Colonel William A. Phillips

The Supreme Court of the United States handed down eight per curiam opinions during its 2021 term, which began October 4, 2021 and concluded October 2, 2022.^[1]

Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted.

Court membership

Chief Justice: John Roberts

Associate Justices: Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett

Rivas-Villegas v. Cortesluna

595 U.S. ___
Decided October 18, 2021.
Determination of Ninth Circuit that Rivas-Villegas is not entitled to qualified immunity reversed.

City of Tahlequah v. Bond

595 U.S. ___
Decided October 18, 2021.
Tenth Circuit reversed.

United States v. Texas

595 U.S. ___
Argued November 1, 2021.
Decided December 10, 2021.
The Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted. The application to vacate stay was denied.

Sotomayor dissented without separate opinion.

Biden v. Missouri

595 U.S. ___
Argued January 7, 2022.
Decided January 13, 2022.
Applications for stays granted.

Thomas filed a dissent, joined by Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett. Alito filed a dissent, joined by Thomas, Gorsuch, and Barrett.

National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

595 U.S. ___
Argued January 7, 2022.
Decided January 13, 2022.
Applications for stays granted.

Gorsuch filed a concurrence, joined by Thomas and Alito. Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan filed a dissent.

Wisconsin Legislature v. Wisconsin Elections Commission

595 U.S. ___
Decided March 23, 2022.
Sotomayor filed a dissent, joined by Kagan.

Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco

596 U.S. ___
Argued February 23, 2022.
Decided June 15, 2022.
The Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.

Roberts filed a concurrence, joined by Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.

Notes

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The description of one opinion has been omitted:
- The Court's per curiam opinion in LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, 596 U.S. ___ (2022), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court. Barrett did not participate.

References

"2021 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 18, 2021.

[1] The description of one opinion has been omitted:
The Court's per curiam opinion in LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, 596 U.S. ___ (2022), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court. Barrett did not participate.

[2] The Court's per curiam opinion in LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, 596 U.S. ___ (2022), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court. Barrett did not participate.

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