# 2017 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

* The 2017 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018. This was the twenty-seventh term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
* Clarence Thomas 2017 term statistics
* 7
* Majority or Plurality
* 15
* Concurrence
* 0
* Other
* 13
* Dissent
* 0
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 35
* Bench opinions = 31
* Opinions relating to orders = 4
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 0
* Most joined by: Gorsuch (14 in full, 1 in part)
* Least joined by: Ginsburg, Sotomayor (2)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 401 | Upstate Citizens for Equality, Inc. v. United States | 583 U.S. ___ (2017) | Indian Commerce Clause • Indian Reorganization Act • taking of state land into trust | | |
| Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 402 | Tharpe v. Sellers | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | | Alito, Gorsuch | per curiam |
| 103 | District of Columbia v. Wesby | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Fourth Amendment • probable cause • totality of the circumstances • qualified immunity | Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch | Ginsburg Sotomayor |
| 404 | Silvester v. Becerra | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Second Amendment • right to bear arms • state law firearm purchase waiting period | | |
| Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 205 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act • whistleblower protection | Alito, Gorsuch | Ginsburg Sotomayor |
| 106 | Patchak v. Zinke | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Indian Reorganization Act • Gun Lake Act • Article III | Breyer, Alito, Kagan | Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor Roberts |
| 207 | Jennings v. Rodriguez | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | | Gorsuch (in part) | Alito Breyer |
| 408 | Garco Construction, Inc. v. Speer | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | | Gorsuch | |
| Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 409 | Marinello v. United States | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | interference with IRS proceeding | Alito | Breyer |
| 110 | Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Fair Labor Standards Act • exemption from overtime pay for salesmen | Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Gorsuch | Ginsburg |
| 411 | Sessions v. Dimaya | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Immigration and Nationality Act • deportation for crime of violence • Due Process Clause • void for vagueness doctrine | Kennedy, Alito (in part) | Kagan Gorsuch Roberts |
| 212 | Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Alien Tort Statute • suits against foreign corporations | | Kennedy Alito Gorsuch Sotomayor |
| 113 | Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | patent law • inter partes review • cancellation of patent by United States Patent and Trademark Office • Article III | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan | Breyer Gorsuch |
| 214 | Byrd v. United States | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Fourth Amendment • search of rental vehicle • expectation of privacy of driver not listed on rental agreement | Gorsuch | Kennedy Alito |
| 215 | Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn. | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act • state authorization of sports gambling • Tenth Amendment • anticommandeering doctrine | | Alito Breyer Ginsburg |
| 216 | Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Federal Arbitration Act • Fair Labor Standards Act • concerted action in employment disputes | | Gorsuch Ginsburg |
| 417 | Upper Skagit Tribe v. Lundgren | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | tribal sovereign immunity • immovable property exception | Alito | Gorsuch Roberts |
| 218 | Collins v. Virginia | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Fourth Amendment • motor vehicle exception to warrant requirement • search of curtilage • exclusionary rule • Supremacy Clause | | Sotomayor Alito |
| 219 | Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Comm'n | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | First Amendment • Free Exercise Clause • LGBT anti-discrimination law in public accommodations | Gorsuch | Kennedy Kagan Gorsuch Ginsburg |
| 220 | Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | National Voter Registration Act • Help America Vote Act of 2002 • deregistration for failure to vote | | Alito Breyer Sotomayor |
| 221 | Gill v. Whitford | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | partisan gerrymandering • Article III • standing • Equal Protection | Gorsuch | Roberts Kagan |
| 422 | Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | First Amendment • freedom of speech • retaliatory arrest • probable cause | | Kennedy |
| 423 | Rosales-Mireles v. United States | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure • errors in calculating sentencing range | Alito | Sotomayor |
| 224 | South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | state taxation of internet commerce • Commerce Clause • physical presence of out of state seller | | Kennedy Gorsuch Roberts |
| 225 | Lucia v. SEC | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | SEC administrative law judges • Appointments Clause | Gorsuch | Kagan Breyer Sotomayor |
| 426 | Carpenter v. United States | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | Fourth Amendment • acquisition of cell site records without search warrant | | Roberts Kennedy Alito Gorsuch |
| 127 | WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp. | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | patent law • recovery of foreign profits as infringement damages | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan | Gorsuch |
| 228 | Ortiz v. United States | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | Article III • appellate jurisdiction over U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces • Article II • Appointments Clause • eligibility to serve on Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals after appointment to Court of Military Commission Review | | Kagan Alito |
| 129 | Ohio v. American Express Co. | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | antitrust law • Sherman Antitrust Act • antisteering provisions in two-sided credit card markets | Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Gorsuch | Breyer |
| 230 | Abbott v. Perez | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | legislative redistricting • Voting Rights Act • Fourteenth Amendment • Equal Protection Clause • racial gerrymandering | Gorsuch | Alito Sotomayor |
| 231 | Trump v. Hawaii | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | Executive Order 13780 • Immigration and Nationality Act • Article III • First Amendment • Establishment Clause • authority of district court to issue universal injunction | | Roberts Kennedy Breyer Sotomayor |
| 132 | National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | First Amendment • free speech • abortion • crisis pregnancy center notice and disclosure requirements regarding licensure and abortion service availability | Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Gorsuch | Kennedy Breyer |
| 433 | Florida v. Georgia | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | tri-state water dispute | Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch | Breyer |
| 434 | North Carolina v. Covington | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | legislative redistricting • racial gerrymandering | | per curiam |
| 435 | Rowan County v. Lund | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | First Amendment • Establishment Clause • legislative prayer | Gorsuch | |
| Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||