# 2016 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts

* 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 Chief Justice John Roberts's tenure on the Court.
* John Roberts 2016 term statistics
* 8
* Majority or Plurality
* 0
* Concurrence
* 2
* Other
* 3
* Dissent
* 0
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 13
* Bench opinions = 10
* Opinions relating to orders = 3
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 2
* Most joined by: Thomas (8 in full, 1 in part)
* Least joined by: Gorsuch (1 in part)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 501 | Abbott v. Veasey | 580 U.S. ___ (2017) | voter identification laws • Voting Rights Act | | |
| Roberts filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 102 | Buck v. Davis | 580 U.S. ___ (2017) | certificate of appealability • Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel • jury consideration of race in imposing death penalty | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan | Thomas |
| 103 | NLRB v. SW General, Inc | 580 U.S. ___ (2017) | Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 | Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan | Thomas Sotomayor |
| 104 | Endrew F. v. Douglas County School Dist. RE–1 | 580 U.S. ___ (2017) | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act • Free Appropriate Public Education • individualized education program | Unanimous | |
| 405 | Moore v. Texas | 581 U.S. ___ (2017) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • determination of intellectual disability | Thomas, Alito | Ginsburg |
| 106 | Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman | 581 U.S. ___ (2017) | First Amendment • commercial speech • regulation of communication of prices • price difference for credit card transactions | Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Kagan | Breyer Sotomayor |
| 107 | Dean v. United States | 581 U.S. ___ (2017) | federal criminal law • mandatory minimum sentence for use of firearm in violent crime • calculation of sentence for predicate offense | Unanimous | |
| 508 | North Carolina v. North Carolina State Conference of NAACP | 581 U.S. ___ (2017) | voter identification laws • standing | | |
| Roberts filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 109 | Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark Int'l, Inc. | 581 U.S. ___ (2017) | patent law • patent exhaustion • parallel imports | Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan | Ginsburg |
| 110 | Jae Lee v. United States | 582 U.S. ___ (2017) | Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel • effect of conviction on immigration status | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan | Thomas |
| 411 | Murr v. Wisconsin | 582 U.S. ___ (2017) | Fourteenth Amendment • regulatory taking • treatment of separate parcels under common ownership | Thomas, Alito | Kennedy Thomas |
| 112 | Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer | 582 U.S. ___ (2017) | First Amendment • Free Exercise Clause • Establishment Clause • eligibility of religious organization for government grant | Kennedy, Alito, Kagan; Thomas, Gorsuch, in part | Thomas Breyer Gorsuch Sotomayor |
| 413 | Hicks v. United States | 582 U.S. ___ (2017) | plain error review | Thomas | Gorsuch |
| Roberts dissented from the Court's summary vactur and remand. ||||||