2019 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The 2019 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2019, and concluded October 4, 2020. This was the twenty-ninth term of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas's tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2019 term statistics 5 Majority or Plurality 14 Concurrence 0 Other 20 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 41 Bench opinions = 31 Opinions relating to orders = 10 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: Gorsuch (15 in full, 1 in part) Least joined by: Sotomayor (2)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Rotkiske v. Klemm	589 U.S. ___ (2019)		Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Sotomayor Ginsburg
	Monasky v. Taglieri	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	International Child Abduction Remedies Act  • habitual residence of child		Ginsburg Alito
	Hernandez v. Mesa	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Fourth Amendment  • Fifth Amendment  • cross-border shooting by federal agent	Gorsuch	Alito Ginsburg
	Kansas v. Garcia	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986  • fraudulent employee documents  • federal preemption	Gorsuch	Alito Breyer
	Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Immigration and Nationality Act  • judicial review of removal proceedings  • statute of limitations	Alito (in part)	Breyer
	Allen v. Cooper	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	copyright law  • Intellectual Property Clause  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990  • state sovereign immunity from infringement claims		Kagan Breyer
	CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co.	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	admiralty law  • warranty of safety  • safe-berth clause	Alito	Sotomayor
	Kansas v. Glover	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Fourth Amendment  • investigative traffic stop due to revoked license	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Kagan Sotomayor
	Babb v. Wilkie	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967  • age as factor in federal-sector personnel actions		Alito Sotomayor
	Lipschultz v. Charter Advanced Services	589 U.S. ___ (2019)	state regulation of voice over IP  • federal preemption  • Article VI  • Supremacy Clause	Gorsuch
Thomas concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Arizona v. California	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Article III  • original jurisdiction	Alito
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of the State of Arizona's motion for leave to file a complaint against California.
	Baldwin v. United States	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	administrative law  • Chevron deference  • Article III  • Administrative Procedure Act
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	VF Jeanswear LP v. EEOC	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Civil Rights Act of 1964  • Title VII  • investigative power of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after lawsuit filed
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Ramos v. Louisiana	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Sixth Amendment  • unanimity of jury verdict  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Privileges and Immunities Clause		Gorsuch Sotomayor Kavanaugh Alito
	County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Clean Water Act  • pollutant discharge without permit into navigable waters	Gorsuch	Breyer Kavanaugh Alito
	Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	copyright law  • government edicts doctrine  • copyrightability of annotated legislative code	Alito; Breyer (in part)	Roberts Ginsburg
	United States v. Sineneng-Smith	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	First Amendment  • overbreadth doctrine		Ginsburg
	GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Federal Arbitration Act  • New York Convention  • equitable estoppel  • enforcement of arbitration agreement by nonsignatories	Unanimous	Sotomayor
	Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act  • Article II  • Appointments Clause		Breyer Sotomayor
	Thole v. U. S. Bank N. A.	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974  • Article III  • standing	Gorsuch	Kavanaugh Sotomayor
	Nasrallah v. Barr	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	immigration law  • Convention Against Torture  • judicial review of factual challenges to removal order	Alito	Kavanaugh
	United States Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Assn.	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	United States Forest Service authority to grant pipeline right-of-way  • National Trails System Act  • Mineral Leasing Act	Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh; Ginsburg (in part)	Sotomayor
	Robinson v. Department of Education	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Fair Credit Reporting Act  • sovereign immunity	Kavanaugh
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Wexford Health v. Garrett	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995  • exhaustion of remedies  • postrelease amended complaint
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Jarchow v. State Bar of Wis.	590 U.S. ___ (2020)		Gorsuch
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Rogers v. Grewal	590 U.S. ___ (2020)		Kavanaugh (in part)
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Baxter v. Bracey	590 U.S. ___ (2020)
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of Univ. of Cal.	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals  • Administrative Procedure Act	Alito, Gorsuch	Roberts Alito Sotomayor Kavanaugh
	Liu v. SEC	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	securities law  • disgorgement as equitable relief		Sotomayor
	Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act  • eligibility for asylum  • habeas corpus  • Article One  • Suspension Clause  • Due Process Clause		Alito Breyer Sotomayor
	Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act  • limitations on removal of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director  • Article Two  • separation of powers	Gorsuch	Roberts Kagan
	June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	abortion laws  • requirement that abortion clinic doctors have hospital admitting privileges  • Fourteenth Amendment  • stare decisis  • third-party standing		Breyer Roberts Alito Gorsuch Kavanaugh
	Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003  • policy statements against prostitution and sex trafficking as requirement for funding  • First Amendment  • free speech  • speech by foreign affiliates of U.S. organizations		Kavanaugh Breyer
	Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	state law prohibition on government aid to religious schools  • First Amendment  • Free Exercise Clause  • Establishment Clause	Gorsuch	Roberts Alito Gorsuch Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor
	Chiafalo v. Washington	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Article II  • Electoral College  • state law penalty for faithless electors  • Twelfth Amendment  • Tenth Amendment	Gorsuch (in part)	Kagan
	Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010  • religious and moral exemptions from contraceptive mandate  • Administrative Procedure Act  • Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993	Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Alito Kagan Ginsburg
	Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	First Amendment  • ministerial exception to employment discrimination claims	Gorsuch	Alito Sotomayor
	Trump v. Vance	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Article II  • Supremacy Clause  • issuance of state criminal subpoena to sitting president		Roberts Kavanaugh Alito
	Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	issuance of congressional subpoena to sitting president  • separation of powers		Roberts Alito
	McGirt v. Oklahoma	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	Major Crimes Act  • status of Creek Reservation  • Oklahoma Enabling Act		Gorsuch Roberts
	Kansas v. Boettger	591 U.S. ___ (2020)
Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.

References

• 2019 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved September 19, 2020.
• 2019 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved September 19, 2020.
• 2019 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved September 19, 2020.