2018 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Neil Gorsuch

The 2018 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2018, and concluded October 6, 2019. This was the third term of Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch's tenure on the Court.
Neil Gorsuch 2018 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 4 Concurrence 0 Other 11 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 25 Bench opinions = 22 Opinions relating to orders = 3 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Thomas (14) Least joined by: Breyer (3)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	In Re Department of Commerce	586 U.S. ___ (2018)	2020 United States Census  • citizenship question	Thomas
Gorsuch concurred in part and dissented in part from the Court's partial grant of an application for a stay.
	Stuart v. Alabama	586 U.S. ___ (2018)	Sixth Amendment  • Confrontation Clause  • cross-examination of forensic expert	Sotomayor
Gorsuch dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Hester v. United States	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Sixth Amendment  • right to determination by jury of facts supporting restitution order	Sotomayor	Alito
Gorsuch dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Federal Arbitration Act  • exclusion of contracts of employment for certain transportation workers	Roberts, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Ginsburg
	Timbs v. Indiana	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Eighth Amendment  • excessive fines  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • Incorporation Doctrine  • civil forfeiture		Ginsburg Thomas
	Dawson v. Steager	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	intergovernmental tax immunity doctrine  • exemption of select state employee pensions from tax applied to federal employee pensions	Unanimous
	BNSF R. Co. v. Loos	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Federal Employers' Liability Act  • Railroad Retirement Tax Act  • tax status of damages for lost wages due to injury	Thomas	Ginsburg
	Washington State Dept. of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc.	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Yakama Nation Treaty of 1855  • state taxation of fuel importers	Ginsburg	Breyer Roberts Kavanaugh
	Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	maritime law  • product liability  • manufacturer duty to warn	Thomas, Alito	Kavanaugh
	Biestek v. Berryhill	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Social Security Administration claims process  • effect of expert denying data request on evidentiary value of testimony	Ginsburg	Kagan Sotomayor
	Bucklew v. Precythe	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • challenges to method of execution	Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh	Thomas Kavanaugh Breyer Sotomayor
	Apple, Inc. v. Pepper	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	antitrust law  • monopolization of mobile app market  • directness of purchase	Roberts, Thomas, Alito	Kavanaugh
	Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	bankruptcy law  • Chapter 11  • debtor rejection of executory contract		Kagan Sotomayor
	Nieves v. Bartlett	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • free speech  • retaliatory arrest  • Fourth Amendment  • probable cause		Roberts Thomas Ginsburg Sotomayor
	Azar v. Allina Health Services	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Medicare Act  • notice-and-comment rulemaking requirement	Roberts, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Breyer
	Gamble v. United States	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fifth Amendment  • Double Jeopardy Clause  • dual sovereignty doctrine		Alito Thomas Ginsburg
	Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Atomic Energy Act  • federal preemption of state uranium mining laws	Thomas, Kavanaugh	Ginsburg Roberts
	American Legion v. American Humanist Assn.	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • Establishment Clause  • cross as public war memorial	Thomas	Alito Thomas Breyer Kagan Kavanaugh Ginsburg
	Gundy v. United States	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act  • authority of Attorney General to determine pre-act offender registration requirements  • Article I  • nondelegation doctrine	Roberts, Thomas	Kagan Alito
	Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Freedom of Information Act  • confidential commercial information exemption	Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Kagan, Kavanaugh	Breyer
	United States v. Davis	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	federal criminal law  • sentence enhancement for use of firearm during crime of violence  • vagueness doctrine	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Kavanaugh
	Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Article I  • Commerce Clause  • residency requirement for retail liquor store license  • Twenty-first Amendment	Thomas	Alito
	Kisor v. Wilkie	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	administrative law  • deference to agency interpretation of ambiguous regulation  • Administrative Procedures Act  • Article III  • stare decisis	Thomas; Alito, Kavanaugh (in part)	Kagan Roberts Kavanaugh
	United States v. Haymond	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fifth Amendment  • Sixth Amendment  • right to jury trial  • mandatory minimum sentence for possession of child pornography  • judicial finding of fact	Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Breyer Alito
	Mitchell v. Wisconsin	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fourth Amendment  • blood alcohol test taken from unconscious driver  • exigent circumstances		Alito Thomas Sotomayor

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.