2015 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor

The 2015 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2015 and will conclude October 2, 2016. This is the seventh term of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on the Court.
Sonia Sotomayor 2015 term statistics (in progress) 3 Majority or Plurality 2 Concurrence 1 Other 4 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 10 Bench opinions = 7 Opinions relating to orders = 3 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 1 Most joined by: - Least joined by: -

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Correll v. Florida	577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty		Breyer
Sotomayor dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari and application for stay of execution.
	Mullenix v. Luna	577 U.S. ___ (2015)	Fourth Amendment  • use of deadly force in effecting arrest  • qualified immunity		per curiam Scalia
	Holiday v. Stephens	577 U.S. ___ (2015)	death penalty  • appointment of counsel in clemency proceedings
Sotomayor filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
	Hurst v. Florida	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	death penalty  • Sixth Amendment  • right to a jury trial  • judicial factfinding of aggravating circumstances after jury advisory recommendation	Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Kagan	Breyer Alito
	Kansas v. Carr	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • jury instructions on standard of proof for mitigating factors		Scalia
	Brooks v. Alabama	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	death penalty	Ginsburg	Breyer
Sotomayor concurred in the Court's denial of a stay of execution and a petition for certiorari.
	Lockhart v. United States	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	federal child pornography laws  • scope of sentence enhancement for prior convictions	Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito	Kagan
	Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, Inc.	577 U.S. ___ (2016)	diversity jurisdiction  • citizenship of investment trust	Unanimous[1]
	Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Federal Power Act  • interstate wholesale electricity rates  • federal preemption		Ginsburg Thomas
	Ocasio v. United States	578 U.S. ___ (2016)	Hobbs Act  • criminal	Roberts	Alito Breyer Thomas

Notes

1. This opinion was handed down after the death of Justice Scalia, and so was unanimous as to the eight justices remaining on the Court.

References

• 2015 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved May 2, 2016.
• 2015 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved May 2, 2016.
• 2015 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved May 2, 2016.