OPINIONS OF THE COURT 2024
Opinions of the Court – 2024
The opinions collected here are those issued during October Term 2024 (October 7, 2024, through October 5, 2025). Opinions are posted on the website upon release in slip opinion format. Slip opinions remain posted until replaced with opinions edited to reflect the usual publication style of the United States Reports, including final pagination that will carry forward unchanged in the corresponding preliminary prints and the bound volumes of the United States Reports.
Term Year: 2024 Table Information
R- Date Docket Name J. Citation
26 4/17/25 23-1007 Cunningham v. Cornell Univ. SS 604/2
25 4/07/25 24A931 Trump v. J. G. G. PC 604/2
24 4/04/25 24A910 Department of Education v. California PC 604/2
23 4/02/25 23-365 Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn AB 604/2
22 4/02/25 23-1038 FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC A 604/2
21 3/26/25 23-824 United States v. Miller KJ 604/2
20 3/26/25 23-852 Bondi v. Vanderstok NG 604/2
19 3/21/25 23-825 Delligatti v. United States T 604/2
18 3/21/25 23-1095 Thompson v. United States R 604/2
17 3/05/25 23-713 Bufkin v. Collins T 604/1
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OPINION
Opinions
The term “opinions” as used on this website refers to several types of writing by the Justices.
The most well-known opinions are those released or announced in cases in which the Court has heard oral argument. Each opinion sets out the Court’s judgment and its reasoning and may include the majority or principal opinion as well as any concurring or dissenting opinions. All opinions in a single case are published together and are prefaced by a syllabus prepared by the Reporter of Decisions that summarizes the Court’s decision. The Justice who authors the majority or principal opinion often will summarize the opinion from the bench during a Court session.
The Court may also dispose of cases in per curiam opinions, which do not identify the author. These cases frequently resolve cases summarily, often without oral argument. But per curiam opinions have sometimes been issued in argued cases.
In-chambers opinions are written by an individual Justice to dispose of an application by a party for interim relief, e.g., for a stay of the judgment of the court below, for vacation of a stay, or for a temporary injunction.
Justices may also write opinions relating to the orders of the Court, e.g., to dissent from a denial of certiorari or to concur in that denial.
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For earlier volumes of the U.S. Reports, the Library of Congress maintains an online digital collection of the U.S. Reports covering the years 1754-2012. The Library of Congress provides information on additional free online resources for case law, including decisions of the Supreme Court, in this guide: How To Find Free Case Law Online.
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