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

References

• 2011 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved September 27, 2012.

Further reading

• Liptak, Adam (October 1, 2011), "In New Term, Supreme Court Shifts Focus to Crime and First Amendment", The New York Times.