2015 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The 2015 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2015 and concluded October 2, 2016. This was the twenty-fifth term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2015 term statistics 3 Majority or Plurality 11 Concurrence 0 Other 17 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 31 Bench opinions = 22 Opinions relating to orders = 9 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: - Least joined by: -

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
4-01	New Hampshire Right to Life v. Department of Health and Human Services	01577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Freedom of Information Act	Scalia
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
4-02	Friedman v. Highland Park	02577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Second Amendment  • right to keep and bear arms  • municipal ban on semiautomatic firearms and high-capacity magazines	Scalia
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
4-03	DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia	03577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Federal Arbitration Act		Breyer Ginsburg
1-04	Montanile v. Board of Trustees of Nat. Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan	04577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974  • equitable remedies for plan enforcement	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan; Alito (in part)	Ginsburg
2-05	Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez	05577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Article III  • Case or Controversy Clause  • effect of unaccepted settlement offer or offer of judgment on mootness  • Telephone Consumer Protection Act  • liability of federal contractor		Ginsburg Roberts Alito
4-06	Montgomery v. Louisiana	06577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • mandatory life imprisonment of minors  • retroactivity of new constitutional rules		Kennedy Scalia
1-07	Musacchio v. United States	07577 U.S. ___ (2016)	challenge to sufficiency of evidence based on incorrect jury instructions  • waiver of statute of limitations	Unanimous
2-08	California Building Industry Assn. v. San Jose	08577 U.S. ___ (2016)	ordinance requiring new developments include low income housing  • Fifth Amendment  • Takings Clause
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
2-09	Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.	09577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974  • preemption of state law health care disclosure requirements		Kennedy Breyer Ginsburg
4-10	American Freedom Defense Initiative v. King County	10577 U.S. ___ (2016)	First Amendment  • free speech  • public forum doctrine  • advertising in public transit areas	Alito
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
4-11	Nebraska v. Colorado	11577 U.S. ___ (2016)	discretion to decline original jurisdiction suits  • Colorado Amendment 64	Alito
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of leave to file complaint.
4-12	Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo	12577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938  • certification of class action  • compensibility for varying times spent donning and doffing protective gear	Alito	Kennedy Roberts
1-13	Nebraska v. Parker	13577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Omaha Indian Reservation  • diminishment of reservation boundaries	Unanimous
2-14	Luis v. United States	14578 U.S. ___ (2016)	pretrial asset freezing  • Sixth Amendment  • right to counsel of one's choice		Breyer Kennedy Kagan
2-15	Evenwel v. Abbott	15578 U.S. ___ (2016)	legislative redistricting based on total state population  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • one person, one vote doctrine		Ginsburg Alito
4-16	Kakarala v. Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.	16578 U.S. ___ (2016)	federal court review of orders remanding cases to state court
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
4-17	Welch v. United States	17578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • retroactive effect of court decision on collateral review		Kennedy
2-18	Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC	18578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Federal Power Act  • interstate wholesale electricity rates  • federal preemption		Ginsburg Sotomayor
4-19	Arrigoni Enterprises, LLC. v. Durham	19578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fifth Amendment  • Takings Clause  • exhaustion of remedies under state procedures	Kennedy
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
4-20	Heffernan v. City of Paterson	20578 U.S. ___ (2016)	First Amendment  • free speech by government employees  • demotion based on employer's factual mistake regarding engagement in protected activity	Alito	Breyer
4-21	Ocasio v. United States	21578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Hobbs Act  • criminal		Alito Breyer Sotomayor
2-22	Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins	22578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970  • Article III  • injury-in-fact		Alito Ginsburg
4-23	Husky Int’l Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz	23578 U.S. ___ (2016)	bankruptcy law  • Chapter 7  • discharge exception for actual fraud		Sotomayor
2-24	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Manning	24578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Securities Exchange Act of 1934  • removal jurisdiction  • federal question jurisdiction	Sotomayor	Kagan
4-25	United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Bible	25578 U.S. ___ (2016)	administrative law  • deference to agency interpretation
2-26	CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC	26578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Title VII  • award of attorney's fees to prevailing party		Kennedy
2-27	Betterman v. Montana	27578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Sixth Amendment  • Speedy Trial Clause  • postconviction delay in sentencing	Alito	Ginsburg Sotomayor
4-28	Foster v. Chatman	28578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • racial discrimination in juror peremptory challenges  • adequate and independent state ground		Roberts Alito
4-29	Green v. Brennan	29578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Title VII  • constructive discharge  • statute of limitations		Sotomayor Alito
2-30	Adams v. Alabama	30578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • mandatory life imprisonment of minors  • retroactivity of new constitutional rules	Alito	Alito Sotomayor
Thomas concurred in the Court's decision to grant certiorari, vacate the lower court's opinion, and remand.
4-31	Lynch v. Arizona	31578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • death penalty  • right to inform jury at sentencing of parole ineligibility	Alito	per curiam

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