# 2014 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito

* The 2014 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2014, and concluded October 4, 2015. This was the tenth term of Associate Justice Samuel Alito's tenure on the Court.
* Samuel Alito 2014 term statistics
* 8
* Majority or Plurality
* 9
* Concurrence
* 0
* Other
* 15
* Dissent
* 1
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 33
* Bench opinions = 30
* Opinions relating to orders = 3
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 2
* Most joined by: Thomas (14)
* Least joined by: Ginsburg, Kagan (4)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 401 | Frank v. Walker | 574 U.S. ___ (2014) | state voter identification law | Scalia, Thomas | |
| Alito dissented from the Court's vacatur of the lower court's stay. ||||||
| 202 | Volkman v. United States | 574 U.S. ___ (2014) | causation of death by unlawful distribution of controlled substance | Thomas | |
| Alito concurred in the Court's vacatur and remand of the lower court's decision. ||||||
| 403 | Kalamazoo County Road Comm'n v. Deleon | 574 U.S. ___ (2015) | employment discrimination • granting of requested transfer as adverse employment action | | |
| Alito dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 204 | T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell | 574 U.S. ___ (2015) | Telecommunications Act of 1996 • denial by local government of cell phone tower placement | | Sotomayor Roberts Thomas |
| 105 | Holt v. Hobbs | 574 U.S. ___ (2015) | Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act • prison regulation of beard growth • Islamic beard customs | Unanimous | Ginsburg Sotomayor |
| 406 | Christeson v. Roper | 574 U.S. ___ (2015) | Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 • equitable tolling • substitution of counsel | Thomas | per curiam |
| 407 | North Carolina Bd. of Dental Examiners v. FTC | 574 U.S. ___ (2015) | Sherman Antitrust Act • state-action antitrust immunity | Scalia, Thomas | Kennedy |
| 208 | Yates v. United States | 574 U.S. ___ (2015) | catching of undersized fish • destruction of tangible object to impede federal investigation | | Ginsburg Kagan |
| 209 | Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | status of Amtrak as governmental entity • Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 • separation of powers • nondelegation doctrine | | Kennedy Thomas |
| 210 | Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | Administrative Procedure Act • exclusion of interpretive rules from notice-and-comment requirements • deference to agency interpretation of ambiguous regulations | | Sotomayor Scalia Thomas |
| 111 | B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | trademark law • issue preclusion • adjudication by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan | Ginsburg Thomas |
| 212 | Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | Pregnancy Discrimination Act • disparate treatment claim | | Breyer Scalia Kennedy |
| 413 | Rodriguez v. United States | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | Fourth Amendment • traffic stop • dog sniff of car for drugs • reasonable suspicion | | Ginsburg Kennedy Thomas |
| 414 | United States v. Kwai Fun Wong | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | Federal Tort Claims Act • statute of limitations • equitable tolling | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas | Kagan |
| 415 | Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | First Amendment • freedom of speech • ban on personal solicitation of campaign funds by judicial candidates | | Roberts Ginsburg Breyer Scalia Kennedy |
| 116 | Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | state credit for income tax paid to other states • Dormant Commerce Clause • internal consistency test | Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor | Scalia Thomas Ginsburg |
| 117 | City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 • obligation to provide accommodations to mentally ill arrestee • Fourth Amendment • improvidently granted certiorari | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor | Scalia |
| 118 | Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Carter | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | False Claims Act • qui tam • statute of limitations • Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act | Unanimous | |
| 219 | Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | bankruptcy law • Article III • consent to adjudication by bankruptcy courts | | Sotomayor Roberts Thomas |
| 320 | Elonis v. United States | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | federal crime against communicating threat • scienter | | Roberts Thomas |
| 221 | EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) | Title VII • refusal to hire applicant because of religious practices • disparate treatment • failure to accommodate | | Scalia Thomas |
| 222 | Reed v. Town of Gilbert | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | First Amendment • free speech • content-based restrictions • regulation of signs on private property | Sotomayor | Thomas Breyer Kagan |
| 423 | Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | First Amendment • free speech • government speech • specialty license plates | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy | Breyer |
| 124 | Ohio v. Clark | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | Sixth Amendment • Confrontation Clause • admissibility of statements by child abuse victim to teacher • mandatory reporting obligations | Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan | Scalia Thomas |
| 125 | Davis v. Ayala | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | Equal Protection Clause • race-based peremptory challenge in jury selection • ex parte hearing of prosecutor's justification of challenges • harmless error | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas | Kennedy Thomas Sotomayor |
| 426 | Brumfield v. Cain | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | Eighth Amendment • execution of the intellectually disabled • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | Roberts | Sotomayor Thomas |
| 427 | Kingsley v. Hendrickson | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • excessive force against pretrial detainee | | Breyer Scalia |
| 428 | Los Angeles v. Patel | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | Fourth Amendment • mandated hotel guest record keeping and inspection • facial challenge | Thomas | Sotomayor Scalia |
| 429 | Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | patent law • post-expiration royalty payments • stare decisis | Roberts, Thomas | Kagan |
| 430 | Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | Fair Housing Act • state allocation of federal low-income housing tax credits • disparate impact | Roberts, Scalia, Thomas | Kennedy Thomas |
| 431 | Johnson v. United States | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | Armed Career Criminal Act • residual clause • Fifth Amendment • Due Process Clause • void for vagueness | | Scalia Kennedy Thomas |
| 432 | Obergefell v. Hodges | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | same-sex marriage • Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • Equal Protection Clause | Scalia, Thomas | Kennedy Roberts Scalia Thomas |
| 133 | Glossip v. Gross | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • use of midazolam in lethal injection | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas | Scalia Thomas Breyer Sotomayor |