2019 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito

Hernandez v. Mesa

589 U.S. ___ (2020)

Fourth Amendment • Fifth Amendment • cross-border shooting by federal agent

Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh

Ginsburg

Holguin-Hernandez v. United States

589 U.S. ___ (2020)

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure • preserving claims of error for appeal

Gorsuch

Intel Corp. Investment Policy Comm. v. Sulyma

589 U.S. ___ (2020)

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 • statute of limitations based on actual knowledge of fiduciary breach

Unanimous

Kansas v. Garcia

589 U.S. ___ (2020)

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 • fraudulent employee documents • federal preemption

Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh

National Review, Inc. v. Mann

589 U.S. ___ (2019)

Alito dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.

Barr v. Roane

589 U.S. ___ (2019)

capital punishment

Gorsuch, Kavanaugh

Alito filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of stay or vacatur.

Babb v. Wilkie

589 U.S. ___ (2020)

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 • age as factor in federal-sector personnel actions

Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh; Ginsburg (in part)

Patterson v. Walgreen Co.

589 U.S. ___ (2020)

Title VII • religious employment discrimination

Thomas, Gorsuch

Alito concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.

Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian

590 U.S. ___ (2020)

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act • state law claims • potentially responsible parties

Roberts

Ramos v. Louisiana

590 U.S. ___ (2020)

Sixth Amendment • unanimity of jury verdict

Roberts; Kagan (in part)

County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund

590 U.S. ___ (2020)

Clean Water Act • pollutant discharge without permit into navigable waters

Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc.

590 U.S. ___ (2020)

trademark law • Lanham Act • award of profits for infringement

Breyer, Kagan

Maine Community Health Options v. United States

590 U.S. ___ (2020)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act • government obligation to reimburse insurer losses from online exchanges

New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. City of New York

590 U.S. ___ (2020)

Second Amendment • firearm regulations

Gorsuch; Thomas (in part)

per curiam

Banister v. Davis

590 U.S. ___ (2020)

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure • motion to amend judgment • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

Thomas

Kagan

Bostock v. Clayton County

590 U.S. ___ (2020)

Title VII • LGBTQ employment discrimination • sex discrimination

Thomas

Andrus v. Texas

590 U.S. ___ (2020)

Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel

Thomas, Gorsuch

per curiam

Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of Univ. of Cal.

591 U.S. ___ (2020)

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals • Administrative Procedure Act

Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam

591 U.S. ___ (2020)

Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act • eligibility for asylum • habeas corpus • Article One • Suspension Clause • Due Process Clause

Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh

June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo

591 U.S. ___ (2020)

abortion laws • requirement that abortion clinic doctors have hospital admitting privileges • Fourteenth Amendment • stare decisis • third-party standing

Gorsuch; Thomas, Kavanaugh (in part)

Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue

591 U.S. ___ (2020)

state law prohibition on government aid to religious schools • First Amendment • Free Exercise Clause

Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania

591 U.S. ___ (2020)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 • religious and moral exemptions from contraceptive mandate • Administrative Procedure Act • Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993

Gorsuch

Kagan

Ginsburg

Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru

591 U.S. ___ (2020)

First Amendment • ministerial exception to employment discrimination claims

Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh

Trump v. Vance

591 U.S. ___ (2020)

Article II • Supremacy Clause • issuance of state criminal subpoena to sitting president

Roberts

Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP

591 U.S. ___ (2020)

issuance of congressional subpoena to sitting president • separation of powers

Roberts

Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak

591 U.S. ___ (2020)

Thomas, Kavanaugh