2011 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

This is a list of the opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States delivered during its 2011 term, which began October 3, 2011, and will conclude September 30, 2012. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion.

Contents

Table key
Delivered the Court's opinion

Joined the Court's opinion

Filed a concurrence

Joined a concurrence

Filed a dissent

Joined a dissent

Filed a concurrence/dissent

Joined a concurrence/dissent

Did not participate in the decision
  • Decisions that do not note an argument date were decided without oral argument. Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's opinion are per curiam.
  • Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices frequently join multiple opinions in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly.
  • An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality. An asterisk in a joining vote denotes that the justice joined it only in part.
  • A dash ( - ) denotes that the Justice concurred or dissented without filing a separate opinion.

2011 term opinions

#
 Case name and citation
 Argued
 Decided
 Roberts
 Scalia
 Kennedy
 Thomas
 Ginsburg
 Breyer
 Alito
 Sotomayor
 Kagan
1

 Cavazos v. Smith, 565 U.S. ___ 02011-10-31October 31, 2011
2

 KPMG LLP v. Cocchi, 565 U.S. ___ 02011-11-07November 7, 2011
3

 Bobby v. Dixon, 565 U.S. ___ 02011-11-07November 7, 2011
4

 Greene v. Fisher, 565 U.S. ___ 02011-10-11October 11, 2011 02011-11-08November 8, 2011
5

 Judulang v. Holder, 565 U.S. ___ 02011-12-12December 12, 2011
6

 Hardy v. Cross, 565 U.S. ___ 02011-12-12December 12, 2011
# Case name and citation Argued Decided Roberts Scalia Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Alito Sotomayor Kagan

2011 term membership and statistics

This is the seventh term of Chief Justice Roberts' tenure, and the second term with the current membership.

Justice Appointed by Date confirmed  % in majority Opinions filed
Chief Justice John G. Roberts George W. Bush September 29, 2005 100%
0

0

0

0

Total=0
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia Ronald Reagan September 26, 1986 100%
1

0

0

0

Total=1
Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy February 18, 1988 100%
0

0

0

0

Total=0
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas George H. W. Bush October 23, 1991 100%
0

0

0

0

Total=0
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Bill Clinton August 10, 1993 83.3%
0

0

0

1

Total=1
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer August 3, 1994 83.3%
0

0

0

0

Total=0
Associate Justice Samuel Alito George W. Bush January 31, 2006 100%
0

0

0

0

Total=0
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor Barack Obama August 6, 2009 83.3%
0

0

0

0

Total=0
Associate Justice Elena Kagan August 7, 2010 100%
1

0

0

0

Total=1
Notes on statistics:
  • A justice is only included in the majority if he or she joined or concurred in full in the Court's judgment.
  • Percentages are based only on the cases in which a justice participated and are rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point.
  • The opinion counts only include the bench opinions listed above; opinions relating to orders and in-chambers opinions are not included.

References

Further reading

Supreme Court of the United States 2011 term (October 3, 2011 - September 30, 2012)
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