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2015 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

2015 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

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The 2015 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2015, and concluded October 2, 2016. The table below illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.[1]

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.

2015 term opinions

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2015 term membership and statistics

This was the eleventh term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure. Justice Scalia died on February 13, 2016, making it the sixth and final term with the same membership.

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Notes

  1. [1]
    One decree in an original jurisdiction case has been omitted from this table: Montana v. Wyoming, 577 U.S. ___ (2016).
  2. [2]
    In Duncan v. Owens, 577 U.S. ___ (2016), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.
  3. [3]
    The Court's per curiam opinion in Hawkins v. Community Bank, 577 U.S. ___ (2016), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court.
  4. [4]
    The Court's per curiam opinion in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Assn., 578 U.S. ___ (2016), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court.
  5. [5]
    The Court's per curiam opinion in Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, 579 U.S. ___ (2016), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court.
  6. [6]
    The Court's per curiam opinion in United States v. Texas, 579 U.S. ___ (2016), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court.

References

  • "2015 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
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