The Supreme Court of the United States handed down seven per curiam opinions during its 2018 term, which began October 1, 2018, and concluded October 6, 2019.[1]
Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted.
Court membership edit
Chief Justice: John Roberts
Associate Justices: Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh (confirmed Oct. 6, 2018)
Escondido v. Emmons edit
| Full caption: | City of Escondido, California, et al. v. Marty Emmons |
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| Citations: | 586 U.S. ___ |
| Prior history: | Summary judgment granted, 168 F. Supp. 3d 1265 (S.D. Cal. 2016); rev'd in part, 716 Fed. Appx. 724 (9th Cir. 2018) |
| Laws applied: | U.S. Const. amend. IV; 42 U.S.C. § 1983 |
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| Full text of the opinion: | official slip opinion |
586 U.S. ___
Decided January 7, 2019.
Ninth Circuit reversed in part and vacated in part, and remanded.
Shoop v. Hill edit
| Full caption: | Tim Shoop, Warden v. Danny Hill |
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| Citations: | 586 U.S. ___ |
| Prior history: | Petition denied, sub nom. Hill v. Anderson, No. 96-0795, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23332 (N.D. Ohio Sept. 29, 1999); rev'd, 300 F. 3d 679 (6th Cir. 2002); petition denied, No. 96-00795, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86411 (N.D. Ohio June 25, 2014); rev'd, 881 F. 3d 483 (6th Cir. 2018) |
| Laws applied: | U.S. Const. amend. VIII; 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) |
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| Full text of the opinion: | official slip opinion |
586 U.S. ___
Decided January 7, 2019.
Sixth Circuit vacated and remanded.
Moore v. Texas edit
| Full caption: | Bobby James Moore v. Texas |
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| Citations: | 586 U.S. ___ |
| Prior history: | Petition denied, Ex parte Moore, 470 S. W. 3d 481 (Tex. Ct. Crim. App. 2015); vacated, sub nom. Moore v. Texas, 581 U. S. ___ (2017); petition denied, 548 S. W. 3d 552 (Tex. Ct. Crim. App. 2018) |
| Laws applied: | U.S. Const. amend. VIII |
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| Full text of the opinion: | official slip opinion |
586 U.S. ___
Decided February 19, 2019.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas reversed and remanded.
Roberts filed a concurrence. Alito filed a dissent, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch.[2]
Yovino v. Rizo edit
| Full caption: | Jim Yovino, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools v. Aileen Rizo |
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| Citations: | 586 U.S. ___ |
| Prior history: | Summary judgment denied; vacated, 887 F. 3d 453 (9th Cir. 2018) |
| Laws applied: | U.S. Const. art. III; 28 U.S.C. § 46(c), §46(d) |
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| Full text of the opinion: | official slip opinion |
586 U.S. ___
Decided February 25, 2019.
Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded.
Sotomayor concurred in the judgment without separate opinion.
Frank v. Gaos edit
| Full caption: | Theodore H. Frank, et al. v. Paloma Gaos, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, et al. |
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| Citations: | 586 U.S. ___ |
| Laws applied: | U.S. Const. art. III; 18 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq. (Stored Communications Act) |
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| Full text of the opinion: | official slip opinion |
586 U.S. ___
Argued October 31, 2018.
Decided March 20, 2019.
Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded.
Thomas filed a dissent.
Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. edit
| Full caption: | Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc., et al. |
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| Citations: | 587 U.S. ___, 139 S.Ct. 1780, 204 L. Ed. 2d 78 |
| Prior history: | Preliminary injunction granted, Planned Parenthood of Ind. & Ky., Inc. v. Ind. Dep't of Health, 194 F. Supp. 3d 818 (S.D. Ind. 2016); summary judgment and permanent injunction granted, 265 F. Supp. 3d 859 (S.D. Ind. 2017); affirmed, 888 F.3d 300 (7th Cir. 2018); rehearing en banc denied, 917 F.3d 532 (7th Cir. 2018) |
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| Full text of the opinion: | official slip opinion |
587 U.S. ___, 139 S.Ct. 1780, 204 L. Ed. 2d 78
Decided May 28, 2019.
Seventh Circuit reversed in part.
Sotomayor noted without separate opinion that she would deny the petition for a writ of certiorari as to both questions presented. Thomas filed a concurrence. Ginsburg filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, noting that she would deny the petition for a writ of certiorari as to both questions presented.
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ The description of one opinion has been omitted:
- In Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian, 587 U.S. ___ (2019), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.
- ^ Howe, Amy (February 19, 2019). "Justices take up Clean Water Act case, rebuke Texas court in death penalty case". SCOTUSblog. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
References edit
- "2018 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 7, 2019.