2012 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Elena Kagan

The 2012 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2012 and concluded October 6, 2013. This was the third term of Associate Justice Elena Kagan's tenure on the Court.
Elena Kagan 2012 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 2 Concurrence 0 Other 3 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 13 Bench opinions = 13 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 5 Most joined by: Ginsburg, Breyer (11) Least joined by: Thomas (5)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Kloeckner v. Solis	568 U.S. ___ (2012)	Civil Service Reform Act	Unanimous
	Florida v. Harris	568 U.S. ___ (2012)	Fourth Amendment  • detection dogs establishing probable cause	Unanimous
	Chaidez v. United States	568 U.S. ___ (2012)	ineffective assistance of counsel  • retroactivity of new rules of criminal procedure	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito	Thomas Sotomayor
	Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	568 U.S. ___ (2013)	copyright law  • first-sale doctrine  • domestic sale of foreign-published works	Alito	Breyer Ginsburg
	Florida v. Jardines	569 U.S. ___ (2013)	Fourth Amendment  • detection dogs  • curtilage	Ginsburg, Sotomayor	Scalia Alito
	Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk	569 U.S. ___ (2013)	Fair Labor Standards Act  • collective action  • offer of judgment  • mootness	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Thomas
	US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen	569 U.S. ___ (2013)	Employee Retirement Income Security Act  • health plan reimbursement from recovery from third parties  • unjust enrichment  • double-recovery rule  • common-fund doctrine	Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Scalia
	Bowman v. Monsanto Co.	569 U.S. ___ (2013)	patent exhaustion  • genetically modified crops	Unanimous
	Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter	569 U.S. ___ (2013)	Federal Arbitration Act  • class arbitration	Unanimous	Alito
	American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Los Angeles	569 U.S. ___ (2013)	Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994	Unanimous	Thomas
	American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant	570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Federal Arbitration Act  • Sherman Antitrust Act  • class action	Ginsburg, Breyer	Scalia Thomas
	Descamps v. United States	570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Armed Career Criminal Act	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Kennedy Thomas Alito
	Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management Dist.	570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Fifth Amendment  • Takings Clause  • unconstitutional conditions doctrine	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor	Alito

References

• 2012 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 7, 2013.
• 2012 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 7, 2013.
• 2012 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 7, 2013.