2018 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The 2018 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2018, and concluded October 6, 2019. This was the twenty-sixth term of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's tenure on the Court.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2018 term statistics 6 Majority or Plurality 2 Concurrence 0 Other 5 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 15 Bench opinions = 14 Opinions relating to orders = 1 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Sotomayor (10) Least joined by: Thomas, Kavanaugh (4)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Brakebill v. Jaeger	586 U.S. ___ (2018)	voter identification laws	Kagan
Ginsburg dissented from the Court's denial of an application to vacate a stay.
	Mount Lemmon Fire Dist. v. Guido	586 U.S. ___ (2018)	Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967  • application to political subdivisions	Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch
	New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Federal Arbitration Act  • exclusion of contracts of employment for certain transportation workers		Gorsuch
	Timbs v. Indiana	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Eighth Amendment  • excessive fines  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • Incorporation Doctrine  • civil forfeiture	Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas Gorsuch
	Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	copyright law  • registration requirement for infringement lawsuit	Unanimous
	BNSF R. Co. v. Loos	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Federal Employers' Liability Act  • Railroad Retirement Tax Act  • tax status of damages for lost wages due to injury	Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh	Gorsuch
	Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Federal Arbitration Act  • contractual agreement to class action arbitration	Breyer, Sotomayor	Roberts Thomas Breyer Sotomayor Kagan
	Nieves v. Bartlett	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • free speech  • retaliatory arrest  • Fourth Amendment  • probable cause		Roberts Thomas Gorsuch Sotomayor
	Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc.	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	abortion rights  • standard of review		per curiam Thomas
	Fort Bend County v. Davis	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Title VII  • requirement to file charge with EEOC	Unanimous
	Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Article III  • standing of single chamber of bicameral legislature  • legislative redistricting	Thomas, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch	Alito
	Gamble v. United States	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fifth Amendment  • Double Jeopardy Clause  • dual sovereignty doctrine		Alito Thomas Gorsuch
	Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Atomic Energy Act  • federal preemption of state uranium mining laws	Sotomayor, Kagan	Gorsuch Roberts
	American Legion v. American Humanist Assn.	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • Establishment Clause  • cross as public war memorial	Sotomayor	Alito Thomas Breyer Kagan Gorsuch Kavanaugh
	Dutra Group v. Batterton	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	admiralty law  • unseaworthiness  • punitive damages	Breyer, Sotomayor	Alito

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.