2017 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor

The 2017 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018. This was the ninth term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on the Court.
Sonia Sotomayor 2017 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 7 Concurrence 3 Other 17 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 34 Bench opinions = 23 Opinions relating to orders = 11 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Ginsburg (19) Least joined by: Alito (3 in full, 1 in part)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
401	Truehill v. Florida	01583 U.S. ___ (2017)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • jury instructions	Ginsburg, Breyer	Breyer
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
402	Reeves v. Alabama	02583 U.S. ___ (2017)	Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel	Ginsburg, Kagan
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
503	Floyd v. Alabama	03583 U.S. ___ (2017)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • discriminatory peremptory challenges	Breyer
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
204	District of Columbia v. Wesby	04583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Fourth Amendment  • probable cause  • totality of the circumstances  • qualified immunity		Thomas Ginsburg
105	National Assn. of Mfrs. v. Department of Defense	05583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Clean Water Act  • judicial review of EPA rulemaking  • Waters of the United States Rule	Unanimous
206	Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers	06583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act  • whistleblower protection	Breyer	Ginsburg Thomas
107	Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran	07583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act  • state sponsorship of terrorism  • attachment	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Gorsuch
408	Murphy v. Smith	08583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Prison Litigation Reform Act  • attorney's fees award apportionment	Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Gorsuch
409	Middleton v. Florida	09583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty	Ginsburg	Breyer
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
210	Patchak v Zinke	10583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Indian Reorganization Act  • Gun Lake Act  • Article III		Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Roberts
111	Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc.	11583 U.S. ___ (2018)	bankruptcy law  • Chapter 11  • trustee power to set aside transfers  • securities safe harbor	Unanimous
212	U.S. Bank N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC	12583 U.S. ___ (2018)		Kennedy, Thomas, Gorsuch	Kagan Kennedy
413	Wessinger v. Vannoy	13583 U.S. ___ (2018)
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
514	Campbell v. Ohio	14583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Eighth Amendment  • life in prison without parole  • nonappealability of state murder conviction
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
215	Ayestas v. Davis	15584 U.S. ___ (2018)	habeas corpus  • court ordered funding for investigation	Ginsburg	Alito
416	Kisela v. Hughes	16584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Fourth Amendment  • use of deadly force  • qualified immunity	Ginsburg	per curiam
417	Guardado v. Jones	17584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • jury instructions
418	Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC	18584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Alien Tort Statute  • suits against foreign corporations	Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Kennedy Thomas Alito Gorsuch
119	Collins v. Virginia	19584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Fourth Amendment  • motor vehicle exception to warrant requirement  • search of curtilage	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch	Thomas Alito
220	Hughes v. United States	20584 U.S. ___ (2018)	United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines  • eligibility for reduction in sentencing range		Kennedy Roberts
121	Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling	21584 U.S. ___ (2018)	bankruptcy law  • misrepresentations about single asset of debtor	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan; Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch (in part)
422	Trevino v. Davis	22584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel  • death penalty	Ginsburg
223	China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh	23584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure  • denial of class certification  • tolling of statute of limitations		Ginsburg
424	Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute	24584 U.S. ___ (2018)	National Voter Registration Act  • Help America Vote Act of 2002  • deregistration for failure to vote		Alito Thomas Breyer
425	Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky	25585 U.S. ___ (2018)	First Amendment  • free speech  • state law ban on political apparel at polling places	Breyer	Roberts
126	Rosales-Mireles v. United States	26585 U.S. ___ (2018)	United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines  • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure  • errors in calculating sentencing range	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch	Thomas
427	Kaczmar v. Florida	27585 U.S. ___ (2018)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • jury instructions
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
128	Pereira v. Sessions	28585 U.S. ___ (2018)	Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996  • removal proceedings  • effect of notice to appear on continuous presence	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch	Kennedy Alito
429	Lucia v. SEC	29585 U.S. ___ (2018)	SEC administrative law judges  • Appointments Clause	Ginsburg	Kagan Thomas Breyer
430	Abbott v. Perez	30585 U.S. ___ (2018)	legislative redistricting  • Voting Rights Act  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • racial gerrymandering	Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Alito Thomas
531	Peede v. Jones	31585 U.S. ___ (2018)	Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel	Ginsburg
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
432	Trump v. Hawaii	32585 U.S. ___ (2018)	Executive Order 13780  • Immigration and Nationality Act  • Article III  • First Amendment  • Establishment Clause	Ginsburg	Roberts Kennedy Thomas Breyer
433	Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees	33585 U.S. ___ (2018)	labor law  • application of public sector union fees to non-members  • First Amendment  • free speech  • freedom of association		Alito Kagan
434	Irick v. Tennessee	34585 U.S. ___ (2018)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • lethal injection
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of a stay.

References

• 2017 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2018.
• 2017 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2018.
• 2017 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2018.