2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

none February 2026 September 2023 Clarence Thomas File:Clarence Thomas official SCOTUS portrait.jpg 2011 twenty-first October 3, 2011 September 30, 2012 6 6 1 5 0 17 1 0 1 Scalia (7) Ginsburg (2) https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/11 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/relatingtoorders/11 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/in-chambers/11 October 23, 2012 Clarence Thomas opinions SCOTUSterm2010-2015 01 Smith v. Cain dissent 565 73 2012 Due Process Clause Brady disclosure materiality of witness impeachment evidence Roberts majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts#Smith v. Cain 02 Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC concurrence 565 171 2012 Americans with Disabilities Act First Amendment ministerial exception to employment discrimination laws Roberts majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts#Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC Alito concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC 03 Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid majority 565 207 2012 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act coverage of injury occurring on land Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan Scalia concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia#Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid 04 Perry v. New Hampshire concurrence 565 228 2012 Due Process Clause eyewitness identification made under suggestible circumstances Ginsburg majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg#Perry v. New Hampshire Sotomayor dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Perry v. New Hampshire 05 Perry v. Perez concurrence 565 388 2012 Perry v. Perez/Concurrence Thomas Voting Rights Act of 1965 preclearance redistricting per curiam majority 2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States#Perry v. Perez Thomas concurred in the Court's vacatur and remand of a District Court's interim redistricting map for Texas, a state that was subject to preclearance requirements for state redistricting plans under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. While the Court's decision was based upon the District Court's departures from the state's plan that were not based upon legal flaws or other clear standards, Thomas instead believed that section 5 was unconstitutional. Texas should, therefore, have been able to implement its proposed redistricting map for the 2012 election, unless and until there was a finding against it under the alleged violations of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act or the U.S. Constitution. 06 Kawashima v. Holder majority 565 478 2012 immigration law conviction for false tax return as basis for deportation Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Sotomayor Ginsburg dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg#Kawashima v. Holder 07 Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp. majority 565 625 2012 Locomotive Inspection Act injury from asbestos exposure state law claims for defective design and failure to warn federal preemption Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Kagan Kagan concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Elena Kagan#Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp. Sotomayor concurrencedissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp. 08 Utah Highway Patrol v. American Atheists, Inc. dissent 565 994 2011 Utah Highway Patrol v. American Atheists, Inc./Dissent Thomas First Amendment Establishment Clause religious displays on government property Thomas dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari, in a case in which the placement on public land of large crosses to commemorate the deaths of highway patrol officers was ruled unconstitutional. Thomas criticized the lack of clarity and indeterminacy of the Court's tests for whether such a display violated the First Amendment, and noted what he saw as the confusion and contradictions this caused in lower court rulings. "It is difficult to imagine an area of the law more in need of clarity," Thomas wrote, urging the Court to address this problem even if it did not adopt his view that the Establishment Clause only applied to the Federal Government and only prohibited "actual legal coercion." 09 Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Md. concurrence 566 30 2012 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 self-care provision Fourteenth Amendment abrogation of state sovereign immunity Kennedy majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy#Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Md. Scalia concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia#Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Md. Ginsburg dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg#Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Md. 10 Kappos v. Hyatt majority 566 431 2012 patent law introduction of new evidence in challenge to denial of patent application Unanimous Sotomayor concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Kappos v. Hyatt 11 Wood v. Milyard concurrence 566 463 2012 habeas corpus court of appeals raising sua sponte deliberately forfeited statute of limitation defense Scalia Ginsburg majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg#Wood v. Milyard 12 Reichle v. Howards majority 566 658 2012 First Amendment retaliatory arrest qualified immunity Secret Service Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Sotomayor Ginsburg concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg#Reichle v. Howards 13 Elgin v. Department of Treasury majority 567 1 2012 Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 Merit Systems Protection Board jurisdiction over constitutional claims by federal employees Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor Alito dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#Elgin v. Department of Treasury 14 Williams v. Illinois concurrence 567 50 2012 Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause expert testimony Alito plurality 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#Williams v. Illinois Breyer concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Williams v. Illinois Kagan dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Elena Kagan#Williams v. Illinois 15 Arizona v. United States concurrencedissent 567 387 2012 immigration federal preemption Arizona SB 1070 Kennedy majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy#Arizona v. United States Scalia concurrencedissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia#Arizona v. United States Alito concurrencedissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#Arizona v. United States 16 Miller v. Alabama dissent 567 460 2012 Eighth Amendment Cruel and Unusual Punishment sentencing of juveniles to life without parole Scalia Kagan majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Elena Kagan#Miller v. Alabama Breyer concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Miller v. Alabama Roberts dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts#Miller v. Alabama Alito dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#Miller v. Alabama 17 National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius dissent 567 519 2012 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act individual mandate Anti-Injunction Act Commerce Clause Necessary and Proper Clause Medicaid expansion coercive conditions on federal spending Roberts plurality 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts#National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius Ginsburg concurrencedissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg#National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius Thomas dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas#National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius Signed jointly with Scalia, Kennedy, and Alito. 18 National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius dissent 567 519 2012 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act individual mandate Commerce Clause Roberts plurality 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts#National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius Ginsburg concurrencedissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg#National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia#National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius In addition to the four-justice, jointly-authored dissent, Thomas filed a separate dissent.