2016 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2016 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2016 and will conclude October 1, 2017. The table below illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.

Table key


 Delivered the Court's opinion

Joined the Court's opinion

Filed a concurrence

Joined a concurrence

 Filed a dissent

Joined a dissent

Filed a concurrence/dissent

Joined a concurrence/dissent

 Did not participate in the decision
  • Decisions that do not note an argument date were decided without oral argument. Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's opinion are per curiam.
  • Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices frequently join multiple opinions in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly.
  • An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality. An asterisk in a joining vote denotes that the justice joined it only in part.
  • A dash ( - ) denotes that the Justice concurred or dissented without filing a separate opinion.

2016 term opinions

# Case name and citation Argued Decided Roberts Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Alito Sotomayor Kagan
1 Bosse v. Oklahoma, 580 U.S. ___October 11, 2016
2 Bravo-Fernandez v. United States, 580 U.S. ___October 4, 2016November 29, 2016

2016 term membership and statistics

This is the twelfth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure. The Court began the term with eight members, as Congress has not yet confirmed a replacement following the death of Justice Scalia during the 2015 term.

Justice Appointment history Agreement with judgment Opinions filed
Seniority Name President Date confirmed % # Total
Chief Justice Roberts, JohnJohn Roberts Bush, George W.George W. Bush September 29, 2005 100% 2/2 0 0 0 0 0
Associate Justice Kennedy, AnthonyAnthony Kennedy Reagan, RonaldRonald Reagan February 18, 1988 100% 2/2 0 0 0 0 0
Associate Justice Thomas, ClarenceClarence Thomas Bush, George H. W.George H. W. Bush October 23, 1991 100% 2/2 0 2 0 0 2
Associate Justice Ginsburg, Ruth BaderRuth Bader Ginsburg Clinton, BillBill Clinton August 10, 1993 100% 2/2 1 0 0 0 1
Associate Justice Breyer, StephenStephen Breyer Clinton, BillBill Clinton August 3, 1994 100% 2/2 0 0 0 0 0
Associate Justice Alito, SamuelSamuel Alito Bush, George W.George W. Bush January 31, 2006 100% 2/2 0 0 0 0 0
Associate Justice Sotomayor, SoniaSonia Sotomayor Obama, BarackBarack Obama August 6, 2009 100% 2/2 0 0 0 0 0
Associate Justice Kagan, ElenaElena Kagan Obama, BarackBarack Obama August 7, 2010 100% 2/2 0 0 0 0 0

Notes on statistics:

  • Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included.
  • Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point.

Totals
1 2 0 0 3


References

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