2014 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2014 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2014, and concluded October 4, 2015. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.[1]

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 voted without filing or joining an opinion.

2014 term opinions

#	Case name and citation	Argued	Decided	Roberts	Scalia	Kennedy	Thomas	Ginsburg	Breyer	Alito	Sotomayor	Kagan
1	Lopez v. Smith, 574 U.S. ___		October 6, 2014
2	Johnson v. City of Shelby, 574 U.S. ___		November 10, 2014
3	Carroll v. Carman, 574 U.S. ___		November 10, 2014
4	Glebe v. Frost, 574 U.S. ___		November 17, 2014
5	Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk, 574 U.S. ___	October 8, 2014	December 9, 2014
6	Warger v. Shauers, 574 U.S. ___	October 8, 2014	December 9, 2014
7	Heien v. North Carolina, 574 U.S. ___	October 6, 2014	December 15, 2014
8	Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens, 574 U.S. ___	October 7, 2014	December 15, 2014		1	1	1* 2					1
9	Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 574 U.S. ___	November 4, 2014	January 13, 2015
10	Whitfield v. United States, 574 U.S. ___	December 2, 2014	January 13, 2015
11	Jennings v. Stephens, 574 U.S. ___	October 15, 2014	January 14, 2015
12	T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell, 574 U.S. ___	November 10, 2014	January 14, 2015	1			1* 2	1
13	Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., 574 U.S. ___	October 15, 2014	January 20, 2015
14	Holt v. Hobbs, 574 U.S. ___	October 7, 2014	January 20, 2015					1			1 2
15	Christeson v. Roper, 574 U.S. ___		January 20, 2015
16	Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean, 574 U.S. ___	November 4, 2014	January 21, 2015
17	Gelboim v. Bank of America Corp., 574 U.S. ___	December 9, 2014	January 21, 2015
18	Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank, 574 U.S. ___	December 3, 2014	January 21, 2015
19	M&G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett, 574 U.S. ___	November 10, 2014	January 26, 2015
20	Kansas v. Nebraska, 574 U.S. ___	October 14, 2014	February 24, 2015	* 1 3*	2 3		3			3
21	North Carolina Bd. of Dental Examiners v. FTC, 574 U.S. ___	October 14, 2014	February 25, 2015
22	Yates v. United States, 574 U.S. ___	November 5, 2014	February 25, 2015					*
23	Direct Marketing Assn. v. Brohl, 575 U.S. ___	December 8, 2014	March 3, 2015			1		2	2		2*
24	Alabama Dept. of Revenue v. CSX Transp., Inc., 575 U.S. ___	December 9, 2014	March 4, 2015
25	Dept. of Transportation v. Assoc. of American Railroads, 575 U.S. ___	December 8, 2014	March 9, 2015				1			2
26	Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn., 575 U.S. ___	December 1, 2014	March 9, 2015		1		2			* 3
27	B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc., 575 U.S. ___	December 2, 2014	March 24, 2015
28	Omnicare v. Laborers Dist. Council Const. Ind. Pension Fund, 575 U.S. ___	November 3, 2014	March 24, 2015		1		2
29	Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 575 U.S. ___	December 3, 2014	March 25, 2015		1	1 2	1
30	Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, 575 U.S. ___	November 12, 2014	March 25, 2015	1	1		1 2			1
31	Grady v. North Carolina, 575 U.S. ___		March 30, 2015
32	Woods v. Donald, 575 U.S. ___		March 30, 2015
33	Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc., 575 U.S. ___	January 20, 2015	March 31, 2015		*				*
34	Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. ___	January 21, 2015	April 21, 2015			1 2*	2			2 3
35	Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc., 575 U.S. ___	January 12, 2015	April 21, 2015				*
36	United States v. Kwai Fun Wong, 575 U.S. ___	December 10, 2014	April 22, 2015
37	Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar, 575 U.S. ___	January 20, 2015	April 29, 2015	*	1	2	1	* 1	1* 2	3
38	Mach Mining, LLC v. EEOC, 575 U.S. ___	January 13, 2015	April 29, 2015
39	Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank, 575 U.S. ___	April 1, 2015	May 4, 2015
40	Harris v. Viegelahn, 575 U.S. ___	April 1, 2015	May 18, 2015
41	Tibble v. Edison Int'l, 575 U.S. ___	February 24, 2015	May 18, 2015
42	Coleman v. Tollefson, 575 U.S. ___	February 23, 2015	May 18, 2015
43	Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne, 575 U.S. ___	November 12, 2014	May 18, 2015		1 2* 3		1* 2	3				3
44	City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan, 575 U.S. ___	March 23, 2015	May 18, 2015
45	Henderson v. United States, 575 U.S. ___	February 24, 2015	May 18, 2015
46	Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., 575 U.S. ___	March 31, 2015	May 26, 2015				*
47	Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Carter, 575 U.S. ___	January 13, 2015	May 26, 2015
48	Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif, 575 U.S. ___	January 14, 2015	May 26, 2015	1	1		1* 2			*
49	Elonis v. United States, 575 U.S. ___	December 1, 2014	June 1, 2015
50	EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., 575 U.S. ___	February 25, 2015	June 1, 2015
51	Bank of America, N. A. v. Caulkett, 575 U.S. ___	March 24, 2015	June 1, 2015			*			*		*
52	Mellouli v. Lynch, 575 U.S. ___	January 14, 2015	June 1, 2015
53	Taylor v. Barkes, 575 U.S. ___		June 1, 2015
54	Zivotofsky v. Kerry, 576 U.S. ___	November 3, 2014	June 8, 2015	1 2	2					1 2
55	Kerry v. Din, 576 U.S. ___	February 23, 2015	June 15, 2015		*
56	Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC, 576 U.S. ___	February 25, 2015	June 15, 2015								*
57	Reyes Mata v. Lynch, 576 U.S. ___	April 29, 2015	June 15, 2015
58	Reed v. Town of Gilbert, 576 U.S. ___	January 12, 2015	June 18, 2015			2		3	1 3	2	2	3
59	McFadden v. United States, 576 U.S. ___	April 21, 2015	June 18, 2015
60	Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc., 576 U.S. ___	March 23, 2015	June 18, 2015
61	Ohio v. Clark, 576 U.S. ___	March 2, 2015	June 18, 2015		1		2	1
62	Davis v. Ayala, 576 U.S. ___	March 3, 2015	June 18, 2015			1	2
63	Brumfield v. Cain, 576 U.S. ___	March 30, 2015	June 18, 2015	1* 2	1*		1			1* 2
64	Horne v. Department of Agriculture, 576 U.S. ___	April 22, 2015	June 22, 2015					*	*			*
65	Kingsley v. Hendrickson, 576 U.S. ___	April 27, 2015	June 22, 2015	1	1		1			2
66	Los Angeles v. Patel, 576 U.S. ___	March 3, 2015	June 22, 2015	1	1		1 2			2
67	Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC, 576 U.S. ___	March 31, 2015	June 22, 2015
68	King v. Burwell, 576 U.S. ___	March 4, 2015	June 25, 2015
69	Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., 576 U.S. ___	January 21, 2015	June 25, 2015	2	2		1 2			2
70	Johnson v. United States,[2] 576 U.S. ___	April 20, 2015	June 26, 2015			1	2
71	Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___	April 28, 2015	June 26, 2015	1	1 2 3 4		1 2 3 4			4
72	Michigan v. EPA, 576 U.S. ___	March 25, 2015	June 29, 2015
73	Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n, 576 U.S. ___	March 2, 2015	June 29, 2015	1	1 2 3		1 2 3			1
74	Glossip v. Gross, 576 U.S. ___	April 29, 2015	June 29, 2015		1 2		1 2	1 2	1 2		2	2
#	Case name and citation	Argued	Decided	Roberts	Scalia	Kennedy	Thomas	Ginsburg	Breyer	Alito	Sotomayor	Kagan

2014 term membership and statistics

This was the tenth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure and the fifth and last full term with the same membership.

Justice		Appointment history		Agreement with judgment		Opinions filed
Seniority	Name	President	Date confirmed	%	#					Total
Chief Justice	John Roberts	George W. Bush	September 29, 2005	78.4%	58/74	7	1	1	5	14
Associate Justice	Antonin Scalia	Ronald Reagan	September 26, 1986	68.9%	51/74	9	4	2	13	28
Associate Justice	Anthony Kennedy	Ronald Reagan	February 18, 1988	87.8%	65/74	6	4	0	3	13
Associate Justice	Clarence Thomas	George H. W. Bush	October 23, 1991	59.5%	44/74	7	10	3	17	37
Associate Justice	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Bill Clinton	August 10, 1993	86.5%	64/74	7	5	0	1	13
Associate Justice	Stephen Breyer	Bill Clinton	August 3, 1994	91.7%	66/72	8	4	1	3	16
Associate Justice	Samuel Alito	George W. Bush	January 31, 2006	70.3%	52/74	8	8	1	13	30
Associate Justice	Sonia Sotomayor	Barack Obama	August 6, 2009	89.2%	66/74	7	3	0	6	16
Associate Justice	Elena Kagan	Barack Obama	August 7, 2010	85.1%	63/74	7	2	0	2	11
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
						66	41	8	63	178

Notes

1. Two decrees in original jurisdiction cases have been omitted from this table: United States v. California, 574 U.S. ___ (2014) and Kansas v. Nebraska, 575 U.S. ___ (2015).
2. Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. ___ (2015) was originally argued on November 5, 2014 and was reargued on April 20, 2015.

References

• 2014 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved June 29, 2015.

Further reading

• US top court back for 'potential blockbuster' session, Agence France-Presse, September 28, 2014