2017 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The 2017 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018. This was the twenty-seventh term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2017 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 15 Concurrence 0 Other 13 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 35 Bench opinions = 31 Opinions relating to orders = 4 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 0 Most joined by: Gorsuch (14 in full, 1 in part) Least joined by: Ginsburg, Sotomayor (2)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Upstate Citizens for Equality, Inc. v. United States	583 U.S. ___ (2017)	Indian Commerce Clause  • Indian Reorganization Act  • taking of state land into trust
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Tharpe v. Sellers	583 U.S. ___ (2018)		Alito, Gorsuch	per curiam
	District of Columbia v. Wesby	583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Fourth Amendment  • probable cause  • totality of the circumstances  • qualified immunity	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch	Ginsburg Sotomayor
	Silvester v. Becerra	583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Second Amendment  • right to bear arms  • state law firearm purchase waiting period
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers	583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act  • whistleblower protection	Alito, Gorsuch	Ginsburg Sotomayor
	Patchak v Zinke	583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Indian Reorganization Act  • Gun Lake Act  • Article III	Breyer, Alito, Kagan	Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor Roberts
	Jennings v. Rodriguez	583 U.S. ___ (2018)		Gorsuch (in part)	Alito Breyer
	Garco Construction, Inc. v. Speer	583 U.S. ___ (2018)		Gorsuch
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Marinello v. United States	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	interference with IRS proceeding	Alito	Breyer
	Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Fair Labor Standards Act  • exemption from overtime pay for salesmen	Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Gorsuch	Ginsburg
	Sessions v. Dimaya	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Immigration and Nationality Act  • deportation for crime of violence  • Due Process Clause  • void for vagueness doctrine	Kennedy, Alito (in part)	Kagan Gorsuch Roberts
	Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Alien Tort Statute  • suits against foreign corporations		Kennedy Alito Gorsuch Sotomayor
	Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	patent law  • inter partes review  • cancellation of patent by United States Patent and Trademark Office  • Article III	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Breyer Gorsuch
	Byrd v. United States	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Fourth Amendment  • search of rental vehicle  • expectation of privacy of driver not listed on rental agreement	Gorsuch	Kennedy Alito
	Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn.	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act  • state authorization of sports gambling  • Tenth Amendment  • anticommandeering doctrine		Alito Breyer Ginsburg
	Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Federal Arbitration Act  • Fair Labor Standards Act  • concerted action in employment disputes		Gorsuch Ginsburg
	Upper Skagit Tribe v. Lundgren	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	tribal sovereign immunity  • immovable property exception	Alito	Gorsuch Roberts
	Collins v. Virginia	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Fourth Amendment  • motor vehicle exception to warrant requirement  • search of curtilage  • exclusionary rule  • Supremacy Clause		Sotomayor Alito
	Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Comm'n	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	First Amendment  • Free Exercise Clause  • LGBT anti-discrimination law in public accommodations	Gorsuch	Kennedy Kagan Gorsuch Ginsburg
	Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	National Voter Registration Act  • Help America Vote Act of 2002  • deregistration for failure to vote		Alito Breyer Sotomayor
	Gill v. Whitford	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	partisan gerrymandering  • Article III  • standing  • Equal Protection	Gorsuch	Roberts Kagan
	Lozman v. Riviera Beach	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	First Amendment  • freedom of speech  • retaliatory arrest  • probable cause		Kennedy
	Rosales-Mireles v. United States	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines  • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure  • errors in calculating sentencing range	Alito	Sotomayor
	South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	state taxation of internet commerce  • Commerce Clause  • physical presence of out of state seller		Kennedy Gorsuch Roberts
	Lucia v. SEC	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	SEC administrative law judges  • Appointments Clause	Gorsuch	Kagan Breyer Sotomayor
	Carpenter v. United States	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	Fourth Amendment  • acquisition of cell site records without search warrant		Roberts Kennedy Alito Gorsuch
	WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	patent law  • recovery of foreign profits as infringement damages	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Gorsuch
	Ortiz v. United States	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	Article III  • appellate jurisdiction over U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces  • Article II  • Appointments Clause  • eligibility to serve on Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals after appointment to Court of Military Commission Review		Kagan Alito
	Ohio v. American Express Co.	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	antitrust law  • Sherman Antitrust Act  • antisteering provisions in two-sided credit card markets	Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Gorsuch	Breyer
	Abbott v. Perez	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	legislative redistricting  • Voting Rights Act  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • racial gerrymandering	Gorsuch	Alito Sotomayor
	Trump v. Hawaii	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	Executive Order 13780  • Immigration and Nationality Act  • Article III  • First Amendment  • Establishment Clause  • authority of district court to issue universal injunction		Roberts Kennedy Breyer Sotomayor
	National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	First Amendment  • free speech  • abortion  • crisis pregnancy center notice and disclosure requirements regarding licensure and abortion service availability	Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Gorsuch	Kennedy Breyer
	Florida v. Georgia	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	tri-state water dispute	Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch	Breyer
	North Carolina v. Covington	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	legislative redistricting  • racial gerrymandering		per curiam
	Rowan County v. Lund	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	First Amendment  • Establishment Clause  • legislative prayer	Gorsuch
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.

References

• 2017 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2018.
• 2017 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2018.
• 2017 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2018.