| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
|---|
501
| Apodaca v. Raemisch | 586 U.S. ___ (2018)
| Eighth Amendment • solitary confinement | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
402
| Zagorski v. Parker | 586 U.S. ___ (2018)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • lethal injection by midazolam | Breyer | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of application for stay of execution and certiorari. |
403
| Brown v. United States | 586 U.S. ___ (2018)
| United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines • sentence enhancement for habitual offenders with violent crime convictions • vagueness doctrine | Ginsburg | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
504
| Townes v. Alabama | 586 U.S. ___ (2018)
| death penalty punishment • Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • jury instructions • prosecutorial burden of proof on each element of crime • failure to preserve audio record | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
405
| Zagorski v. Haslam | 586 U.S. ___ (2018)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • lethal injection by midazolam | | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of application for stay of execution and certiorari. |
406
| Reynolds v. Florida | 586 U.S. ___ (2018)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • jury instructions | | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
407
| Miller v. Parker | 586 U.S. ___ (2018)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • electric chair | | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of application for stay of execution and certiorari. |
408
| Lance v. Sellers | 586 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel | Ginsburg, Kagan | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
409
| Stokeling v. United States | 586 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Armed Career Criminal Act • definition of "physical force" | Roberts, Ginsburg, Kagan | |
|
510
| Schock v. United States | 586 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Article One • Rulemaking Clause | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
111
| Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert | 586 U.S. ___ (2019)
| deadline for appealing class action decertification • equitable tolling | Unanimous | |
|
112
| Garza v. Idaho | 586 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel • failure to file notice of appeal • waiver of right to appeal | Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Kavanaugh | |
|
513
| Tharpe v. Ford | 586 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Sixth Amendment • racial bias of juror | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
214
| Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP | 586 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Fair Debt Collection Practices Act • nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings | | |
|
215
| Sturgeon v. Frost | 587 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act • National Park Service regulatory authority over running river | Ginsburg | |
|
416
| Biestek v. Berryhill | 587 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Social Security Administration claims process • effect of expert denying data request on evidentiary value of testimony | | |
|
417
| Bucklew v. Precythe | 587 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • challenges to method of execution | | |
|
418
| Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela | 587 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Federal Arbitration Act • contractual agreement to class action arbitration | | |
|
419
| Abdur'rahman v. Parker | 587 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty punishment • challenges to method of execution | | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
120
| Herrera v. Wyoming | 587 U.S. ___ (2019)
| effect of statehood on Native American treaty rights | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch | |
|
221
| Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC | 587 U.S. ___ (2019)
| bankruptcy law • Chapter 11 • debtor rejection of executory contract | | |
|
422
| Nieves v. Bartlett | 587 U.S. ___ (2019)
| First Amendment • free speech • retaliatory arrest • Fourth Amendment • probable cause | | |
|
123
| Smith v. Berryhill | 587 U.S. ___ (2019)
| judicial review of final decision by Social Security Administration | Unanimous | |
|
424
| Mont v. United States | 587 U.S. ___ (2019)
| tolling of supervised release for new imprisonment • Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 | Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch | |
|
125
| Return Mail, Inc. v. Postal Service | 587 U.S. ___ (2019)
| patent law • Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 • eligibility of federal government to initiate Patent Trial and Appeal Board post-patent issuance review | Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh | |
|
426
| Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck | 587 U.S. ___ (2019)
| First Amendment • public-access television • government-designated private entity as state actor | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | |
|
127
| McDonough v. Smith | 588 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Section 1983 • prosecution based on false evidence • statute of limitations | Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kavanaugh | |
|
128
| North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust | 588 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • state taxation of trust based on beneficiary residence | Unanimous | |
|
329
| Iancu v. Brunetti | 588 U.S. ___ (2019)
| trademark law • Lanham Act • registration of immoral or scandalous trademarks • First Amendment • free speech | Breyer | |
|
430
| Mitchell v. Wisconsin | 588 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Fourth Amendment • blood alcohol test taken from unconscious driver • exigent circumstances | Ginsburg, Kagan | |
|
431
| McGee v. McFadden | 588 U.S. ___ (2019)
| death penalty • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • habeas corpus • certificate of appealability • withholding of exculpatory evidence | | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
532
| Bowles v. Florida | 588 U.S. ___ (2019)
| Eighth Amendment • death penalty • execution of the intellectually disabled | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
533
| Crutsinger v. Davis | 588 U.S. ___ (2019)
| habeas corpus • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure • reopening of final judgment | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
434
| Barr v. East Bay Sanctuary Covenant | 588 U.S. ___ (2019)
| asylum policy • requirement to apply for asylum in other countries while traveling | Ginsburg | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's grant of application for stay. |
535
| Sparks v. Davis | 588 U.S. ___ (2019)
| death penalty • pro-death penalty attire worn by courtroom employee during sentencing | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. |
