2021_term_opinions_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

2021 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

2021 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

United States Supreme Court opinions for the term starting October 4, 2021 to October 2, 2022

The 2021 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 2021, and concluded October 2, 2022. The table below illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.

Table key


 Delivered the Court's opinion

Joined the Court's opinion

Filed a concurrence

Joined a concurrence

 Filed a dissent

Joined a dissent

Filed a concurrence/dissent

Joined a concurrence/dissent

 Filed a statement

Joined a statement

Did not participate in the decision
  • Decisions that do not note an argument date were decided without oral argument. Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's opinion are per curiam.
  • Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices frequently join multiple opinions in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly.
  • An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality. An asterisk in a joining vote denotes that the justice joined it only in part.
  • A dash ( - ) denotes that the Justice voted without filing or joining an opinion.

2021 term opinions

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2021 term membership and statistics

This was the seventeenth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure. Justice Breyer retired on June 30, 2022, making it the second and final (and also the only full) term with the same membership. The seat was filled by Ketanji Brown Jackson on the same day.

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Notes

  1. [1]
    In United States v. Texas, 595 U.S. ___ (2021), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.
  2. [2]
    The Court's per curiam opinion in LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, 596 U.S. ___ (2022), noted that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided Court.
  3. [3]
    In Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco, 596 U.S. ___ (2022), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.

References

  • "2021 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  • "2021 Term Court Calendar" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
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