Battle of Middle Boggy Depot

The Supreme Court of the United States handed down ten per curiam opinions during its 2019 term, which began October 7, 2019 and concluded October 4, 2020.^[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, Ruth Bader Ginsburg (died September 18, 2020), Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh

Thompson v. Hebdon

589 U.S. ___
Decided November 25, 2019.
Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded.

Ginsburg filed a statement.

Retirement Plans Comm. of IBM v. Jander

589 U.S. ___
Argued November 6, 2019.
Decided January 14, 2020.
Second Circuit vacated and remanded.

Kagan filed a concurrence, joined by Ginsburg. Gorsuch filed a concurrence.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan v. Acevedo Feliciano

589 U.S. ___
Decided February 24, 2020.
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico vacated and remanded.

Alito filed a concurrence, joined by Thomas.

Davis v. United States

589 U.S. ___
Decided March 23, 2020.
Fifth Circuit vacated and remanded.

Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee

589 U.S. ___
Decided April 6, 2020.
Application for stay granted.

Stay granted of order by District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, disallowing extension of the mail-in date for absentee ballots for the state's primary elections.

Ginsburg filed a dissent, joined by Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan.

New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. City of New York

590 U.S. ___
Argued December 2, 2019.
Decided April 27, 2020.
Second Circuit vacated and remanded.

Kavanaugh filed a concurrence. Alito filed a dissent, joined by Gorsuch, and by Thomas in part.

The Court determined the case had been rendered moot due to changes in the underlying law in question during its consideration at the Supreme Court.

Andrus v. Texas

590 U.S. ___
Decided June 15, 2020.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas vacated and remanded.

Alito filed a dissent, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch.

The Court ruled that the defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel were inappropriately dismissed, as the state court failed to address the prejudice prong of the Strickland test.

Barr v. Lee

591 U.S. ___
Decided July 14, 2020.
District Court for the District Court of Columbia vacated.

Breyer filed a dissent, joined by Ginsburg. Sotomayor filed a dissent, joined by Ginsburg and Kagan.

Notes

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The descriptions of two opinions have been omitted:
- In Colorado Dept. of State v. Baca, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), the Court reversed the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit's judgment for the reasons stated in Chiafalo v. Washington, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), which was handed down the same day. Thomas concurred in the judgment without separate opinion. Sotomayor did not participate.
- In Sharp v. Murphy, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), the Court affirmed the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit's judgment for the reasons stated in McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), which was handed down the same day. Thomas and Alito dissented without separate opinion. Gorsuch did not participate.

References

"2019 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 5, 2020.

[1] The descriptions of two opinions have been omitted:
In Colorado Dept. of State v. Baca, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), the Court reversed the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit's judgment for the reasons stated in Chiafalo v. Washington, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), which was handed down the same day. Thomas concurred in the judgment without separate opinion. Sotomayor did not participate.
In Sharp v. Murphy, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), the Court affirmed the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit's judgment for the reasons stated in McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), which was handed down the same day. Thomas and Alito dissented without separate opinion. Gorsuch did not participate.

[2] In Colorado Dept. of State v. Baca, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), the Court reversed the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit's judgment for the reasons stated in Chiafalo v. Washington, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), which was handed down the same day. Thomas concurred in the judgment without separate opinion. Sotomayor did not participate.

[3] In Sharp v. Murphy, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), the Court affirmed the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit's judgment for the reasons stated in McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), which was handed down the same day. Thomas and Alito dissented without separate opinion. Gorsuch did not participate.

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