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The 2014 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2014, and concluded October 4, 2015. This was the twenty-ninth term of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's tenure on the Court.
Antonin Scalia 2014 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 4 Concurrence 1 Other 14 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 30 Bench opinions = 28 Opinions relating to orders = 2 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Thomas (16 in full, 2 in part) Least joined by: Sotomayor (6)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
401	Jones v. United States	574 U.S. ___ (2014)	Sixth Amendment  • right to jury trial  • sentencing based on judicial fact-finding	Thomas, Ginsburg
Scalia dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
502	Whitman v. United States	574 U.S. ___ (2014)	Securities Exchange Act of 1934  • deference to agency interpretation of statutes  • rule of lenity	Thomas
Scalia filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
403	Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens	574 U.S. ___ (2014)	jurisdiction over denial of appeal	Kennedy, Kagan; Thomas (in part)	Ginsburg Thomas
104	Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.	574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Truth in Lending Act  • rescission by borrower	Unanimous
105	Whitfield v. United States	574 U.S. ___ (2015)	federal criminal law  • enhanced sentencing penalty for forced accompaniment during bank robbery	Unanimous
106	Jennings v. Stephens	574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure  • defense of judgment on alternative grounds	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas
307	Kansas v. Nebraska	574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Republican River Compact		Kagan Roberts Thomas
108	Alabama Dept. of Revenue v. CSX Transp., Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	discriminatory taxation of rail carrier	Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas
209	Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Administrative Procedure Act  • exclusion of interpretive rules from notice-and-comment requirements  • deference to agency interpretation of ambiguous regulations		Sotomayor Thomas Alito
210	Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers Dist. Council Constr. Industry Pension Fund	574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Securities Act of 1933  • opinions in registration statement later proved incorrect		Kagan Thomas
411	Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Pregnancy Discrimination Act  • disparate treatment claim	Kennedy, Thomas	Breyer Alito Kennedy
412	Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • redistricting  • racial gerrymandering  • Voting Rights Act of 1965	Roberts, Thomas, Alito	Breyer Thomas
113	Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Medicaid  • Supremacy Clause  • implied right of action	Roberts, Thomas, Alito; Breyer (in part)	Breyer Sotomayor
414	Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Natural Gas Act  • federal preemption of state antitrust laws	Roberts	Breyer Thomas
415	Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	First Amendment  • freedom of speech  • ban on personal solicitation of campaign funds by judicial candidates	Thomas	Roberts Ginsburg Breyer Kennedy Alito
416	Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	state credit for income tax paid to other states  • Dormant Commerce Clause  • internal consistency test	Thomas (in part)	Alito Thomas Ginsburg
317	City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990  • obligation to provide accommodations to mentally ill arrestee  • improvidently granted certiorari	Kagan	Alito
418	Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	patent law  • induced infringement  • belief in patent invalidity as defense	Roberts	Kennedy
119	EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Title VII  • refusal to hire applicant because of religious practices  • disparate treatment  • failure to accommodate	Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito Thomas
420	Zivotofsky v. Kerry	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	diplomatic recognition  • separation of powers  • Article Two  • U.S. position on status of Jerusalem  • Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003  • passport designation of births in Jerusalem	Roberts, Alito	Kennedy Breyer Thomas Roberts
121	Kerry v. Din	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Immigration and Nationality Act  • exclusion of alien for terrorist activities  • denial of spouse's visa  • Due Process Clause  • substantive due process  • liberty interest in marriage	Roberts, Thomas	Kennedy Breyer
222	Ohio v. Clark	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Sixth Amendment  • Confrontation Clause  • admissibility of statements by child abuse victim to teacher  • mandatory reporting obligations	Ginsburg	Alito Thomas
423	Kingsley v. Hendrickson	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • excessive force against pretrial detainee	Roberts, Thomas	Breyer Alito
424	Los Angeles v. Patel	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Fourth Amendment  • mandated hotel guest record keeping and inspection  • facial challenge	Roberts, Thomas	Sotomayor Alito
425	King v. Burwell	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act  • federally established health care exchanges  • federal tax credit subsidies for individual purchase of health insurance	Thomas, Alito	Roberts
126	Johnson v. United States	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • residual clause  • Fifth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • void for vagueness	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Kennedy Thomas Alito
427	Obergefell v. Hodges	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	same-sex marriage  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • Equal Protection Clause	Thomas	Kennedy Roberts Thomas Alito
128	Michigan v. EPA	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Clean Air Act  • regulation of power plant emissions  • relevance of cost to decision to regulate	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito	Thomas Kagan
429	Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Elections Clause  • legislative redistricting  • Arizona Proposition 106 (2000)  • gerrymandering  • Article III  • standing of legislature to bring suit	Thomas	Ginsburg Roberts Thomas
230	Glossip v. Gross	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • use of midazolam in lethal injection	Thomas	Alito Thomas Breyer Sotomayor

References

• "2014 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
• "2014 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
• "2014 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 5, 2015.

• Lists of United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia
• Lists of 2014 term United States Supreme Court opinions