# 2018 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor

* The 2018 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2018, and concluded October 6, 2019. This was the tenth term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on the Court.
* Sonia Sotomayor 2018 term statistics
* 7
* Majority or Plurality
* 3
* Concurrence
* 7
* Other
* 17
* Dissent
* 1
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 35
* Bench opinions = 19
* Opinions relating to orders = 16
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 3
* Most joined by: Ginsburg (13)
* Least joined by: Thomas (4)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 501 | Apodaca v. Raemisch | 586 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • solitary confinement | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 402 | Zagorski v. Parker | 586 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • lethal injection by midazolam | Breyer | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of application for stay of execution and certiorari. ||||||
| 403 | Brown v. United States | 586 U.S. ___ (2018) | United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines • sentence enhancement for habitual offenders with violent crime convictions • vagueness doctrine | Ginsburg | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 504 | Townes v. Alabama | 586 U.S. ___ (2018) | death penalty punishment • Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • jury instructions • prosecutorial burden of proof on each element of crime • failure to preserve audio record | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 405 | Zagorski v. Haslam | 586 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • lethal injection by midazolam | | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of application for stay of execution and certiorari. ||||||
| 406 | Reynolds v. Florida | 586 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • jury instructions | | Thomas Breyer |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 407 | Miller v. Parker | 586 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • electric chair | | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of application for stay of execution and certiorari. ||||||
| 408 | Lance v. Sellers | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel | Ginsburg, Kagan | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 409 | Stokeling v. United States | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) | Armed Career Criminal Act • definition of "physical force" | Roberts, Ginsburg, Kagan | Thomas |
| 510 | Schock v. United States | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) | Article One • Rulemaking Clause | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 111 | Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) | deadline for appealing class action decertification • equitable tolling | Unanimous | |
| 112 | Garza v. Idaho | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) | Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel • failure to file notice of appeal • waiver of right to appeal | Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Kavanaugh | Thomas |
| 513 | Tharpe v. Ford | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) | Sixth Amendment • racial bias of juror | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 214 | Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP | 586 U.S. ___ (2019) | Fair Debt Collection Practices Act • nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings | | Breyer |
| 215 | Sturgeon v. Frost | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act • National Park Service regulatory authority over running river | Ginsburg | Kagan |
| 416 | Biestek v. Berryhill | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | Social Security Administration claims process • effect of expert denying data request on evidentiary value of testimony | | Kagan Gorsuch |
| 417 | Bucklew v. Precythe | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • challenges to method of execution | | Gorsuch Thomas Kavanaugh Breyer |
| 418 | Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | Federal Arbitration Act • contractual agreement to class action arbitration | | Roberts Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Kagan |
| 419 | Abdur'rahman v. Parker | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty punishment • challenges to method of execution | | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 120 | Herrera v. Wyoming | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | effect of statehood on Native American treaty rights | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch | Alito |
| 221 | Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | bankruptcy law • Chapter 11 • debtor rejection of executory contract | | Kagan Gorsuch |
| 422 | Nieves v. Bartlett | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | First Amendment • free speech • retaliatory arrest • Fourth Amendment • probable cause | | Roberts Thomas Ginsburg Gorsuch |
| 123 | Smith v. Berryhill | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | judicial review of final decision by Social Security Administration | Unanimous | |
| 424 | Mont v. United States | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | tolling of supervised release for new imprisonment • Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 | Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch | Thomas |
| 125 | Return Mail, Inc. v. Postal Service | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | patent law • Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 • eligibility of federal government to initiate Patent Trial and Appeal Board post-patent issuance review | Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh | Breyer |
| 426 | Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck | 587 U.S. ___ (2019) | First Amendment • public-access television • government-designated private entity as state actor | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | Kavanaugh |
| 127 | McDonough v. Smith | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | Section 1983 • prosecution based on false evidence • statute of limitations | Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kavanaugh | Thomas |
| 128 | North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • state taxation of trust based on beneficiary residence | Unanimous | Alito |
| 329 | Iancu v. Brunetti | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | trademark law • Lanham Act • registration of immoral or scandalous trademarks • First Amendment • free speech | Breyer | Kagan Alito Roberts Breyer |
| 430 | Mitchell v. Wisconsin | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | Fourth Amendment • blood alcohol test taken from unconscious driver • exigent circumstances | Ginsburg, Kagan | Alito Thomas Gorsuch |
| 431 | McGee v. McFadden | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | death penalty • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • habeas corpus • certificate of appealability • withholding of exculpatory evidence | | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 532 | Bowles v. Florida | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • execution of the intellectually disabled | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 533 | Crutsinger v. Davis | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | habeas corpus • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure • reopening of final judgment | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 434 | Barr v. East Bay Sanctuary Covenant | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | asylum policy • requirement to apply for asylum in other countries while traveling | Ginsburg | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's grant of application for stay. ||||||
| 535 | Sparks v. Davis | 588 U.S. ___ (2019) | death penalty • pro-death penalty attire worn by courtroom employee during sentencing | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||