Voting record
How Brett M. Kavanaugh voted in the October Term 2018 (2018–2019)
Term at a glance
- Majority
- 36
- Concurrence
- 3
- Dissent
- 5
- Recusal
- 1
- Authored
- 10
Every tracked vote
DecidedLinda H. Lamone, et al., Appellants v. O. John Benisek, et al.DecidedVoteMajority18-726DecidedDepartment of Commerce v. New YorkDecidedVoteMajority18-966DecidedUnited States v. HaymondDecidedVoteDissent17-1672DecidedKisor v. WilkieDecidedVoteConcurrenceAuthored18-15DecidedDutra Group v. BattertonDecidedVoteMajority18-266DecidedIancu v. BrunettiDecidedVoteMajority18-302DecidedUnited States v. DavisDecidedVoteDissentAuthored18-431DecidedFood Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader MediaDecidedVoteMajority18-481DecidedKnick v. Township of ScottDecidedVoteMajority17-647DecidedRehaif v. United StatesDecidedVoteMajority17-9560DecidedFlowers v. MississippiDecidedVoteMajorityAuthored17-9572DecidedNorth Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family TrustDecidedVoteMajority18-457DecidedVirginia Uranium, Inc. v. WarrenDecidedVoteMajority16-1275DecidedManhattan Community Access Corp. v. HalleckDecidedVoteMajorityAuthored17-1702DecidedGamble v. United StatesDecidedVoteMajority17-646DecidedVirginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-HillDecidedVoteDissent18-281DecidedReturn Mail, Inc. v. Postal ServiceDecidedVoteMajority17-1594DecidedQuarles v. United StatesDecidedVoteMajorityAuthored17-778DecidedParker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. NewtonDecidedVoteMajority18-389DecidedAlex M. Azar, II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Petitioner v. Allina Health Services, et al.DecidedVoteRecusal17-1484DecidedMont v. United StatesDecidedVoteMajority17-8995DecidedTaggart v. LorenzenDecidedVoteMajority18-489DecidedSmith v. BerryhillDecidedVoteMajority17-1606DecidedKristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al., Petitioners v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc., et al.DecidedVoteMajority18-483DecidedMission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLCDecidedVoteMajority17-1657DecidedHerrera v. WyomingDecidedVoteDissent17-532DecidedFranchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. HyattDecidedVoteMajority17-1299DecidedApple, Inc. v. PepperDecidedVoteMajorityAuthored17-204DecidedCochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. HuntDecidedVoteMajority18-315DecidedGary Thacker, et ux., Petitioners v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityDecidedVoteMajority17-1201DecidedLamps Plus, Inc. v. VarelaDecidedVoteMajority17-988DecidedBiestek v. BerryhillDecidedVoteMajority17-1184DecidedBucklew v. PrecytheDecidedVoteConcurrenceAuthored17-8151DecidedRepublic of Sudan v. HarrisonDecidedVoteMajority16-1094DecidedSturgeon v. FrostDecidedVoteMajority17-949DecidedObduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLPDecidedVoteMajority17-1307DecidedFrank v. GaosDecidedVoteMajority17-961DecidedNielsen v. PreapDecidedVoteConcurrenceAuthored16-1363DecidedWashington State Dept. of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc.DecidedVoteDissentAuthored16-1498DecidedAir & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVriesDecidedVoteMajorityAuthored17-1104DecidedFourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.comDecidedVoteMajority17-571DecidedGarza v. IdahoDecidedVoteMajority17-1026DecidedJim Yovino, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, Petitioner v. Aileen RizoDecidedVoteMajority18-272DecidedTimbs v. IndianaDecidedVoteMajority17-1091DecidedDawson v. SteagerDecidedVoteMajority17-419
Agreement with other justices
| Justice | Agreement | Cases together |
|---|---|---|
| John G. Roberts, Jr. | 93% | 41 of 44 |
| Samuel A. Alito, Jr. | 89% | 39 of 44 |
| Clarence Thomas | 84% | 37 of 44 |
| Neil Gorsuch | 70% | 31 of 44 |
| Elena Kagan | 68% | 30 of 44 |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 61% | 27 of 44 |
| Sonia Sotomayor | 61% | 27 of 44 |
| Stephen G. Breyer | 61% | 27 of 44 |
Methodology
Vote records come from Oyez and cover publicly tracked merits cases. Recusals are listed but excluded from agreement rates.
Two justices agree in a case when they land on the same side of the judgment: voting with the majority, including concurrences, or in dissent together. A case counts toward agreement rates only when at least 8 substantive votes are on record.