2011 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 2011 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2011 and concluded September 30, 2012. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.

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 concurred or dissented without filing a separate opinion.

2011 term opinions

# Case name and citation Argued Decided Roberts Scalia Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Alito Sotomayor Kagan
1 Cavazos v. Smith, 565 U.S. ___October 31, 2011
2 KPMG LLP v. Cocchi, 565 U.S. ___November 7, 2011
3 Bobby v. Dixon, 565 U.S. ___November 7, 2011
4 Greene v. Fisher, 565 U.S. ___October 11, 2011November 8, 2011
5 Judulang v. Holder, 565 U.S. ___October 12, 2011December 12, 2011
6 Hardy v. Cross, 565 U.S. ___December 12, 2011
7 Smith v. Cain, 565 U.S. ___November 8, 2011January 10, 2012
8 CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood, 565 U.S. ___October 11, 2011January 10, 2012
9 Minneci v. Pollard, 565 U.S. ___November 1, 2011January 10, 2012
10 Gonzalez v. Thaler, 565 U.S. ___November 2, 2011January 10, 2012
11 Hosanna-Tabor Evang. Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, 565 U.S. ___October 5, 2011January 11, 2012
1
2
2
12 Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid, 565 U.S. ___October 11, 2011January 11, 2012
13 Perry v. New Hampshire, 565 U.S. ___November 2, 2011January 11, 2012
14 Maples v. Thomas, 565 U.S. ___October 4, 2011January 18, 2012
15 Golan v. Holder, 565 U.S. ___October 5, 2011January 18, 2012
16 Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC, 565 U.S. ___November 28, 2011January 18, 2012
17 Perry v. Perez, 565 U.S. ___January 20, 2012
18 United States v. Jones, 565 U.S. ___November 8, 2011January 23, 2012
1
1
1
2
1
19 Reynolds v. United States, 565 U.S. ___October 3, 2011January 23, 2012
20 National Meat Assn. v. Harris, 565 U.S. ___November 9, 2011January 23, 2012
21 Ryburn v. Huff, 565 U.S. ___January 23, 2012
22 Kawashima v. Holder, 565 U.S. ___November 7, 2011February 21, 2012
23 Howes v. Fields, 565 U.S. ___October 4, 2011February 21, 2012
*
*
24 Wetzel v. Lambert, 565 U.S. ___February 21, 2012
25 Marmet Health Care Center, Inc. v. Brown, 565 U.S. ___February 21, 2012
26 Messerschmidt v. Millender, 565 U.S. ___December 5, 2011February 22, 2012
27 PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana, 565 U.S. ___December 7, 2011February 22, 2012
28 Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern Cal., Inc., 565 U.S. ___October 3, 2011February 22, 2012
29 Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp., 565 U.S. ___November 9, 2011February 29, 2012
*
*
30 Martel v. Claire, 565 U.S. ___December 6, 2011March 5, 2012
31 Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. ___October 4, 2011March 20, 2012
32 Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Md., 566 U.S. ___January 11, 2012March 20, 2012
1
*
2
*
*
33 Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Lab., Inc., 566 U.S. ___December 7, 2011March 20, 2012
34 Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc., 566 U.S. ___January 11, 2012March 20, 2012
35 Sackett v. EPA, 566 U.S. ___January 9, 2012March 21, 2012
1
2
36 Missouri v. Frye, 566 U.S. ___October 31, 2011March 21, 2012
37 Lafler v. Cooper, 566 U.S. ___October 31, 2011March 21, 2012
1*
1
1
2
38 Zivotofsky v. Clinton, 566 U.S. ___November 7, 2011March 26, 2012
2*
1
2
39 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Simmonds, 566 U.S. ___November 29, 2011March 26, 2012
40 Setser v. United States, 566 U.S. ___November 30, 2011March 28, 2012
41 Vartelas v. Holder, 566 U.S. ___January 18, 2012March 28, 2012
42 FAA v. Cooper, 566 U.S. ___November 30, 2011March 28, 2012
43 Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, 566 U.S. ___October 12, 2011April 2, 2012
1
*
*
2
44 Rehberg v. Paulk, 566 U.S. ___November 1, 2011April 2, 2012
45 Vasquez v. United States,[1] 566 U.S. ___April 2, 2012
46 Filarsky v. Delia, 566 U.S. ___January 17, 2012April 17, 2012
1
2
47 Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A/S, 566 U.S. ___December 5, 2011April 17, 2012
48 Kappos v. Hyatt, 566 U.S. ___January 9, 2012April 18, 2012
49 Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority, 566 U.S. ___February 28, 2012April 18, 2012
*
50 Wood v. Milyard, 566 U.S. ___February 27, 2012April 24, 2012
51 United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC, 566 U.S. ___January 17, 2012April 25, 2012
*
*
52 Hall v. United States, 566 U.S. ___November 29, 2011May 14, 2012
53 Astrue v. Capato, 566 U.S. ___March 19, 2012May 21, 2012
54 Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd., 566 U.S. ___February 21, 2012May 21, 2012
55 Holder v. Martinez Gutierrez, 566 U.S. ___January 18, 2012May 21, 2012
56 Blueford v. Arkansas, 566 U.S. ___February 22, 2012May 24, 2012
57 Freeman v. Quicken Loans, Inc., 566 U.S. ___February 21, 2012May 24, 2012
58 RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank, 566 U.S. ___April 23, 2012May 29, 2012
59 Coleman v. Johnson, 566 U.S. ___May 29, 2012
60 Reichle v. Howards, 566 U.S. ___March 21, 2012June 4, 2012
61 Armour v. Indianapolis, 566 U.S. ___February 29, 2012June 4, 2012
62 Elgin v. Department of Treasury, 567 U.S. ___February 27, 2012June 11, 2012
63 Parker v. Matthews, 567 U.S. ___June 11, 2012
64 Williams v. Illinois, 567 U.S. ___December 6, 2011June 18, 2012
1
2
*
65 Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 567 U.S. ___April 16, 2012June 18, 2012
66 Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, 567 U.S. ___April 18, 2012June 18, 2012
67 Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band... v. Patchak, 567 U.S. ___April 24 , 2012June 18, 2012
68 FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., 567 U.S. ___January 10, 2012June 21, 2012
69 Dorsey v. United States, 567 U.S. ___April 17, 2012June 21, 2012
70 Knox v. Service Employees, 567 U.S. ___January 10, 2012June 21, 2012
71 Southern Union Co. v. United States, 567 U.S. ___March 19, 2012June 21, 2012
72 Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S. ___April 25, 2012June 25, 2012
1
2
3
73 Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. ___March 20, 2012June 25, 2012
1
123
12
13
74 American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock, 567 U.S. ___June 25, 2012
75 National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. ___March 26-28, 2012June 28, 2012
*
1
1
12
*
**
1
**
**
76 United States v. Alvarez, 567 U.S. ___February 22, 2012June 28, 2012
*
77 First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards,[2] 567 U.S. ___June 28, 2012
78 Tennant v. Jefferson County, 567 U.S. ___September 25, 2012
# Case name and citation Argued Decided Roberts Scalia Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Alito Sotomayor Kagan

2011 term membership and statistics

This was the seventh term of Chief Justice Roberts' tenure and the second term with the same membership.

Justice Appointment history Agreement with judgment Opinions filed
Seniority Name President Date confirmed % # Total
Chief Justice Roberts, JohnJohn Roberts Bush, George W.George W. Bush September 29, 2005 90.9% 70/77 7 1 0 4 12
Associate Justice Scalia, AntoninAntonin Scalia Reagan, RonaldRonald Reagan September 26, 1986 80.8% 63/78 8 4 1 9 22
Associate Justice Kennedy, AnthonyAnthony Kennedy Reagan, RonaldRonald Reagan February 18, 1988 93.5% 72/77 9 0 0 2 11
Associate Justice Thomas, ClarenceClarence Thomas Bush, George H. W.George H. W. Bush October 23, 1991 84.6% 66/78 6 6 1 3 16
Associate Justice Ginsburg, Ruth BaderRuth Bader Ginsburg Clinton, BillBill Clinton August 10, 1993 67.9% 53/78 7 4 3 6 20
Associate Justice Breyer, StephenStephen Breyer Clinton, BillBill Clinton August 3, 1994 76.9% 60/78 7 5 0 10 22
Associate Justice Alito, SamuelSamuel Alito Bush, George W.George W. Bush January 31, 2006 82.1% 64/78 7 6 1 5 19
Associate Justice Sotomayor, SoniaSonia Sotomayor Obama, BarackBarack Obama August 6, 2009 79.2% 61/77 6 7 1 5 19
Associate Justice Kagan, ElenaElena Kagan Obama, BarackBarack Obama August 7, 2010 81.1% 60/74 7 1 1 1 10

Notes on statistics:

  • Opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders or in-chambers opinions are not included.
  • Agreement with the Court's judgment does not guarantee agreement with the reasoning expressed in its opinion. A justice is not considered in agreement if they dissented even in part. Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point.
  • Individual opinion counts will not match the Court's totals; the dissent in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that was jointly authored by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito is counted separately for all four justices but counted only once in the Court's totals.

Totals
64 34 8 42 148

Notes

  1. ↑ In Vasquez v. United States, 566 U.S. ___ (2012), the Court dismissed certiorari as improvidently granted.
  2. ↑ In First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards, 567 U.S. ___ (2012), the Court dismissed certiorari as improvidently granted.

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