2014 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy

The 2014 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2014 and concluded October 4, 2015. This was the twenty-eighth term of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy's tenure on the Court .
Anthony Kennedy 2014 term statistics 6 Majority or Plurality 4 Concurrence 0 Other 3 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 13 Bench opinions = 13 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 0 Most joined by: Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan (6) Least joined by: Thomas (1 in part)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	North Carolina Bd. of Dental Examiners v. FTC	574 U.S. ___ (2015)	Sherman Antitrust Act  • state-action antitrust immunity	Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Alito
	Direct Marketing Assn. v. Brohl	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Tax Injunction Act  • state collection of online sales tax  • online retailer reporting requirements		Thomas Ginsburg
	Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	status of Amtrak as governmental entity	Roberts, Scalia, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas Alito
	Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Pregnancy Discrimination Act  • disparate treatment claim		Breyer Alito Scalia
	Rodriguez v. United States	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	Fourth Amendment  • traffic stop  • dog sniff of car for drugs  • reasonable suspicion		Ginsburg Thomas Alito
	Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	First Amendment  • freedom of speech  • ban on personal solicitation of campaign funds by judicial candidates		Roberts Ginsburg Breyer Scalia Alito
	Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.	575 U.S. ___ (2015)	patent law  • induced infringement  • belief in patent invalidity as defense	Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan; Thomas (in part)	Scalia
	Zivotofsky v. Kerry	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	diplomatic recognition  • separation of powers  • Article Two  • U.S. position on status of Jerusalem  • Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003  • passport designation of births in Jerusalem	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Breyer Thomas Roberts Scalia
	Kerry v. Din	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Immigration and Nationality Act  • exclusion of alien for terrorist activities  • denial of spouse's visa  • Due Process Clause	Alito	Scalia Breyer
	Davis v. Ayala	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	solitary confinement		Alito Thomas Sotomayor
	Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Fair Housing Act  • state allocation of federal low-income housing tax credits  • disparate impact	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Thomas Alito
	Johnson v. United States	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	Armed Career Criminal Act  • residual clause  • Fifth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • void for vagueness		Scalia Thomas Alito
	Obergefell v. Hodges	576 U.S. ___ (2015)	same-sex marriage  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • Equal Protection Clause	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts Scalia Thomas Alito

References

• 2014 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 5, 2015.
• 2014 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 5, 2015.
• 2014 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 5, 2015.