2020 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2020 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2020, and will conclude October 3, 2021. 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

 Filed a statement

Joined a statement

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.

2020 term opinions
# Case name and citation Argued Decided Roberts Thomas Breyer Alito Sotomayor Kagan Gorsuch KavanaughBarrett
1 Mckesson v. Doe, 592 U.S. ___November 2, 2020
-
2 Taylor v. Riojas, 592 U.S. ___November 2, 2020
-
3 Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, 592 U.S. ___November 25, 2020
1
2
23
23
1
2
4 Tanzin v. Tanvir, 592 U.S. ___October 6, 2020December 10, 2020
5 Carney v. Adams, 592 U.S. ___October 5, 2020December 10, 2020
6 United States v. Briggs, 592 U.S. ___October 13, 2020December 10, 2020
7 Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Assn., 592 U.S. ___October 6, 2020December 10, 2020
8 Texas v. New Mexico, 592 U.S. ___October 5, 2020December 14, 2020
9 Shinn v. Kayer, 592 U.S. ___December 14, 2020
-
-
-
10 Trump v. New York, 592 U.S. ___November 30, 2020December 18, 2020
11 Chicago v. Fulton, 592 U.S. ___October 13, 2020January 14, 2021
12 Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., 592 U.S. ___January 25, 2021
13 Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, 592 U.S. ___December 7, 2020February 3, 2021
14 Salinas v. Railroad Retirement Bd., 592 U.S. ___November 2, 2020February 3, 2021
15 Republic of Hungary v. Simon, 592 U.S. ___December 7, 2020February 3, 2021

2020 term membership and statistics

This is the sixteenth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure and the first (partial) term for Justice Barrett. The Court began its term with a vacant seat following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020. The seat was filled by Amy Coney Barrett on October 26, 2020.

Justice Appointment history Agreement with judgment Opinions filed
Seniority Name President Date confirmed %# Total
Chief Justice John Roberts George W. Bush September 29, 2005 93.3% 14/15 1 0 0 1 2
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas George H. W. Bush October 15, 1991 80% 12/15 1 1 0 1 3
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer Bill Clinton August 3, 1994 80% 12/15 1 0 0 2 3
Associate Justice Samuel Alito George W. Bush January 31, 2006 86.7% 13/15 2 1 1 0 4
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor Barack Obama August 6, 2009 80% 12/15 2 2 0 1 5
Associate Justice Elena Kagan Barack Obama August 7, 2010 80% 12/15 0 0 0 0 0
Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch Donald Trump April 7, 2017 93.3% 14/15 0 2 0 0 2
Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh Donald Trump October 6, 2018 100% 15/15 1 1 0 0 2
Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett Donald Trump October 26, 2020 85.7% 6/7 0 0 0 0 0
 Totals
8 7 1 5 21

References
  • 2020 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved February 3, 2021.
  • 2020 Term Court Calendar (PDF), Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved September 19, 2020
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