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Supreme Court cases, October term 2022-2023

SCOTUS |
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Cases by term |
Judgeships |
Posts: 9 |
Judges: 9 |
Judges |
Chief: John Roberts |
Active: Clarence Thomas • Samuel Alito • Sonia Sotomayor • Elena Kagan • Neil Gorsuch • Brett Kavanaugh • Amy Coney Barrett • Ketanji Brown Jackson |
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the country and leads the judicial branch of the federal government. It is often referred to by the acronym SCOTUS.[1]
The Supreme Court began hearing cases for the term on October 3, 2022. The court's yearly term begins on the first Monday in October and lasts until the first Monday in October the following year. The court generally releases the majority of its decisions in mid-June.[2]
On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden (D) announced he would nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the departure of Justice Stephen Breyer.[3] She was confirmed by the Senate in a 53-47 vote on April 7, 2022.[4] Justice Breyer retired on June 30, 2022, and Justice Jackson took her oath of office on the same day.[5][6] Click here to read more.
See the sections below for additional information on the October 2022 term of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Cases by circuit: This section lists the cases being heard by court of origination (e.g., federal appellate courts, federal district courts, state courts, etc.).
- Cases by sitting: This section lists the cases being heard by date of oral argument.
- Cases by date of opinion: This section lists the cases by the date the court released an opinion.
- Noteworthy court announcements: This section provides details on noteworthy court announcements and emergency appeals.
- Term data: This section provides information on the cases SCOTUS decided, including case names, decisions, vote totals, opinion authors, and courts of origination. It also includes information on SCOTUS case reversal rates.
- Case history: This section provides information on previous SCOTUS terms.
The court agreed to hear 60 cases during its 2022-2023 term.[7] One case was dismissed.[8]
The court issued decisions in 58 cases this term. Of the 60 cases accepted, one case, Arizona v. Mayorkas, was de-calendared and remanded to the lower court where SCOTUS instructed that it be dismissed as moot. One case, Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran, was consolidated when the opinion was released. Between 2007 and 2021, SCOTUS released opinions in 1,128 cases, averaging 75 cases per year.
Cases by circuit
Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution establishes the court's jurisdiction. The court has original jurisdiction—when it is the first and only to hear a case—and appellate jurisdiction—when it reviews the decisions of lower courts.[9]
Parties petition SCOTUS to hear a case if they are not satisfied with a lower court's decision. The parties petition the court to grant a writ of certiorari. A writ of certiorari is an "order issued by the U.S. Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case it will hear on appeal."[9][10]
Circuits
1st Circuit
- Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard
- Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc.
- Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin
2nd Circuit
- Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith
- MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC
- Percoco v. United States
- Ciminelli v. United States
- Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States
- Lora v. United States
- Samia v. United States
3rd Circuit
4th Circuit
- Pugin v. Garland (Consolidated with Garland v. Cordero-Garcia)
- Dupree v. Younger
- Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina (Vided with Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard)
5th Circuit
- Haaland v. Brackeen (Consolidated with Cherokee Nation v. Brackeen, Texas v. Haaland, Brackeen v. Haaland)
- Reed v. Goertz
- Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran
- Bittner v. United States
- United States v. Texas
- Santos-Zacaria v. Garland
- Dubin v. United States
- Department of Education v. Brown
6th Circuit
- Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools
- The Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Polselli v. Internal Revenue Service
- Calcutt v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.(Decided without argument)
7th Circuit
- Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana v. Talevski
- U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. (Consolidated with U.S. ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc.)
8th Circuit
9th Circuit
- Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
- Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency
- National Pork Producers Council v. Ross
- Bartenwerfer v. Buckley
- Wilkins v. United States
- Gonzalez v. Google LLC
- In re Grand Jury
- Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh
- Arizona v. Navajo Nation (Consolidated with Department of the Interior v. Navajo Nation)
- Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC
- Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski
- United States v. Hansen
- Slack Technologies v. Pirani
- Yegiazaryan v. Smagin (Consolidated with CMB Monaco v. Smagin)
10th Circuit
11th Circuit
D.C. Circuit
Federal Circuit
Armed Forces
- No cases originating from this circuit have yet been announced.
State and district courts
- Cruz v. Arizona
- Counterman v. Colorado
- Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
- Moore v. Harper
- Allen v. Milligan (Consolidated with Allen v. Caster)[11]
- Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Original jurisdiction
- Delaware v. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (Consolidated with Arkansas v. Delaware)
- New York v. New Jersey
Where are the cases coming from?
Geographic boundaries
Select a region to learn more about its court of appeals.

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Cases by sitting
SCOTUS' term is divided into sittings, when the justices hear cases.[12]
Cases removed from argument calendar
Cases decided without argument
- Arizona v. Mayorkas
- Calcutt v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Cases by date of opinion
Ballotpedia will update this section once SCOTUS issues opinions for the 2022-2023 term.
October
The court did not deliver opinions in October.
November
The court did not deliver opinions in November.
December
The court did not deliver opinions in December.
January
January 23, 2023
February
February 22, 2023
February 28, 2023
March
March 21, 2023
March 28, 2023
April
April 14, 2023
April 18, 2023
April 19, 2023
- MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC
- Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States
- Reed v. Goertz
May
May 11, 2023
- Ciminelli v. United States
- Percoco v. United States
- Santos-Zacaria v. Garland
- National Pork Producers Council v. Ross
- Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc.
May 18, 2023
- Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh
- Gonzalez v. Google LLC
- Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi
- Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith
- Polselli v. Internal Revenue Service
- The Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Arizona v. Mayorkas
May 22, 2023
- Calcutt v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.(Decided without argument)
May 25, 2023
June
June 1, 2023
- Slack Technologies v. Pirani
- U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc.
- Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
June 8, 2023
- Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana v. Talevski
- Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC
- Dubin v. United States
- Allen v. Milligan (Consolidated with Allen v. Caster)
June 15, 2023
- Smith v. United States
- Haaland v. Brackeen
- Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin
June 16, 2023
June 22, 2023
June 23, 2023
June 27, 2023
June 29, 2023
- Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard (Vided with Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina)
- Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc.
- Groff v. DeJoy
June 30, 2023
Noteworthy court announcements
Term data
2022-2023 term data
The 2022-2023 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began on October 3, 2022. The following table provides data on the decisions the court issued during the 2022-2023 term.
Precedent alteration
The Washington University in St. Louis Law School (WashU Law) maintains a database of Supreme Court cases. In its database, a case is considered to have formally altered existing Court precedent if at least one of the following applies to the case:[39]
- The majority opinion of the Court explicitly references a previous case and overturns its precedent;
- A dissent contains persuasive evidence that the opinion of the Court, despite not mentioning overturned precedent, has overruled a previous precedent set by the Court;
- If the Court, in a later decision, references an earlier decision that the Court made, and states that said earlier decision was a case overturning precedent, that earlier case will be marked as altering precedent;
- Or, the majority opinion mentions precedent and states that it "disapproved" of the decision, or that the precedent is "no longer good law."
The following table details for each term of The Roberts Court how many and which cases were found to formally alter precedent:[40]
Note that the WashU Law database does not state how many precedents were overturned with each decision. As such, a case listed as altering a precedent may have affected multiple precedents.
Additionally, if the Court only distinguished a precedent, it was not classified as a precedent-altering case. Distinguishing a precedent involves clarifying a previous precedent rather than changing it.[39]
Justice alignment
The following justice alignment table shows justice agreement rates for non-unanimous rulings during the 2022-2023 term. The data does not include agreements in part.
- The highest agreement rate was 90 percent, which applied to the following pairings:
- Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh
- Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh had the highest average agreement rate with each of the other eight justices at 64 percent
- The lowest agreement rate was 21 percent, which applied to the following pairing:
- Justices Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan
- Justice Clarence Thomas had the lowest average agreement rate with each of the other eight justices at 47 percent
SCOTUS case reversal rates
From 2007 to the most recently completed term, the Supreme Court of the United States released opinions in 1,250 cases, averaging 73.5 cases per year. During that period, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision 891 times (71.3 percent) and affirmed a lower court decision 347 times (27.8 percent). The vast majority of cases heard by the high court originate in a lower court, such as the 13 appellate circuit courts, state-level courts, and federal district courts. Between 2007 and 2023, the high court decided more cases originating from the Ninth Circuit (243) than from any other circuit.
For more historical term data, click here.
Active justices
- See also: Supreme Court of the United States
Judge | Born | Home | Appointed by | Active | Preceeded | Law school | |
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Associate justice Samuel Alito | April 1, 1950 | Trenton, N.J. | W. Bush | January 31, 2006 - Present | Sandra Day O'Connor | Yale Law School, 1975 | |
Chief justice John Roberts | January 27, 1955 | Buffalo, N.Y. | W. Bush | September 29, 2005 - Present | William Rehnquist | Harvard Law, 1979 | |
Associate justice Clarence Thomas | June 23, 1948 | Savannah, Ga. | H.W. Bush | July 1, 1991 - Present | Thurgood Marshall | Yale Law School, 1974 | |
Associate justice Elena Kagan | April 28, 1960 | New York, N.Y. | Obama | August 7, 2010 - Present | John Paul Stevens | Harvard Law School, J.D., 1986 | |
Associate justice Sonia Sotomayor | June 25, 1954 | New York, N.Y. | Obama | August 6, 2009 - Present | David Souter | Yale Law School, 1979 | |
Associate justice Neil Gorsuch | August 29, 1967 | Denver, Colo. | Trump | April 10, 2017 - Present | Antonin Scalia | Harvard Law School, 1991 | |
Associate justice Brett Kavanaugh | February 12, 1965 | Washington, D.C. | Trump | October 6, 2018 - Present | Anthony Kennedy | Yale Law School, 1990 | |
Associate justice Amy Coney Barrett | 1972 | New Orleans, La. | Trump | October 26, 2020 - Present | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Notre Dame Law School, 1997 | |
Associate justice Ketanji Brown Jackson | September 14, 1970 | Washington, D.C. | Biden | June 30, 2022 - Present | Stephen Breyer | Harvard Law School, 1996 |
Case history
2021-2022 term
In the 2021-2022 term, SCOTUS agreed to consider 68 cases. Click here for more information.
2020-2021 term
In the 2020-2021 term, SCOTUS agreed to consider 62 cases. Click here for more information.
2019-2020 term
In the 2019-2020 term, the court agreed to consider 74 cases. Click here for more information.
2018-2019 term
In the 2018-2019 term, SCOTUS agreed to consider 75 cases. The court heard oral argument in 72 cases and decided three cases without argument. Click here for more information.
2017-2018 term
In the 2017-2018 term, SCOTUS agreed to hear 71 cases. Ultimately, the justices heard argument in 69 of those cases. Click here for more information.
2016-2017 term
In the 2016-2017 term, SCOTUS agreed to hear 71 cases. Click here for more information.
The court delivered 61 opinions.
- Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Breyer, Ginsburg, and Kennedy, wrote the most opinions—eight each.
- Justices Alito, Kagan, Sotomayor, and Thomas each wrote seven opinions.
- Justice Gorsuch wrote one opinion.
The court delivered eight per curiam opinions.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The New York Times, "On Language; Potus and Flotus," October 12, 1997
- ↑ SupremeCourt.gov, "The Supreme Court at Work: The Term and Caseload," accessed January 24, 2022
- ↑ White House, "President Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Serve as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court," February 25, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "PN1783 — Ketanji Brown Jackson — Supreme Court of the United States," accessed April 7, 2022
- ↑ United States Supreme Court, "Letter to President," January 27, 2022
- ↑ YouTube, "President Biden Delivers Remarks on the Retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer," January 27, 2022
- ↑ Consolidated cases are counted as one case for purposes of this number.
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "In Re Grand Jury on Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit," January 23, 2023
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Administrative Office of the United States Courts, "Supreme Court Procedures," accessed January 24, 2022
- ↑ Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, "Understanding the Federal Courts," accessed January 24, 2022
- ↑ When the case was originally accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court, the case name was John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. v. Evan Milligan, et al. (Consolidated with John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al., v. Marcus Caster, et al.)
- ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, "The Court and Its Procedures," accessed January 24, 2022
- ↑ When the case was originally accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court, the case name was John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. v. Evan Milligan, et al. (Consolidated with John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al., v. Marcus Caster, et al.)
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Roberts declines invitation to testify at Senate hearing," April 26, 2023
- ↑ U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, "Upcoming Hearings," accessed May 1, 2023
- ↑ The New York Times, "Live Updates: Supreme Court Ensures, for Now, Broad Access to Abortion Pill," April 21, 2023
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Biden administration and drug manufacturer ask court to block suspension of mifepristone approval," April 14, 2023
- ↑ Reuters, "Supreme Court's Alito temporarily blocks abortion-pill curbs," April 14, 2023
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Court will resume opinion announcements from the bench, but won’t provide live audio," December 12, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Buffington v. McDonough ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT," filed January 3, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Docket No. 21-972," accessed November 7, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "(ORDER LIST: 598 U.S.)," November 7, 2022
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/status/1588626375212093440 Twitter.com, "@SCOTUSblog," November 4, 2022]
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Garrison v. U.S. Department of Education EMERGENCY APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF INJUNCTION PENDING APPEAL," filed November 1, 2022
- ↑ Reuters, "U.S. Supreme Court's Barrett again declines to block Biden student debt relief," November 4, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "No. 22A362 DONALD J. TRUMP, ET AL., v. COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ET AL., ORDER," November 1, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "(ORDER LIST: 598 U.S.) ORDER IN PENDING CASE," November 1, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "No. 22A337 LINDSEY GRAHAM, UNITED STATES SENATOR, v. FULTON COUNTY SPECIAL PURPOSE GRAND JURY ORDER," October 24, 2022
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Graham asks justices to block subpoena in election-interference probe," October 21, 2022
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Justices are asked to block Biden’s student-loan relief plan," October 19, 2022
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 U.S. Supreme Court, "Brown County Taxpayers Association v. Joe Biden and Respondents: EMERGENCY APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF INJUNCTION PENDING APPEAL," filed October 19, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Docket file 22a331," October 20, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "Donald Trump v. United States of America: APPLICATION TO VACATE THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT’S STAY OF AN ORDER ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA," filed October 4, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "(ORDER LIST: 598 U.S.) 22A283 TRUMP, DONALD J. V. UNITED STATES," October 13, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "For Immediate Release," September 28, 2022
- ↑ Twitter.com, "@SCOTUSblog," September 10, 2022
- ↑ When the case was originally accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court, the case name was John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. v. Evan Milligan, et al. (Consolidated with John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al., v. Marcus Caster, et al.)
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Washington University Law, "Online Code Book - Formal Alteration of Precedent," accessed March 18, 2025
- ↑ Washington University Law, "2024 Supreme Court Database, Version 2024 Release 1," October 1, 2024