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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thompson v. Hebdon | 589 U.S. ___ (2019) |
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Rotkiske v. Klemm | 589 U.S. ___ (2019) |
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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) |
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Hernandez v. Mesa | 589 U.S. ___ (2020) |
Fourth Amendment • Fifth Amendment • cross-border shooting by federal agent | Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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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 |
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Shular v. United States | 589 U.S. ___ (2020) |
Armed Career Criminal Act • definition of serious drug offense | Unanimous |
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Comcast Corp. v. National Assn. of African-American Owned Media | 589 U.S. ___ (2020) |
Civil Rights Act of 1866 • race as but-for causation |
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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 |
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Ginsburg dissented from the Court's grant of application for stay. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) |
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Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. | 590 U.S. ___ (2020) |
copyright law • government edicts doctrine • copyrightability of annotated legislative code | Breyer |
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United States v. Sineneng-Smith | 590 U.S. ___ (2020) |
party presentation principle • First Amendment • overbreadth doctrine • induced violation for profit of immigration law | Unanimous |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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