2012 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy

The 2012 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2012 and concluded October 6, 2013. This was the twenty-sixth term of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy's tenure on the Court .
Anthony Kennedy 2012 term statistics 8 Majority or Plurality 5 Concurrence 0 Other 1 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 14 Bench opinions = 14 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous opinions: 0 Most joined by: Alito (8) Least joined by: Scalia (3 in full, 1 in part)

Type	Case	Citation	Issues	Joined by	Other opinions
	Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc.	568 U.S. ___ (2013)	Article III  • Case or Controversy Clause  • mootness	Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor	Roberts
	Bailey v. United States	568 U.S. ___ (2013)	Fourth Amendment  • detention incident to the execution of a search warrant	Roberts, Scalia, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan	Scalia Breyer
	Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center	568 U.S. ___ (2013)	Clean Water Act  • Industrial Stormwater rule	Roberts, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan; Scalia (in part)	Roberts Scalia
	Wos v. E. M. A.	568 U.S. ___ (2013)	Medicaid anti-lien provision  • state recovery of tort awards for medical expenditures	Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan	Breyer Roberts
	Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.	569 U.S. ___ (2013)	Alien Tort Statute  • extraterritoriality		Roberts Breyer Alito
	Missouri v. McNeely	569 U.S. ___ (2013)	Fourth Amendment  • exigent circumstances  • drunk driving  • government-compelled blood alcohol test		Sotomayor Roberts Thomas
	Maryland v. King	569 U.S. ___ (2013)	Fourth Amendment  • routine DNA profiling of arrestees  • warrantless search	Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito	Scalia
	Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Ariz., Inc.	570 U.S. ___ (2013)	National Voter Registration Act of 1993  • Elections Clause  • Arizona Proposition 200 (2004)		Scalia Thomas Alito
	Maracich v. Spears	570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Freedom of Information Act  • Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994  • attorney solicitation of clients	Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito	Ginsburg
	Descamps v. United States	570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Armed Career Criminal Act		Kagan Thomas Alito
	Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin	570 U.S. ___ (2013)	affirmative action  • race as factor in college admissions  • Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause	Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor	Scalia Thomas Ginsburg
	University of Tex. Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar	570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Title VII  • employer retaliation  • causation	Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito	Ginsburg
	Hollingsworth v. Perry	570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Article III  • standing  • California Proposition 8	Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor	Roberts
	United States v. Windsor	570 U.S. ___ (2013)	Fifth Amendment  • equal protection  • Defense of Marriage Act  • same-sex marriage	Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan	Roberts Scalia Alito

References

• 2012 Term Opinions of the Court, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 7, 2013.
• 2012 Term Opinions Relating to Orders, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 7, 2013.
• 2012 Term In-Chambers Opinions, Supreme Court of the United States, retrieved October 7, 2013.