On this page, we keep ongoing statistics for the October 2019 term – dispositions by sitting, majority opinions authored by sitting, pace of grants, pace of decisions, the circuit scorecard and justice agreement. Our most recent Stat Pack, which includes these and other variables for the October 2019 term, can be found here (published July 10, 2020). Previous editions of the Stat Pack can be found in the Stat Pack archive. We regularly cross-post statistical analysis related to the court from Empirical SCOTUS.
Dispositions by sitting
Major cases in red. Decided cases shaded gray. Dismissed cases struck through.
| October (8) |
November (10) |
December (12) |
January (8) |
February (9) |
May (9) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kahler | Barton | N.Y. Rifle | Lucky | Cowpasture | Booking.com |
| NantKwest | Glover | Public.Resource | Thole | Opati | Open Society |
| Ramos | CITGO | Rodriguez | Kelly | Sineneng-Smith | Little Sisters |
| Bostock | Allen | Atlantic | Romag | Lomax | Consultants |
| Aurelius | Maui | Intel | Babb | Nasrallah | McGirt |
| Garcia | IBM | Banister | Shular | Thuraissigiam | Guadalupe |
| Rotkiske | Regents | Guerrero-Lasprilla | GE Energy | Seila Law | Mazars |
| Hernandez | Thryv | Espinoza | Liu | Vance | |
| Comcast | Maine Community | June Medical | Chiafalo | ||
| Ritzen | Holguin-Hernandez | ||||
| Monasky | |||||
| McKinney |
Majority opinions authored by sitting
| Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | May | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arguments | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 58 |
| Roberts | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Thomas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Ginsburg | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Breyer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Alito | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Sotomayor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Kagan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Gorsuch | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Kavanaugh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Per Cur. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Opinions | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 55 |
| Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | May | Total |
*Although nine cases were argued during the October sitting, only seven opinions were issued from that sitting: The court consolidated Harris with its decision in Bostock on June 15, 2020, and dismissed Malvo pursuant to Rule 46 on February 26, 2020. Although 10 cases were argued during the May sitting, only 9 merits opinions were issued from that sitting: The court issued a one-page per curiam opinion on July 6, 2020, reversing Baca in light of its decision in Chiafalo on the same date.
Pace of grants
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The Minimum Distribution Pace presented in this chart reflects the number of petitions that must be granted to fill the court’s docket for oral argument while giving the litigants in each case a complete or near-complete briefing schedule. The pace also reflects the number of petitions raised at each conference and other factors affecting the certiorari process.
*The jump in OT20 grants in the April #1 wave signifies the court’s decision on April 13, 2020, to reschedule 10 cases from OT19 to OT20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pace of decisions
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Circuits
| Total | % Total | Aff’d | Rev’d | % Aff’d | % Rev’d | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA1 | 1 | 1% | 0 | 1 | 0% | 100% |
| CA2 | 8 | 12% | 2 | 6 | 25% | 75% |
| CA3 | 4 | 6% | 2 | 2 | 50% | 50% |
| CA4 | 4 | 6% | 3 | 1 | 75% | 25% |
| CA5 | 7 | 10% | 1 | 6 | 14% | 86% |
| CA6 | 3 | 4% | 3 | 0 | 100% | 0% |
| CA7 | 1 | 1% | 0 | 1 | 0% | 100% |
| CA8 | 1 | 1% | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0% |
| CA9 | 10 | 15% | 1 | 9 | 10% | 90% |
| CA10 | 4 | 4% | 1 | 2 | 33% | 67% |
| CA11 | 7 | 10% | 3 | 4 | 43% | 57% |
| CADC | 3 | 4% | 1 | 2 | 33% | 67% |
| CAFC | 4 | 6% | 1 | 3 | 25% | 75% |
| CAAF | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| State | 11 | 16% | 3 | 8 | 27% | 73% |
| Dist. Court | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Orig. | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 67 | 100% | 22 | 45 | 33% | 67% |
Voting relationships
Justice agreement in full, in part or in judgment
| CT | RBG | SGB | SAA | SMS | EK | NMG | BMK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JGR | 72% | 72% | 75% | 77% | 70% | 80% | 85% | 93% |
| CT | 50% | 53% | 92% | 45% | 51% | 80% | 78% | |
| RBG | 93% | 52% | 88% | 86% | 63% | 68% | ||
| SGB | 55% | 85% | 90% | 67% | 71% | |||
| SAA | 47% | 56% | 78% | 80% | ||||
| SMS | 88% | 65% | 66% | |||||
| EK | 68% | 72% | ||||||
| NMG | 88% | |||||||
| BMK | ||||||||
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