Opinions of the Supreme Court of the US (00075)
The dataset is based on the opinions authored and joined by the justices betwen 1946 and 2021, derived from the Supreme Court Database. The Court consists of 9 justices who vote on each case about which of the two parties to the case wins. The Court then publishes a majority opinion explaining the Court’s reasoning. Justices can also submit concurring opinions and dissenting opinions, and join any of the opinions submitted by others. Concurring opinions explain additional or alternative reasons, written by justices who voted with the majority. Dissenting opinions explain why a justice did not vote with the majority. Note that there might be several dissenting and concurring opinions. Each opinion, concurrence, or dissent becomes a ballot “approving” the justices that joined in it. The data was converted to the appropriate format by Théo Delemazure.
Required citations: Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, Andrew D. Martin, Jeffrey A. Segal, Theodore J. Ruger and Sara C. Benesh. 2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 01. URL: http://supremecourtdatabase.org.
Selected studies: Comparing Ways of Obtaining Candidate Orderings from Approval Ballots (2025). Théo Delemazure, Chris Dong, Dominik Peters, and Magdalena Tydrichova. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI).
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1946 — 00075-00000001.cat
205 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1947 — 00075-00000002.cat
176 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1948 — 00075-00000003.cat
183 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1949 — 00075-00000004.cat
119 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1950 — 00075-00000005.cat
128 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1951 — 00075-00000006.cat
126 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1952 — 00075-00000007.cat
169 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1953 — 00075-00000008.cat
103 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1954 — 00075-00000009.cat
118 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1955 — 00075-00000010.cat
122 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1956 — 00075-00000011.cat
158 Voters,
10 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1957 — 00075-00000012.cat
175 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1958 — 00075-00000013.cat
162 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1959 — 00075-00000014.cat
174 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1960 — 00075-00000015.cat
196 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1961 — 00075-00000016.cat
131 Voters,
10 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1962 — 00075-00000017.cat
169 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1963 — 00075-00000018.cat
173 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1964 — 00075-00000019.cat
137 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1965 — 00075-00000020.cat
143 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1966 — 00075-00000021.cat
164 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1967 — 00075-00000022.cat
161 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1968 — 00075-00000023.cat
145 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1969 — 00075-00000024.cat
145 Voters,
8 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1970 — 00075-00000025.cat
180 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1971 — 00075-00000026.cat
213 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1972 — 00075-00000027.cat
242 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1973 — 00075-00000028.cat
243 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1974 — 00075-00000029.cat
200 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1975 — 00075-00000030.cat
240 Voters,
10 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1976 — 00075-00000031.cat
215 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1977 — 00075-00000032.cat
228 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1978 — 00075-00000033.cat
229 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1979 — 00075-00000034.cat
226 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1980 — 00075-00000035.cat
209 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1981 — 00075-00000036.cat
249 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1982 — 00075-00000037.cat
258 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1983 — 00075-00000038.cat
244 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1984 — 00075-00000039.cat
230 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1985 — 00075-00000040.cat
269 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1986 — 00075-00000041.cat
277 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1987 — 00075-00000042.cat
235 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1988 — 00075-00000043.cat
241 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1989 — 00075-00000044.cat
232 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1990 — 00075-00000045.cat
200 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1991 — 00075-00000046.cat
188 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1992 — 00075-00000047.cat
183 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1993 — 00075-00000048.cat
154 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1994 — 00075-00000049.cat
140 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1995 — 00075-00000050.cat
135 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1996 — 00075-00000051.cat
137 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1997 — 00075-00000052.cat
160 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1998 — 00075-00000053.cat
135 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 1999 — 00075-00000054.cat
146 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2000 — 00075-00000055.cat
133 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2001 — 00075-00000056.cat
140 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2002 — 00075-00000057.cat
125 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2003 — 00075-00000058.cat
136 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2004 — 00075-00000059.cat
141 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2005 — 00075-00000060.cat
116 Voters,
10 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2006 — 00075-00000061.cat
123 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2007 — 00075-00000062.cat
126 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2008 — 00075-00000063.cat
139 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2009 — 00075-00000064.cat
130 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2010 — 00075-00000065.cat
132 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2011 — 00075-00000066.cat
115 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2012 — 00075-00000067.cat
129 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2013 — 00075-00000068.cat
113 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2014 — 00075-00000069.cat
127 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2015 — 00075-00000070.cat
100 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2016 — 00075-00000071.cat
93 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2017 — 00075-00000072.cat
114 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2018 — 00075-00000073.cat
115 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2019 — 00075-00000074.cat
94 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2020 — 00075-00000075.cat
97 Voters,
9 Alternatives
All Supreme Court Opinions of 2021 — 00075-00000076.cat
108 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1946 — 00075-00000077.cat
142 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1947 — 00075-00000078.cat
118 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1948 — 00075-00000079.cat
127 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1949 — 00075-00000080.cat
100 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1950 — 00075-00000081.cat
103 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1951 — 00075-00000082.cat
100 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1952 — 00075-00000083.cat
122 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1953 — 00075-00000084.cat
87 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1954 — 00075-00000085.cat
98 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1955 — 00075-00000086.cat
106 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1956 — 00075-00000087.cat
127 Voters,
11 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1957 — 00075-00000088.cat
155 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1958 — 00075-00000089.cat
139 Voters,
10 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1959 — 00075-00000090.cat
136 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1960 — 00075-00000091.cat
139 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1961 — 00075-00000092.cat
118 Voters,
10 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1962 — 00075-00000093.cat
158 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1963 — 00075-00000094.cat
183 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1964 — 00075-00000095.cat
134 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1965 — 00075-00000096.cat
141 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1966 — 00075-00000097.cat
147 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1967 — 00075-00000098.cat
197 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1968 — 00075-00000099.cat
140 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1969 — 00075-00000100.cat
141 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1970 — 00075-00000101.cat
144 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1971 — 00075-00000102.cat
179 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1972 — 00075-00000103.cat
186 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1973 — 00075-00000104.cat
173 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1974 — 00075-00000105.cat
154 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1975 — 00075-00000106.cat
182 Voters,
10 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1976 — 00075-00000107.cat
179 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1977 — 00075-00000108.cat
155 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1978 — 00075-00000109.cat
160 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1979 — 00075-00000110.cat
157 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1980 — 00075-00000111.cat
153 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1981 — 00075-00000112.cat
177 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1982 — 00075-00000113.cat
166 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1983 — 00075-00000114.cat
173 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1984 — 00075-00000115.cat
165 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1985 — 00075-00000116.cat
165 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1986 — 00075-00000117.cat
161 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1987 — 00075-00000118.cat
153 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1988 — 00075-00000119.cat
152 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1989 — 00075-00000120.cat
140 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1990 — 00075-00000121.cat
129 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1991 — 00075-00000122.cat
120 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1992 — 00075-00000123.cat
120 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1993 — 00075-00000124.cat
96 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1994 — 00075-00000125.cat
92 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1995 — 00075-00000126.cat
91 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1996 — 00075-00000127.cat
96 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1997 — 00075-00000128.cat
102 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1998 — 00075-00000129.cat
92 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 1999 — 00075-00000130.cat
85 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2000 — 00075-00000131.cat
87 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2001 — 00075-00000132.cat
85 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2002 — 00075-00000133.cat
84 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2003 — 00075-00000134.cat
79 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2004 — 00075-00000135.cat
80 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2005 — 00075-00000136.cat
87 Voters,
10 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2006 — 00075-00000137.cat
75 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2007 — 00075-00000138.cat
74 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2008 — 00075-00000139.cat
83 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2009 — 00075-00000140.cat
93 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2010 — 00075-00000141.cat
84 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2011 — 00075-00000142.cat
77 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2012 — 00075-00000143.cat
79 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2013 — 00075-00000144.cat
75 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2014 — 00075-00000145.cat
74 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2015 — 00075-00000146.cat
81 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2016 — 00075-00000147.cat
69 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2017 — 00075-00000148.cat
76 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2018 — 00075-00000149.cat
73 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2019 — 00075-00000150.cat
60 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2020 — 00075-00000151.cat
65 Voters,
9 Alternatives
Majority Supreme Court Opinions of 2021 — 00075-00000152.cat
65 Voters,
9 Alternatives