Supreme Court cases, October term 2024-2025
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| SCOTUS |
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| Cases by 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 7, 2024. 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 2024 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 January 30, 2025, the court has agreed to hear 64 cases during its 2024-2025 term.[3] The court has scheduled 50 cases for argument.
As of March 6, 2025, the court has issued 17 opinions this term. Two cases were decided without argument. Since 2007, SCOTUS has released opinions in 1,250 cases. Of those, it reversed a lower court decision 891 times (71 percent) while affirming a lower court decision 347 times (28 percent).
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.[4]
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."[4][5]
Circuits
1st Circuit
2nd Circuit
- Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn
- Delligatti v. United States
- Cunningham v. Cornell University
- BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman
- Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization (Consolidated with United States v. Palestine Liberation Organization)
3rd Circuit
4th Circuit
- Lackey v. Stinnie
- E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera
- Riley v. Garland
- Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers, Inc.
- Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic[6]
- Parrish v. United States
- Mahmoud v. Taylor
5th Circuit
- Garland v. VanDerStok
- Hewitt v. United States (Consolidated with Duffey v. United States)
- Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton
- Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC
- FDA v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co.
- Barnes v. Felix
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas (Consolidated with Interim Storage Partners v. Texas)
- Gutierrez v. Saenz
- Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC
- Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research (Consolidated with Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition v. Consumers’ Research)
- Rivers v. Guerrero
- Department of Education v. Career Colleges and Schools of Texas
- Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc.
6th Circuit
- United States v. Skrmetti
- Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services
- Perttu v. Richards
- Esteras v. United States
7th Circuit
8th Circuit
- A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School District No. 279
- Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc. v. Wullschleger
9th Circuit
- City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency
- Facebook, Inc. v. Amalgamated Bank
- NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB
- CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. (Consolidated with Devas Multimedia Private Ltd. v. Antrix Corp.)
- McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson Corp.
10th Circuit
- United States v. Miller
- Velazquez v. Garland
- Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services
- Oklahoma v. Environmental Protection Agency (Consolidated with Pacificorp v. Environmental Protection Agency)
11th Circuit
D.C. Circuit
- Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Kennedy
- Republic of Hungary v. Simon (2024)
- Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado
- TikTok, Inc. v. Garland (Consolidated with Firebaugh v. Garland)
- Diamond Alternative Energy LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Circuit
Armed Forces
- No cases originating from this circuit have yet been announced.
State and district courts
- Williams v. Reed [7]
- Glossip v. Oklahoma
- Diamond Alternative Energy LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency
- Louisiana v. Callais (Consolidated with Robinson v. Callais)
- Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission
- Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond (consolidated with St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond)
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.
Cases by sitting
SCOTUS' term is divided into sittings, when the justices hear cases.[8]
Cases not yet set for argument
Cases decided without argument
- Hamm v. Smith
- Andrew v. White
Cases by date of opinion
November
November 4, 2024
- Hamm v. Smith - decided without arguments
November 22, 2024
December
December 10, 2024
December 11, 2024
January
January 15, 2025
January 17, 2025
January 21, 2025
- Andrew v. White - decided without arguments
February
February 21, 2025
- Republic of Hungary v. Simon (2024)
- Williams v. Reed
- Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Todd Heath
February 25, 2025
February 26, 2025
March
March 4, 2025
March 4, 2025
Noteworthy court announcements
Term data
2024-2025 term data
The 2024-2025 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began on October 7, 2024. Information will be added here as it becomes available.
SCOTUS case reversal rates
From 2007 to the most recently completed term, the Supreme Court of the United States released opinions in 1,250 cases, averaging 73.5 cases per year. During that period, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision 891 times (71.3 percent) and affirmed a lower court decision 347 times (27.8 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 2023, the high court decided more cases originating from the Ninth Circuit (243) 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
2023-2024 term
In the 2023-2024 term, SCOTUS agreed to consider 62 cases. Click here for more information.
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 January 24, 2022
- ↑ Consolidated cases are counted as one case for purposes of this number.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Administrative Office of the United States Courts, "Supreme Court Procedures," accessed January 24, 2022
- ↑ Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, "Understanding the Federal Courts," accessed January 24, 2022
- ↑ When the case was originally accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court, the case name was ‘‘Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic’’.
- ↑ When the case was originally accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court, the case name was ‘‘William V Washington’’.
- ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, "The Court and Its Procedures," accessed July 30, 2024
- ↑ When the case was originally accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court, the case name was ‘‘Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic’’.
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Biden administration and drug manufacturer ask court to block suspension of mifepristone approval," April 14, 2023
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ET AL. v. AIDS VACCINE ADVOCACY COALITION, ET AL.," March 5, 2025
- ↑ When the case was originally accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court, the case name was ‘‘Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic’’.
