Supreme Court cases, October term 2021-2022
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Chief: John Roberts |
Active: Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas |
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the country and leads the judicial branch of the federal government. It is often referred to by the acronym SCOTUS.[1]
The Supreme Court began hearing cases for the term on October 4, 2021. The court's yearly term begins on the first Monday in October and lasts until the first Monday in October the following year. The court generally releases the majority of its decisions in mid-June.[2]
On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden (D) announced he would nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the departure of Justice Stephen Breyer.[3] She was confirmed by the Senate in a 53-47 vote on April 7, 2022.[4] Justice Breyer retired on June 30, 2022, and Justice Jackson took her oath of office on the same day.[5][6] Click here to read more.
See the sections below for additional information on the October 2021 term of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Cases by circuit: This section lists the cases being heard by court of origination (e.g., federal appellate courts, federal district courts, state courts, etc.).
- Cases by sitting: This section lists the cases being heard by date of oral argument.
- Cases by date of opinion: This section lists the cases by the date the court released an opinion.
- Noteworthy court announcements: This section provides details on noteworthy court announcements and emergency appeals.
- Term data: This section provides information on the cases SCOTUS decided, including case names, decisions, vote totals, opinion authors, and courts of origination. It also includes information on SCOTUS case reversal rates.
- Case history: This section provides information on previous SCOTUS terms.
The court agreed to hear 68 cases during its 2021-2022 term.[7] Four cases were dismissed and one case was removed from the argument calendar.[8]
The court issued decisions in 66 cases during its 2021-2022 term. Three cases were decided without argument. Between 2007 and 2021, SCOTUS released opinions in 1,128 cases, averaging 75 cases per year.
Cases by circuit
Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution establishes the court's jurisdiction. The court has original jurisdiction—when it is the first and only to hear a case—and appellate jurisdiction—when it reviews the decisions of lower courts.[9]
Parties petition SCOTUS to hear a case if they are not satisfied with a lower court's decision. The parties petition the court to grant a writ of certiorari. A writ of certiorari is an "order issued by the U.S. Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case it will hear on appeal."[9][10]
Circuits
1st Circuit
- United States v. Vaello-Madero
- United States v. Tsarnaev
- Carson v. Makin
- Concepcion v. United States
- Shurtleff v. City of Boston
2nd Circuit
- Department of Homeland Security v. New York
- Thompson v. Clark
- New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen
- Golan v. Saada
3rd Circuit
4th Circuit
- American Medical Association v. Cochran (Consolidated with Cochran v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and Oregon v. Cochran)
- United States v. Taylor
- Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
- Siegel v. Fitzgerald
5th Circuit
- Houston Community College System v. Wilson
- Badgerow v. Walters
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
- City of Austin, Texas v. Reagan National Advertising of Texas, Inc.
- Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.
- Ramirez v. Collier
- Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas
- Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson
- United States v. Texas
- Biden v. Texas
6th Circuit
- Wooden v. United States
- Babcock v. Kijakazi
- Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, P.S.C.
- Brown v. Davenport
- Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita, Inc.
- Shoop v. Twyford
- National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor
7th Circuit
- Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC
- Hughes v. Northwestern University
- Southwest Airlines v. Saxon
- LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
8th Circuit
- Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- Morgan v. Sundance, Inc.
- Biden v. Missouri
9th Circuit
- United States v. Zubaydah
- Shinn v. Ramirez
- Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, LP
- Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga
- Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation
- CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Doe
- Garland v. Gonzalez
- Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation
- Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco, California
- Egbert v. Boule
- United States v. Washington
- Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
- Vega v. Tekoh
10th Circuit
11th Circuit
- Patel v. Garland
- Gallardo v. Marstiller
- Ruan v. United States (Consolidated with Kahn v. United States)
- Kemp v. United States
- Nance v. Ward
D.C. Circuit
- American Hospital Association v. Becerra
- West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (Consolidated with North American Coal Corporation v. Environmental Protection Agency, Westmoreland Mining Holdings v. Environmental Protection Agency, and North Dakota v. Environmental Protection Agency)
Federal Circuit
Armed Forces
- No cases originating from this circuit have yet been announced.
State and district courts
- Hemphill v. New York
- Pivotal Software, Inc. v. Tran
- Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate
- ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd. (Consolidated with AlixPartners, LLC v. Fund for Protection of Investor Rights in Foreign States)
- Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety
- Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana
- Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta
Original jurisdiction
Where are the cases coming from?
Geographic boundaries
Select a region to learn more about its court of appeals.
Cases by sitting
SCOTUS' term is divided into sittings, when the justices hear cases.[11]
Cases removed from argument calendar
- American Medical Association v. Cochran (Consolidated with Oregon v. Cochran and Cochran v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore)
- Department of Homeland Security v. New York
- Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC
- Pivotal Software, Inc. v. Tran
- CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Doe
Cases by date of opinion
October
October 18, 2021
- Rivas-Villegas v. Cortesluna (Decided without argument)
- City of Tahlequah, Oklahoma v. Bond (Decided without argument)
November
November 22, 2021
December
December 10, 2021
January
January 13, 2022
- Babcock v. Kijakazi
- National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor
- Biden v. Missouri
January 20, 2022
January 24, 2022
February
February 24, 2022
March
March 3, 2022
March 4, 2022
March 7, 2022
March 23, 2022
- Wisconsin Legislature v. Wisconsin Elections Commission (Decided without argument)
March 24, 2022
March 31, 2022
April
April 4, 2022
April 21, 2022
- City of Austin, Texas v. Reagan National Advertising of Texas, Inc.
- Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation
- Brown v. Davenport
- United States v. Vaello-Madero
- Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
April 28, 2022
May
May 2, 2022
May 16, 2022
May 23, 2022
June
June 6, 2022
June 8, 2022
June 13, 2022
- Denezpi v. United States
- Garland v. Gonzalez
- Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez
- Kemp v. United States
- ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd.
June 15, 2022
- Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco, California
- George v. McDonough
- American Hospital Association v. Becerra
- Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas
- Golan v. Saada
- Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana
June 21, 2022
- Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita, Inc.
- United States v. Taylor
- United States v. Washington
- Shoop v. Twyford
- Carson v. Makin
June 23, 2022
- Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
- Nance v. Ward
- Vega v. Tekoh
- New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen
June 24, 2022
June 27, 2022
June 29, 2022
June 30, 2022
- West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (Consolidated with North American Coal Corporation v. Environmental Protection Agency, Westmoreland Mining Holdings v. Environmental Protection Agency, and North Dakota v. Environmental Protection Agency)
- Biden v. Texas
Noteworthy court announcements
Term data
2021-2022 term data
The 2021-2022 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began on October 4, 2021. The following table provides data on the decisions the court issued during the 2021-2022 term.
SCOTUS case reversal rates
From 2007 to the most recently completed term, the Supreme Court of the United States released opinions in 1,188 cases, averaging 74.3 cases per year. During that period, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision 847 times (71.3 percent) and affirmed a lower court decision 332 times (27.9 percent). The vast majority of cases heard by the high court originate in a lower court, such as the 13 appellate circuit courts, state-level courts, and federal district courts. Between 2007 and 2021, the high court decided more cases originating from the Ninth Circuit (233) than from any other circuit.
For more historical term data, click here.
Active justices
- See also: Supreme Court of the United States
Judge | Born | Home | Appointed by | Active | Preceeded | Law school | |
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Associate justice Samuel Alito | April 1, 1950 | Trenton, N.J. | W. Bush | January 31, 2006 - Present | Sandra Day O'Connor | Yale Law School, 1975 | |
Chief justice John Roberts | January 27, 1955 | Buffalo, N.Y. | W. Bush | September 29, 2005 - Present | William Rehnquist | Harvard Law, 1979 | |
Associate justice Clarence Thomas | June 23, 1948 | Savannah, Ga. | H.W. Bush | July 1, 1991 - Present | Thurgood Marshall | Yale Law School, 1974 | |
Associate justice Stephen Breyer | August 15, 1938 | San Francisco, Calif. | Clinton | August 3, 1994 - Present | Harry Blackmun | Harvard Law School, 1964 | |
Associate justice Elena Kagan | April 28, 1960 | New York, N.Y. | Obama | August 7, 2010 - Present | John Paul Stevens | Harvard Law School, J.D., 1986 | |
Associate justice Sonia Sotomayor | June 25, 1954 | New York, N.Y. | Obama | August 6, 2009 - Present | David Souter | Yale Law School, 1979 | |
Associate justice Neil Gorsuch | August 29, 1967 | Denver, Colo. | Trump | April 10, 2017 - Present | Antonin Scalia | Harvard Law School, 1991 | |
Associate justice Brett Kavanaugh | February 12, 1965 | Washington, D.C. | Trump | October 6, 2018 - Present | Anthony Kennedy | Yale Law School, 1990 | |
Associate justice Amy Coney Barrett | 1972 | New Orleans, La. | Trump | October 26, 2020 - Present | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Notre Dame Law School, 1997 |
Case history
2020-2021 term
In the 2020-2021 term, SCOTUS agreed to consider 62 cases. Click here for more information.
2019-2020 term
In the 2019-2020 term, the court agreed to consider 74 cases. Click here for more information.
2018-2019 term
In the 2018-2019 term, SCOTUS agreed to consider 75 cases. The court heard oral argument in 72 cases and decided three cases without argument. Click here for more information.
2017-2018 term
In the 2017-2018 term, SCOTUS agreed to hear 71 cases. Ultimately, the justices heard argument in 69 of those cases. Click here for more information.
2016-2017 term
In the 2016-2017 term, SCOTUS agreed to hear 71 cases. Click here for more information.
The court delivered 61 opinions.
- Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Breyer, Ginsburg, and Kennedy, wrote the most opinions—eight each.
- Justices Alito, Kagan, Sotomayor, and Thomas each wrote seven opinions.
- Justice Gorsuch wrote one opinion.
The court delivered eight per curiam opinions.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The New York Times, "On Language; Potus and Flotus," October 12, 1997
- ↑ SupremeCourt.gov, "The Supreme Court at Work: The Term and Caseload," accessed February 4, 2021
- ↑ White House, "President Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Serve as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court," February 25, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "PN1783 — Ketanji Brown Jackson — Supreme Court of the United States," accessed April 7, 2022
- ↑ United States Supreme Court, "Letter to President," January 27, 2022
- ↑ YouTube, "President Biden Delivers Remarks on the Retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer," January 27, 2022
- ↑ Consolidated cases are counted as one case for purposes of this number.
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Order List: 593 U.S.," May 17, 2021
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Administrative Office of the United States Courts, "Supreme Court Procedures," accessed February 4, 2021
- ↑ Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, "Understanding the Federal Courts," accessed February 4, 2021
- ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, "The Court and Its Procedures," accessed February 27, 2020
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "(ORDER LIST: 597 U.S.) 21-1596 (21A814) ARDOIN, LA SEC. OF STATE, ET AL. V. ROBINSON, PRESS, ET AL.," June 28, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Ritter v. Migliori - On Application for Stay," June 9, 2022
- ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, Ritter v. Migliori, "Order," May 31, 2022
- ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, Ritter v. Migliori, "Emergency Application for Stay," accessed May 31, 2022
- ↑ AP News, "Supreme Court Justice Thomas released from hospital," March 25, 2022
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 U.S. Supreme Court, "Press Release," March 20, 2022
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 U.S. Supreme Court, Wisconsin Legislature v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, decided March 23, 2022
- ↑ 19.00 19.01 19.02 19.03 19.04 19.05 19.06 19.07 19.08 19.09 19.10 19.11 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Merrill v. Milligan, decided January 24, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Merrill v. Milligan: ON APPLICATIONS FOR STAYS OR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF," decided February 7, 2022
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "In 5-4 vote, justices reinstate Alabama voting map despite lower court’s ruling that it dilutes Black votes," February 7, 2022
- ↑ The New York Times, "Supreme Court Restores Alabama Voting Map That a Court Said Hurt Black Voters," February 7, 2022
- ↑ National Public Radio, "Supreme Court lets Alabama use GOP-backed map of the state's congressional districts," February 7, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Chambers of Justice Stephen Breyer," January 27, 2022
- ↑ C-SPAN.org, "President Biden and Justice Breyer on Retirement From Supreme Court," January 27, 2022
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Biden vows to nominate Black woman to succeed Breyer on Supreme Court," January 27, 2022
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Stephen Breyer, pragmatic liberal, will retire at end of term," January 26, 2022
- ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire From Supreme Court," January 26, 2022
- ↑ NBC News, "Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from Supreme Court, paving way for Biden appointment," January 26, 2022
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Breyer, Stephen Gerald," accessed January 26, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "ORDER IN PENDING CASE 21A360," January 26, 2022
- ↑ KOSU, "Oklahoma death row inmate Donald Grant to be executed Thursday," January 26, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, Trump v. Thompson, January 19, 2022
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Court rebuffs Trump’s bid to block release of documents related to Jan. 6 riot," January 19, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor: ON APPLICATION FOR STAYS," January 13, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Biden v. Missouri: ON APPLICATION FOR STAYS," January 13, 2022
- ↑ Twitter, "SCOTUSblog," January 7, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Order in Pending Cases 21A240, 21A421, 21A244, 21A247," December 30, 2021
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 SCOTUSblog, "Justices will hear arguments on Jan. 7 in challenges to Biden vaccine policies," December 22, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Order in Pending Cases 21A244 & 21A247," December 22, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Order in Pending Cases 21A240 & 21A421," December 22, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "DR. A, ET AL., APPLICANTS v. KATHY HOCHUL, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, ET AL: ON APPLICATION FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF," December 13, 2021
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Court rejects religious challenge to New York’s vaccine mandate for health care workers," December 13, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "For Immediate Release," December 6, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Taylor v. City of Shreveport: ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT," filed October 15, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "No. 21-569 Gregory V. Tucker, Petitioner v. City of Shreveport, Louisiana, et al.," accessed December 8, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "(ORDER LIST: 595 U.S.) MONDAY DECEMBER 6, 2021," December 6, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "RonRico Simmons v. United States of America: On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit," April 19, 2021
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 50.3 50.4 50.5 U.S. Supreme Court, "(ORDER LIST: 595 U.S.) MONDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2021," November 1, 2021
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 U.S. Supreme Court, "JOHN DOES 1–3, ET AL. v. JANET T. MILLS, GOVERNOR OF MAINE, ET AL.: ON APPLICATION FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF," October 29, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "(ORDER LIST: 595 U.S.), ORDER IN PENDING CASE, 21A116 CROW, DIR., OK DOC, ET AL. V. JONES, JULIUS D., ET AL.," October 28, 2021
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Oklahoma man is put to death after court, in 5-3 vote, reinstates his execution," October 28, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "WILLIE B. SMITH, III v. JEFFERSON S. DUNN, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.: ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT," October 21, 2021
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Court declines to halt lethal injection of Alabama man who asked for alternate method of execution," October 21, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "John Does v. Mills: Petitioner’s Motion for Writ of Injunction Pending Appeal," accessed October 20, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "No. 21A83 John Does v. Mills," accessed October 20, 2021
- ↑ Twitter.com, "@AHoweBlogger," October 19, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "(ORDER LIST: 595 U.S.) ORDER IN PENDING CASE ," October 18, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Whole Woman's Health et al v. Jackson et al: EMERGENCY APPLICATION TO JUSTICE ALITO FOR WRIT OF INJUNCTION AND, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, TO VACATE STAYS OF DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDINGS," August 30, 2021
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Texas abortion ban goes into effect after justices fail to act," September 1, 2021
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Abortion providers ask court to block Texas ban on abortions beginning at six weeks of pregnancy," August 30, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Whole Woman's Health et al v. Jackson et al: ON APPLICATION FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF," September 1, 2021
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Supreme Court leaves Texas abortion ban in place," September 2, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "For Immediate Release: Press Release Regarding Justice Kavanaugh," October 1, 2021
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for coronavirus," October 1, 2021
- ↑ 67.0 67.1 U.S. Supreme Court, "Fall 2021 argument COVID protocols," September 27, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "For Immediate Release," September 8, 2021
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Justices to hold in-person arguments in the fall," September 8, 2021
- ↑ Justice Amy Coney-Barrett did not take part in consideration of the decision.