2014 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito

The 2014 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2014 and concluded October 4, 2015. This was the tenth term of Associate Justice Samuel Alito's tenure on the Court .
Samuel Alito 2014 term statistics
8
 Majority or Plurality
9
 Concurrence
0
 Other
15
 Dissent
1
 Concurrence/dissent Total = 33
Bench opinions = 30 Opinions relating to orders = 3 In-chambers opinions = 0
Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Thomas (14) Least joined by: Ginsburg, Kagan (4)
Type Case Citation Issues Joined by Other opinions
4-01



Frank v. Walker 574 U.S. ___ (2014)

 state voter identification law Scalia, Thomas
Alito dissented from the Court's vacatur of the lower court's stay.
2-02



Volkman v. United States 574 U.S. ___ (2014)

 causation of death by unlawful distribution of controlled substance Thomas
Alito concurred in the Court's vacatur and remand of the lower court's decision.
4-03



Kalamazoo County Road Comm'n v. Deleon 574 U.S. ___ (2015)

 employment discrimination  • granting of requested transfer as adverse employment action
Alito dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
2-04



T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell 574 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Telecommunications Act of 1996  • denial by local government of cell phone tower placement
Sotomayor
 Roberts
 Thomas
1-05



Holt v. Hobbs 574 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act  • prison regulation of beard growth  • Islamic beard customs Unanimous
Ginsburg
 Sotomayor
4-06



Christeson v. Roper 574 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996  • equitable tolling  • substitution of counsel Thomas
per curiam
4-07



North Carolina Bd. of Dental Examiners v. FTC 574 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Sherman Antitrust Act  • state-action antitrust immunity Scalia, Thomas
Kennedy
2-08



Yates v. United States 574 U.S. ___ (2015)

 catching of undersized fish  • destruction of tangible object to impede federal investigation
Ginsburg
 Kagan
2-09



Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 status of Amtrak as governmental entity  • Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008  • separation of powers  • nondelegation doctrine
Kennedy
 Thomas
2-10



Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Administrative Procedure Act  • exclusion of interpretive rules from notice-and-comment requirements  • deference to agency interpretation of ambiguous regulations
Sotomayor
 Scalia
 Thomas
1-11



B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 trademark law  • issue preclusion  • adjudication by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
Ginsburg
 Thomas
2-12



Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Pregnancy Discrimination Act  • disparate treatment claim
Breyer
 Scalia
 Kennedy
4-13



Rodriguez v. United States 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Fourth Amendment  • traffic stop  • dog sniff of car for drugs  • reasonable suspicion
Ginsburg
 Kennedy
 Thomas
4-14



United States v. Kwai Fun Wong 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Federal Tort Claims Act  • statute of limitations  • equitable tolling Roberts, Scalia, Thomas
Kagan
4-15



Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 First Amendment  • freedom of speech  • ban on personal solicitation of campaign funds by judicial candidates
Roberts
 Ginsburg
 Breyer
 Scalia
 Kennedy
1-16



Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 state credit for income tax paid to other states  • Dormant Commerce Clause  • internal consistency test Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor
Scalia
 Thomas
 Ginsburg
1-17



City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990  • obligation to provide accommodations to mentally ill arrestee  • Fourth Amendment  • improvidently granted certiorari Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor
Scalia
1-18



Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Carter 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 False Claims Act  • qui tam  • statute of limitations  • Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act Unanimous
2-19



Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 bankruptcy law  • Article III  • consent to adjudication by bankruptcy courts
Sotomayor
 Roberts
 Thomas
3-20



Elonis v. United States 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 federal crime against communicating threat  • scienter
Roberts
 Thomas
2-21



EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Title VII  • refusal to hire applicant because of religious practices  • disparate treatment  • failure to accommodate
Scalia
 Thomas
2-22



Reed v. Town of Gilbert 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 First Amendment  • free speech  • content-based restrictions  • regulation of signs on private property Sotomayor
Thomas
 Breyer
 Kagan
4-23



Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 First Amendment  • free speech  • government speech  • specialty license plates Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy
Breyer
1-24



Ohio v. Clark 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Sixth Amendment  • Confrontation Clause  • admissibility of statements by child abuse victim to teacher  • mandatory reporting obligations Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
Scalia
 Thomas
1-25



Davis v. Ayala 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Equal Protection Clause  • race-based peremptory challenge in jury selection  • ex parte hearing of prosecutor's justification of challenges  • harmless error Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
Kennedy
 Thomas
 Sotomayor
4-26



Brumfield v. Cain 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Eighth Amendment  • execution of the intellectually disabled  • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 Roberts
Sotomayor
 Thomas
4-27



Kingsley v. Hendrickson 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • excessive force against pretrial detainee
Breyer
 Scalia
4-28



Los Angeles v. Patel 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Fourth Amendment  • mandated hotel guest record keeping and inspection  • facial challenge Thomas
Sotomayor
 Scalia
4-29



Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 patent law  • post-expiration royalty payments  • stare decisis Roberts, Thomas
Kagan
4-30



Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Fair Housing Act  • state allocation of federal low-income housing tax credits  • disparate impact Roberts, Scalia, Thomas
Kennedy
 Thomas
4-31



Johnson v. United States 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Armed Career Criminal Act  • residual clause  • Fifth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • void for vagueness
Scalia
 Kennedy
 Thomas
4-32



Obergefell v. Hodges 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 same-sex marriage  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • Equal Protection Clause Scalia, Thomas
Kennedy
 Roberts
 Scalia
 Thomas
1-33



Glossip v. Gross 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • use of midazolam in lethal injection Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
Scalia
 Thomas
 Breyer
 Sotomayor

References

Judicial opinions of Samuel Alito
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (April 30, 1990 - January 31, 2006); by calendar year
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Supreme Court of the United States (January 31, 2006 - present); by term
Supreme Court of the United States 2014 term (October 6, 2014 - October 4, 2015)
Opinions by justice:
Chief Justice Roberts | Associate Justices Scalia | Kennedy | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito | Sotomayor | Kagan
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