2019 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor

The 2019 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2019, and concluded October 4, 2020. This was the eleventh term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on the Court.
Sonia Sotomayor 2019 term statistics 5 Majority or Plurality 8 Concurrence 10 Other 14 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 38 Bench opinions = 22 Opinions relating to orders = 16 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Ginsburg (15) Least joined by: Thomas (2 in full, 1 in part)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
201	Rotkiske v. Klemm	589 U.S. ___ (2019)	Statute of limitations  • Equitable tolling  • Statutory interpretation		Thomas Ginsburg
102	Peter v. NantKwest, Inc.	589 U.S. ___ (2019)	American Rule  • Attorney fees  • Patents	Unanimous
103	CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co.	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	admiralty law  • warranty of safety  • safe-berth clause	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas
404	Kansas v. Glover	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Fourth Amendment  • investigative traffic stop due to revoked license		Thomas Kagan
205	Babb v. Wilkie	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967  • age as factor in federal-sector personnel actions	Ginsburg	Alito Thomas
506	Rhines v. Young	589 U.S. ___ (2019)	state clemency process  • access by defendant's experts
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
407	Peithman v. United States	589 U.S. ___ (2019)	civil forfeiture  • joint and several liability
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
508	Isom v. Arkansas	589 U.S. ___ (2019)
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
509	Schexnayder v. Vannoy	589 U.S. ___ (2019)
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
510	Cottier v. United States	589 U.S. ___ (2019)
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
411	Wolf v. Cook County	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	immigration law  • inadmissibility of those likely to become public charge  • standard for granting stay
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's grant of application for stay.
512	Reed v. Texas	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	actual innocence
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the denial of certiorari.
513	Halprin v. Davis	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Due Process Clause  • racial judicial bias
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the denial of certiorari.
214	Ramos v. Louisiana	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Sixth Amendment  • unanimity of jury verdict		Gorsuch Thomas Kavanaugh Alito
215	Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc.	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	trademark law  • Lanham Act  • award of profits for infringement		Gorsuch Alito
416	Barton v. Barr	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	immigration law  • cancellation of removal eligibility	Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Kavanaugh
117	Maine Community Health Options v. United States	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act  • government obligation to reimburse insurer losses from online exchanges	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Kavanaugh; Thomas, Gorsuch (in part)	Alito
118	Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc.	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	trademark law  • res judicata  • defense preclusion	Unanimous
219	GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Federal Arbitration Act  • New York Convention  • equitable estoppel  • enforcement of arbitration agreement by nonsignatories		Thomas
220	Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act  • Article II  • Appointments Clause		Breyer Thomas
421	Thole v. U. S. Bank N. A.	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974  • Article III  • standing	Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Kavanaugh Thomas
422	United States Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Assn.	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	United States Forest Service authority to grant pipeline right-of-way  • National Trails System Act  • Mineral Leasing Act	Kagan	Thomas
523	Valentine v. Collier	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Eighth Amendment  • COVID-19 pandemic  • Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995  • exhaustion of remedies	Ginsburg
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of application to vacate stay.
524	St. Hubert v. United States	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
325	Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of Univ. of Cal.	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals  • Administrative Procedure Act		Roberts Thomas Alito Kavanaugh
126	Liu v. SEC	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	securities law  • disgorgement as equitable relief	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas
427	Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act  • eligibility for asylum  • habeas corpus  • Article One  • Suspension Clause  • Due Process Clause	Kagan	Alito Thomas Breyer
428	Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	state law prohibition on government aid to religious schools  • First Amendment  • Free Exercise Clause		Roberts Thomas Alito Gorsuch Ginsburg Breyer
229	Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V.	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	trademark law  • eligibility of generic term combined with domain name for protection		Ginsburg Breyer
230	Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc.	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991  • prohibition of robocalls to cell phones  • exception for government debt collection  • First Amendment  • free speech		Kavanaugh Breyer Gorsuch
431	Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	First Amendment  • ministerial exception to employment discrimination claims	Ginsburg	Alito Thomas
432	Barr v. Lee	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty	Ginsburg, Kagan	per curiam Breyer
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's grant of application for stay or vacatur.
533	Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Twenty-sixth Amendment
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of application to vacate stay.
434	Barr v. Purkey	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty	Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan	Breyer
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's grant of application for stay or vacatur.
435	Raysor v. DeSantis	591 U.S. ___ (2020)		Ginsburg, Kagan
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of application to vacate stay.
436	Little v. Reclaim Idaho	591 U.S. ___ (2020)		Ginsburg	Roberts
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's grant of application for stay.
437	Barnes v. Ahlman	591 U.S. ___ (2020)		Ginsburg
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's grant of application for stay.
538	Mitchell v. United States	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of application for stay of execution.

References

• "2019 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
• "2019 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
• "2019 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved September 20, 2020.