2017 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The 2017 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018. This was the twenty-fifth term of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's tenure on the Court.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2017 term statistics 6 Majority or Plurality 3 Concurrence 0 Other 7 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 16 Bench opinions = 15 Opinions relating to orders = 1 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Sotomayor (14) Least joined by: Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch (3)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Dunn v. Madison	583 U.S. ___ (2017)	Eighth Amendment	Breyer, Sotomayor	per curiam Breyer
	Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Servs. of Chicago	583 U.S. ___ (2017)	limit on extensions of time to file notice of appeal  • Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure	Unanimous
	District of Columbia v. Wesby	583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Fourth Amendment  • probable cause  • totality of the circumstances  • qualified immunity		Thomas Sotomayor
	Artis v. District of Columbia	583 U.S. ___ (2018)	supplemental jurisdiction  • tolling of statute of limitations for refiling in state court	Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Gorsuch
	Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers	583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act  • whistleblower protection	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas Sotomayor
	Hamm v. Dunn	583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty	Sotomayor	Breyer
Ginsburg dissented from the Court's denial of a stay and of certiorari.
	Patchak v Zinke	583 U.S. ___ (2018)	Indian Reorganization Act  • Gun Lake Act  • Article III	Sotomayor	Thomas Breyer Sotomayor Roberts
	Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Fair Labor Standards Act  • exemption from overtime pay for salesmen	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas
	SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	patent law  • inter partes review	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Gorsuch Breyer
	McCoy v. Louisiana	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Sixth Amendment  • defendant's right to insist counsel not admit guilt	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	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	Sotomayor; Breyer (in part)	Alito Thomas Breyer
	Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Federal Arbitration Act  • Fair Labor Standards Act  • concerted action in employment disputes	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Gorsuch Thomas
	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	Sotomayor	Kennedy Thomas Kagan Gorsuch
	China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh	584 U.S. ___ (2018)	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure  • denial of class certification  • tolling of statute of limitations	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch	Sotomayor
	Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co.	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure  • determination of foreign law  • weight due to submission by foreign government	Unanimous
	Currier v. Virginia	585 U.S. ___ (2018)	Fifth Amendment  • Double Jeopardy Clause  • conviction in second trial after consent to severance	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Gorsuch Kennedy

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.