# 2011 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2011 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2011, and concluded September 30, 2012. The table 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. ||||||||

## 2011 term opinions

| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Roberts | Scalia | Kennedy | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito | Sotomayor | Kagan |
| 1 | Cavazos v. Smith, 565 U.S. 1 | | October 31, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | KPMG LLP v. Cocchi, 565 U.S. 18 | | November 7, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Bobby v. Dixon, 565 U.S. 23 | | November 7, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Greene v. Fisher, 565 U.S. 34 | October 11, 2011 | November 8, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Judulang v. Holder, 565 U.S. 42 | October 12, 2011 | December 12, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Hardy v. Cross, 565 U.S. 65 | | December 12, 2011 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Smith v. Cain, 565 U.S. 73 | November 8, 2011 | January 10, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood, 565 U.S. 95 | October 11, 2011 | January 10, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Minneci v. Pollard, 565 U.S. 118 | November 1, 2011 | January 10, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Gonzalez v. Thaler, 565 U.S. 134 | November 2, 2011 | January 10, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Hosanna-Tabor Evang. Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, 565 U.S. 171 | October 5, 2011 | January 11, 2012 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | 2 |
| 12 | Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid, 565 U.S. 207 | October 11, 2011 | January 11, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Perry v. New Hampshire, 565 U.S. 228 | November 2, 2011 | January 11, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Maples v. Thomas, 565 U.S. 266 | October 4, 2011 | January 18, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Golan v. Holder, 565 U.S. 302 | October 5, 2011 | January 18, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC, 565 U.S. 368 | November 28, 2011 | January 18, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Perry v. Perez, 565 U.S. 388 | | January 20, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | United States v. Jones, 565 U.S. 400 | November 8, 2011 | January 23, 2012 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Reynolds v. United States, 565 U.S. 432 | October 3, 2011 | January 23, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | National Meat Assn. v. Harris, 565 U.S. 452 | November 9, 2011 | January 23, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Ryburn v. Huff, 565 U.S. 469 | | January 23, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Kawashima v. Holder, 565 U.S. 478 | November 7, 2011 | February 21, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Howes v. Fields, 565 U.S. 499 | October 4, 2011 | February 21, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Wetzel v. Lambert, 565 U.S. 520 | | February 24, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Marmet Health Care Center, Inc. v. Brown, 565 U.S. 530 | | February 21, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Messerschmidt v. Millender, 565 U.S. 535 | December 5, 2011 | February 22, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana, 565 U.S. 576 | December 7, 2011 | February 22, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern Cal., Inc., 565 U.S. 606 | October 3, 2011 | February 22, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp., 565 U.S. 625 | November 9, 2011 | February 29, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Martel v. Claire, 565 U.S. 648 | December 6, 2011 | March 5, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 | October 4, 2011 | March 20, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Md., 566 U.S. 30 | January 11, 2012 | March 20, 2012 | | 1 | * | 2 | | | | * | * |
| 33 | Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Lab., Inc., 566 U.S. 66 | December 7, 2011 | March 20, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc., 566 U.S. 93 | January 11, 2012 | March 20, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | Sackett v. EPA, 566 U.S. 120 | January 9, 2012 | March 21, 2012 | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 36 | Missouri v. Frye, 566 U.S. 134 | October 31, 2011 | March 21, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | Lafler v. Cooper, 566 U.S. 156 | October 31, 2011 | March 21, 2012 | 1* | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 38 | Zivotofsky v. Clinton, 566 U.S. 189 | November 7, 2011 | March 26, 2012 | | | | | | 2* | 1 | 2 | |
| 39 | Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Simmonds, 566 U.S. 221 | November 29, 2011 | March 26, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Setser v. United States, 566 U.S. 231 | November 30, 2011 | March 28, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 41 | Vartelas v. Holder, 566 U.S. 257 | January 18, 2012 | March 28, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 42 | FAA v. Cooper, 566 U.S. 284 | November 30, 2011 | March 28, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 43 | Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, 566 U.S. 318 | October 12, 2011 | April 2, 2012 | 1 | | * | * | | | 2 | | |
| 44 | Rehberg v. Paulk, 566 U.S. 356 | November 1, 2011 | April 2, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 45 | Vasquez v. United States, 566 U.S. 378 | March 21, 2012 | April 2, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Filarsky v. Delia, 566 U.S. 377 | January 17, 2012 | April 17, 2012 | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | |
| 47 | Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A/S, 566 U.S. 399 | December 5, 2011 | April 17, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 48 | Kappos v. Hyatt, 566 U.S. 431 | January 9, 2012 | April 18, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 49 | Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority, 566 U.S. 449 | February 28, 2012 | April 18, 2012 | | * | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Wood v. Milyard, 566 U.S. 463 | February 27, 2012 | April 24, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 51 | United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC, 566 U.S. 478 | January 17, 2012 | April 25, 2012 | | * | | | | * | | | |
| 52 | Hall v. United States, 566 U.S. 506 | November 29, 2011 | May 14, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 53 | Astrue v. Capato, 566 U.S. 541 | March 19, 2012 | May 21, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd., 566 U.S. 560 | February 21, 2012 | May 21, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 55 | Holder v. Martinez Gutierrez, 566 U.S. 583 | January 18, 2012 | May 21, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 56 | Blueford v. Arkansas, 566 U.S. 599 | February 22, 2012 | May 24, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 57 | Freeman v. Quicken Loans, Inc., 566 U.S. 624 | February 21, 2012 | May 24, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 58 | RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank, 566 U.S. 639 | April 23, 2012 | May 29, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 59 | Coleman v. Johnson, 566 U.S. 650 | | May 29, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 60 | Reichle v. Howards, 566 U.S. 658 | March 21, 2012 | June 4, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 61 | Armour v. Indianapolis, 566 U.S. 673 | February 29, 2012 | June 4, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Elgin v. Department of Treasury, 567 U.S. 1 | February 27, 2012 | June 11, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 63 | Parker v. Matthews, 567 U.S. 37 | | June 11, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 64 | Williams v. Illinois, 567 U.S. 50 | December 6, 2011 | June 18, 2012 | | | | 1 | | 2 | * | | |
| 65 | Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 567 U.S. 142 | April 16, 2012 | June 18, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 66 | Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, 567 U.S. 182 | April 18, 2012 | June 18, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 67 | Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band... v. Patchak, 567 U.S. 209 | April 24, 2012 | June 18, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 68 | FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., 567 U.S. 239 | January 10, 2012 | June 21, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 69 | Dorsey v. United States, 567 U.S. 260 | April 17, 2012 | June 21, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 70 | Knox v. Service Employees, 567 U.S. 298 | January 10, 2012 | June 21, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 71 | Southern Union Co. v. United States, 567 U.S. 343 | March 19, 2012 | June 21, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 72 | Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S. 387 | April 25, 2012 | June 25, 2012 | | 1 | | 2 | | | 3 | | |
| 73 | Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 | March 20, 2012 | June 25, 2012 | 1 | 123 | | 12 | | | 13 | | |
| 74 | American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock, 567 U.S. 516 | | June 25, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 75 | National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. 519 | March 26–28, 2012 | June 28, 2012 | * | 1 | 1 | 12 | * | ** | 1 | * | ** |
| 76 | United States v. Alvarez, 567 U.S. 709 | February 22, 2012 | June 28, 2012 | | | * | | | | | | |
| 77 | First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards, 567 U.S. 756 | November 28, 2011 | June 28, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 78 | Tennant v. Jefferson County, 567 U.S. 758 | | September 25, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Roberts | Scalia | Kennedy | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito | Sotomayor | Kagan |

## 2011 term membership and statistics

This was the seventh term of Chief Justice Roberts' tenure and the second 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 | 90.9% | 70/77 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| Associate Justice | Antonin Scalia | Ronald Reagan | September 26, 1986 | 80.8% | 63/78 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| Associate Justice | Anthony Kennedy | Ronald Reagan | February 18, 1988 | 93.5% | 72/77 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Associate Justice | Clarence Thomas | George H. W. Bush | October 23, 1991 | 84.6% | 66/78 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Associate Justice | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Bill Clinton | August 10, 1993 | 67.9% | 53/78 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| Associate Justice | Stephen Breyer | Bill Clinton | August 3, 1994 | 76.9% | 60/78 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 22 |
| Associate Justice | Samuel Alito | George W. Bush | January 31, 2006 | 82.1% | 64/78 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| Associate Justice | Sonia Sotomayor | Barack Obama | August 6, 2009 | 79.2% | 61/77 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| Associate Justice | Elena Kagan | Barack Obama | August 7, 2010 | 81.1% | 60/74 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 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. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; the dissent in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that was jointly authored by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito is counted separately for all four justices but counted only once in the Court's 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. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; the dissent in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that was jointly authored by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito is counted separately for all four justices but counted only once in the Court's 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. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; the dissent in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that was jointly authored by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito is counted separately for all four justices but counted only once in the Court's 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. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; the dissent in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that was jointly authored by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito is counted separately for all four justices but counted only once in the Court's 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. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; the dissent in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that was jointly authored by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito is counted separately for all four justices but counted only once in the Court's 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. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; the dissent in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that was jointly authored by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito is counted separately for all four justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | 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. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; the dissent in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that was jointly authored by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito is counted separately for all four justices but counted only once in the Court's 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. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; the dissent in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that was jointly authored by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito is counted separately for all four justices but counted only once in the Court's 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. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; the dissent in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that was jointly authored by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito is counted separately for all four justices but counted only once in the Court's 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. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; the dissent in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that was jointly authored by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito is counted separately for all four justices but counted only once in the Court's 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. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; the dissent in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that was jointly authored by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito is counted separately for all four justices but counted only once in the Court's 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. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; the dissent in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that was jointly authored by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito is counted separately for all four justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | 64 | 34 | 8 | 42 | 148 |