2018 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts

The 2018 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2018, and concluded October 6, 2019. This was the fourteenth term of Chief Justice John Roberts's tenure on the Court.
John Roberts 2018 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 2 Concurrence 0 Other 3 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 13 Bench opinions = 12 Opinions relating to orders = 1 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 0 Most joined by: Alito (9 in full, 1 in part) Least joined by: Ginsburg, Sotomayor (2 in full, 1 in part)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
101	Weyerhaeuser Co. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Serv.	586 U.S. ___ (2018)	Endangered Species Act of 1973  • designation of critical habitat	Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch
Kavanaugh did not participate.
202	Moore v. Texas	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution  • death penalty  • execution of the intellectually disabled		per curiam Alito
103	Jam v. International Finance Corp.	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	International Organizations Immunities Act  • relationship to Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act	Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch	Breyer
Kavanaugh did not participate.
404	Washington State Dept. of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc.	586 U.S. ___ (2019)	Yakama Nation Treaty of 1855  • state taxation of fuel importers	Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh	Breyer Gorsuch Kavanaugh
105	Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Federal Arbitration Act  • contractual agreement to class action arbitration	Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor Kagan
406	Myers v. United States	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • "violent felony" classification	Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh
Roberts dissented from the Court's grant of certiorari, summary vacatur, and remand.
107	Nieves v. Bartlett	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	First Amendment  • free speech  • retaliatory arrest  • Fourth Amendment  • probable cause	Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Kavanaugh; Thomas (in part)	Thomas Ginsburg Gorsuch Sotomayor
408	Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren	587 U.S. ___ (2019)	Atomic Energy Act  • federal preemption of state uranium mining laws	Breyer, Alito	Gorsuch Ginsburg
109	Knick v. Township of Scott	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	Fifth Amendment  • Takings Clause  • state court exhaustion of remedies	Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Thomas Kagan
310	Iancu v. Brunetti	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	trademark law  • Lanham Act  • registration of immoral or scandalous trademarks  • First Amendment  • free speech		Kagan Alito Breyer Sotomayor
211	Kisor v. Wilkie	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	administrative law  • deference to agency interpretation of ambiguous regulation		Kagan Gorsuch Kavanaugh
112	Rucho v. Common Cause	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	legislative redistricting  • partisan gerrymandering  • political question doctrine  • Article I  • Elections Clause  • First Amendment  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause	Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh	Kagan
Federal courts do not have the jurisdiction to hear partisan gerrymandering cases because they are nonjusticiable political questions.
113	Department of Commerce v. New York	588 U.S. ___ (2019)	addition of citizenship question to 2020 United States Census  • Article I  • Enumeration Clause  • Administrative Procedures Act  • Article III  • standing	Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh (in part)	Thomas Breyer Alito
Because the reason it made the decision was pretextual and not related to the actual purpose, the Department of Commerce cannot add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

References

• "2018 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
• "2018 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
• "2018 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 7, 2019.