2019 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The 2019 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2019, and concluded October 4, 2020. This was the twenty-seventh and final term of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's tenure on the Court; Ginsburg died on September 18, 2020.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2019 term statistics 6 Majority or Plurality 1 Concurrence 1 Other 7 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 15 Bench opinions = 15 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 3 Most joined by: Kagan (10) Least joined by: Alito (4 in full, 1 in part)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Thompson v. Hebdon	589 U.S. ___ (2019)			per curiam
Ginsburg filed a statement regarding the Court's per curiam opinion granting certiorari, vacating the judgment of the Court of Appeals, and remanding the case.
	Rotkiske v. Klemm	589 U.S. ___ (2019)			Thomas Sotomayor
	Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC	589 U.S. ___ (2020)		Unanimous
	Monasky v. Taglieri	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	International Child Abduction Remedies Act  • habitual residence of child	Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh; Thomas (in part)	Thomas Alito
	Hernandez v. Mesa	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Fourth Amendment  • Fifth Amendment  • cross-border shooting by federal agent	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito Thomas
	McKinney v. Arizona	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • Sixth Amendment  • right to jury determination of facts  • reweighing of aggravating and mitigating circumstances by appellate court  • retroactivity of constitutional rules on collateral or direct reviews	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Kavanaugh
	Shular v. United States	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • definition of serious drug offense	Unanimous	Kavanaugh
	Comcast Corp. v. National Assn. of African-American Owned Media	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	Civil Rights Act of 1866  • race as but-for causation		Gorsuch
	Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee	589 U.S. ___ (2020)	2019–20 coronavirus pandemic  • extension of absentee ballot deadlines due to public health crisis	Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	per curiam
	Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	patent law  • inter partes review	Roberts, Breyer, Kagan, Kavanaugh; Thomas, Alito (in part)	Gorsuch
	Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	copyright law  • government edicts doctrine  • copyrightability of annotated legislative code	Breyer	Roberts Thomas
	United States v. Sineneng-Smith	590 U.S. ___ (2020)	party presentation principle  • First Amendment  • overbreadth doctrine  • induced violation for profit of immigration law	Unanimous	Thomas
	Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	state law prohibition on government aid to religious schools  • First Amendment  • Free Exercise Clause	Kagan	Roberts Thomas Alito Gorsuch Breyer Sotomayor
	Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V.	591 U.S. ___ (2020)	trademark law  • eligibility of generic term combined with domain name for protection	Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Sotomayor Breyer
	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	Sotomayor	Thomas Alito Kagan

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.