# 2012 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2012 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2012, and concluded October 6, 2013. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.

## Table key

| | Delivered the Court's opinion | Joined the Court's opinion | Filed a concurrence | Joined a concurrence |
| | Filed a dissent | Joined a dissent | Filed a concurrence/dissent | Joined a concurrence/dissent |
| | Did not participate in the decision |
| Decisions that do not note an argument date were decided without oral argument. Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's opinion are per curiam. Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices frequently join multiple opinions in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly. An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality. An asterisk in a joining vote denotes that the justice joined it only in part. A dash ( - ) denotes that the Justice voted without filing or joining an opinion. ||||||||

## 2012 term opinions

| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Roberts | Scalia | Kennedy | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito | Sotomayor | Kagan |
| 1 | Lefemine v. Wideman, 568 U.S. 1 | | November 5, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | United States v. Bormes, 568 U.S. 6 | October 2, 2012 | November 13, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Nitro-Lift Technologies, L. L. C. v. Howard, 568 U.S. 17 | | November 26, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Arkansas Game and Fish Comm’n v. United States, 568 U.S. 23 | October 3, 2012 | December 4, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Kloeckner v. Solis, 568 U.S. 41 | October 2, 2012 | December 10, 2012 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Ryan v. Valencia Gonzales, 568 U.S. 57 | October 9, 2012 | January 8, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | L.A. Cty. Flood Control Dist. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, 568 U.S. 78 | December 4, 2012 | January 8, 2013 | | | | | | | - | | |
| 8 | Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc., 568 U.S. 85 | November 7, 2012 | January 9, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Smith v. United States, 568 U.S. 106 | November 6, 2012 | January 9, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, 568 U.S. 115 | October 1, 2012 | January 15, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center, 568 U.S. 145 | December 4, 2012 | January 22, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Chafin v. Chafin, 568 U.S. 165 | December 5, 2012 | February 19, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Bailey v. United States, 568 U.S. 186 | November 1, 2012 | February 19, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc., 568 U.S. 216 | November 26, 2012 | February 19, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Florida v. Harris, 568 U.S. 237 | October 31, 2012 | February 19, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Gunn v. Minton, 568 U.S. 251 | January 16, 2013 | February 20, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Henderson v. United States, 568 U.S. 266 | November 28, 2012 | February 20, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Johnson v. Williams, 568 U.S. 289 | October 3, 2012 | February 20, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Evans v. Michigan, 568 U.S. 313 | November 6, 2012 | February 20, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Chaidez v. United States, 568 U.S. 342 | November 1, 2012 | February 20, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Marx v. General Revenue Corp., 568 U.S. 371 | November 7, 2012 | February 26, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, 568 U.S. 398 | October 29, 2012 | February 26, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Gabelli v. SEC, 568 U.S. 442 | January 8, 2013 | February 27, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, 568 U.S. 455 | November 5, 2012 | February 27, 2013 | | 12* | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 25 | Levin v. United States, 568 U.S. 503 | January 15, 2013 | March 4, 2013 | | * | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 568 U.S. 519 | October 29, 2012 | March 19, 2013 | | * | | | | | | | |
| 27 | Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, 568 U.S. 588 | January 7, 2013 | March 19, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center, 568 U.S. 597 | December 3, 2012 | March 20, 2013 | | * | | | | | | | |
| 29 | Wos v. E. M. A., 568 U.S. 627 | January 8, 2013 | March 20, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Florida v. Jardines, 569 U.S. 1 | October 31, 2012 | March 26, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 569 U.S. 27 | November 5, 2012 | March 27, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Millbrook v. United States, 569 U.S. 50 | February 19, 2013 | March 27, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Marshall v. Rodgers, 569 U.S. 58 | | April 1, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk, 569 U.S. 66 | December 3, 2012 | April 16, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, 569 U.S. 88 | November 27, 2012 | April 16, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 36 | Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 569 U.S. 108 | October 1, 2012 | April 17, 2013 | | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | Missouri v. McNeely, 569 U.S. 141 | January 9, 2013 | April 17, 2013 | | | * | | | | | * | |
| 38 | Moncrieffe v. Holder, 569 U.S. 184 | October 10, 2012 | April 23, 2013 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 39 | McBurney v. Young, 569 U.S. 221 | February 20, 2013 | April 29, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Boyer v. Louisiana, 569 U.S. 238 | January 14, 2013 | April 29, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 41 | Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey, 569 U.S. 251 | March 20, 2013 | May 13, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 42 | Bullock v. BankChampaign, N. A., 569 U.S. 267 | March 18, 2013 | May 13, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 43 | Bowman v. Monsanto Co., 569 U.S. 278 | February 19, 2013 | May 13, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 44 | Arlington v. FCC, 569 U.S. 290 | January 16, 2013 | May 20, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 45 | PPL Corp. v. Commissioner, 569 U.S. 329 | February 20, 2013 | May 20, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Metrish v. Lancaster, 569 U.S. 351 | April 24, 2013 | May 20, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 47 | Sebelius v. Cloer, 569 U.S. 369 | March 19, 2013 | May 20, 2013 | | * | | * | | | | | |
| 48 | McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383 | February 25, 2013 | May 28, 2013 | | | | | | | * | | |
| 49 | Trevino v. Thaler, 569 U.S. 413 | February 25, 2013 | May 28, 2013 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | | | 1 | | |
| 50 | Maryland v. King, 569 U.S. 435 | February 26, 2013 | June 3, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 51 | Hillman v. Maretta, 569 U.S. 483 | April 22, 2013 | June 3, 2013 | | * | | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 52 | Nevada v. Jackson, 569 U.S. 505 | | June 3, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 53 | Horne v. Department of Agriculture, 569 U.S. 513 | March 20, 2013 | June 10, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Peugh v. United States, 569 U.S. 530 | February 26, 2013 | June 10, 2013 | 1* | 1*2 | * | 1 | | | 1*2 | * | |
| 55 | Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, 569 U.S. 564 | March 25, 2013 | June 10, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 56 | Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., 569 U.S. 576 | April 15, 2013 | June 13, 2013 | | * | | | | | | | |
| 57 | United States v. Davila, 569 U.S. 597 | April 15, 2013 | June 13, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 58 | Tarrant Regional Water Dist. v. Herrmann, 569 U.S. 614 | April 23, 2013 | June 13, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 59 | American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Los Angeles, 569 U.S. 641 | April 16, 2013 | June 13, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 60 | Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Ariz., Inc., 570 U.S. 1 | March 18, 2013 | June 17, 2013 | | | * | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 61 | Maracich v. Spears, 570 U.S. 48 | January 9, 2013 | June 17, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 | January 14, 2013 | June 17, 2013 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 2 | *1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 63 | FTC v. Actavis, Inc., 570 U.S. 136 | March 25, 2013 | June 17, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 64 | Salinas v. Texas, 570 U.S. 178 | April 17, 2013 | June 17, 2013 | | | | | | | * | | |
| 65 | Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society Int'l, Inc., 570 U.S. 205 | April 22, 2013 | June 20, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 66 | American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, 570 U.S. 228 | February 27, 2013 | June 20, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 67 | Descamps v. United States, 570 U.S. 254 | January 7, 2013 | June 20, 2013 | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 68 | Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, 570 U.S. 297 | October 10, 2012 | June 24, 2013 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | | |
| 69 | University of Tex. Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, 570 U.S. 338 | April 24, 2013 | June 24, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 70 | United States v. Kebodeaux, 570 U.S. 387 | April 17, 2013 | June 24, 2013 | 1 | 12* | | 2 | | | 2 | | |
| 71 | Vance v. Ball State University, 570 U.S. 421 | November 26, 2012 | June 24, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 72 | Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett, 570 U.S. 472 | March 19, 2013 | June 24, 2013 | | | | | 2 | 1 | | 2 | 1 |
| 73 | Ryan v. Schad, 570 U.S. 521 | | June 24, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 74 | Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 | February 27, 2013 | June 25, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 75 | Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management Dist., 570 U.S. 595 | January 15, 2013 | June 25, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 76 | Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, 570 U.S. 637 | April 16, 2013 | June 25, 2013 | | 12* | | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 2 |
| 77 | Hollingsworth v. Perry, 570 U.S. 693 | March 26, 2013 | June 26, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 78 | Sekhar v. United States, 570 U.S. 729 | April 23, 2013 | June 26, 2013 | | | | | | | | | |
| 79 | United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 | March 27, 2013 | June 26, 2013 | 12* | 2 | | 23* | | | 3 | | |
| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Roberts | Scalia | Kennedy | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito | Sotomayor | Kagan |

## 2012 term membership and statistics

This was the eighth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure and the third term with the same membership.
| Justice | Justice | Appointment history | Appointment history | Agreement with judgment | Agreement with judgment | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed | Opinions filed |
| Seniority | Name | President | Date confirmed | % | # | | | | | Total |
| Chief Justice | John Roberts | George W. Bush | September 29, 2005 | 86.1% | 68/79 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| Associate Justice | Antonin Scalia | Ronald Reagan | September 26, 1986 | 78.5% | 62/79 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| Associate Justice | Anthony Kennedy | Ronald Reagan | February 18, 1988 | 91.1% | 72/79 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Associate Justice | Clarence Thomas | George H. W. Bush | October 23, 1991 | 79.7% | 63/79 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 25 |
| Associate Justice | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Bill Clinton | August 10, 1993 | 78.5% | 62/79 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Associate Justice | Stephen Breyer | Bill Clinton | August 3, 1994 | 82.1% | 64/78 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| Associate Justice | Samuel Alito | George W. Bush | January 31, 2006 | 79.5% | 62/78 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 23 |
| Associate Justice | Sonia Sotomayor | Barack Obama | August 6, 2009 | 78.2% | 61/78 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| Associate Justice | Elena Kagan | Barack Obama | August 7, 2010 | 80.3% | 61/76 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; Ginsburg and Breyer's jointly authored dissent in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend is counted separately for both justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; Ginsburg and Breyer's jointly authored dissent in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend is counted separately for both justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; Ginsburg and Breyer's jointly authored dissent in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend is counted separately for both justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; Ginsburg and Breyer's jointly authored dissent in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend is counted separately for both justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; Ginsburg and Breyer's jointly authored dissent in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend is counted separately for both justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; Ginsburg and Breyer's jointly authored dissent in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend is counted separately for both justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals |
| Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; Ginsburg and Breyer's jointly authored dissent in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend is counted separately for both justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; Ginsburg and Breyer's jointly authored dissent in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend is counted separately for both justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; Ginsburg and Breyer's jointly authored dissent in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend is counted separately for both justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; Ginsburg and Breyer's jointly authored dissent in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend is counted separately for both justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; Ginsburg and Breyer's jointly authored dissent in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend is counted separately for both justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | Notes on statistics: Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included. Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point. Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; Ginsburg and Breyer's jointly authored dissent in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend is counted separately for both justices but counted only once in the Court's totals. | 73 | 41 | 2 | 51 | 167 |