The 2019 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2019, and concluded October 4, 2020. This was the twenty-sixth term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Holguin-Hernandez v. United States | 589 U.S. ___ (2020) | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure • preserving claims of error for appeal | Unanimous |
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Kansas v. Garcia | 589 U.S. ___ (2020) | Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 • fraudulent employee documents • federal preemption | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr | 589 U.S. ___ (2020) | Immigration and Nationality Act • judicial review of removal proceedings • statute of limitations | Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh |
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Allen v. Cooper | 589 U.S. ___ (2020) | copyright law • Intellectual Property Clause • Fourteenth Amendment • Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990 • state sovereign immunity from infringement claims | Ginsburg |
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Kahler v. Kansas | 589 U.S. ___ (2020) | Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • insanity defense | Ginsburg, Sotomayor |
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McKeever v. Barr | 589 U.S. ___ (2020) | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure • release of grand jury information by District Court | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Breyer filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund | 590 U.S. ___ (2020) | Clean Water Act • pollutant discharge without permit into navigable waters | Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh |
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Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC | 590 U.S. ___ (2020) | Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act • Article II • Appointments Clause | Roberts, Ginsburg, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh |
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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 | Ginsburg |
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June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo | 591 U.S. ___ (2020) | abortion laws • requirement that abortion clinic doctors have hospital admitting privileges • Fourteenth Amendment • third-party standing | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society | 591 U.S. ___ (2020) | United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 • policy statements against prostitution and sex trafficking as requirement for funding • First Amendment • free speech • speech by foreign affiliates of U.S. organizations | Ginsburg, Sotomayor |
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Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue | 591 U.S. ___ (2020) | state law prohibition on government aid to religious schools • First Amendment • Free Exercise Clause | Kagan (in part) |
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Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V. | 591 U.S. ___ (2020) | trademark law • eligibility of generic term combined with domain name for protection |
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Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc. | 591 U.S. ___ (2020) | Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 • prohibition of robocalls to cell phones • exception for government debt collection • First Amendment • free speech | Ginsburg, Kagan |
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Barr v. Lee | 591 U.S. ___ (2020) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty | Ginsburg |
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Barr v. Pukey | 591 U.S. ___ (2020) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty | Ginsburg |
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Breyer dissented from the Court's vacatur of the lower court's preliminary injunction. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trump v. Sierra Club | 591 U.S. ___ (2020) | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of motion to lift a stay. |
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