2013 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The 2013 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2013, and concluded October 5, 2014. This was the twenty-third term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2013 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 7 Concurrence 0 Other 1 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 15 Bench opinions = 15 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 6 Most joined by: Scalia, Alito (9 in full, 1 in part) Least joined by: Sotomayor, Kagan (6)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.	571 U.S. ___ (2013)	ERISA  • contractual limitations periods	Unanimous
	Walden v. Fiore	571 U.S. ___ (2014)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • personal jurisdiction  • minimum contacts	Unanimous
	Fernandez v. California	571 U.S. ___ (2014)	Fourth Amendment  • warrantless searches  • consent of co-occupant to search		Alito Scalia Ginsburg
	Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice	571 U.S. ___ (2014)	Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998  • preclusion of state-law class actions  • connection between misrepresentation and sale of security		Breyer Kennedy
	Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction  • equitable tolling	Unanimous	Alito
	McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	First Amendment  • campaign finance reform  • Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971  • Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002  • aggregate campaign contribution limits		Roberts Breyer
	Prado Navarette v. California	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	Fourth Amendment  • reasonable suspicion  • traffic stop  • anonymous report of criminal activity	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito	Scalia
	Town of Greece v. Galloway	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	First Amendment  • Establishment Clause  • legislative prayer	Scalia (in part)	Kennedy Alito Breyer Kagan
	Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	Indian Gaming Regulatory Act  • tribal sovereign immunity	Scalia, Ginsburg, Alito	Kagan Sotomayor Scalia Ginsburg
	Bond v. United States	572 U.S. ___ (2014)	Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998	Scalia; Alito (in part)	Roberts Scalia Alito
	Executive Benefits Ins. Agency v. Arkison	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984  • bankruptcy court authority to adjudicate claims	Unanimous
	Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	Article Three standing  • First Amendment  • free speech  • criminal penalty for false statements during political campaign	Unanimous
	Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	patent law  • ineligibility of claims directed to an abstract idea	Unanimous	Sotomayor
	Lane v. Franks	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	First Amendment  • free speech  • speech by government employees  • retaliation for sworn testimony given outside scope of employment	Scalia, Alito	Sotomayor
	Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.	573 U.S. ___ (2014)	Securities Exchange Act of 1934  • SEC Rule 10b-5  • rebuttable presumption of reliance on material misrepresentation  • class certification	Scalia, Alito	Roberts Ginsburg

References

• 2013 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2014.
• 2013 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2014.
• 2013 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 6, 2014.