2014 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor

The 2014 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2014 and concluded October 4, 2015. This was the sixth term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on the Court .
Sonia Sotomayor 2014 term statistics
7
 Majority or Plurality
3
 Concurrence
2
 Other
8
 Dissent
0
 Concurrence/dissent Total = 20
Bench opinions = 16 Opinions relating to orders = 4 In-chambers opinions = 0
Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Kagan (13) Least joined by: Roberts, Scalia (3)
Type Case Citation Issues Joined by Other opinions
5-01



Redd v. Chappell 574 U.S. ___ (2014)

 state law guarantee of counsel in habeas corpus proceedings Breyer
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
2-02



Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk 574 U.S. ___ (2014)

 Fair Labor Standards Act  • Portal-to-Portal Act  • compensation for postwork antitheft screening of employees Kagan
Thomas
1-03



Warger v. Shauers 574 U.S. ___ (2014)

 Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b)  • inadmissibility of statements made during jury deliberation  • challenge to trial verdict based on dishonesty during voir dire Unanimous
4-04



Heien v. North Carolina 574 U.S. ___ (2014)

 Fourth Amendment  • reasonableness of search  • mistake of law by police
Roberts
 Kagan
1-05



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 Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Kagan
Alito
 Roberts
 Thomas
4-06



Warner v. Gross 574 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Eighth Amendment  • capital punishment  • lethal injection Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of stays of execution of sentences of death.
2-07



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

 Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act  • prison regulation of beard growth  • Islamic beard customs
Alito
 Ginsburg
4-08



Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean 574 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Homeland Security Act  • Aviation and Transportation Security Act  • unauthorized disclosure of security operations by Federal Air Marshall  • Sensitive Security Information  • Whistleblower Protection Act Kennedy
Roberts
1-09



Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank 574 U.S. ___ (2015)

 trademark law  • priority right  • tacking  • determination by jury Unanimous
1-10



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

 Administrative Procedure Act  • exclusion of interpretive rules from notice-and-comment requirements Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan; Alito (in part)
Scalia
 Thomas
 Alito
4-11



Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Medicaid  • Supremacy Clause  • implied right of action Kennedy, Ginsburg, Kagan
Scalia
 Breyer
1-12



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

 bankruptcy law  • Article III  • consent to adjudication by bankruptcy courts Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan; Alito (in part)
Alito
 Roberts
 Thomas
2-13



Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 bankruptcy law  • Chapter 11  • attorney's fee application  • award of attorneys fees for defending application  • American Rule
Thomas
 Breyer
4-14



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 Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
Alito
 Kennedy
 Thomas
1-15



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

 Eighth Amendment  • execution of the intellectually disabled  • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
Thomas
 Alito
4-16



Horne v. Department of Agriculture 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937  • National Raisin Reserve  • Fifth Amendment  • Takings Clause
Roberts
 Thomas
 Breyer
1-17



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

 Fourth Amendment  • mandated hotel guest record keeping and inspection  • facial challenge Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
Scalia
 Alito
5-18



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

 sentence enhancement based on factual error  • plain error review Breyer
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
4-19



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

 Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • use of midazolam in lethal injection Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
Alito
 Scalia
 Thomas
 Breyer
4-20



Jordan v. Fisher 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 prosecutorial vindictiveness  • certificate of appealability Ginsburg, Kagan
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.

References

Judicial opinions of Sonia Sotomayor
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (August 12, 1992 – October 7, 1998)
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Supreme Court of the United States (August 5, 2009 - 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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