2013 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The 2013 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2013, and concluded October 5, 2014. This was the twenty-first term of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's tenure on the Court.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2013 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 4 Concurrence 0 Other 5 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 16 Bench opinions = 16 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 3 Most joined by: Sotomayor (10) Least joined by: Kennedy, Alito (5)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Burt v. Titlow	571 U.S. ___ (2013)	Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel		Alito Sotomayor
	Sprint Communications, Inc. v. Jacobs	571 U.S. ___ (2013)	Younger abstention	Unanimous
	Daimler AG v. Bauman	571 U.S. ___ (2013)	Fourteenth Amendment  • due process  • personal jurisdiction	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan	Sotomayor
	Burrage v. United States	571 U.S. ___ (2014)	Controlled Substances Act  • sentence enhancement  • causation of drug-related death	Sotomayor	Scalia
	Fernandez v. California	571 U.S. ___ (2014)	Fourth Amendment  • warrantless searches  • consent of co-occupant to search	Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito Scalia Thomas
	United States v. Apel	571 U.S. ___ (2014)	criminal trespass at military installation  • public easement  • First Amendment  • free speech  • public forum doctrine	Sotomayor	Roberts Alito
	Lawson v. FMR LLC	571 U.S. ___ (2014)	Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002  • whistleblower protection for subcontractor employees	Roberts, Breyer, Kagan; Scalia, Thomas (in part)	Scalia Sotomayor
	EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, L. P.	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	Clean Air Act  • national ambient air quality standards  • Good Neighbor Provision  • Cross-State Air Pollution Rule	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Scalia
	Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	copyright  • statute of limitations  • laches	Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Breyer
	Wood v. Moss	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	First Amendment  • viewpoint discrimination  • Secret Service crowd control  • qualified immunity	Unanimous
	Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	Indian Gaming Regulatory Act  • tribal sovereign immunity		Kagan Sotomayor Scalia Thomas
	Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc.	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	patent law  • definiteness requirement	Unanimous
	CTS Corp. v. Waldburger	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980  • federal preemption of state statutes of limitations  • statute of repose	Breyer	Kennedy Scalia
	Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd.	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act  • postjudgment discovery of judgment debtor's extraterritorial assets		Scalia
	Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	Securities Exchange Act of 1934  • SEC Rule 10b-5  • rebuttable presumption of reliance on material misrepresentation  • class certification	Breyer, Sotomayor	Roberts Thomas
	Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	Religious Freedom Restoration Act  • Affordable Care Act  • contraceptive mandate  • religious-based objection by for-profit corporation	Sotomayor; Breyer, Kagan (in part)	Alito Kennedy Breyer and Kagan

References

• 2013 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2014.
• 2013 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2014.
• 2013 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2014.