2018 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito

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 Associate Justice Samuel Alito's tenure on the Court.
Samuel Alito 2018 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 6 Concurrence 1 Other 11 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 26 Bench opinions = 20 Opinions relating to orders = 6 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 0 Most joined by: Kavanaugh (14) Least joined by: Ginsburg (2)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Hester v. United States	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Sixth Amendment  • right to determination by jury of facts supporting restitution order		Gorsuch
Alito concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
	White v. Kentucky	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • determination of intellectual disability	Thomas, Gorsuch
Alito dissent from the Court's summary granting of certiorari, vacating of the lower court's decision, and remand.
	Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist.	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • Free Exercise Clause  • Free Speech Clause  • Establishment Clause  • visible prayer by public school official	Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh
Alito filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Moore v. Texas	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution  • death penalty  • execution of the intellectually disabled	Thomas, Gorsuch	per curiam Roberts
	Madison v. Alabama	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • mental competence at time of execution  • amnesia	Thomas, Gorsuch	Kagan
	Nielsen v. Preap	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996  • detention of aliens without bond for commission of certain crimes	Roberts, Kavanaugh; Thomas, Gorsuch (in part)	Thomas Kavanaugh Breyer
	Republic of Sudan v. Harrison	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976  • service on foreign state	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas
	Dahne v. Richey	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • free speech  • prisoners' rights  • choice of language in inmate grievance	Thomas, Kavanaugh
Alito dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Murphy v. Collier	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • Establishment Clause  • death penalty  • choice of spiritual advisor at execution	Thomas, Gorsuch	Kavanaugh
Alito dissented from the Court's granting of a stay.
	Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	FDA approval of pharmaceutical labeling  • preemption of state failure-to-warn law	Roberts, Kavanaugh	Breyer Thomas
	Herrera v. Wyoming	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	effect of statehood on Native American treaty rights	Roberts, Thomas, Kavanaugh	Sotomayor
	Santos v. United States	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • definition of "violent felony"	Thomas
Alito dissented from the Court's summary granting of certiorari, vacatur, and remand.
	Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	removal jurisdiction  • Class Action Fairness Act of 2005  • third-party counterclaims	Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas
	Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Article III  • standing of single chamber of bicameral legislature  • legislative redistricting	Roberts, Breyer, Kavanaugh	Ginsburg
	Gamble v. United States	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fifth Amendment  • Double Jeopardy Clause  • dual sovereignty doctrine	Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh	Thomas Ginsburg Gorsuch
	American Legion v. American Humanist Assn.	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • Establishment Clause  • cross as public war memorial	Roberts, Breyer, Kavanaugh; Kagan (in part)	Thomas Breyer Kagan Gorsuch Kavanaugh Ginsburg
	Gundy v. United States	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act  • authority of Attorney General to determine pre-act offender registration requirements  • Article I  • nondelegation doctrine		Kagan Gorsuch
	Rehaif v. United States	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	federal firearms laws  • firearm possession by alien in country illegally  • scienter	Thomas	Breyer
	North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • state taxation of trust based on beneficiary residence	Roberts, Gorsuch	Sotomayor
	Flowers v. Mississippi	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	jury selection  • racially motivated peremptory strike		Kavanaugh Thomas
	Dutra Group v. Batterton	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	admiralty law  • unseaworthiness  • punitive damages	Roberts, Thomas, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Ginsburg
	Iancu v. Brunetti	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	trademark law  • Lanham Act  • registration of immoral or scandalous trademarks  • First Amendment  • free spech		Kagan Roberts Breyer Sotomayor
	Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Article I  • Commerce Clause  • residency requirement for retail liquor store license  • Twenty-first Amendment	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh	Gorsuch
	United States v. Haymond	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fifth Amendment  • Sixth Amendment  • right to jury trial  • mandatory minimum sentence for possession of child pornography  • judicial finding of fact	Roberts, Thomas, Kavanaugh	Gorsuch Breyer
	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		Roberts Thomas Breyer
	Mitchell v. Wisconsin	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fourth Amendment  • blood alcohol test taken from unconscious driver  • exigent circumstances	Roberts, Breyer, Kavanaugh	Thomas Sotomayor Gorsuch

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.