2014 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The 2014 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2014 and concluded October 4, 2015. This was the twenty-fourth term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2014 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 10 Concurrence 1 Other 22 Dissent 3 Concurrence/dissent Total = 43 Bench opinions = 37 Opinions relating to orders = 6 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 3 Most joined by: Scalia (17 in full, 2 in part) Least joined by: Breyer (4 in full, 1 in part)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
5-01	Maricopa County v. Lopez-Valenzuela	01574 U.S. ___ (2014)	Arizona Proposition 100 (2006)  • standard for granting writ of certiorari	Scalia
Thomas filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of an application for a stay, saying he joined it because he did not believe four justices would vote to grant certiorari. He expressed hope, however, that his prediction would prove wrong, as the lower court's decision had invalidated a state constitutional amendment, and he thought the Court "owe[d] the people of Arizona the respect of our review."
1-02	Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk	02574 U.S. ___ (2014)	Fair Labor Standards Act  • Portal-to-Portal Act  • compensation for theft prevention screening of employees	Unanimous	Sotomayor
4-03	Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens	03574 U.S. ___ (2014)	jurisdiction over denial of appeal		Ginsburg Scalia
4-04	Jennings v. Stephens	04574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure  • defense of judgment on alternative grounds	Kennedy, Alito	Scalia
4-05	T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell	05574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Telecommunications Act of 1996  • denial by local government of cell phone tower placement		Sotomayor Alito Roberts
4-06	Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc.	06574 U.S. ___ (2015)	patent law  • claim construction  • appellate standard of review  • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure	Alito	Breyer
4-07	Plumley v. Austin	07574 U.S. ___ (2015)	greater sentence after new trial  • presumption of vindictiveness	Scalia
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
1-08	M&G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett	08574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Employee Retirement Income Security Act  • Labor Management Relations Act  • interpretation of collective bargaining agreements	Unanimous	Ginsburg
4-09	Strange v. Searcy	09574 U.S. ___ (2015)	same-sex marriage	Scalia
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of an application for a stay.
3-10	Kansas v. Nebraska	10574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Republican River Compact	Scalia, Alito; Roberts (in part)	Kagan Roberts Scalia
1-11	Direct Marketing Assn. v. Brohl	11575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Tax Injunction Act  • state collection of online sales tax  • online retailer reporting requirements	Unanimous	Kennedy Ginsburg
4-12	Alabama Dept. of Revenue v. CSX Transp., Inc.	12575 U.S. ___ (2015)	discriminatory taxation of rail carrier	Ginsburg	Scalia
2-13	Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads	13575 U.S. ___ (2015)	status of Amtrak as governmental entity  • Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008  • separation of powers  • nondelegation doctrine		Kennedy Alito
2-14	Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn.	14575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Administrative Procedure Act  • exclusion of interpretive rules from notice-and-comment requirements  • deference to agency interpretation of ambiguous regulations  • separation of powers		Sotomayor Scalia Alito
4-15	B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc.	15575 U.S. ___ (2015)	trademark law  • issue preclusion  • adjudication by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board	Scalia	Alito Ginsburg
2-16	Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers Dist. Council Constr. Industry Pension Fund	16574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Securities Act of 1933  • opinions in registration statement later proved incorrect		Kagan Scalia
4-17	Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama	17575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • redistricting  • racial gerrymandering  • Voting Rights Act of 1965		Breyer Scalia
4-18	Rodriguez v. United States	18575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Fourth Amendment  • traffic stop  • dog sniff of car for drugs  • reasonable suspicion	Alito; Kennedy (in part)	Ginsburg Kennedy Alito
2-19	Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc.	19575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Natural Gas Act  • federal preemption of state antitrust laws		Breyer Scalia
4-20	Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne	20575 U.S. ___ (2015)	state credit for income tax paid to other states  • Dormant Commerce Clause  • internal consistency test	Scalia (in part)	Alito Scalia Ginsburg
4-21	Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif	21575 U.S. ___ (2015)	bankruptcy law  • Article III  • consent to adjudication by bankruptcy courts		Sotomayor Alito Roberts
4-22	Elonis v. United States	22575 U.S. ___ (2015)	federal crime against communicating threat  • scienter  • First Amendment  • freedom of speech		Roberts Alito
3-23	EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.	23575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Title VII  • refusal to hire applicant because of religious practices  • disparate treatment  • failure to accommodate		Scalia Alito
1-24	Bank of America, N. A. v. Caulkett	24575 U.S. ___ (2015)	bankruptcy law  • Chapter 7  • voidability of underwater junior lien	Roberts, Scalia, Ginsburg, Alito, Kagan; Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor (in part)
4-25	Mellouli v. Lynch	25575 U.S. ___ (2015)	removal of alien for state law drug paraphernalia conviction	Alito	Ginsburg
4-26	County of Maricopa v. Lopez-Valenzuela	26575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Arizona Proposition 100 (2006)  • denial of bail to illegal immigrants charged with serious felonies  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • substantive due process	Scalia
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
3-27	Zivotofsky v. Kerry	27576 U.S. ___ (2015)	diplomatic recognition  • separation of powers  • Article Two  • U.S. position on status of Jerusalem  • Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003  • passport designation of births in Jerusalem		Kennedy Breyer Roberts Scalia
4-28	Jackson v. City and County of San Francisco	28576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Second Amendment  • city restrictions on handgun accessibility in the home	Scalia
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
1-29	Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC	29576 U.S. ___ (2015)	bankruptcy law  • Chapter 11  • attorney's fee application  • award of attorneys fees for defending application  • American Rule	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito; Sotomayor (in part)	Sotomayor Breyer
4-30	Reyes Mata v. Lynch	30576 U.S. ___ (2015)	immigration law  • motion to reopen removal proceedings  • court of appeals jurisdiction to review Board of Immigration Appeals actions		Kagan
1-31	Reed v. Town of Gilbert	31576 U.S. ___ (2015)	First Amendment  • free speech  • content-based restrictions  • regulation of signs on private property	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Sotomayor	Breyer Alito Kagan
1-32	McFadden v. United States	32576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act of 1986  • knowledge requirement	Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts
2-33	Ohio v. Clark	33576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Sixth Amendment  • Confrontation Clause  • admissibility of statements by child abuse victim to teacher  • mandatory reporting obligations		Alito Scalia
2-34	Davis v. Ayala	34576 U.S. ___ (2015)	solitary confinement		Alito Kennedy Sotomayor
4-35	Brumfield v. Cain	35576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Eighth Amendment  • execution of the intellectually disabled  • Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996	Roberts, Scalia, Alito (in part)	Sotomayor Alito
2-36	Horne v. Department of Agriculture	36576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937  • National Raisin Reserve  • Fifth Amendment  • Takings Clause		Roberts Breyer Sotomayor
4-37	Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.	37576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Fair Housing Act  • state allocation of federal low-income housing tax credits  • disparate impact		Kennedy Alito
2-38	Johnson v. United States	38576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • residual clause  • Fifth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • void for vagueness		Scalia Kennedy Alito
4-39	Obergefell v. Hodges	39576 U.S. ___ (2015)	same-sex marriage  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • Equal Protection Clause	Scalia	Kennedy Roberts Scalia Alito
2-40	Michigan v. EPA	40576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Clean Air Act  • regulation of power plant emissions  • relevance of cost to decision to regulate		Scalia Kagan
4-41	Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n	41576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Elections Clause  • legislative redistricting  • Arizona Proposition 106 (2000)  • gerrymandering  • Article III  • standing of legislature to bring suit	Scalia	Ginsburg Roberts Scalia
2-42	Glossip v. Gross	42576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • use of midazolam in lethal injection	Scalia	Alito Scalia Breyer Sotomayor
4-43	Joyner v. Barnes	43576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996	Alito
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.

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