2013 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor

The 2013 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2013, and concluded October 5, 2014. This was the fifth term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on the Court.
Sonia Sotomayor 2013 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 6 Concurrence 0 Other 7 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 21 Bench opinions = 19 Opinions relating to orders = 2 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 5 Most joined by: Ginsburg (12) Least joined by: Scalia (5 in full, 2 in part)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Burt v. Titlow	571 U.S. ___ (2013)	Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel		Alito Ginsburg
	Woodward v. Alabama	571 U.S. ___ (2013)	judicial override of jury sentencing determination  • Sixth Amendment  • right to jury trial  • Eighth Amendment  • death penalty	Breyer (in part)
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Kansas v. Cheever	571 U.S. ___ (2013)	Fifth Amendment  • privilege against self-incrimination  • voluntary intoxication defense  • court-ordered psychiatric evaluation	Unanimous
	Daimler AG v. Bauman	571 U.S. ___ (2013)	Fourteenth Amendment  • due process  • personal jurisdiction		Ginsburg
	Mississippi ex rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp.	571 U.S. ___ (2013)	Class Action Fairness Act of 2005  • definition of "mass action"	Unanimous
	Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. v. Hoeper	571 U.S. ___ (2014)	Aviation and Transportation Security Act  • immunity to liability for defamation claims  • material falsity standard	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito; Scalia, Thomas, Kagan (in part)	Scalia
	Lawson v. FMR LLC	571 U.S. ___ (2014)	Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002  • whistleblower protection for subcontractor employees	Kennedy, Alito	Ginsburg Scalia
	BG Group plc v. Republic of Argentina	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	consent to arbitration by treaty  • Federal Arbitration Act		Breyer Roberts
	Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	General Railroad Right-of-Way Act of 1875  • abandonment of right-of-way  • extinguishment of easement		Roberts
	United States v. Castleman	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	possession of firearms by those convicted of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Scalia Alito
	Schuette v. BAMN	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	Michigan Civil Rights Initiative  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • racial preferences in college admission	Ginsburg	Kennedy Roberts Scalia Breyer
	Paroline v. United States	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	Violence Against Women Act of 1994  • restitution for possession of child pornography  • causation of victim's losses		Kennedy Roberts
	Octane Fitness, LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	Patent Act  • fee shifting provision  • meaning of "exceptional cases"	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan; Scalia (in part)
	Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management System, Inc.	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	Patent Act  • fee shifting provision  • standard of review of fee award	Unanimous
	Robers v. United States	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996	Ginsburg	Breyer
	Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	Indian Gaming Regulatory Act  • tribal sovereign immunity		Kagan Scalia Thomas Ginsburg
	Scialabba v. Cuellar de Osorio	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	Immigration and Nationality Act  • priority date for visa eligibility  • Child Status Protection Act	Breyer; Thomas (in part)	Kagan Roberts Alito
	Clark v. Rameker	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	exemption of retirement funds from Chapter 7 bankruptcy estates  • individual retirement accounts	Unanimous
	Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	patent law  • ineligibility of claims directed to an abstract idea	Ginsburg, Breyer	Thomas
	Lane v. Franks	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	First Amendment  • free speech  • speech by government employees  • retaliation for sworn testimony given outside scope of employment	Unanimous	Thomas
	Wheaton College v. Burwell	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act  • contraceptive mandate  • Religious Freedom Restoration Act	Ginsburg, Kagan
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's order granting an injunction.

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.