# 2017 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2017 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018. The table below 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. ||||||||

## 2017 term opinions

| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Roberts | Kennedy | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito | Sotomayor | Kagan | Gorsuch |
| 1 | Kernan v. Cuero, 583 U.S. ___ | | November 6, 2017 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Dunn v. Madison, 583 U.S. ___ | | November 6, 2017 | | | | 1 | 12 | | 1 | | |
| 3 | Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Servs. of Chicago, 583 U.S. ___ | October 10, 2017 | November 8, 2017 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | In re United States, 583 U.S. ___ | | December 20, 2017 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Tharpe v. Sellers, 583 U.S. ___ | | January 8, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | District of Columbia v. Wesby, 583 U.S. ___ | October 4, 2017 | January 22, 2018 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 7 | Artis v. District of Columbia, 583 U.S. ___ | November 1, 2017 | January 22, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | National Assn. of Mfrs. v. Department of Defense, 583 U.S. ___ | October 11, 2017 | January 22, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | CNH Industrial N. V. v. Reese, 583 U.S. ___ | | February 20, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers, 583 U.S. ___ | November 28, 2017 | February 21, 2018 | | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 1 |
| 11 | Class v. United States, 583 U.S. ___ | October 4, 2017 | February 21, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 583 U.S. ___ | December 4, 2017 | February 21, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Murphy v. Smith, 583 U.S. ___ | December 6, 2017 | February 21, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Patchak v. Zinke, 583 U.S. ___ | November 7, 2017 | February 27, 2018 | | | * | 1 | 2 | | 13 | | |
| 15 | Jennings v. Rodriguez, 583 U.S. ___ | October 3, 2017 | February 27, 2018 | | | * | | | * | * | | ** |
| 16 | Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc., 583 U.S. ___ | November 6, 2017 | February 27, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | U.S. Bank N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC, 583 U.S. ___ | October 31, 2017 | March 5, 2018 | | 12 | 2 | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| 18 | Texas v. New Mexico, 583 U.S. ___ | January 8, 2018 | March 5, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, 583 U.S. ___ | November 28, 2017 | March 20, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Marinello v. United States, 584 U.S. ___ | December 6, 2017 | March 21, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Ayestas v. Davis, 584 U.S. ___ | October 30, 2017 | March 21, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Hall v. Hall, 584 U.S. ___ | January 16, 2018 | March 27, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Encino Motorcars v. Navarro, 584 U.S. ___ | January 17, 2018 | April 2, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Kisela v. Hughes, 584 U.S. ___ | | April 2, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Wilson v. Sellers, 584 U.S. ___ | October 30, 2017 | April 17, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Sessions v. Dimaya, 584 U.S. ___ | October 2, 2017 | April 17, 2018 | 1 | 12* | 12 | | | 12* | | * | * |
| 27 | United States v. Microsoft Corp., 584 U.S. ___ | February 27, 2018 | April 17, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, 584 U.S. ___ | October 11, 2017 | April 24, 2018 | | * | 1 | | | *2 | | | *3 |
| 29 | Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC, 584 U.S. ___ | November 27, 2017 | April 24, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu, 584 U.S. ___ | November 27, 2017 | April 24, 2018 | | | | 12 | 12 | | 12 | 12* | |
| 31 | United States v. Sanchez-Gomez, 584 U.S. ___ | March 26, 2018 | May 14, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Byrd v. United States, 584 U.S. ___ | January 9, 2018 | May 14, 2018 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 1 |
| 33 | McCoy v. Louisiana, 584 U.S. ___ | January 17, 2018 | May 14, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Dahda v. United States, 584 U.S. ___ | February 21, 2018 | May 14, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, 584 U.S. ___ | December 4, 2017 | May 14, 2018 | | | | | ** | | | | |
| 36 | Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 584 U.S. ___ | October 2, 2017 | May 21, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | Upper Skagit Tribe v. Lundgren, 584 U.S. ___ | March 21, 2018 | May 21, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | Lagos v. United States, 584 U.S. ___ | April 18, 2018 | May 29, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 39 | Collins v. Virginia, 584 U.S. ___ | January 9, 2018 | May 29, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | City of Hays v. Vogt, 584 U.S. ___ | February 20, 2018 | May 29, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 41 | Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Comm'n, 584 U.S. ___ | December 5, 2017 | June 4, 2018 | | | 1 | | 2 | 3 | | 2 | 13 |
| 42 | Hughes v. United States, 584 U.S. ___ | March 27, 2018 | June 4, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 43 | Koons v. United States, 584 U.S. ___ | March 27, 2018 | June 4, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 44 | Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling, 584 U.S. ___ | April 17, 2018 | June 4, 2018 | | | * | | | * | | | * |
| 45 | Azar v. Garza, 584 U.S. ___ | | June 4, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, 584 U.S. ___ | March 26, 2018 | June 11, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 47 | Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, 584 U.S. ___ | January 10, 2018 | June 11, 2018 | | | | 1 | 1 | | 12 | 1 | |
| 48 | Sveen v. Melin, 584 U.S. ___ | March 19, 2018 | June 11, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 49 | Washington v. United States, 584 U.S. ___ | April 18, 2018 | June 11, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, 585 U.S. ___ | February 28, 2018 | June 14, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 51 | Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co., 585 U.S. ___ | April 24, 2018 | June 14, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 52 | Gill v. Whitford, 585 U.S. ___ | October 3, 2017 | June 18, 2018 | | | *1 | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 2 | *1 |
| 53 | Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, 585 U.S. ___ | February 27, 2018 | June 18, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Chavez-Meza v. United States, 585 U.S. ___ | April 23, 2018 | June 18, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 55 | Rosales-Mireles v. United States, 585 U.S. ___ | February 21, 2018 | June 18, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 56 | Benisek v. Lamone, 585 U.S. ___ | | June 18, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 57 | South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., 585 U.S. ___ | April 17, 2018 | June 21, 2018 | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 |
| 58 | Pereira v. Sessions, 585 U.S. ___ | April 23, 2018 | June 21, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 59 | Lucia v. SEC, 585 U.S. ___ | April 23, 2018 | June 21, 2018 | | | | * | | | * | | |
| 60 | Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States, 585 U.S. ___ | April 16, 2018 | June 21, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 61 | Carpenter v. United States, 585 U.S. ___ | November 29, 2017 | June 22, 2018 | | 1 | 123 | | | 13 | | | 4 |
| 62 | WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., 585 U.S. ___ | April 16, 2018 | June 22, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 63 | Ortiz v. United States, 585 U.S. ___ | January 16, 2018 | June 22, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 64 | Currier v. Virginia, 585 U.S. ___ | February 20, 2018 | June 22, 2018 | | * | | | | | | | * |
| 65 | Dalmazzi v. United States, 585 U.S. ___ | January 16, 2018 | June 22, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 66 | Cox v. United States, 585 U.S. ___ | January 16, 2018 | June 22, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 67 | Ohio v. American Express Co., 585 U.S. ___ | February 26, 2018 | June 25, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 68 | Abbott v. Perez, 585 U.S. ___ | April 24, 2018 | June 25, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 69 | Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. ___ | April 25, 2018 | June 26, 2018 | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | |
| 70 | National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, 585 U.S. ___ | March 20, 2018 | June 26, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 71 | Florida v. Georgia, 585 U.S. ___ | January 8, 2018 | June 27, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 72 | Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees, 585 U.S. ___ | February 26, 2018 | June 27, 2018 | | | | 2 | 2 | | 12 | 2 | |
| 73 | Sause v. Bauer, 585 U.S. ___ | | June 28, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| 74 | Sexton v. Beaudreaux, 585 U.S. ___ | | June 28, 2018 | | | | | - | | | | |
| 75 | North Carolina v. Covington, 585 U.S. ___ | | June 28, 2018 | | | | | | | | | |
| # | Case name and citation | Argued | Decided | Roberts | Kennedy | Thomas | Ginsburg | Breyer | Alito | Sotomayor | Kagan | Gorsuch |

## 2017 term membership and statistics

This was the thirteenth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure. Justice Kennedy retired on July 31, 2018, making it the second and final (and also the only full) 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 | 93.3% | 70/75 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| Associate Justice | Anthony Kennedy | Ronald Reagan | February 18, 1988 | 91.9% | 68/74 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Associate Justice | Clarence Thomas | George H. W. Bush | October 23, 1991 | 81.3% | 61/75 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 31 |
| Associate Justice | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Bill Clinton | August 10, 1993 | 76% | 57/75 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| Associate Justice | Stephen Breyer | Bill Clinton | August 3, 1994 | 73.3% | 55/75 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| Associate Justice | Samuel Alito | George W. Bush | January 31, 2006 | 80% | 60/75 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| Associate Justice | Sonia Sotomayor | Barack Obama | August 6, 2009 | 72% | 54/75 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 23 |
| Associate Justice | Elena Kagan | Barack Obama | August 7, 2010 | 78.1% | 57/73 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Associate Justice | Neil Gorsuch | Donald Trump | April 7, 2017 | 84.7% | 61/72 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 59 | 42 | 2 | 50 | 153 |