2018 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The 2018 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2018, and concluded October 6, 2019. This was the twenty-eighth term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2018 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 17 Concurrence 0 Other 8 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 34 Bench opinions = 28 Opinions relating to orders = 6 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 4 Most joined by: Gorsuch (14 in full, 1 in part) Least joined by: Sotomayor (5)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Reynolds v. Florida	586 U.S. ___ (2018)	Eighth Amendment  • capital punishment  • jury instructions		Breyer Sotomayor
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Gee v. Planned Parenthood of Gulf Coast, Inc.	586 U.S. ___ (2018)	private right of action to challenge State determination of qualified Medicaid providers  • defunding of Planned Parenthood	Alito, Gorsuch
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Culbertson v. Berryhill	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Social Security Act  • cap on claimant attorney fees	Unanimous
	Stokeling v. United States	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • definition of "physical force"	Breyer, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Sotomayor
	Helsinn Healthcare S. A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	patent law  • Leahy-Smith America Invents Act  • invalidation of patent under "on sale" provision	Unanimous
	McKee v. Cosby	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • free speech  • defamation
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Timbs v. Indiana	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Eighth Amendment  • excessive fines  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • Incorporation Doctrine  • Privileges and Immunities Clause  • civil forfeiture		Ginsburg Gorsuch
	Garza v. Idaho	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Sixth Amendment  • ineffective assistance of counsel  • failure to file notice of appeal  • waiver of right to appeal	Gorsuch; Alito (in part)	Sotomayor
	Nielsen v. Preap	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996  • detention of aliens without bond for commission of certain crimes  • Article III	Gorsuch	Alito Kavanaugh Breyer
	Frank v. Gaos	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Stored Communications Act  • Article III  • standing  • class certification  • cy pres		per curiam
	Republic of Sudan v. Harrison	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976  • service on foreign state		Alito
	Lorenzo v. SEC	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	securities fraud  • SEC Rule 10b-5  • dissemination of false or misleading statements	Gorsuch	Breyer
	Bucklew v. Precythe	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • challenges to method of execution		Gorsuch Kavanaugh Breyer Sotomayor
	Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Federal Arbitration Act  • contractual agreement to class action arbitration		Roberts Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor Kagan
	Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	sovereign immunity  • private suits against states in courts of other states	Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Breyer
	Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	False Claims Act  • statute of limitations	Unanimous
	Price v. Dunn	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • challenges to method of execution	Alito, Gorsuch
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	FDA approval of pharmaceutical labeling  • preemption of state failure-to-warn law		Breyer Alito
	Daniel v. United States	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Federal Tort Claims Act  • right of military personnel to sue government for federal employee negligence
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Nieves v. Bartlett	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • free speech  • retaliatory arrest  • Fourth Amendment  • probable cause		Roberts Ginsburg Gorsuch Sotomayor
	Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	removal jurisdiction  • Class Action Fairness Act of 2005  • third-party counterclaims	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito
	Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc.	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	abortion rights  • eugenics		per curiam Ginsburg
	Mont v. United States	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	tolling of supervised release for new imprisonment  • Sentencing Reform Act of 1984	Roberts, Ginsburg, Alito, Kavanaugh	Sotomayor
	Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act  • applicability of state law to Outer Continental Shelf  • Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938  • minimum wage	Unanimous
	Quarles v. United States	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • remaining-in burglary as violent felony		Kavanaugh
	Gamble v. United States	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fifth Amendment  • Double Jeopardy Clause  • dual sovereignty doctrine  • stare decisis		Alito Ginsburg Gorsuch
	PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic, Inc.	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991  • unsolicited advertisement by fax  • Administrative Orders Review Act	Gorsuch	Breyer Kavanaugh
	American Legion v. American Humanist Assn.	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • Establishment Clause  • cross as public war memorial  • Incorporation doctrine		Alito Breyer Kagan Gorsuch Kavanaugh Ginsburg
	McDonough v. Smith	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Section 1983  • prosecution based on false evidence  • statute of limitations	Kagan, Gorsuch	Sotomayor
	Knick v. Township of Scott	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fifth Amendment  • Takings Clause  • state court exhaustion of remedies		Roberts Kagan
	Flowers v. Mississippi	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	jury selection  • racially motivated peremptory strike	Gorsuch (in part)	Kavanaugh Alito
	Department of Commerce v. New York	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	addition of citizenship question to 2020 United States Census  • Article I  • Enumeration Clause  • Administrative Procedures Act  • Article III  • standing	Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Roberts Breyer Alito
	Mitchell v. Wisconsin	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fourth Amendment  • blood alcohol test taken from unconscious driver  • exigent circumstances		Alito Sotomayor Gorsuch
	Harris v. West Alabama Women’s Center	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	abortion rights
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.

References

• 2018 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 7, 2019.
• 2018 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 7, 2019.
• 2018 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 7, 2019.