| Type |
Case |
Citation |
Issues |
Joined by |
Other opinions |
1-01
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Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. |
01574 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
patent law • claim construction • appellate standard of review • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure |
Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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4-02
|
Bower v. Texas |
02575 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
death penalty • consideration of mitigating evidence at sentencing |
Ginsburg, Sotomayor |
|
| Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. |
1-03
|
Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. |
03575 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
Pregnancy Discrimination Act • disparate treatment claim |
Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
|
|
1-04
|
Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama |
04575 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
Fourteenth Amendment • Equal Protection Clause • redistricting • racial gerrymandering • Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
|
|
2-05
|
Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. |
05575 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
Medicaid • Supremacy Clause • implied right of action |
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1-06
|
Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc. |
06575 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
Natural Gas Act • federal preemption of state antitrust laws |
Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan; Thomas (in part) |
|
|
2-07
|
Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar |
07575 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
First Amendment • freedom of speech • ban on personal solicitation of campaign funds by judicial candidates |
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1-08
|
Tibble v. Edison Int'l |
08575 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
Employee Retirement Income Security Act • breach of fiduciary duty • statute of limitations |
Unanimous |
|
|
1-09
|
Coleman v. Tollefson |
09575 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
in forma pauperis filing status • ineligibility after dismissals of three frivolous suits • effect of pending appeal |
Unanimous |
|
|
2-10
|
Zivotofsky v. Kerry |
10576 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
political question doctrine • U.S. position on status of Jerusalem • Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 • passport designation of births in Jerusalem |
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|
| Breyer stated that he continued to believe the case presented a nonjusticiable political question, but joined the Court's opinion because its precedent in Zivotofsky v. Clinton (from which he had dissented) precluded resolving the case on that ground. |
4-11
|
Kerry v. Din |
11576 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
Immigration and Nationality Act • exclusion of alien for terrorist activities • denial of spouse's visa • Due Process Clause • substantive due process • liberty interest in marriage |
Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
|
|
4-12
|
Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC |
12576 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
bankruptcy law • Chapter 11 • attorney's fee application • award of attorneys fees for defending application • American Rule |
Ginsburg, Kagan |
|
|
2-13
|
Reed v. Town of Gilbert |
13576 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
First Amendment • free speech • content-based restrictions • regulation of signs on private property |
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1-14
|
Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. |
14576 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
First Amendment • free speech • government speech • specialty license plates |
Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
|
|
3-15
|
Horne v. Department of Agriculture |
15576 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 • National Raisin Reserve • Fifth Amendment • Takings Clause |
Ginsburg, Kagan |
|
|
1-16
|
Kingsley v. Hendrickson |
16576 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • excessive force against pretrial detainee |
Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
|
|
4-17
|
Glossip v. Gross |
17576 U.S. ___ (2015)
|
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • use of midazolam in lethal injection |
Ginsburg |
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