2016 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The 2016 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2016, and concluded October 1, 2017. This was the twenty-sixth term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2016 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 13 Concurrence 1 Other 11 Dissent 3 Concurrence/dissent Total = 35 Bench opinions = 32 Opinions relating to orders = 3 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Alito (14 in full, 1 in part) Least joined by: Ginsburg (3)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Bosse v. Oklahoma	580 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • victim impact evidence  • opinions of victim's family on sentencing	Alito	per curiam
	Bravo-Fernandez v. United States	580 U.S. ___ (2016)	Double Jeopardy Clause  • issue preclusion		Ginsburg
	Buck v. Davis	580 U.S. ___ (2017)	certificate of appealability  • Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel  • jury consideration of race in imposing death penalty	Alito	Roberts
	Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections	580 U.S. ___ (2017)	consideration of race in legislative redistricting  • Equal Protection Clause  • Voting Rights Act		Kennedy Alito
	Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado	580 U.S. ___ (2017)	Sixth Amendment  • racial bias expressed during jury deliberation  • no-impeachment rule		Kennedy Alito
	Beckles v. United States	580 U.S. ___ (2017)	Federal Sentencing Guidelines  • residual clause  • Due Process Clause  • void for vagueness doctrine	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito	Kennedy Ginsburg Sotomayor
	Leonard v. Texas	580 U.S. ___ (2017)	Due Process Clause  • civil forfeiture
Thomas filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Baston v. United States	580 U.S. ___ (2017)	Foreign Commerce Clause  • restitution award to victim of extraterritorial sex trafficking
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	NLRB v. SW General, Inc	580 U.S. ___ (2017)	Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998		Roberts Sotomayor
	Manuel v. Joliet	580 U.S. ___ (2017)	Fourth Amendment  • unlawful pretrial detention		Kagan Alito
	Star Athletica, L. L. C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc.	580 U.S. ___ (2017)	copyright law  • features incorporated into design of useful articles	Roberts, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Ginsburg Breyer
	Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp.	580 U.S. ___ (2017)	bankruptcy law  • Chapter 11  • Article III standing  • creditor priority in structured dismissal	Alito	Breyer
	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		Ginsburg
	Manrique v. United States	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure  • appeal from amended judgment for restitution	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Kagan	Ginsburg
	Nelson v. Colorado	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • refund of fines, costs, and restitution after reversal of conviction		Ginsburg Alito
	Lewis v. Clarke	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	tribal sovereign immunity  • extraterritorial tribal commercial activity		Sotomayor Ginsburg
	Bank of America Corp. v. Miami	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	Fair Housing Act  • municipality as aggrieved person to bring suit	Kennedy, Alito	Breyer
	Howell v. Howell	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act  • indemnification of post-divorce waiver of military retirement pay  • federal preemption		Breyer
	Kindred Nursing Centers, L. P. v. Clark	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	Federal Arbitration Act  • power of attorney authority to agree to arbitration  • federal preemption		Kagan
	TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	patent law  • venue  • corporate residence	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
	Cooper v. Harris	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • legislative redistricting on the basis of race  • Voting Rights Act		Kagan Alito
	Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions	581 U.S. ___ (2017)	Immigration and Nationality Act  • removal proceedings for aggravated felony conviction  • federal classification of statutory rape	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
	Sandoz Inc v. Amgen Inc.	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009  • patent law  • availability of injunction to enforce biosimilar drug application requirements	Unanimous	Breyer
	Microsoft Corp. v. Baker	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	appealability of denial of class allegations after voluntary dismissal by named plaintiffs	Roberts, Alito	Ginsburg
	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	Alito	Ginsburg
	Ziglar v. Abbasi	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	detentions following the September 11 attacks  • Fifth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • equal protection  • Fourth Amendment  • implied cause of action		Kennedy Breyer
	Matal v. Tam	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	trademark law  • First Amendment  • free speech  • disparaging trademarks		Alito Kennedy
	Weaver v. Massachusetts	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	Sixth Amendment  • public trial violation  • ineffective assistance of counsel  • preservation of error	Gorsuch	Kennedy Alito Breyer
	Jae Lee v. United States	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel  • effect of conviction on immigration status	Alito (in part)	Roberts
	Murr v. Wisconsin	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	Fourteenth Amendment  • regulatory taking  • treatment of separate parcels under common ownership		Kennedy Roberts
	Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	First Amendment  • Free Exercise Clause  • Establishment Clause  • eligibility of religious organization for government grant	Gorsuch	Roberts Breyer Gorsuch Sotomayor
	Davila v. Davis	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel  • procedural default  • failure of habeas counsel to raise failure by appellate counsel	Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Gorsuch	Breyer
	Hernandez v. Mesa	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	Fourth Amendment  • cross-border shooting of foreign national by federal law enforcement  • implied right of action		per curiam Breyer
	Trump. v. International Refugee Assistance Project	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	First Amendment  • Free Exercise Clause  • Executive Order 13780	Alito, Gorsuch	per curiam
	Peruta v. California	582 U.S. ___ (2017)	Second Amendment  • gun laws in California  • public carrying of firearms	Gorsuch
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.

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.