2016 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The 2016 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2016, and concluded October 1, 2017. This was the twenty-fourth term of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's tenure on the Court.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2016 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 5 Concurrence 0 Other 2 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 17 Bench opinions = 17 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan (9) Least joined by: Gorsuch (1)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
101	Bravo-Fernandez v. United States	580 U.S. 5 (2016)	Double Jeopardy Clause  • issue preclusion	Unanimous	Thomas
202	White v. Pauly	580 U.S. 81 (2017)	Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution  • qualified immunity		per curiam
203	Beckles v. United States	580 U.S. 897 (2017)	Federal Sentencing Guidelines  • residual clause  • Due Process Clause  • void for vagueness doctrine		Thomas Kennedy Sotomayor
204	Star Athletica, L. L. C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc.	580 U.S. 1019 (2017)	copyright law  • features incorporated into design of useful articles		Thomas Breyer
105	Moore v. Texas	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • determination of intellectual disability	Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts
306	McLane Co. v. EEOC	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	EEOC subpoenas  • standard of review of district court order to quash		Sotomayor
107	Coventry Health Care of Mo., Inc. v. Nevils	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959  • state law prohibition of insurance carrier subrogation and reimbursement  • federal preemption	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas
408	Manrique v. United States	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure  • appeal from amended judgment for restitution	Sotomayor	Thomas
109	Nelson v. Colorado	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • refund of fines, costs, and restitution after reversal of conviction	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito Thomas
210	Lewis v. Clarke	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	tribal sovereign immunity  • lawsuit against tribal employee as individual		Sotomayor Thomas
311	Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark Int'l, Inc.	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	patent law  • patent exhaustion  • parallel imports		Roberts
112	BNSF R. Co. v. Tyrrell	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	Federal Employers' Liability Act  • personal jurisdiction over railroads  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch	Sotomayor
113	Microsoft Corp. v. Baker	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	appealability of denial of class allegations after voluntary dismissal by named plaintiffs	Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas
114	Sessions v. Morales-Santana	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	Immigration and Nationality Act  • Fifth Amendment  • equal protection  • citizenship based on physical presence in U.S. of unwed mother or father prior to birth	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas
215	Virginia v. LeBlanc	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	geriatric release of juvenile offenders  • Eighth Amendment  • cruel and unusual punishment  • sentencing of juveniles to life imprisonment for nonhomicide crimes		per curiam
116	Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	Civil Service Reform Act of 1978  • employment discrimination  • review of dismissal by Merit Systems Protection Board	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Gorsuch
417	California Public Employees' Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc.	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	securities fraud  • Securities Act of 1933  • underwriter liability  • statute of limitations	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Kennedy

References

• "2016 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
• "2016 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
• "2016 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved July 16, 2017.