Supreme Court cases, October term 2023-2024
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- Supreme Court cases, October term 2020-2021
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2019-2020
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2018-2019
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2017-2018
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2016-2017
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2015-2016
- HISTORY OF THE COURT
- Recent vacancies
| SCOTUS |
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| Cases by term |
| 2023-2024 term 2022-2023 term |
| Judgeships |
| Posts: 9 |
| Judges: 9 |
| Judges |
| Chief: John Roberts |
| Active: Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas |
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 2, 2023. 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]
See the sections below for additional information on the October 2023 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 will decide, 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.
As of December 21, 2023, the court has agreed to hear 54 cases during its 2023-2024 term.[3] Of the 54 cases, one was dismissed.[4]The court has scheduled twenty of the cases for argument.
As of December 5, 2023, the court has issued one decision on cases this term. 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.[5]
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."[5][6]
Circuits
1st Circuit
2nd Circuit
- Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC
- Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P.
- Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P.
- Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC
- McIntosh v. United States
- Cantero v. Bank of America
- National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo
3rd Circuit
- Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC
- Brown v. United States[7]
- Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz
- Wilkinson v. Garland
4th Circuit
5th Circuit
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited
- Campos-Chaves v. Garland (Consolidated w/ Garland v. Singh)
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy
- United States v. Rahimi
- Devillier v. Texas
- NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton
- Gonzalez v. Trevino
- Murthy v. Missouri
- Garland v. Cargill
- Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (Consolidated w/ Danco Laboratories, L.L.C. v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine)
6th Circuit
7th Circuit
8th Circuit
- Pulsifer v. United States
- Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri
- Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Connelly v. Internal Revenue Service
9th Circuit
- O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier
- Moore v. United States
- Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fikre
- Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski
- Diaz v. United States
- Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe (consolidated with Becerra v. Northern Arapaho Tribe)
- Thornell v. Jones
10th Circuit
11th Circuit
- Culley v. Marshall
- Jackson v. United States[8]
- Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy
- Moody v. NetChoice, LLC
D.C. Circuit
Federal Circuit
Armed Forces
- No cases originating from this circuit have yet been announced.
State and district courts
- Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
- McElrath v. Georgia
- Smith v. Arizona
- Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, California
Original jurisdiction
- No cases originating from this circuit have yet been announced.
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]
October sitting
October 2, 2023
October 3, 2023
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited
October 4, 2023
October 10, 2023
October 11, 2023
November sitting
October 30, 2023
October 31, 2023
November 1, 2023
November 6, 2023
November 7, 2023
November 8, 2023
December sitting
November 27, 2023
November 28, 2023
November 29, 2023
December 4, 2023
December 5, 2023
December 6, 2023
January sitting
January 8, 2024
- Campos-Chaves v. Garland (Consolidated w/ Garland v. Singh)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fikre
January 9, 2024
- Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, California
- Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC
January 10, 2024
January 16, 2024
January 17, 2024
Cases not yet set for argument
- Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC
- Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy
- Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- McIntosh v. United States
- Moody v. NetChoice, LLC
- NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton
- Cantero v. Bank of America
- Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.
- Gonzalez v. Trevino
- Murthy v. Missouri
- National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo
- Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski
- Garland v. Cargill
- Diaz v. United States
- Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe (consolidated with Becerra v. Northern Arapaho Tribe)
- Erlinger v. United States
- Connelly v. Internal Revenue Service
- Snyder v. United States
- Thornell v. Jones
- Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon, Ohio
- Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (consolidated with Danco Laboratories, L.L.C. v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine)
- Fischer v. United States
- Harrow v. Department of Defense
Cases removed from argument calendar
Noteworthy court announcements
Court declines to intervene in emergency docket redistricting request
- See also: Allen v. Milligan
- September 26, 2023: In response to an emergency docket request from the State of Alabama, SCOTUS declined to intervene in the redrawing of the Alabama U.S. congressional districts. Therefore, redistricting measures in Alabama would continue with court-appointed experts drawing new maps that include a second majority-Black district.[13]
Term data
2023-2024 term data
The 2023-2024 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began on October 2, 2023. The following table provides data on the decisions the court issued during the 2023-2024 term.
SCOTUS case reversal rates
From 2007 to the most recently completed term, the Supreme Court of the United States released opinions in 1,188 cases, averaging 74.3 cases per year. During that period, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision 847 times (71.3 percent) and affirmed a lower court decision 332 times (27.9 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 2021, the high court decided more cases originating from the Ninth Circuit (233) 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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
2022-2023 term
In the 2022-2023 term, SCOTUS agreed to consider 60 cases. Click here for more information.
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 March 16, 2023
- ↑ Consolidated cases are counted as one case for purposes of this number.
- ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, "Supreme Court of the United States," accessed December 13, 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Administrative Office of the United States Courts, "Supreme Court Procedures," accessed March 16, 2023
- ↑ Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, "Understanding the Federal Courts," accessed March 16, 2023
- ↑ Consolidated with Jackson v. United States.
- ↑ Consolidated with Brown v. United States.
- ↑ Consolidated cases are counted as one case for purposes of this number.
- ↑ Consolidated cases are counted as one case for purposes of this number.
- ↑ Consolidated cases are counted as one case for purposes of this number.
- ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, "The Court and Its Procedures," accessed January 24, 2022
- ↑ SCOTUSBlog, "Court denies Alabama’s request to use voting map with only one majority-Black district," accessed September 27, 2023
