# 2017 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor

* The 2017 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018. This was the ninth term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on the Court.
* Sonia Sotomayor 2017 term statistics
* 7
* Majority or Plurality
* 7
* Concurrence
* 3
* Other
* 17
* Dissent
* 0
* Concurrence/dissent
* Total =
* 34
* Bench opinions = 23
* Opinions relating to orders = 11
* In-chambers opinions = 0
* Unanimous opinions: 2
* Most joined by: Ginsburg (19)
* Least joined by: Alito (3 in full, 1 in part)
| Type | Case | Citation | Issues | Joined by | Other opinions |
| 401 | Truehill v. Florida | 583 U.S. ___ (2017) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • jury instructions | Ginsburg, Breyer | Breyer |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 402 | Reeves v. Alabama | 583 U.S. ___ (2017) | Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel | Ginsburg, Kagan | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 503 | Floyd v. Alabama | 583 U.S. ___ (2017) | Fourteenth Amendment • Equal Protection Clause • discriminatory peremptory challenges | Breyer | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 204 | District of Columbia v. Wesby | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Fourth Amendment • probable cause • totality of the circumstances • qualified immunity | | Thomas Ginsburg |
| 105 | National Assn. of Mfrs. v. Department of Defense | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Clean Water Act • judicial review of EPA rulemaking • Waters of the United States Rule | Unanimous | |
| 206 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act • whistleblower protection | Breyer | Ginsburg Thomas |
| 107 | Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act • state sponsorship of terrorism • attachment | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Gorsuch | |
| 408 | Murphy v. Smith | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Prison Litigation Reform Act • attorney's fees award apportionment | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | Gorsuch |
| 409 | Middleton v. Florida | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty | Ginsburg | Breyer |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 210 | Patchak v. Zinke | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Indian Reorganization Act • Gun Lake Act • Article III | | Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Roberts |
| 111 | Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc. | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | bankruptcy law • Chapter 11 • trustee power to set aside transfers • securities safe harbor | Unanimous | |
| 212 | U.S. Bank N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | | Kennedy, Thomas, Gorsuch | Kagan Kennedy |
| 413 | Wessinger v. Vannoy | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | | | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 514 | Campbell v. Ohio | 583 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • life in prison without parole • nonappealability of state murder conviction | | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 215 | Ayestas v. Davis | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | habeas corpus • court ordered funding for investigation | Ginsburg | Alito |
| 416 | Kisela v. Hughes | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Fourth Amendment • use of deadly force • qualified immunity | Ginsburg | per curiam |
| 417 | Guardado v. Jones | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • jury instructions | | |
| 418 | Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Alien Tort Statute • suits against foreign corporations | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | Kennedy Thomas Alito Gorsuch |
| 119 | Collins v. Virginia | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Fourth Amendment • motor vehicle exception to warrant requirement • search of curtilage | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch | Thomas Alito |
| 220 | Hughes v. United States | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines • eligibility for reduction in sentencing range | | Kennedy Roberts |
| 121 | Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | bankruptcy law • misrepresentations about single asset of debtor | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan; Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch (in part) | |
| 422 | Trevino v. Davis | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel • death penalty | Ginsburg | |
| 223 | China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh | 584 U.S. ___ (2018) | Federal Rules of Civil Procedure • denial of class certification • tolling of statute of limitations | | Ginsburg |
| 424 | 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 Thomas Breyer |
| 425 | Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | First Amendment • free speech • state law ban on political apparel at polling places | Breyer | Roberts |
| 126 | Rosales-Mireles v. United States | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure • errors in calculating sentencing range | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch | Thomas |
| 427 | Kaczmar v. Florida | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • jury instructions | | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 128 | Pereira v. Sessions | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 • removal proceedings • effect of notice to appear on continuous presence | Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch | Kennedy Alito |
| 429 | Lucia v. SEC | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | SEC administrative law judges • Appointments Clause | Ginsburg | Kagan Thomas Breyer |
| 430 | Abbott v. Perez | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | legislative redistricting • Voting Rights Act • Fourteenth Amendment • Equal Protection Clause • racial gerrymandering | Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | Alito Thomas |
| 531 | Peede v. Jones | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | Sixth Amendment • ineffective assistance of counsel | Ginsburg | |
| Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari. ||||||
| 432 | Trump v. Hawaii | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | Executive Order 13780 • Immigration and Nationality Act • Article III • First Amendment • Establishment Clause | Ginsburg | Roberts Kennedy Thomas Breyer |
| 433 | Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | labor law • application of public sector union fees to non-members • First Amendment • free speech • freedom of association | | Alito Kagan |
| 434 | Irick v. Tennessee | 585 U.S. ___ (2018) | Eighth Amendment • death penalty • lethal injection | | |
| Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of a stay. ||||||