2018 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts
The 2018 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2018, and concluded October 6, 2019. This was the fourteenth term of Chief Justice John Roberts's tenure on the Court. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weyerhaeuser Co. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Serv. | 586 U.S. ___ (2018) |
Endangered Species Act of 1973 • designation of critical habitat | Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch | ||||||||||||||||||
Kavanaugh did not participate. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Moore v. Texas | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) |
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution • death penalty • execution of the intellectually disabled |
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Jam v. International Finance Corp. | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) |
International Organizations Immunities Act • relationship to Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act | Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch |
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Kavanaugh did not participate. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State Dept. of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc. | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) |
Yakama Nation Treaty of 1855 • state taxation of fuel importers | Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh |
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Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) |
Federal Arbitration Act • contractual agreement to class action arbitration | Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh |
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Myers v. United States | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) |
Armed Career Criminal Act • "violent felony" classification | Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh | ||||||||||||||||||
Roberts dissented from the Court's granting of certiorari, summary vacatur, and remand. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nieves v. Bartlett | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) |
First Amendment • free speech • retaliatory arrest • Fourth Amendment • probable cause | Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Kavanaugh; Thomas (in part) |
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Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) |
Atomic Energy Act • federal preemption of state uranium mining laws | Breyer, Alito |
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Knick v. Township of Scott | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) |
Fifth Amendment • Takings Clause • state court exhaustion of remedies | Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh |
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Iancu v. Brunetti | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) |
trademark law • Lanham Act • registration of immoral or scandalous trademarks • First Amendment • free spech |
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Kisor v. Wilkie | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) |
administrative law • deference to agency interpretation of ambiguous regulation |
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Rucho v. Common Cause | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) |
legislative redistricting • partisan gerrymandering • political question doctrine • Article I • Elections Clause • First Amendment • Fourteenth Amendment • Equal Protection Clause | Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh |
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Federal courts do not have the jurisdiction to hear partisan gerrymandering cases because they are nonjusticiable political questions. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Department of Commerce v. New York | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) |
addition of citizenship question to 2020 United States Census • Article I • Enumeration Clause • Administrative Procedures Act • Article III • standing | Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh (in part) |
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Because the reason it made the decision was pretextual and not related to the actual purpose, the Department of Commerce cannot add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. |
References
- 2018 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 7, 2019.
- 2018 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 7, 2019.
- 2018 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 7, 2019.
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