2014 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia

The 2014 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2014, and concluded October 4, 2015. This was the twenty-ninth term of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's tenure on the Court.
Antonin Scalia 2014 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 4 Concurrence 1 Other 14 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 30 Bench opinions = 28 Opinions relating to orders = 2 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Thomas (16 in full, 2 in part) Least joined by: Sotomayor (6)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Jones v. United States	574 U.S. ___ (2014)	Sixth Amendment  • right to jury trial  • sentencing based on judicial fact-finding	Thomas, Ginsburg
Scalia dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Whitman v. United States	574 U.S. ___ (2014)	Securities Exchange Act of 1934  • deference to agency interpretation of statutes  • rule of lenity	Thomas
Scalia filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens	574 U.S. ___ (2014)	jurisdiction over denial of appeal	Kennedy, Kagan; Thomas (in part)	Ginsburg Thomas
	Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.	574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Truth in Lending Act  • rescission by borrower	Unanimous
	Whitfield v. United States	574 U.S. ___ (2015)	federal criminal law  • enhanced sentencing penalty for forced accompaniment during bank robbery	Unanimous
	Jennings v. Stephens	574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure  • defense of judgment on alternative grounds	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas
	Kansas v. Nebraska	574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Republican River Compact		Kagan Roberts Thomas
	Alabama Dept. of Revenue v. CSX Transp., Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	discriminatory taxation of rail carrier	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas
	Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Administrative Procedure Act  • exclusion of interpretive rules from notice-and-comment requirements  • deference to agency interpretation of ambiguous regulations		Sotomayor Thomas Alito
	Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers Dist. Council Constr. Industry Pension Fund	574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Securities Act of 1933  • opinions in registration statement later proved incorrect		Kagan Thomas
	Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Pregnancy Discrimination Act  • disparate treatment claim	Kennedy, Thomas	Breyer Alito Kennedy
	Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • redistricting  • racial gerrymandering  • Voting Rights Act of 1965	Roberts, Thomas, Alito	Breyer Thomas
	Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Medicaid  • Supremacy Clause  • implied right of action	Roberts, Thomas, Alito; Breyer (in part)	Breyer Sotomayor
	Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Natural Gas Act  • federal preemption of state antitrust laws	Roberts	Breyer Thomas
	Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	First Amendment  • freedom of speech  • ban on personal solicitation of campaign funds by judicial candidates	Thomas	Roberts Ginsburg Breyer Kennedy Alito
	Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	state credit for income tax paid to other states  • Dormant Commerce Clause  • internal consistency test	Thomas (in part)	Alito Thomas Ginsburg
	City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990  • obligation to provide accommodations to mentally ill arrestee  • improvidently granted certiorari	Kagan	Alito
	Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	patent law  • induced infringement  • belief in patent invalidity as defense	Roberts	Kennedy
	EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Title VII  • refusal to hire applicant because of religious practices  • disparate treatment  • failure to accommodate	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito Thomas
	Zivotofsky v. Kerry	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	diplomatic recognition  • separation of powers  • Article Two  • U.S. position on status of Jerusalem  • Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003  • passport designation of births in Jerusalem	Roberts, Alito	Kennedy Breyer Thomas Roberts
	Kerry v. Din	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Immigration and Nationality Act  • exclusion of alien for terrorist activities  • denial of spouse's visa  • Due Process Clause  • substantive due process  • liberty interest in marriage	Roberts, Thomas	Kennedy Breyer
	Ohio v. Clark	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Sixth Amendment  • Confrontation Clause  • admissibility of statements by child abuse victim to teacher  • mandatory reporting obligations	Ginsburg	Alito Thomas
	Kingsley v. Hendrickson	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • excessive force against pretrial detainee	Roberts, Thomas	Breyer Alito
	Los Angeles v. Patel	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Fourth Amendment  • mandated hotel guest record keeping and inspection  • facial challenge	Roberts, Thomas	Sotomayor Alito
	King v. Burwell	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act  • federally established health care exchanges  • federal tax credit subsidies for individual purchase of health insurance	Thomas, Alito	Roberts
	Johnson v. United States	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • residual clause  • Fifth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • void for vagueness	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Kennedy Thomas Alito
	Obergefell v. Hodges	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	same-sex marriage  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • Equal Protection Clause	Thomas	Kennedy Roberts Thomas Alito
	Michigan v. EPA	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Clean Air Act  • regulation of power plant emissions  • relevance of cost to decision to regulate	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito	Thomas Kagan
	Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Elections Clause  • legislative redistricting  • Arizona Proposition 106 (2000)  • gerrymandering  • Article III  • standing of legislature to bring suit	Thomas	Ginsburg Roberts Thomas
	Glossip v. Gross	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • use of midazolam in lethal injection	Thomas	Alito Thomas Breyer Sotomayor

References

• 2014 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 5, 2015.
• 2014 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 5, 2015.
• 2014 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 5, 2015.