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Voting record

How Elena Kagan voted in the October Term 2016 (2016–2017)

Associate Justice27 tracked case votes

Term at a glance

October Term 2016 (2016–2017)

Majority
25
Concurrence
0
Dissent
2
Recusal
0
Authored
5
  • Majority25
  • Concurrence0
  • Dissent2
  • Recused0
On the winning side of the judgment in 93% of 27 participating votes.

Every tracked vote

Religious groups and public aidTrinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. ComerDecided Vote Majority15-577Combining neighboring propertiesMurr v. WisconsinDecided Vote Majority15-214Where federal workers appealPerry v. Merit Systems Protection Bd.Decided Vote Majority16-399Withheld evidence in criminal trialsTurner v. United StatesDecided Vote DissentAuthored15-1503Where companies can be suedBristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., San Francisco Cty.Decided Vote Majority16-466SEC deadline to recover profitsKokesh v. SECDecided Vote Majority16-529Where companies can be suedBNSF R. Co. v. TyrrellDecided Vote Majority16-405Race in congressional mapsCooper v. HarrisDecided Vote MajorityAuthored15-1262Power of attorney arbitrationKindred Nursing Centers, L. P. v. ClarkDecided Vote MajorityAuthored16-32Old debts in bankruptcyMidland Funding, LLC v. JohnsonDecided Vote Dissent16-348Tribal immunity for personal damagesLewis v. ClarkeDecided Vote Majority15-1500Refunds after overturned convictionsNelson v. ColoradoDecided Vote Majority15-1256Appeals of delayed restitutionManrique v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority15-7250Legal fees for misconductGoodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. HaegerDecided Vote MajorityAuthored15-1406Claims on injury settlementsCoventry Health Care of Mo., Inc. v. NevilsDecided Vote Majority16-149Appeals of agency subpoenasMcLane Co. v. EEOCDecided Vote Majority15-1248Considering consecutive gun sentencesDean v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority15-9260Bankruptcy payment prioritiesCzyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp.Decided Vote Majority15-649Progress in special educationEndrew F. v. Douglas County School Dist. RE–1Decided Vote Majority15-827Manuel v. JolietDecided Vote MajorityAuthored14-9496Racial bias in jury deliberationsPena-Rodriguez v. ColoradoDecided Vote Majority15-606Race in voting districtsBethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of ElectionsDecided Vote Majority15-680Warnings before police shootingsRay White v. Daniel T. Pauly, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Samuel PaulyDecided Vote Majority16-67Secrecy in fraud lawsuitsState Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. RigsbyDecided Vote Majority15-513Insider trading and family tiesSalman v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority15-628When acquittals block retrialsBravo-Fernandez v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority15-537Victim impact testimonyShaun Michael Bosse v. OklahomaDecided Vote Majority15-9173

Agreement with other justices

October Term 2016 (2016–2017)

Share of decided cases this term in which Justice Elena Kagan voted on the same side of the judgment as each other justice
JusticeAgreementCases together
Stephen G. Breyer93%25 of 27
Anthony M. Kennedy89%24 of 27
Ruth Bader Ginsburg89%24 of 27
John G. Roberts, Jr.81%22 of 27
Sonia Sotomayor81%22 of 27
Neil Gorsuch80%4 of 5
Samuel A. Alito, Jr.74%20 of 27
Clarence Thomas67%18 of 27

Methodology

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.

Vote records come from Oyez. A case counts only when at least 8 substantive votes are on record, so partial data can understate coverage but a vote is never invented. Recusals are listed but left out of agreement rates.

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