2019 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito

The 2019 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2019, and concluded October 4, 2020. This was the fifteenth term of Associate Justice Samuel Alito's tenure on the Court.
Samuel Alito 2019 term statistics 6 Majority or Plurality 7 Concurrence 1 Other 12 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 28 Bench opinions = 24 Opinions relating to orders = 4 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Gorsuch (13) Least joined by: Ginsburg (1 in full, 1 in part)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan v. Acevedo Feliciano	589 U.S. ___ (2019)	legal organization of Roman Catholic Church  • effect of First Amendment on civil liability of religious organization	Thomas	per curiam
	Monasky v. Taglieri	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	International Child Abduction Remedies Act  • habitual residence of child		Ginsburg Thomas
	Hernandez v. Mesa	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Fourth Amendment  • Fifth Amendment  • cross-border shooting by federal agent	Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas Ginsburg
	Holguin-Hernandez v. United States	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure  • preserving claims of error for appeal	Gorsuch	Breyer
	Intel Corp. Investment Policy Comm. v. Sulyma	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974  • statute of limitations based on actual knowledge of fiduciary breach	Unanimous
	Kansas v. Garcia	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986  • fraudulent employee documents  • federal preemption	Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas Breyer
	Babb v. Wilkie	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967  • age as factor in federal-sector personnel actions	Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh; Ginsburg (in part)	Sotomayor Thomas
	National Review, Inc. v. Mann	589 U.S. ___ (2019)
Alito dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Barr v. Roane	589 U.S. ___ (2019)	capital punishment	Gorsuch, Kavanaugh
Alito filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of a stay or vacatur of an injunction.
	Patterson v. Walgreen Co.	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Title VII  • religious employment discrimination	Thomas, Gorsuch
Alito concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act  • state law claims  • potentially responsible parties		Roberts Gorsuch
	Ramos v. Louisiana	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Sixth Amendment  • unanimity of jury verdict	Roberts; Kagan (in part)	Gorsuch Thomas Sotomayor Kavanaugh
	County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Clean Water Act  • pollutant discharge without permit into navigable waters		Breyer Kavanaugh Thomas
	Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc.	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	trademark law  • Lanham Act  • award of profits for infringement	Breyer, Kagan	Gorsuch Sotomayor
	Maine Community Health Options v. United States	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act  • government obligation to reimburse insurer losses from online exchanges		Sotomayor
	New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. City of New York	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Second Amendment  • firearm regulations	Gorsuch; Thomas (in part)	per curiam Kavanaugh
	Banister v. Davis	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure  • motion to amend judgment  • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996	Thomas	Kagan
	Bostock v. Clayton County	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Title VII  • LGBTQ employment discrimination  • sex discrimination	Thomas	Gorsuch Kavanaugh
	Andrus v. Texas	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel	Thomas, Gorsuch	per curiam
	Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of Univ. of Cal.	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals  • Administrative Procedure Act		Roberts Thomas Sotomayor Kavanaugh
	Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act  • eligibility for asylum  • habeas corpus  • Article One  • Suspension Clause  • Due Process Clause	Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas Breyer Sotomayor
	June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	abortion laws  • requirement that abortion clinic doctors have hospital admitting privileges  • Fourteenth Amendment  • stare decisis  • third-party standing	Gorsuch; Thomas, Kavanaugh (in part)	Breyer Roberts Thomas Gorsuch Kavanaugh
	Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	state law prohibition on government aid to religious schools  • First Amendment  • Free Exercise Clause		Roberts Thomas Gorsuch Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor
	Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010  • religious and moral exemptions from contraceptive mandate  • Administrative Procedure Act  • Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993	Gorsuch	Thomas Kagan Ginsburg
	Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	First Amendment  • ministerial exception to employment discrimination claims	Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas Sotomayor
	Trump v. Vance	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Article II  • Supremacy Clause  • issuance of state criminal subpoena to sitting president		Roberts Kavanaugh Thomas
	Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	issuance of congressional subpoena to sitting president  • separation of powers		Roberts Thomas
	Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak	591 U.S. ___ (2020)		Thomas, Kavanaugh	Gorsuch Kavanaugh
Alito dissented from the Court's denial of an injunction.

References

• 2019 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved September 19, 2020.
• 2019 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved September 19, 2020.
• 2019 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved September 19, 2020.