2020 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States has handed down seven per curiam opinions during its 2020 term, which began October 5, 2020 and will conclude October 3, 2021.[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, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett (confirmed on October 26, 2020)

Mckesson v. Doe

Full caption:	Deray Mckesson v. John Doe
Citations:	592 U.S. ___
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Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

592 U.S. ___
Decided November 2, 2020.
Fifth Circuit vacated and remanded.

Thomas dissented without separate opinion. Barrett did not participate.

Taylor v. Riojas

Full caption:	Trent Michael Taylor v. Robert Riojas, et al.
Citations:	592 U.S. ___
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Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

592 U.S. ___
Decided November 2, 2020.
Fifth Circuit vacated and remanded.

Alito filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Thomas dissented without separate opinion. Barrett did not participate.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo

Full caption:	Roman Catholic Diocese Of Brooklyn, New York V. Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor Of New York
Citations:	592 U.S. ___
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Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

592 U.S. ___
Decided November 25, 2020.
Application for injunctive relief granted.

The Court ordered New York State enjoined from enforcing Executive Order 202.68 with respect to religious groups, pending appeals.

Combined with Agudath Israel of America, et al. v. Cuomo. Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh wrote separate concurring opinions. Chief Justice Roberts wrote a dissenting opinion. Justice Breyer wrote a dissent, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan. Justice Sotomayor wrote a separate dissent joined by Kagan.

Shinn v. Kayer

Full caption:	David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. George Russell Kayer
Citations:	592 U.S. ___
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Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

592 U.S. ___
Decided December 14, 2020.
Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded.

Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagen dissented without separate opinion.

Trump v. New York

Full caption:	Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. State of New York et al.
Citations:	592 U.S. ___
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Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

592 U.S. ___
Decided December 18, 2020.
Southern District of New York vacated and remanded with instructions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.

Justice Breyer filed a dissent, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan.

Republic of Hungary v. Simon

Full caption:	Republic of Hungary, et al. v. Rosalie Simon, et al.
Citations:	592 U.S. ___
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Full text of the opinion:	official slip opinion

592 U.S. ___
Decided February 3, 2021.
D.C. Circuit vacated, and the case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with the decision in Germany v. Philipp.

Notes

1. The description of one opinion has been omitted: in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc., 592 U.S. ___ (2021), the Court dismissed certiorari as improvidently granted.

References

• 2020 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved January 25, 2021.