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 Interim Stat Pack, which includes these and other variables for the October 2019 term, can be found here (published April 3, 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.
Arguments by sitting
Major cases in red. Decided cases shaded gray. Dismissed cases struck through.
| October (9) | November (10) | December (12) | January (8) | February (9) | March – postponed (11) | April – postponed (9) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kahler | Barton | N.Y. Rifle | Lucky | Cowpasture | Briggs | Fulton |
| NantKwest | Glover | Public.Resource | Thole | Opati | Booking.com | McGirt |
| Ramos | CITGO | Rodriguez | Kelly | Sineneng-Smith | Texas v. N.M. | |
| Bostock | Allen | Atlantic | Romag | Lomax | Tanzin | Consultants |
| Harris | Maui | Intel | Babb | Nasrallah | Carney | Ford |
| Aurelius | IBM | Banister | Shular | Thuraissigiam | Open Society | Rutledge |
| Garcia | Regents | Guerrero-Lasprilla | GE Energy | Seila Law | Torres | Chiafalo |
| Rotkiske | Hernandez | Thryv | Espinoza | Liu | Pereida | Baca |
| Comcast | Maine Community | June Medical | Mazars | Little Sisters | ||
| Ritzen | Holguin-Hernandez | Vance | ||||
| Monasky | Guadalupe | |||||
| McKinney |
Majority opinions authored by sitting
| Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | March | April | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argued | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 48 | ||
| Roberts | ||||||||
| Thomas | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Ginsburg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Breyer | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Alito | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Sotomayor | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Kagan | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Gorsuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Kavanaugh | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Per Cur. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Decided | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | |||
| Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | March | April | Total |
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.
Pace of decisions
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Circuits
| Total | % Total | Aff’d | Rev’d | % Aff’d | % Rev’d | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA1 | 1 | 1% | ||||
| CA2 | 9 | 12% | 1 | 100% | ||
| CA3 | 5 | 7% | 2 | 100% | ||
| CA4 | 4 | 5% | 1 | 100% | ||
| CA5 | 6 | 8% | 1 | 3 | 25% | 75% |
| CA6 | 3 | 4% | 2 | 100% | ||
| CA7 | 1 | 1% | ||||
| CA8 | 3 | 4% | ||||
| CA9 | 10 | 14% | 1 | 2 | 33% | 67% |
| CA10 | 4 | 5% | 1 | 100% | ||
| CA11 | 7 | 9% | 1 | 1 | 50% | 50% |
| CADC | 3 | 4% | ||||
| CAFC | 5 | 7% | 1 | 100% | ||
| CAAF | 1 | 1% | ||||
| State | 11 | 15% | 2 | 3 | 40% | 60% |
| Dist. Court | 0 | 0% | ||||
| Orig. | 1 | 1% | ||||
| Total | 74 | 100% | 11 | 11 | 50% | 40% |
Voting relationships
Justice agreement in full, in part or in judgment
| CT | RBG | SGB | SAA | SMS | EK | NMG | BMK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JGR | 86% | 77% | 82% | 91% | 77% | 86% | 100% | 100% |
| CT | 64% | 68% | 95% | 64% | 73% | 86% | 86% | |
| RBG | 95% | 68% | 91% | 91% | 77% | 77% | ||
| SGB | 73% | 95% | 95% | 82% | 82% | |||
| SAA | 68% | 77% | 91% | 91% | ||||
| SMS | 91% | 77% | 77% | |||||
| EK | 86% | 86% | ||||||
| NMG | 100% | |||||||
| BMK | ||||||||
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