# 2018 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2018 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2018, and concluded October 6, 2019. 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. ||||||||

## 2018 term opinions

| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Roberts | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito | Sotomayor | Kagan | Gorsuch | Kavanaugh |
| 1 | Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido, 586 U.S. ___ | October 1, 2018 | November 6, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Weyerhaeuser Co. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Serv., 586 U.S. ___ | October 1, 2018 | November 27, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | United States v. Stitt, 586 U.S. ___ | October 9, 2018 | December 10, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Escondido v. Emmons, 586 U.S. ___ | | January 7, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Shoop v. Hill, 586 U.S. ___ | | January 7, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Culbertson v. Berryhill, 586 U.S. ___ | November 7, 2018 | January 8, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., 586 U.S. ___ | October 29, 2018 | January 8, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Stokeling v. United States, 586 U.S. ___ | October 9, 2018 | January 15, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, 586 U.S. ___ | October 3, 2018 | January 15, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Helsinn Healthcare S. A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 586 U.S. ___ | December 4, 2018 | January 22, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Moore v. Texas, 586 U.S. ___ | | February 19, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Timbs v. Indiana, 586 U.S. ___ | November 28, 2018 | February 20, 2019 | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | |
| 13 | Dawson v. Steager, 586 U.S. ___ | December 3, 2018 | February 20, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Yovino v. Rizo, 586 U.S. ___ | | February 25, 2019 | | | | | | - | | | |
| 15 | Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert, 586 U.S. ___ | November 27, 2018 | February 26, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Jam v. International Finance Corp., 586 U.S. ___ | October 31, 2018 | February 27, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Garza v. Idaho, 586 U.S. ___ | October 30, 2018 | February 27, 2019 | | | | | * | | | | |
| 18 | Madison v. Alabama, 586 U.S. ___ | October 2, 2018 | February 27, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, 586 U.S. ___ | January 8, 2019 | March 4, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | BNSF Railway Co. v. Loos, 586 U.S. ___ | November 6, 2018 | March 4, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Rimini Street Inc. v. Oracle USA Inc., 586 U.S. ___ | January 14, 2019 | March 4, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Washington State Dept. of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc., 586 U.S. ___ | October 30, 2018 | March 19, 2019 | 1 | 12 | | * | 1 | | | | 12 |
| 23 | Nielsen v. Preap, 586 U.S. ___ | October 10, 2018 | March 19, 2019 | | *1 | | | * | | | *1 | 2 |
| 24 | Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries, 586 U.S. ___ | October 10, 2018 | March 19, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP, 586 U.S. ___ | January 7, 2019 | March 20, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Frank v. Gaos, 586 U.S. ___ | October 31, 2018 | March 20, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | Republic of Sudan v. Harrison, 587 U.S. ___ | November 7, 2018 | March 26, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Sturgeon v. Frost, 587 U.S. ___ | November 5, 2018 | March 26, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | Lorenzo v. SEC, 587 U.S. ___ | December 3, 2018 | March 27, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Biestek v. Berryhill, 587 U.S. ___ | December 4, 2018 | April 1, 2019 | | | 2 | | | 1 | | 2 | |
| 31 | Bucklew v. Precythe, 587 U.S. ___ | November 6, 2018 | April 1, 2019 | | 1 | 1* | 1 | | 1*2 | 1* | | 2 |
| 32 | Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian, 587 U.S. ___ | April 15, 2019 | April 23, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, 587 U.S. ___ | October 29, 2018 | April 24, 2019 | | | 14 | 124 | | 134* | 4 | | |
| 34 | Thacker v. TVA, 587 U.S. ___ | January 14, 2019 | April 29, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt, 587 U.S. ___ | January 9, 2019 | May 13, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 36 | Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt, 587 U.S. ___ | March 19, 2019 | May 13, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | Apple, Inc. v. Pepper, 587 U.S. ___ | November 26, 2018 | May 13, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht, 587 U.S. ___ | January 7, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | 2 | 1 | | | 2 | | | | 2 |
| 39 | Herrera v. Wyoming, 587 U.S. ___ | January 8, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, 587 U.S. ___ | February 20, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 41 | Nieves v. Bartlett, 587 U.S. ___ | November 26, 2018 | May 28, 2019 | | * | 1 | | | | | 2 | |
| 42 | Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson, 587 U.S. ___ | January 15, 2019 | May 28, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 43 | Smith v. Berryhill, 587 U.S. ___ | March 18, 2019 | May 28, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 44 | Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc., 587 U.S. ___ | | May 28, 2019 | | | | | | - | | | |
| 45 | Mont v. United States, 587 U.S. ___ | February 26, 2019 | June 3, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Fort Bend County v. Davis, 587 U.S. ___ | April 22, 2019 | June 3, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 47 | Taggart v. Lorenzen, 587 U.S. ___ | April 24, 2019 | June 3, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 48 | Azar v. Allina Health Services, 587 U.S. ___ | January 15, 2019 | June 3, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 49 | Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton, 587 U.S. ___ | April 16, 2019 | June 10, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Return Mail, Inc. v. Postal Service, 587 U.S. ___ | February 19, 2019 | June 10, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 51 | Quarles v. United States, 587 U.S. ___ | April 24, 2019 | June 10, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 52 | Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill, 587 U.S. ___ | March 18, 2019 | June 17, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 53 | Gamble v. United States, 587 U.S. ___ | December 6, 2018 | June 17, 2019 | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | |
| 54 | Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren, 587 U.S. ___ | November 5, 2018 | June 17, 2019 | | | | | | | | * | |
| 55 | Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, 587 U.S. ___ | February 25, 2019 | June 17, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 56 | PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic, Inc., 588 U.S. ___ | March 25, 2019 | June 20, 2019 | | 12 | | | 2 | | | 12 | 2 |
| 57 | American Legion v. American Humanist Assn., 588 U.S. ___ | February 27, 2019 | June 20, 2019 | | 14 | | 2 | * | | *23 | 4 | 5 |
| 58 | McDonough v. Smith, 588 U.S. ___ | April 17, 2019 | June 20, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 59 | Gundy v. United States, 588 U.S. ___ | October 2, 2018 | June 20, 2019 | | | | | | | * | | |
| 60 | Knick v. Township of Scott, 588 U.S. ___ | January 16, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 61 | Rehaif v. United States, 588 U.S. ___ | April 23, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 62 | North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust, 588 U.S. ___ | April 16, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 63 | Flowers v. Mississippi, 588 U.S. ___ | March 20, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | | | | | | | | * | |
| 64 | Dutra Group v. Batterton, 588 U.S. ___ | March 25, 2019 | June 24, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 65 | Iancu v. Brunetti, 588 U.S. ___ | April 15, 2019 | June 24, 2019 | 1 | | | 23 | | 3 | | | |
| 66 | Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, 588 U.S. ___ | April 22, 2019 | June 24, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 67 | United States v. Davis, 588 U.S. ___ | April 17, 2019 | June 24, 2019 | * | | | | | | | | |
| 68 | Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas, 588 U.S. ___ | January 16, 2019 | June 26, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 69 | Kisor v. Wilkie, 588 U.S. ___ | March 27, 2019 | June 26, 2019 | *1 | 2 | | | 2*3 | | * | 2 | 2*3 |
| 70 | United States v. Haymond, 588 U.S. ___ | February 26, 2019 | June 26, 2019 | | | | | | | | * | |
| 71 | Rucho v. Common Cause, 588 U.S. ___ | March 26, 2019 | June 27, 2019 | | | | | | | | | |
| 72 | Department of Commerce v. New York, 588 U.S. ___ | April 23, 2019 | June 27, 2019 | | *1 | *2 | *2 | *3 | *2 | *2 | *1 | *1 |
| 73 | Mitchell v. Wisconsin, 588 U.S. ___ | April 23, 2019 | June 27, 2019 | | | 1 | | * | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Roberts | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito | Sotomayor | Kagan | Gorsuch | Kavanaugh |

## 2018 term membership and statistics

This was the fourteenth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure and the first term for Justice Kavanaugh. The Court began its term with a vacant seat following the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy on July 31, 2018. The seat was filled by Brett Kavanaugh on October 6, 2018.
| 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 | 84.9% | 62/73 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Associate Justice | Clarence Thomas | George H. W. Bush | October 23, 1991 | 74% | 54/73 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 28 |
| Associate Justice | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Bill Clinton | August 10, 1993 | 75.3% | 55/73 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Associate Justice | Stephen Breyer | Bill Clinton | August 3, 1994 | 76.7% | 56/73 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Associate Justice | Samuel Alito | George W. Bush | January 31, 2006 | 80.8% | 59/73 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| Associate Justice | Sonia Sotomayor | Barack Obama | August 6, 2009 | 75.3% | 55/73 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| Associate Justice | Elena Kagan | Barack Obama | August 7, 2010 | 82.2% | 60/73 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Associate Justice | Neil Gorsuch | Donald Trump | April 7, 2017 | 74% | 54/73 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| Associate Justice | Brett Kavanaugh | Donald Trump | October 6, 2018 | 89.2% | 58/65 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 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. | 66 | 37 | 10 | 48 | 161 |