# 2015 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2015 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2015, and concluded October 2, 2016. The table below illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.

## Table key

| | Delivered the Court's opinion | Joined the Court's opinion | Filed a concurrence | Joined a concurrence |
| | Filed a dissent | Joined a dissent | Filed a concurrence/dissent | Joined a concurrence/dissent |
| | Did not participate in the decision |
| Decisions that do not note an argument date were decided without oral argument. Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's opinion are per curiam. Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices frequently join multiple opinions in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly. An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality. An asterisk in a joining vote denotes that the justice joined it only in part. A dash ( - ) denotes that the Justice voted without filing or joining an opinion. ||||||||

## 2015 term opinions

| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Roberts | Scalia | Kennedy | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito | Sotomayor | Kagan |
| 1 | Maryland v. Kulbicki, 577 U.S. ___ | | October 5, 2015 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Mullenix v. Luna, 577 U.S. ___ | | November 9, 2015 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs, 577 U.S. ___ | October 5, 2015 | December 1, 2015 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Shapiro v. McManus, 577 U.S. ___ | November 4, 2015 | December 8, 2015 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia, 577 U.S. ___ | October 6, 2015 | December 14, 2015 | | | | 1 | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 6 | White v. Wheeler, 577 U.S. ___ | | December 14, 2015 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Bruce v. Samuels, 577 U.S. ___ | November 4, 2015 | January 12, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Hurst v. Florida, 577 U.S. ___ | October 13, 2015 | January 12, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Kansas v. Carr, 577 U.S. ___ | October 7, 2015 | January 20, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Montanile v. Board of Trustees of Nat. Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan, 577 U.S. ___ | November 9, 2015 | January 20, 2016 | | | | | | | * | | |
| 11 | Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez, 577 U.S. ___ | October 14, 2015 | January 20, 2016 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 12 | | |
| 12 | Duncan v. Owens, 577 U.S. ___ | January 12, 2016 | January 20, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Montgomery v. Louisiana, 577 U.S. ___ | October 13, 2015 | January 25, 2016 | | 1 | | 12 | | | 1 | | |
| 14 | Musacchio v. United States, 577 U.S. ___ | November 30, 2015 | January 25, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Menominee Tribe of Wis. v. United States, 577 U.S. ___ | December 1, 2015 | January 25, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | FERC v. Electric Power Supply Assn., 577 U.S. ___ | October 14, 2015 | January 25, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | James v. Boise, 577 U.S. ___ | | January 25, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Amgen Inc. v. Harris, 577 U.S. ___ | | January 25, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 577 U.S. ___ | December 2, 2015 | March 1, 2016 | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | |
| 20 | Lockhart v. United States, 577 U.S. ___ | November 3, 2015 | March 1, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., 577 U.S. ___ | January 19, 2016 | March 7, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Wearry v. Cain, 577 U.S. ___ | | March 7, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | V.L. v. E.L., 577 U.S. ___ | | March 7, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Caetano v. Massachusetts, 577 U.S. ___ | | March 21, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Sturgeon v. Frost, 577 U.S. ___ | January 20, 2016 | March 22, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, 577 U.S. ___ | November 10, 2015 | March 22, 2016 | | | | | | | * | | |
| 27 | Nebraska v. Parker, 577 U.S. ___ | January 20, 2016 | March 22, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Hawkins v. Community Bank, 577 U.S. ___ | October 5, 2015 | March 22, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | Friedrichs v. California Teachers Assn., 578 U.S. ___ | January 11, 2016 | March 29, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Luis v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ | November 10, 2015 | March 30, 2016 | | | 1 | | | * | 1 | | 2 |
| 31 | Evenwel v. Abbott, 578 U.S. ___ | December 8, 2015 | April 4, 2016 | | | | 12* | | | 2 | | |
| 32 | Nichols v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ | March 1, 2016 | April 4, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Woods v. Etherton, 578 U.S. ___ | | April 4, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Welch v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ | March 30, 2016 | April 18, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC, 578 U.S. ___ | February 24, 2016 | April 19, 2016 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | |
| 36 | Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt, 578 U.S. ___ | December 7, 2015 | April 19, 2016 | | | | | | | - | | |
| 37 | Molina-Martinez v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ | January 12, 2016 | April 20, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | Bank Markazi v. Peterson, 578 U.S. ___ | January 13, 2016 | April 20, 2016 | | | | * | | | | | |
| 39 | Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, 578 U.S. ___ | December 8, 2015 | April 20, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Heffernan v. City of Paterson, 578 U.S. ___ | January 19, 2016 | April 26, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 41 | Ocasio v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ | October 6, 2015 | May 2, 2016 | 2 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | |
| 42 | Sheriff v. Gillie, 578 U.S. ___ | March 29, 2016 | May 16, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 43 | Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 578 U.S. ___ | November 2, 2015 | May 16, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 44 | Husky Int'l Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz, 578 U.S. ___ | March 1, 2016 | May 16, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 45 | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Manning, 578 U.S. ___ | December 1, 2015 | May 16, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Zubik v. Burwell, 578 U.S. ___ | March 23, 2016 | May 16, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 47 | Kernan v. Hinojosa, 578 U.S. ___ | | May 16, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 48 | CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC, 578 U.S. ___ | March 28, 2016 | May 19, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 49 | Betterman v. Montana, 578 U.S. ___ | March 28, 2016 | May 19, 2016 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | |
| 50 | Luna Torres v. Lynch, 578 U.S. ___ | November 3, 2015 | May 19, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 51 | Foster v. Chatman, 578 U.S. ___ | November 2, 2015 | May 23, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 52 | Wittman v. Personhuballah, 578 U.S. ___ | March 21, 2016 | May 23, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 53 | Green v. Brennan, 578 U.S. ___ | November 30, 2015 | May 23, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., 578 U.S. ___ | March 30, 2016 | May 31, 2016 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | 3 |
| 55 | Johnson v. Lee, 578 U.S. ___ | | May 31, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 56 | Lynch v. Arizona, 578 U.S. ___ | | May 31, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 57 | Simmons v. Himmelreich, 578 U.S. ___ | March 22, 2016 | June 6, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 58 | Ross v. Blake, 578 U.S. ___ | March 29, 2016 | June 6, 2016 | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | |
| 59 | Williams v. Pennsylvania, 579 U.S. ___ | February 29, 2016 | June 9, 2016 | 1 | | | 2 | | | 1 | | |
| 60 | Dietz v. Bouldin, 579 U.S. ___ | April 26, 2016 | June 9, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 61 | Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle, 579 U.S. ___ | January 13, 2016 | June 9, 2016 | | | | 12 | 2 | | | | |
| 62 | Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., 579 U.S. ___ | February 23, 2016 | June 13, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 63 | Puerto Rico v. Franklin Cal. Tax-Free Trust, 579 U.S. ___ | March 22, 2016 | June 13, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 64 | United States v. Bryant, 579 U.S. ___ | April 19, 2016 | June 13, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 65 | Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States, 579 U.S. ___ | February 22, 2016 | June 16, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 66 | Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar, 579 U.S. ___ | April 19, 2016 | June 16, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 67 | Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 579 U.S. ___ | April 25, 2016 | June 16, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 68 | Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, 579 U.S. ___ | April 20, 2016 | June 20, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 69 | Utah v. Strieff, 579 U.S. ___ | February 22, 2016 | June 20, 2016 | | | | | 1*2 | | | 1 | 2 |
| 70 | Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee, 579 U.S. ___ | April 25, 2016 | June 20, 2016 | | | | | | | * | * | |
| 71 | Taylor v. United States, 579 U.S. ___ | February 23, 2016 | June 20, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 72 | RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community, 579 U.S. ___ | March 21, 2016 | June 20, 2016 | | | | | *1 | *12 | | | *1 |
| 73 | Fisher v. University of Tex. at Austin, 579 U.S. ___ | December 9, 2015 | June 23, 2016 | 2 | | | 12 | | | 2 | | |
| 74 | Birchfield v. North Dakota, 579 U.S. ___ | April 20, 2016 | June 23, 2016 | | | | 1 | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 75 | Mathis v. United States, 579 U.S. ___ | April 26, 2016 | June 23, 2016 | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | |
| 76 | Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, 579 U.S. ___ | December 7, 2015 | June 23, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 77 | United States v. Texas, 579 U.S. ___ | April 18, 2016 | June 23, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 78 | McDonnell v. United States, 579 U.S. ___ | April 27, 2016 | June 27, 2016 | | | | | | | | | |
| 79 | Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, 579 U.S. ___ | March 2, 2016 | June 27, 2016 | 2 | | | 12 | | | 2 | | |
| 80 | Voisine v. United States, 579 U.S. ___ | February 29, 2016 | June 27, 2016 | | | | | | | | * | |
| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Roberts | Scalia | Kennedy | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito | Sotomayor | Kagan |

## 2015 term membership and statistics

This was the eleventh term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure. Justice Scalia died on February 13, 2016, making it the sixth and final term with the same membership.
| Justice | Justice | Appointment history | Appointment history | Agreement with judgment | Agreement with judgment | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed |
| Seniority | Name | President | Date confirmed | % | # | | | | | Total |
| Chief Justice | John Roberts | George W. Bush | September 29, 2005 | 91.3% | 73/80 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| Associate Justice | Antonin Scalia | Ronald Reagan | September 26, 1986 | 83.3% | 15/18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Associate Justice | Anthony Kennedy | Ronald Reagan | February 18, 1988 | 97.5% | 78/80 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Associate Justice | Clarence Thomas | George H. W. Bush | October 23, 1991 | 72.5% | 58/80 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 39 |
| Associate Justice | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Bill Clinton | August 10, 1993 | 87.5% | 70/80 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| Associate Justice | Stephen Breyer | Bill Clinton | August 3, 1994 | 93.8% | 75/80 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Associate Justice | Samuel Alito | George W. Bush | January 31, 2006 | 82.1% | 64/78 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| Associate Justice | Sonia Sotomayor | Barack Obama | August 6, 2009 | 81% | 64/79 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| Associate Justice | Elena Kagan | Barack Obama | August 7, 2010 | 94.9% | 75/79 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals |
| Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. | 62 | 36 | 5 | 46 | 149 |