2018 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States handed down seven per curiam opinions during its 2018 term, which began October 1, 2018, and concluded October 6, 2019.[1]

Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted.

Court membership

Chief Justice: John Roberts

Associate Justices: Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh (confirmed Oct. 6, 2018)

Escondido v. Emmons

Full caption:	City of Escondido, California, et al. v. Marty Emmons
Citations:	586 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Summary judgment granted, 168 F. Supp. 3d 1265 (S.D. Cal. 2016); rev'd in part, 716 Fed. Appx. 724 (9th Cir. 2018)
Laws applied:	U.S. Const. amend. IV; 42 U.S.C. § 1983
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Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

586 U.S. ___
Decided January 7, 2019.
Ninth Circuit reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.

Shoop v. Hill

Full caption:	Tim Shoop, Warden v. Danny Hill
Citations:	586 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Petition denied, sub nom. Hill v. Anderson, No. 96-0795, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23332 (N.D. Ohio Sept. 29, 1999); rev'd, 300 F. 3d 679 (6th Cir. 2002); petition denied, No. 96-00795, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86411 (N.D. Ohio June 25, 2014); rev'd, 881 F. 3d 483 (6th Cir. 2018)
Laws applied:	U.S. Const. amend. VIII; 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
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Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

586 U.S. ___
Decided January 7, 2019.

Moore v. Texas

Full caption:	Bobby James Moore v. Texas
Citations:	586 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Petition denied, Ex parte Moore, 470 S. W. 3d 481 (Tex. Ct. Crim. App. 2015); vacated, sub nom. Moore v. Texas, 581 U. S. ___ (2017); petition denied, 548 S. W. 3d 552 (Tex. Ct. Crim. App. 2018)
Laws applied:	U.S. Const. amend. VIII
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Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

586 U.S. ___
Decided February 19, 2019.
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded.

Roberts filed a concurring opinion. Alito, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch, filed a dissent.[2]

Yovino v. Rizo

Full caption:	Jim Yovino, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools v. Aileen Rizo
Citations:	586 U.S. ___
Prior history:	Summary judgment denied; vacated, 887 F. 3d 453 (9th Cir. 2018)
Laws applied:	U.S. Const. art. III; 28 U.S.C. § 46(c), §46(d)
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Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

586 U.S. ___
Decided February 25, 2019.
Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded.

Sotomayor concurred in the judgment, without filing a separate opinion.

Frank v. Gaos

Full caption:	Theodore H. Frank, et al. v. Paloma Gaos, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, et al.
Citations:	586 U.S. ___
Laws applied:	U.S. Const. art. III; 18 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq. (Stored Communications Act)
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Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

586 U.S. ___
Argued October 31, 2018.
Decided March 20, 2019.
Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded.

Thomas filed a dissent.

Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc.

Full caption:	Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc., et al.
Citations:	587 U.S. ___, 139 S.Ct. 1780, 204 L. Ed. 2d 78
Prior history:	Preliminary injunction granted, Planned Parenthood of Ind. & Ky., Inc. v. Ind. Dep't of Health, 194 F. Supp. 3d 818 (S.D. Ind. 2016); summary judgment and permanent injunction granted, 265 F. Supp. 3d 859 (S.D. Ind. 2017); affirmed, 888 F.3d 300 (7th Cir. 2018); rehearing en banc denied, 917 F.3d 532 (7th Cir. 2018)
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Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

587 U.S. ___, 139 S.Ct. 1780, 204 L. Ed. 2d 78
Decided May 28, 2019.
Seventh Circuit reversed in part.

Thomas filed a concurrence. Ginsburg filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, noting that she would have denied certiorari with respect to both questions presented. Sotomayor also noted, without separate opinion, that she would have denied certiorari with respect to both questions presented.

Notes

1. The description of one opinion has been omitted: in Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian, 587 U.S. ___ (2019), the Court dismissed certiorari as improvidently granted.
2. Howe, Amy (February 19, 2019). "Justices take up Clean Water Act case, rebuke Texas court in death penalty case". SCOTUSblog. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.

References

• 2018 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 7, 2019.