# 2014 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor

* The 2014 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2014, and concluded October 4, 2015. This was the sixth term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on the Court.
* Sonia Sotomayor 2014 term statistics
* 7
* Majority or Plurality
* 3
* Concurrence
* 2
* Other
* 8
* Dissent
* 0
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 20
* Bench opinions = 16
* Opinions relating to orders = 4
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 2
* Most joined by: Kagan (13)
* Least joined by: Roberts, Scalia (3)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 501 | Redd v. Chappell | 574 U.S. 1041 (2014) | state law guarantee of counsel in habeas corpus proceedings | Breyer | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 202 | Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk | 574 U.S. 37 (2014) | Fair Labor Standards Act • Portal-to-Portal Act • compensation for postwork antitheft screening of employees | Kagan | Thomas |
| 103 | Warger v. Shauers | 574 U.S. 40 (2014) | Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) • inadmissibility of statements made during jury deliberation • challenge to trial verdict based on dishonesty during voir dire | Unanimous | |
| 404 | Heien v. North Carolina | 574 U.S. 71 (2014) | Fourth Amendment • reasonableness of search • mistake of law by police | | Roberts Kagan |
| 105 | T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell | 574 U.S. 293 (2015) | Telecommunications Act of 1996 • denial by local government of cell phone tower placement | Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Kagan | Alito Roberts Thomas |
| 406 | Warner v. Gross | 574 U.S. 1112 (2015) | Eighth Amendment • capital punishment • lethal injection | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of stays of execution of sentences of death. ||||||
| 207 | Holt v. Hobbs | 574 U.S. 352 (2015) | Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act • prison regulation of beard growth • Islamic beard customs | | Alito Ginsburg |
| 408 | Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean | 574 U.S. 400 (2015) | Homeland Security Act • Aviation and Transportation Security Act • unauthorized disclosure of security operations by Federal Air Marshall • Sensitive Security Information • Whistleblower Protection Act | Kennedy | Roberts |
| 109 | Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank | 574 U.S. 418 (2015) | trademark law • priority right • tacking • determination by jury | Unanimous | |
| 110 | Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. | 575 U.S. 92 (2015) | Administrative Procedure Act • exclusion of interpretive rules from notice-and-comment requirements | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan; Alito (in part) | Scalia Thomas Alito |
| 411 | Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. | 575 U.S. 336 (2015) | Medicaid • Supremacy Clause • implied right of action | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Kagan | Scalia Breyer |
| 112 | Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif | 575 U.S. 665 (2015) | bankruptcy law • Article III • consent to adjudication by bankruptcy courts | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan; Alito (in part) | Alito Roberts Thomas |
| 213 | Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC | 576 U.S. 135 (2015) | bankruptcy law • Chapter 11 • attorney's fee application • award of attorneys fees for defending application • American Rule | | Thomas Breyer |
| 414 | Davis v. Ayala | 576 U.S. 290 (2015) | Equal Protection Clause • race-based peremptory challenge in jury selection • ex parte hearing of prosecutor's justification of challenges • harmless error | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | Alito Kennedy Thomas |
| 115 | Brumfield v. Cain | 576 U.S. 305 (2015) | Eighth Amendment • execution of the intellectually disabled • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | Thomas Alito |
| 416 | Horne v. Department of Agriculture | 576 U.S. 377 (2015) | Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 • National Raisin Reserve • Fifth Amendment • Takings Clause | | Roberts Thomas Breyer |
| 117 | Los Angeles v. Patel | 576 U.S. 409 (2015) | Fourth Amendment • mandated hotel guest record keeping and inspection • facial challenge | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | Scalia Alito |
| 518 | Carlton v. United States | 576 U.S. 1044 (2015) | sentence enhancement based on factual error • plain error review | Breyer | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 419 | Glossip v. Gross | 576 U.S. 949 (2015) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • use of midazolam in lethal injection | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | Alito Scalia Thomas Breyer |
| 420 | Jordan v. Fisher | 576 U.S. 1071 (2015) | prosecutorial vindictiveness • certificate of appealability | Ginsburg, Kagan | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||