Supreme Court cases, October term 2018-2019

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The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the country and leads the judicial branch of the federal government. It is often referred to by the acronym SCOTUS.[1]

"Beyond the Headlines: The Supreme Court's 2018-2019 Term"

SCOTUS began hearing cases for the 2018-2019 term on October 1, 2018. The court's yearly term begins on the first Monday in October and lasts until the first Monday in October the following year. The court generally releases the majority of its decisions in mid-June.[2]

The court issued decisions in 68 of the 69 cases it heard argued this term. The court scheduled Carpenter v. Murphy for reargument in its October 2019-2020 term. Four additional cases were decided without argument. Between 2007 and 2018, SCOTUS released opinions in 850 cases, averaging 77 cases per year.

See the sections below for additional information on the October 2018 term of the Supreme Court of the United States.

1. Term data: This section provides summary information on the cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, including case names, decisions, vote totals, opinion authors, and courts of origination. It also includes information on SCOTUS case reversal rates.
2. Cases by circuit: This section lists the cases being heard by the Supreme Court of the United States by court of origination (e.g., federal appellate courts, federal district courts, state courts, etc.).
3. Cases by sitting: This section lists the cases being heard by the Supreme Court of the United States by date of oral argument.

## Term data[edit]

### List of cases[edit]

The 2018-2019 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began on October 1, 2018. The following table provides data on the decisions the court delivered during the 2018-2019 term.

2018-2019 SCOTUS term data

Case  | Opinion author  | Decision  | Vote  | Court of origination
Weyerhaeuser Company v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service |  John Roberts |  VacatedTo void, cancel, nullify, or invalidate a verdict or judgment of a court. and remandedTo return a case or claim to a lower court for additional proceedings. |  8-0  |  5th Circuit
Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido |  Ruth Bader Ginsburg |  AffirmedThe action of an appellate court confirming a lower court's decision. |  8-0  |  9th Circuit
Madison v. Alabama |  Elena Kagan |  Vacated and remanded  |  5-3  |  Alabama 13th Circuit Court
New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira |  Neil Gorsuch |  Affirmed  |  8-0  |  1st Circuit
United States v. Stitt |  Stephen Breyer |  ReversedThe action of an appellate court overturning a lower court's decision. and remanded  |  9-0  |  6th Circuit
Stokeling v. United States |  Clarence Thomas |  Affirmed  |  5-4  |  11th Circuit
Nielsen v. Preap |  Samuel Alito |  Reversed and remanded  |  5-4  |  9th Circuit
Air and Liquid Systems Corp. v. Devries |  Brett Kavanaugh |  Affirmed  |  6-3  |  3rd Circuit
Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela |  John Roberts |  Reversed and remanded  |  5-4  |  9th Circuit
Henry Schein Inc. v. Archer and White Sales Inc. (2018) |  Brett Kavanaugh |  Vacated and remanded  |  9-0  |  5th Circuit
Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den Inc. |  Stephen Breyer |  Affirmed  |  5-4  |  Washington State Supreme Court
Garza v. Idaho |  Sonia Sotomayor |  Reversed and remanded  |  6-3  |  Idaho Supreme Court
Frank v. Gaos |  N/A  |  Vacated and remanded  |  Per curiam |  9th Circuit
Jam v. Int'l Finance Corp. |  John Roberts |  Reversed and remanded  |  7-1  |  D.C. Circuit
Sturgeon v. Frost |  Elena Kagan |  Reversed and remanded  |  9-0  |  9th Circuit
BNSF Railway Company v. Loos |  Ruth Bader Ginsburg |  Reversed and remanded  |  7-2  |  8th Circuit
Bucklew v. Precythe |  Neil Gorsuch |  Affirmed  |  5-4  |  8th Circuit
Republic of Sudan v. Harrison |  Samuel Alito |  Reversed and remanded  |  8-1  |  2nd Circuit
Culbertson v. Berryhill |  Clarence Thomas |  Reversed and remanded  |  9-0  |  11th Circuit
Apple v. Pepper |  Brett Kavanaugh |  Affirmed  |  5-4  |  9th Circuit
Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert |  Sonia Sotomayor |  Reversed and remanded  |  9-0  |  9th Circuit
Timbs v. Indiana |  Ruth Bader Ginsburg |  Vacated and remanded  |  9-0  |  Indiana Supreme Court
Lorenzo v. Securities and Exchange Commission |  Stephen Breyer |  Affirmed  |  5-2  |  D.C. Circuit
Dawson v. Steager |  Neil Gorsuch |  Reversed and remanded  |  9-0  |  West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Biestek v. Berryhill |  Elena Kagan |  Affirmed  |  6-3  |  6th Circuit
Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. |  Clarence Thomas |  Affirmed  |  9-0  |  Federal Circuit
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht |  Stephen Breyer |  Vacated and remanded  |  9-0  |  3rd Circuit
Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP |  Stephen Breyer |  Affirmed  |  9-0  |  10th Circuit
Herrera v. Wyoming |  Sonia Sotomayor |  Vacated and remanded  |  5-4  |  Wyoming Fourth Judicial District Court
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, et al. |  Ruth Bader Ginsburg |  Affirmed  |  9-0  |  11th Circuit
Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt |  Clarence Thomas |  Reversed and remanded  |  5-4  |  Nevada Supreme Court
Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority |  Elena Kagan |  Reversed and remanded  |  9-0  |  11th Circuit
Rimini Street Inc. v. Oracle USA Inc. |  Brett Kavanaugh |  Reversed in part and remanded  |  9-0  |  9th Circuit
Mission Product Holdings v. Tempnology LLC |  Elena Kagan |  Reversed and remanded  |  8-1  |  1st Circuit
Cochise Consultancy Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Hunt |  Clarence Thomas |  Affirmed  |  9-0  |  11th Circuit
Nieves v. Bartlett |  John Roberts |  Reversed and remanded  |  6-3  |  9th Circuit
Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. v. Jackson |  Clarence Thomas |  Affirmed  |  5-4  |  4th Circuit
Smith v. Berryhill |  Sonia Sotomayor |  Reversed and remanded  |  9-0  |  6th Circuit
Azar v. Allina Health Services |  Neil Gorsuch |  Affirmed  |  7-1  |  D.C. Circuit
Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis |  Ruth Bader Ginsburg |  Affirmed  |  9-0  |  5th Circuit
Mont v. United States |  Clarence Thomas |  Affirmed  |  5-4  |  6th Circuit
Taggart v. Lorenzen |  Stephen Breyer |  Vacated and remanded  |  9-0  |  9th Circuit
Quarles v. United States |  Brett Kavanaugh |  Affirmed  |  9-0  |  6th Circuit
Return Mail v. U.S. Postal Service |  Sonia Sotomayor |  Reversed and remanded  |  6-3  |  Federal Circuit
Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton |  Clarence Thomas |  Vacated and remanded  |  9-0  |  9th Circuit
Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck |  Brett Kavanaugh |  Reversed in part and remanded  |  5-4  |  2nd Circuit
Virginia Uranium v. Warren |  Neil Gorsuch |  Affirmed  |  6-3  |  4th Circuit
Gamble v. U.S. |  Samuel Alito |  Affirmed  |  7-2  |  11th Circuit
Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill |  Ruth Bader Ginsburg |  Appeal dismissed  |  5-4  |  Eastern District of Virginia
Gundy v. United States |  Elena Kagan |  Affirmed  |  5-3  |  2nd Circuit
McDonough v. Smith |  Sonia Sotomayor |  Reversed and remanded  |  6-3  |  2nd Circuit
The American Legion v. American Humanist Association |  Samuel Alito |  Reversed and remanded  |  7-2  |  4th Circuit
PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic Inc. |  Stephen Breyer |  Vacated and remanded  |  9-0  |  4th Circuit
Flowers v. Mississippi |  Brett Kavanaugh |  Reversed and remanded  |  7-2  |  Supreme Court of Mississippi
North Carolina Department of Revenue v. The Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust |  Sonia Sotomayor |  Affirmed  |  9-0  |  North Carolina Supreme Court
Rehaif v. United States |  Stephen Breyer |  Reversed and remanded  |  7-2  |  11th Circuit
Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania |  John Roberts |  Vacated and remanded  |  5-4  |  3rd Circuit
United States v. Davis |  Neil Gorsuch |  Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded  |  5-4  |  5th Circuit
Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media |  Neil Gorsuch |  Reversed and remanded  |  6-3  |  8th Circuit
Iancu v. Brunetti |  Elena Kagan |  Affirmed  |  6-3  |  Federal Circuit
The Dutra Group v. Batterton |  Samuel Alito |  Reversed and remanded  |  6-3  |  9th Circuit
United States v. Haymond |  Neil Gorsuch |  Vacated and remanded  |  5-4  |  10th Circuit
Kisor v. Wilkie |  Elena Kagan |  Vacated and remanded  |  9-0  |  Federal Circuit
Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association v. Byrd |  Samuel Alito |  Affirmed  |  7-2  |  6th Circuit
Mitchell v. Wisconsin |  Samuel Alito |  Vacated and remanded  |  5-4  |  Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Rucho v. Common Cause |  John Roberts |  Vacated and remanded  |  5-4  |  Middle District of North Carolina
Lamone v. Benisek |  John Roberts |  Vacated and remanded  |  5-4  |  District of Maryland
Department of Commerce v. New York |  John Roberts |  Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded  |  5-4  |  Southern District of New York

### SCOTUS case reversal rates[edit]

See also: SCOTUS case reversal rates (2007 - Present)

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued opinions in 74 cases during its October 2018 term. It reversed 48 lower court decisions (64.9 percent) and affirmed 26. This term's reversal rate was 5 percent lower than the average rate of reversal since 2007 (69.8 percent). Fourteen of the October 2018 term cases originated in the Ninth Circuit, twice as many as from any other circuit. The Ninth Circuit had 12 cases reversed, more than any other lower court in the term, and the same number it had reversed in 2017.

Between 2007 and 2018, SCOTUS released opinions in 923 cases. Of those, it reversed a lower court decision 644 times (69.8 percent) while affirming a lower court decision 261 times (28.3 percent). In that time period, SCOTUS decided more cases originating from the Ninth Circuit (181) than from any other circuit. The next-most was the Sixth Circuit, which had 66 decisions. During that span, SCOTUS overturned a greater number of cases originating from the Ninth Circuit (138), but it overturned a higher percentage of cases originating in the Sixth Circuit (55 of 66 cases, or 83.3 percent).

SCOTUS decisions by circuit, 2018

Court  | Decided  | Affirmed  | Reversed  | Percent Reversed
First Circuit | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0%
Second Circuit | 5 | 1 | 4 | 80.0%
Third Circuit | 3 | 1 | 2 | 66.7%
Fourth Circuit | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0%
Fifth Circuit | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0%
Sixth Circuit | 7 | 4 | 3 | 42.9%
Seventh Circuit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100%
Eighth Circuit | 4 | 1 | 3 | 75.0%
Ninth Circuit | 14 | 2 | 12 | 85.7%
Tenth Circuit | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0%
Eleventh Circuit | 7 | 4 | 3 | 42.9%
D.C. Circuit | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33.3%
Federal Circuit | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0%
Armed Forces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0%
State Court | 11 | 2 | 9 | 82.0%
U.S. District Court | 3 | 1 | 2 | 66.7%
Original Jurisdiction | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A
Total  | 74  | 26  | 48  | 64.9%

For more historical term data, see this article.

### Opinion authorship[edit]

The chart below indicates the number and types of opinions written by each justice during the 2018 term. Thomas wrote the most opinions with 28, while Roberts and Kagan both wrote the least with 12 each.

### 5-4 decisions[edit]

In this term, the court issued 21 5-4 or 5-3 decisions. This term, those decisions were made by 10 different configurations of justices, the most of any term since 2005. It was also the first time in the Roberts Court that each conservative justice participated in at least one 5-4 decision by joining the court's liberal members in the majority. Across these decisions, less than 50 percent had a majority made up of all five conservative justices (Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh). The rest had a majority made up of the four liberal justices (Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan) and one conservative justice. In the 2017 term, all of the 5-4 votes went in the favor of the conservative justices.[3]

## Cases by circuit[edit]

Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution establishes the court's jurisdiction. The court has original jurisdiction—when it is the first and only to hear a case—and appellate jurisdiction—when it reviews the decisions of lower courts.[4]

Parties petition SCOTUS to hear a case if they are not satisfied with a lower court's decision. The parties petition the court to grant a writA court's written order commanding the recipient to either do or refrain from doing a specified act. of certiorariLatin for "to be more fully informed." It is an "order issued by the U.S. Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case it will hear on appeal."[5]. A writ of certiorari is an "order issued by the U.S. Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case it will hear on appeal."[4][6]

Select a region to learn more about the lower courts of appeal.

### Where are the cases coming from?[edit]

List of argued cases by court of origination - 2018-2019 term

Court  |  Number of cases
United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit |  2
United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit |  5
United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit |  3
United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit |  4
United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit |  3
United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit |  5
United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit |  0
United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit |  4
United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit |  12
United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit |  3
United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit |  7
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |  3
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |  4
State and district courts |  14
Total |  69
Source: Supreme Court, "Granted and Noted List October Term 2018 Cases for Argument," accessed February 18, 2019

### Circuits[edit]

#### 1st Circuit[edit]

* New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira
* Mission Product Holdings v. Tempnology LLC

#### 2nd Circuit[edit]

* Gundy v. United States
* Republic of Sudan v. Harrison
* Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck
* McDonough v. Smith
* Department of Commerce v. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

#### 3rd Circuit[edit]

* Air and Liquid Systems Corp. v. Devries
* Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania
* Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht

#### 4th Circuit[edit]

* Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. v. Jackson
* Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren
* The American Legion v. American Humanist Association/ Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission v. American Humanist Association (Consolidated)
* PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic Inc.

#### 5th Circuit[edit]

* Henry Schein Inc. v. Archer and White Sales Inc. (2018)
* Weyerhaeuser Company v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
* United States v. Davis
* Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis

#### 6th Circuit[edit]

* Biestek v. Berryhill
* Smith v. Berryhill
* Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association v. Byrd
* Mont v. United States
* Quarles v. United States
* United States v. Stitt (Consolidated with United States v. Sims)
* Shoop v. Hill (Decided without argument)

#### 7th Circuit[edit]

* Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc. (Decided without argument)

#### 8th Circuit[edit]

* BNSF Railway Company v. Loos
* Bucklew v. Precythe
* United States v. Sims (Consolidated with United States v. Stitt)
* Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media

#### 9th Circuit[edit]

* Apple v. Pepper
* Frank v. Gaos
* Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido
* Nielsen v. Preap
* Nieves v. Bartlett
* Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert
* Sturgeon v. Frost
* Rimini Street Inc. v. Oracle USA Inc.
* Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela
* The Dutra Group v. Batterton
* Taggart v. Lorenzen
* Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton
* Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian (Dismissed as improvidently granted)
* City of Escondido, California v. Emmons (Decided without argument)
* Yovino v. Rizo (Decided without argument)

#### 10th Circuit[edit]

* Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP
* Carpenter v. Murphy
* United States v. Haymond

#### 11th Circuit[edit]

* Culbertson v. Berryhill
* Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, et al.
* Gamble v. United States
* Stokeling v. United States
* Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority
* Cochise Consultancy Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Hunt
* Rehaif v. United States

#### D.C. Circuit[edit]

* Jam v. International Finance Corp.
* Lorenzo v. Securities and Exchange Commission
* Azar v. Allina Health Services

#### Federal Circuit[edit]

* Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.
* Return Mail v. U.S. Postal Service
* Kisor v. Wilkie
* Iancu v. Brunetti

#### State and district courts[edit]

* Dawson v. Steager (West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals)
* Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt (Nevada Supreme Court)
* Garza v. Idaho (Idaho Supreme Court)
* Herrera v. Wyoming (Wyoming Fourth Judicial District Court)
* Madison v. Alabama (Alabama Circuit Court of Mobile County)
* Timbs v. Indiana (Indiana Supreme Court)
* Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den Inc. (Washington Supreme Court)
* Flowers v. Mississippi (Mississippi Supreme Court)
* Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia)
* Rucho v. Common Cause (United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina)
* Lamone v. Benisek (United States District Court for the District Of Maryland)
* North Carolina Department of Revenue v. The Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust (Supreme Court of North Carolina)
* Mitchell v. Wisconsin (Supreme Court of Wisconsin)
* Department of Commerce v. New York (United States District Court for the Southern District of New York)

## Cases by sitting[edit]

SCOTUS' term is divided into sittings, when the justices hear cases.[7]

### Sitting[edit]

#### October sitting[edit]

October 1, 2018

* Weyerhaeuser Company v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
* Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido

October 2, 2018

* Gundy v. United States
* Madison v. Alabama

October 3, 2018

* New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira
* Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania

October 9, 2018

* U.S. v. Stitt/ U.S. v. Sims (consolidated)
* Stokeling v. U.S.

October 10, 2018

* Nielsen v. Preap
* Air and Liquid Systems Corp. v. Devries

October 29, 2018

* Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela
* Henry Schein Inc. v. Archer and White Sales Inc. (2018)

October 30, 2018

* Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den Inc.
* Garza v. Idaho

October 31, 2018

* Frank v. Gaos
* Jam v. Int'l Finance Corp.

#### November sitting[edit]

November 5, 2018

* Virginia Uranium v. Warren
* Sturgeon v. Frost

November 6, 2018

* BNSF Railway Company v. Loos
* Bucklew v. Precythe

November 7, 2018

* Republic of Sudan v. Harrison
* Culbertson v. Berryhill

#### December sitting[edit]

November 26, 2018

* Apple v. Pepper
* Nieves v. Bartlett

November 27, 2018

* Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert
* Carpenter v. Murphy

November 28, 2018

* Timbs v. Indiana

December 3, 2018

* Lorenzo v. Securities and Exchange Commission
* Dawson v. Steager

December 4, 2018

* Biestek v. Berryhill
* Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.

December 6, 2018

* Gamble v. U.S.

#### January sitting[edit]

January 7, 2019

* Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht
* Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP

January 8, 2019

* Herrera v. Wyoming
* Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, et al.

January 9, 2019

* Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt

January 14, 2019

* Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority
* Rimini Street Inc. v. Oracle USA Inc.

January 15, 2019

* Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. v. Jackson
* Azar v. Allina Health Services

January 16, 2019

* Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania (Reargument)
* Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association v. Byrd

#### February sitting[edit]

February 19, 2019

* Return Mail v. U.S. Postal Service

February 20, 2019

* Mission Product Holdings v. Tempnology LLC

February 25, 2019

* Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck

February 26, 2019

* Mont v. United States
* United States v. Haymond

February 27, 2019

* The American Legion v. American Humanist Association/
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission v. American Humanist Association (consolidated)

#### March sitting[edit]

March 18, 2019

* Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill
* Smith v. Berryhill

March 19, 2019

* Cochise Consultancy Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Hunt

March 20, 2019

* Flowers v. Mississippi

March 25, 2019

* PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic Inc.
* The Dutra Group v. Batterton

March 26, 2019

* Rucho v. Common Cause
* Lamone v. Benisek

March 27, 2019

* Kisor v. Wilkie

#### April sitting[edit]

April 15, 2019

* Iancu v. Brunetti
* Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian

April 16, 2019

* Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton
* North Carolina Department of Revenue v. The Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust

April 17, 2019

* United States v. Davis
* McDonough v. Smith

April 22, 2019

* Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media
* Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis

April 23, 2019

* Mitchell v. Wisconsin
* Rehaif v. United States
* Department of Commerce v. New York

April 24, 2019

* Quarles v. United States
* Taggart v. Lorenzen

### Cases removed from argument calendar[edit]

* Department of Commerce v. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
* Gray v. Wilkie

### Cases scheduled for next term[edit]

See also: Supreme Court cases, October term 2019-2020

The Supreme Court began hearing cases for the October 2019-2020 term on October 7, 2019. Click here for more information on the cases scheduled for that term.

## Cases by date of opinion[edit]

### October[edit]

* The court did not deliver opinions in October.

### November[edit]

November 6, 2018

* Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido

November 27, 2018

* Weyerhaeuser Company v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service

### December[edit]

December 10, 2018

* United States v. Stitt (Consolidated with United States v. Sims)

### January[edit]

January 8, 2019

* Culbertson v. Berryhill
* Henry Schein Inc. v. Archer and White Sales Inc. (2018)

January 15, 2019

* New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira
* Stokeling v. U.S.

January 22, 2019

* Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.

### February[edit]

February 20, 2019

* Timbs v. Indiana
* Dawson v. Steager

February 26, 2019

* Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert

February 27, 2019

* Madison v. Alabama
* Garza v. Idaho
* Jam v. Int'l Finance Corp.

### March[edit]

March 4, 2019

* BNSF Railway Company v. Loos
* Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, et al.
* Rimini Street Inc. v. Oracle USA Inc.

March 19, 2019

* Nielsen v. Preap
* Air and Liquid Systems Corp. v. Devries
* Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den Inc.

March 20, 2019

* Frank v. Gaos
* Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP

March 26, 2019

* Sturgeon v. Frost
* Republic of Sudan v. Harrison

March 27, 2019

* Lorenzo v. Securities and Exchange Commission

### April[edit]

April 1, 2019

* Bucklew v. Precythe
* Biestek v. Berryhill

April 24, 2019

* Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela

April 29, 2019

* Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority

### May[edit]

May 13, 2019

* Apple v. Pepper
* Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt
* Cochise Consultancy Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Hunt

May 20, 2019

* Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht
* Herrera v. Wyoming
* Mission Product Holdings v. Tempnology LLC

May 28, 2019

* Nieves v. Bartlett
* Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. v. Jackson
* Smith v. Berryhill

### June[edit]

June 3, 2019

* Azar v. Allina Health Services
* Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis
* Mont v. United States
* Taggart v. Lorenzen

June 10, 2019

* Quarles v. United States
* Return Mail v. U.S. Postal Service
* Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton

June 17, 2019

* Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck
* Virginia Uranium v. Warren
* Gamble v. U.S.
* Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill

June 20, 2019

* Gundy v. United States
* McDonough v. Smith
* The American Legion v. American Humanist Association
* PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic Inc.

June 21, 2019

* Flowers v. Mississippi
* North Carolina Department of Revenue v. The Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust
* Rehaif v. United States
* Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania

June 24, 2019

* United States v. Davis
* Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media
* Iancu v. Brunetti
* The Dutra Group v. Batterton

June 26, 2019

* United States v. Haymond
* Kisor v. Wilkie
* Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association v. Byrd

June 27, 2019

* Mitchell v. Wisconsin
* Rucho v. Common Cause
* Lamone v. Benisek
* Department of Commerce v. New York

## Noteworthy court announcements[edit]

The following section lists noteworthy announcements or decisions issued by the court outside of its scheduled case sittings.

### Case dismissed as improvidently granted[edit]

See also: Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian

April 23, 2019
Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian was argued before the court on April 15, 2019. The case concerned Section 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It came on a writA court's written order commanding the recipient to either do or refrain from doing a specified act. of certiorariLatin for "to be more fully informed." It is an "order issued by the U.S. Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case it will hear on appeal."[5] to the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.[8]

In a per curiam decision on April 23, 2019, the court dismissed the writ as improvidently granted.[9] Dismissed as improvidently granted, or DIG, occurs when the court chooses not to decide a case, even after accepting the appeal or hearing the arguments.[10] Click here for more information.

### Opinion issued out of private conference[edit]

May 28, 2019
On May 28, 2019, SCOTUS issued orders from a private conference in the case of Box v. Planned Parenthood on petition from the state of Indiana. On March 24, 2016, then-Gov. Mike Pence (R) signed House Enrolled Act No. 1337 (HEA 1337). The law created new provisions, including one requiring fetal remains be buried or cremated and another prohibiting abortions based on disability, sex, or race of the fetus.[11][12]

In Box v. Planned Parenthood, a federal district court in Indiana declared HEA 1337 unconstitutional and blocked the law's enforcement. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit agreed.[12]

Acting on the petition from Indiana, SCOTUS issued a per curiam opinion reversing the 7th Circuit's ruling on the provision requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains. "This Court has already acknowledged that a State has a 'legitimate interest in proper disposal of fetal remains.' ... The Seventh Circuit clearly erred in failing to recognize that interest as a permissible basis for Indiana's disposition law." The court did not issue an opinion on the second provision.[12][13]

## Active justices[edit]

See also: Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court consists of nine justices. The court began the 2018 term with eight sitting justices. It increased to nine after Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in on October 6, 2018, to replace the retired Anthony Kennedy.

Judge| Born| Home| Appointed by| Active| Preceeded| Law school

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| Associate justice
Samuel Alito| April 1, 1950| Trenton, N.J.| W. Bush | January 31, 2006 - Present| Sandra Day O'Connor| Yale Law School, 1975

| Chief justice
John Roberts| January 27, 1955| Buffalo, N.Y.| W. Bush | September 29, 2005 - Present| William Rehnquist| Harvard Law, 1979

| Associate justice
Clarence Thomas| June 23, 1948| Savannah, Ga.| H.W. Bush | July 1, 1991 - Present| Thurgood Marshall| Yale Law School, 1974

| Associate justice
Stephen Breyer| August 15, 1938| San Francisco, Calif.| Clinton | August 3, 1994 - Present| Harry Blackmun| Harvard Law School, 1964

| Associate justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg| March 15, 1933| New York, N.Y.| Clinton | August 5, 1993 - Present| Byron White| Columbia Law School, 1959

| Associate justice
Elena Kagan| April 28, 1960| New York, N.Y.| Obama | August 7, 2010 - Present| John Paul Stevens| Harvard Law School, J.D., 1986

| Associate justice
Sonia Sotomayor| June 25, 1954| New York, N.Y.| Obama | August 6, 2009 - Present| David Souter| Yale Law School, 1979

| Associate justice
Neil Gorsuch| August 29, 1967| Denver, Colo.| Trump | April 10, 2017 - Present| Antonin Scalia| Harvard Law School, 1991

| Associate justice
Brett Kavanaugh| February 12, 1965| Washington, D.C.| Trump | October 6, 2018 - Present| Anthony Kennedy| Yale Law School, 1990

## Contents

* 1 Term data
* 1.1 List of cases
* 1.2 SCOTUS case reversal rates
* 1.3 Opinion authorship
* 1.4 5-4 decisions
* 2 Cases by circuit
* 2.1 Where are the cases coming from?
* 2.2 Circuits
* 2.2.1 1st Circuit
* 2.2.2 2nd Circuit
* 2.2.3 3rd Circuit
* 2.2.4 4th Circuit
* 2.2.5 5th Circuit
* 2.2.6 6th Circuit
* 2.2.7 7th Circuit
* 2.2.8 8th Circuit
* 2.2.9 9th Circuit
* 2.2.10 10th Circuit
* 2.2.11 11th Circuit
* 2.2.12 D.C. Circuit
* 2.2.13 Federal Circuit
* 2.2.14 State and district courts
* 3 Cases by sitting
* 3.1 Sitting
* 3.1.1 October sitting
* 3.1.2 November sitting
* 3.1.3 December sitting
* 3.1.4 January sitting
* 3.1.5 February sitting
* 3.1.6 March sitting
* 3.1.7 April sitting
* 3.2 Cases removed from argument calendar
* 3.3 Cases scheduled for next term
* 4 Cases by date of opinion
* 4.1 October
* 4.2 November
* 4.3 December
* 4.4 January
* 4.5 February
* 4.6 March
* 4.7 April
* 4.8 May
* 4.9 June
* 5 Noteworthy court announcements
* 5.1 Case dismissed as improvidently granted
* 5.2 Opinion issued out of private conference
* 6 Active justices
* 7 See also
* 8 External links
* 9 Footnotes

## See also[edit]

* Supreme Court of the United States
* History of the Supreme Court
* Supreme Court cases, October term 2017-2018
* Supreme Court vacancy, 2018: An overview

## External links[edit]

* Supreme Court of the United States

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ The New York Times, "On Language' Potus and Flotus," October 12, 1997
2. ↑ SupremeCourt.gov, "A Brief Overview of the Supreme Court," accessed April 20, 2015
3. ↑ Empirical SCOTUS, "Changes Are Afoot: Evidence from 5-4 Decisions During the 2018 Term and What this Tells Us About the Supreme Court Moving Forward," July 7, 2019
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Administrative Office of the United States Courts, "Supreme Court Procedures," accessed May 23, 2019
5. ↑ Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, "Understanding the Federal Courts," accessed May 23, 2019
6. ↑ Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, "Understanding the Federal Courts," accessed May 23, 2019
7. ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, "The Court and Its Procedures," accessed May 23, 2019
8. ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, "18-459 Emulex Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. Gary Varjabedian, et al.," accessed March 7, 2019
9. ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian, April 23, 2019
10. ↑ Porter Wright, "Can you 'DIG' it? The dismissal of appeals as improvidently granted," accessed April 23, 2019
11. ↑ United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, Box v. Planned Parenthood, April 19, 2018
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 SCOTUSblog, "Justices reverse in part on Indiana abortion law," May 28, 2019
13. ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, Box v. Planned Parenthood, May 28, 2019

v • e

Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

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Active justices|

Chief justice: Roberts
Associate justices: Alito • Barrett • Breyer • Gorsuch • Kagan • Kavanaugh • Sotomayor • Thomas

Senior justices|

Kennedy • O'Connor • Souter

Former chief justices|

Burger • Chase • Ellsworth • Fuller • Hughes • Jay • Marshall • Rehnquist • Rutledge • Stone • Taft • Taney • Vinson • Waite • Warren •

White
Former associate justices|

Baldwin • Barbour • Black • Blackmun • Blair • Blatchford • Bradley • Brandeis • Brennan • Brewer • Brown • Burton • Butler • Byrnes • Campbell • Cardozo • Catron • Chase • Clark • Clarke • Clifford • Curtis • Cushing • Daniel • Davis • Day • Douglas • Duvall • Field • Fortas • Frankfurter • Ginsburg • Goldberg • Gray • Grier • Harlan I • Harlan II • Holmes • Hunt • Iredell • H. Jackson • R. Jackson • T. Johnson • W. Johnson, Jr. • J. Lamar • L. Lamar • Livingston • Lurton • Marshall • Matthews • McKenna • McKinley • McLean • McReynolds • Miller • Minton • Moody • Moore • Murphy • Nelson • Paterson • Peckham • Pitney • Powell • Reed • Roberts • W. Rutledge • Sanford • Scalia • Shiras • Stevens • Stewart • Story • Strong • Sutherland • Swayne • Thompson • Todd • Trimble • Van Devanter • Washington • Wayne • B. White • Whittaker • Wilson • Woodbury • Woods