitting, U.S. Supreme Court, 2016 Term

Case  | Author  | Decision  | Vote  | Court below
Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board | Ginsburg | Judgment reversed and remanded | 7-2 | D.C. Circuit
Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates | Alito | Judgment vacated and remanded | 9-0 | Second Circuit
CalPERS v. ANZ Securities | Kennedy | Judgment affirmed | 5-4 | Second Circuit
Kokesh v. SEC | Sotomayor | Judgment reversed | 9-0 | Tenth Circuit
Henson v. Santander Consumer USA | Gorsuch | Judgment affirmed | 9-0 | Fourth Circuit
Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer | Roberts | Judgment reversed and remanded | 7-2 to reverse and remand | Eighth Circuit
Weaver v. Massachusetts | Kennedy | Judgment affirmed | 7-2 to affirm | Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
McWilliams v. Dunn | Breyer | Judgment reversed and remanded | 5-4 | Eleventh Circuit
Davila v. Davis | Thomas | Judgment affirmed | 5-4 | Fifth Circuit
Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California | Alito | Judgment reversed and remanded | 8-1 | California Supreme Court
BNSF Railway v. Tyrrell | Ginsburg | Judgment reversed and remanded | 8-1 to reverse and remand | Montana Supreme Court
Sandoz v. Amgen
Amgen v. Sandoz | Thomas | Judgment vacated in part, reversed in part, and remanded | 9-0 | Federal Circuit
Maslenjak v. United States | Kagan | Judgment vacated and remanded | 9-0 to vacate and remand | Sixth Circuit
Source: Supreme Court of the United States

## Dispositions without argument[edit]

### Per curiam opinions[edit]

Throughout this term, the justices issued per curiam opinions in cases without argument. The court often issues these opinions to summarily reverse the decision of a lower court. As these cases are not argued, they are not included in the judicial sitting data presented above. The cases below are sorted by the date the opinion was handed down.

Per curiam opinions (unargued cases), U.S. Supreme Court, 2016 Term

Date decided  | Case  | Court below  | Outcome
June 26, 2017 | Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project;
Trump v. Hawaii | Fourth Circuit
Ninth Circuit | Petitions for certiorari granted; applications for stay granted in part
June 26, 2017 | Pavan v. Smith | Arkansas Supreme Court | Judgment reversed and remanded
June 19, 2017 | Jenkins v. Hutton | Sixth Circuit | Judgment reversed and remanded
June 12, 2017 | Virginia v. LeBlanc | Fourth Circuit | Judgment reversed
June 5, 2017 | North Carolina v. Covington | Middle District of North Carolina | Judgment vacated and remanded
March 6, 2017 | Rippo v. Baker | Supreme Court of Nevada | Judgment vacated and remanded
January 9, 2017 | White v. Pauly | Tenth Circuit | Judgment vacated and remanded
October 11, 2016 | Bosse v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals | Judgment vacated and remanded
Source: Supreme Court of the United States

### Other dispositions[edit]

The cases below represent cases in which certiorari was granted by the court, but which were not argued during the October 2016 term.

Other dispositions (unargued cases), U.S. Supreme Court, 2016 Term

Date decided  | Case  | Court below  | Outcome
March 6, 2017 | Gloucester County School Board v. G.G. | Fourth Circuit | Judgment vacated and remanded
November 17, 2016 | Visa v. Osborn | D.C. Circuit | Writ of certiorari dismissed as improvidently granted (DIG)
November 17, 2016 | Visa v. Stoumbos | D.C. Circuit | Writ of certiorari dismissed as improvidently granted (DIG)
November 7, 2016 | Ivy v. Morath | Fifth Circuit | Dismissed as moot; vacated and remanded
October 25, 2016 | Musnuff v. Haeger | Ninth Circuit | Dismissed pursuant to Rule 46
Source: Supreme Court of the United States

## See also[edit]

* Supreme Court of the United States

* History of the Supreme Court

* What happens to this term's major SCOTUS cases in a 4-4 split?

## External links[edit]

* Supreme Court of the United States

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ The New York Times, "Justice Antonin Scalia, who led a conservative renaissance on the Supreme Court, is dead at 79," February 13, 2016
2. ↑ San Antonio-Express News, "Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas ranch," accessed February 13, 2016