2019 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor

Type Case Citation Issues Joined by Other opinions 201
Rotkiske v. Klemm 589 U.S. ___ (2019) Statute of limitations  • Equitable tolling  • Statutory interpretation 102
Peter v. NantKwest, Inc. 589 U.S. ___ (2019) American Rule  • Attorney fees  • Patents Unanimous 103
CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co. 589 U.S. ___ (2020) admiralty law  • warranty of safety  • safe-berth clause Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh 404
Kansas v. Glover 589 U.S. ___ (2020) Fourth Amendment  • investigative traffic stop due to revoked license 205
Babb v. Wilkie 589 U.S. ___ (2020) Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967  • age as factor in federal-sector personnel actions Ginsburg 506
Rhines v. Young 589 U.S. ___ (2019) state clemency process  • access by defendant’s experts Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court’s denial of certiorari. 407
Peithman v. United States 589 U.S. ___ (2019) civil forfeiture  • joint and several liability Sotomayor dissented from the Court’s denial of certiorari. 508
Isom v. Arkansas 589 U.S. ___ (2019) Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court’s denial of certiorari. 509
Schexnayder v. Vannoy 589 U.S. ___ (2019) Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court’s denial of certiorari. 510
Cottier v. United States 589 U.S. ___ (2019) Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court’s denial of certiorari. 411
Wolf v. Cook County 589 U.S. ___ (2020) immigration law  • inadmissibility of those likely to become public charge  • standard for granting stay Sotomayor dissented from the Court’s grant of application for stay. 512
Reed v. Texas 589 U.S. ___ (2020) actual innocence Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the denial of certiorari. 513
Halprin v. Davis 589 U.S. ___ (2020) Due Process Clause  • racial judicial bias Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the denial of certiorari. 214
Ramos v. Louisiana 590 U.S. ___ (2020) Sixth Amendment  • unanimity of jury verdict 215
Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc. 590 U.S. ___ (2020) trademark law  • Lanham Act  • award of profits for infringement 416
Barton v. Barr 590 U.S. ___ (2020) immigration law  • cancellation of removal eligibility Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan 117
Maine Community Health Options v. United States 590 U.S. ___ (2020) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act  • government obligation to reimburse insurer losses from online exchanges Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Kavanaugh; Thomas, Gorsuch (in part) 118
Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc. 590 U.S. ___ (2020) trademark law  • res judicata  • defense preclusion Unanimous 219
GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC 590 U.S. ___ (2020) Federal Arbitration Act  • New York Convention  • equitable estoppel  • enforcement of arbitration agreement by nonsignatories 220
Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC 590 U.S. ___ (2020) Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act  • Article II  • Appointments Clause 421
Thole v. U. S. Bank N. A. 590 U.S. ___ (2020) Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974  • Article III  • standing Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan 422
United States Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Assn. 590 U.S. ___ (2020) United States Forest Service authority to grant pipeline right-of-way  • National Trails System Act  • Mineral Leasing Act Kagan 523
Valentine v. Collier 590 U.S. ___ (2020) Eighth Amendment  • COVID-19 pandemic  • Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995  • exhaustion of remedies Ginsburg Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court’s denial of application to vacate stay. 524
St. Hubert v. United States 590 U.S. ___ (2020) Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court’s denial of certiorari. 325
Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of Univ. of Cal. 591 U.S. ___ (2020) Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals  • Administrative Procedure Act 126
Liu v. SEC 591 U.S. ___ (2020) securities law  • disgorgement as equitable relief Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh 427
Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam 591 U.S. ___ (2020) Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act  • eligibility for asylum  • habeas corpus  • Article One  • Suspension Clause  • Due Process Clause Kagan 428
Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue 591 U.S. ___ (2020) state law prohibition on government aid to religious schools  • First Amendment  • Free Exercise Clause 229
Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V. 591 U.S. ___ (2020) trademark law  • eligibility of generic term combined with domain name for protection 230
Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc. 591 U.S. ___ (2020) Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991  • prohibition of robocalls to cell phones  • exception for government debt collection  • First Amendment  • free speech 431
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru 591 U.S. ___ (2020) First Amendment  • ministerial exception to employment discrimination claims Ginsburg 432
Barr v. Lee 591 U.S. ___ (2020) Eighth Amendment  • death penalty Ginsburg, Kagan Sotomayor dissented from the Court’s grant of application for stay or vacatur. 533
Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott 591 U.S. ___ (2020) Twenty-sixth Amendment Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court’s denial of application to vacate stay. 434
Barr v. Purkey 591 U.S. ___ (2020) Eighth Amendment  • death penalty Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan Sotomayor dissented from the Court’s grant of application for stay or vacatur. 435
Raysor v. DeSantis 591 U.S. ___ (2020) Ginsburg, Kagan Sotomayor dissented from the Court’s denial of application to vacate stay. 436
Little v. Reclaim Idaho 591 U.S. ___ (2020) Ginsburg Sotomayor dissented from the Court’s grant of application for stay. 437
Barnes v. Ahlman 591 U.S. ___ (2020) Ginsburg Sotomayor dissented from the Court’s grant of application for stay. 538
Mitchell v. United States 591 U.S. ___ (2020) Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994 Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court’s denial of application for stay of execution.