Voting record
How Sonia Sotomayor voted in the October Term 2016 (2016–2017)
Associate Justice28 tracked case votes
Term at a glance
- Majority
- 22
- Concurrence
- 1
- Dissent
- 5
- Recusal
- 0
- Authored
- 8
- Majority22
- Concurrence1
- Dissent5
- Recused0
Every tracked vote
Religious groups and public aidTrinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. ComerDecided Vote DissentAuthored15-577Combining 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 Majority15-1503Where companies can be suedBristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., San Francisco Cty.Decided Vote DissentAuthored16-466SEC deadline to recover profitsKokesh v. SECDecided Vote MajorityAuthored16-529Where companies can be suedBNSF R. Co. v. TyrrellDecided Vote DissentAuthored16-405Race in congressional mapsCooper v. HarrisDecided Vote Majority15-1262Power of attorney arbitrationKindred Nursing Centers, L. P. v. ClarkDecided Vote Majority16-32Old debts in bankruptcyMidland Funding, LLC v. JohnsonDecided Vote DissentAuthored16-348Tribal immunity for personal damagesLewis v. ClarkeDecided Vote MajorityAuthored15-1500Refunds after overturned convictionsNelson v. ColoradoDecided Vote Majority15-1256Appeals of delayed restitutionManrique v. United StatesDecided Vote Dissent15-7250Legal fees for misconductGoodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. HaegerDecided Vote Majority15-1406Claims on injury settlementsCoventry Health Care of Mo., Inc. v. NevilsDecided Vote Majority16-149Appeals of agency subpoenasMcLane Co. v. EEOCDecided Vote MajorityAuthored15-1248Considering 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 Majority14-9496Racial bias in jury deliberationsPena-Rodriguez v. ColoradoDecided Vote Majority15-606Vague sentencing rulesBeckles v. United StatesDecided Vote ConcurrenceAuthored15-8544Race 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
| Justice | Agreement | Cases together |
|---|---|---|
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 85% | 23 of 27 |
| Elena Kagan | 81% | 22 of 27 |
| Stephen G. Breyer | 81% | 22 of 27 |
| Anthony M. Kennedy | 78% | 21 of 27 |
| John G. Roberts, Jr. | 70% | 19 of 27 |
| Samuel A. Alito, Jr. | 63% | 17 of 27 |
| Clarence Thomas | 56% | 15 of 27 |
| Neil Gorsuch | 20% | 1 of 5 |
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.