# 2016 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito

* The 2016 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2016, and concluded October 1, 2017. This was the twelfth term of Associate Justice Samuel Alito's tenure on the Court.
* Samuel Alito 2016 term statistics
* 7
* Majority or Plurality
* 8
* Concurrence
* 0
* Other
* 4
* Dissent
* 1
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 20
* Bench opinions = 18
* Opinions relating to orders = 2
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 2
* Most joined by: Thomas (14 in full, 1 in part)
* Least joined by: Gorsuch (4)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 401 | Tatum v. Arizona | 580 U.S. ___ (2016) | Eighth Amendment • life imprisonment of minors | Thomas | Sotomayor |
| Alito dissented from the Court's decision to grant, vacate, and remand. ||||||
| 102 | Salman v. United States | 580 U.S. ___ (2016) | securities fraud • Securities Exchange Act of 1934 • SEC Rule 10b-5 • tippee liability for insider trading | Unanimous | |
| 203 | Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp. | 580 U.S. ___ (2017) | patent law • infringement of multicomponent inventions | Thomas | Sotomayor |
| 204 | Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools | 580 U.S. ___ (2017) | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act • exhaustion of remedies • denial of Free Appropriate Public Education | Thomas | Kagan |
| 205 | Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections | 580 U.S. ___ (2017) | consideration of race in legislative redistricting • Equal Protection Clause • Voting Rights Act | | Kennedy Thomas |
| 406 | Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado | 580 U.S. ___ (2017) | Sixth Amendment • racial bias expressed during jury deliberation • no-impeachment rule | Roberts, Thomas | Kennedy Thomas |
| 107 | SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC | 580 U.S. ___ (2017) | patent law • statute of limitations • laches | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan | Breyer |
| 408 | Manuel v. Joliet | 580 U.S. ___ (2017) | Fourth Amendment • unlawful pretrial detention | Thomas | Kagan Thomas |
| 209 | Nelson v. Colorado | 581 U.S. ___ (2017) | Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • refund of fines, costs, and restitution after reversal of conviction | | Ginsburg Thomas |
| 210 | Salazar-Limon v. Houston | 581 U.S. ___ (2017) | summary judgment • excessive force | Thomas | Sotomayor |
| Alito concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 111 | Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon | 581 U.S. ___ (2017) | service by mail • Hague Service Convention | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
| 312 | Cooper v. Harris | 581 U.S. ___ (2017) | Fourteenth Amendment • Equal Protection Clause • legislative redistricting on the basis of race • Voting Rights Act | Roberts, Kennedy | Kagan Thomas |
| 113 | County of Los Angeles v. Mendez | 581 U.S. ___ (2017) | Fourth Amendment • excessive force | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan | |
| 114 | Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc. | 581 U.S. ___ (2017) | Article III • standing • intervening plaintiff | Unanimous | |
| 215 | Packingham v. North Carolina | 582 U.S. ___ (2017) | First Amendment • free speech • ban of registered sex offenders from social media sites with minor members | Roberts, Thomas | Kennedy |
| 416 | McWilliams v. Dunn | 582 U.S. ___ (2017) | indigent defendant access to independent mental health expert | Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch | Breyer |
| 117 | Matal v. Tam | 582 U.S. ___ (2017) | trademark law • First Amendment • free speech • disparaging trademarks | Roberts, Breyer; Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan (in part) | Kennedy Thomas |
| 118 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., San Francisco Cty. | 582 U.S. ___ (2017) | Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • personal jurisdiction • specific jurisdiction | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch | Sotomayor |
| 219 | Weaver v. Massachusetts | 582 U.S. ___ (2017) | Sixth Amendment • public trial violation • ineffective assistance of counsel • preservation of error | Gorsuch | Kennedy Thomas Breyer |
| 220 | Maslenjak v. United States | 582 U.S. ___ (2017) | false statement during naturalization process | | Kagan Gorsuch |