2015 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy

The 2015 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2015, and concluded October 2, 2016. This was the twenty-ninth term of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy's tenure on the Court.
Anthony Kennedy 2015 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 2 Concurrence 0 Other 1 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 12 Bench opinions = 12 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Breyer (9) Least joined by: Scalia (0)[1]

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Montgomery v. Louisiana	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • mandatory life imprisonment of minors  • retroactivity of new constitutional rules	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Scalia Thomas
	Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974  • preemption of state law health care disclosure requirements	Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan	Thomas Breyer Ginsburg
	Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938  • certification of class action  • compensibility for varying times spent donning and doffing protective gear	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts Thomas
	Luis v. United States	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	pretrial asset freezing  • Sixth Amendment  • right to counsel of one's choice	Alito	Breyer Thomas Kagan
	Welch v. United States	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • retroactive effect of court decision on collateral review	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas
	Molina-Martinez v. United States	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Federal Sentencing Guidelines  • sentencing based on incorrect range	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito
	CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Title VII  • award of attorney's fees to prevailing party	Unanimous[2]	Thomas
	Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co.	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Clean Water Act  • United States Army Corps of Engineers jurisdictional determination  • Administrative Procedure Act reviewability	Thomas, Alito	Roberts Ginsburg Kagan
	Williams v. Pennsylvania	579 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • judicial recusal due to prior involvement as prosecutor	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts Thomas
	Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro	579 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fair Labor Standards Act  • overtime exemption for automobile service advisors	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Ginsburg Thomas
	Fisher v. University of Tex. at Austin	579 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • affirmative action  • race-conscious college admissions program	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Thomas Alito
	Mathis v. United States	579 U.S. ___ (2016)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • sentence enhancement for prior convictions		Kagan Thomas Breyer Alito

Notes

1. All but one of Kennedy's opinions were issued after Justice Scalia's death. Of the justices who participated the entire term, Thomas joined the fewest of Kennedy's opinions, with three.
2. This opinion was handed down after the death of Justice Scalia, and so was unanimous as to the eight justices remaining on the Court.

References

• 2015 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved June 23, 2016.
• 2015 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved June 23, 2016.
• 2015 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved June 23, 2016.