Voting record
How Sonia Sotomayor voted in the October Term 2017 (2017–2018)
Associate Justice70 tracked case votes
Term at a glance
- Majority
- 45
- Concurrence
- 4
- Dissent
- 21
- Recusal
- 0
- Authored
- 24
- Majority45
- Concurrence4
- Dissent21
- Recused0
Every tracked vote
Michael Sexton, Warden, Petitioner v. Nicholas BeaudreauxDecided Vote Majority17-1106Mary Anne Sause, Petitioner v. Timothy J. Bauer, et al.Decided Vote Majority17-742Janus v. State, County, and Municipal EmployeesDecided Vote DissentAuthored16-1466National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. BecerraDecided Vote Dissent16-1140Trump v. HawaiiDecided Vote DissentAuthored17-965Ohio v. American Express Co.Decided Vote Dissent16-1454Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants v. Shannon Perez, et al.Decided Vote DissentAuthored17-586Lost profits from overseas patentsWesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.Decided Vote Majority16-1011Military judges on two courtsLaith G. Cox, Petitioner v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority16-1017Currier v. VirginiaDecided Vote Dissent16-1348Keanu D. W. Ortiz, Petitioner v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority16-1423Cell phone location privacyCarpenter v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority16-402Dalmazzi v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority16-961Raymond J. Lucia, et al., Petitioners v. Securities and Exchange CommissionDecided Vote DissentAuthored17-130Wescley Fonseca Pereira, Petitioner v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney GeneralDecided Vote MajorityAuthored17-459South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.Decided Vote Dissent17-494Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United StatesDecided Vote Dissent17-530Partisan gerrymanderingGill v. WhitfordDecided Vote Majority16-1161Rosales-Mireles v. United StatesDecided Vote MajorityAuthored16-9493Lozman v. Riviera BeachDecided Vote Majority17-21Besinek v. LamoneDecided Vote Majority17-333Explaining sentence reductionsAdaucto Chavez-Meza, Petitioner v. United StatesDecided Vote Dissent17-5639Courts reviewing foreign lawsAnimal Science Products, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., et al.Decided Vote Majority16-1220Political clothing at pollsMinnesota Voters Alliance v. ManskyDecided Vote DissentAuthored16-1435Sveen v. MelinDecided Vote Majority16-1432Removing inactive votersHusted v. A. Philip Randolph InstituteDecided Vote DissentAuthored16-980Washington v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority17-269China Agritech, Inc. v. ReshDecided Vote ConcurrenceAuthored17-432Wedding cake and free speechMasterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Comm'nDecided Vote Dissent16-111False asset claims in bankruptcyLamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. ApplingDecided Vote MajorityAuthored16-1215Hughes v. United StatesDecided Vote MajorityAuthored17-155Drug sentence reductionsKoons v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority17-5716Collins v. VirginiaDecided Vote MajorityAuthored16-1027Statements at probable cause hearingsCity of Hays v. VogtDecided Vote Majority16-1495Lagos v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority16-1519Workers suing togetherEpic Systems Corp. v. LewisDecided Vote Dissent16-285Upper Skagit Tribe v. LundgrenDecided Vote Majority17-387Byrd v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority16-1371State power over sports bettingMurphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn.Decided Vote Dissent16-476McCoy v. LouisianaDecided Vote Majority16-8255Shackling before trialUnited States v. Sanchez-GomezDecided Vote Majority17-312Limits on wiretap ordersDahda v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority17-43Company liability for abusesJesner v. Arab Bank, PLCDecided Vote DissentAuthored16-499Patent office power over patentsOil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLCDecided Vote Majority16-712Deciding all patent claimsSAS Institute Inc. v. IancuDecided Vote Dissent16-969Vague deportation rulesSessions v. DimayaDecided Vote Majority15-1498Federal review of state rulingsWilson v. SellersDecided Vote Majority16-6855United States v. Microsoft Corp.Decided Vote Majority17-2Overtime pay for service advisorsEncino Motorcars, LLC v. NavarroDecided Vote Dissent16-1362Police shooting immunityAndrew Kisela, Petitioner v. Amy HughesDecided Vote DissentAuthored17-467Hall v. HallDecided Vote Majority16-1150Obstructing IRS investigationsMarinello v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority16-1144Funding for death row appealsAyestas v. DavisDecided Vote MajorityAuthored16-6795Securities lawsuits in state courtsCyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement FundDecided Vote Majority15-1439Bankruptcy insider statusU. S. Bank N. A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLCDecided Vote MajorityAuthored15-1509Bond hearings for immigrantsJennings v. RodriguezDecided Vote Dissent15-1204Patchak v. ZinkeDecided Vote ConcurrenceAuthored16-498Protection for bankruptcy transfersMerit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc.Decided Vote MajorityAuthored16-784Murphy v. SmithDecided Vote DissentAuthored16-1067Whistleblower retaliation protectionDigital Realty Trust, Inc. v. SomersDecided Vote MajorityAuthored16-1276Class v. United StatesDecided Vote Majority16-424Seizing Iranian government assetsRubin v. Islamic Republic of IranDecided Vote MajorityAuthored16-534CNH Industrial N.V., et al., Petitioners v. Jack Reese, et al.Decided Vote Majority17-515Arrests for trespassingDistrict of Columbia v. WesbyDecided Vote ConcurrenceAuthored15-1485EPA water rule reviewNational Assn. of Mfrs. v. Department of DefenseDecided Vote MajorityAuthored16-299Pausing filing deadlinesArtis v. District of ColumbiaDecided Vote Majority16-460Keith Tharpe, Petitioner v. Eric Sellers, WardenRemanded Vote Majority17-6075Appeal deadline extensionsHamer v. Neighborhood Housing Servs. of ChicagoDecided Vote Majority16-658Changing a plea dealScott Kernan, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Petitioner v. Michael Daniel CueroDecided Vote Majority16-1468Mental ability to face executionJefferson Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Petitioner v. Vernon MadisonDecided Vote ConcurrenceAuthored17-193
Agreement with other justices
| Justice | Agreement | Cases together |
|---|---|---|
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 96% | 66 of 69 |
| Elena Kagan | 94% | 63 of 67 |
| Stephen G. Breyer | 93% | 64 of 69 |
| John G. Roberts, Jr. | 67% | 46 of 69 |
| Anthony M. Kennedy | 65% | 44 of 68 |
| Neil Gorsuch | 56% | 37 of 66 |
| Clarence Thomas | 54% | 37 of 69 |
| Samuel A. Alito, Jr. | 51% | 35 of 69 |
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.