Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Voting and opinion record for Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Supreme Court Database, covering the 1993 through 2019 Terms.
2,230decisions participated in
80%in the majority
443dissenting votes
214majority opinions written
Court eras served in this data: Rehnquist Court, Roberts Court.
Majority opinions by issue area
Most often on the same side
| Justice | Same side | Cases together |
|---|---|---|
| Elena Kagan | 90.4% | 701 |
| Sonia Sotomayor | 89.9% | 821 |
| David H. Souter | 88.9% | 1,375 |
| Stephen G. Breyer | 86.8% | 2,099 |
| John Paul Stevens | 83.2% | 1,466 |
Least often on the same side
| Justice | Same side | Cases together |
|---|---|---|
| Clarence Thomas | 62.0% | 2,211 |
| Neil M. Gorsuch | 62.3% | 223 |
| Samuel A. Alito Jr. | 62.8% | 1,102 |
| Antonin Scalia | 65.0% | 1,874 |
| Brett M. Kavanaugh | 67.5% | 126 |
“Same side” means both Justices were in the majority, or both in dissent, in decisions where both voted; pairs with fewer than 50 shared decisions are left out.
Majority opinions written (214)
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V.
- United States v. Sineneng-Smith
- Thryv v. Click-To-Call Technologies, Lp
- Shular v. United States
- Monasky v. Taglieri
- Ritzen Group Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC
- Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill
- Fort Bend County v. Davis
- BNSF Railway Company v. Loos
- Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com
- Timbs v. Indiana
- Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido
- Animal Science Products v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co.
- China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh
- McCoy v. Louisiana
- Digital Realty Trust v. Somers
- Artis v. District of Columbia
- Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago
- Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Bd.
- Sessions v. Morales-SantanaLaw held unconstitutional
- Microsoft Corp. v. Baker
- BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell
- Nelson v. ColoradoLaw held unconstitutional
- Coventry Health Care of Missouri v. Nevils
- Moore v. TexasLaw held unconstitutional
- Bravo-Fernandez v. United States
- United States v. Bryant
- Betterman v. Montana
- Sheriff v. Gillie
- Bank Markazi v. Peterson
- Hughes v. PPL Energyplus
- Evenwel v. Abbott
- Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez
- Bruce v. Samuels
- Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission
- Mellouli v. Lynch
- Harris v. Viegelahn
- Rodriguez v. United States
- Yates v. United States
- Gelboim v. Bank of Am. Corp.
- Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co., LLC v. Owens
- Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc
- Wood v. Moss
- Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
- EPA v. Eme Homer City Generation
- Lawson v. FMR LLC
- Daimlerchrysler Ag v. Bauman
- Sprint Communications, Inc. v. Jacobs
- United States v. Anthony Davila
- Greg McQuiggin v. Floyd Perkins
- Linda Metrish v. Burt Lancaster
- Dan’s City Used Cars, Inc. v. Robert Pelkey
- Steven Alan Levin v. United States
- Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds
- Kathleen Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center
- Los Angeles County Flood Control District Petitioner v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
- Arkansas Game and Fish Commission v. United States
- Michael J. Astrue v. Karen K. Capato
- Patrick Wood v. Kevin Milyard
- Panagis Vartelas v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
- Marcus D. Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC
- Lawrence Golan v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
- Cory R. Maples v. Kim T. Thomas
- Barion Perry v. New Hampshire
- Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Edgar D. Brown
- CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Robert McBride
- Donald Bullcoming v. New Mexico
- American Electric Power Company, Inc. v. Connecticut
- Astra USA, Inc. v. Santa Clara County
- Henry W. Skinner v. Lynn Switzer
- James Walker v. Charles W. Martin
- Michelle Oritz v. Paula Jordan
- Kevin Abbott v. United States
- Christian Legal Society Chapter of the University of California v. Leo P. Martinez
- Jeffrey K. Skilling v. United States
- Conrad M. Black v. United States
- Richard A. Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc.
- Mary Berghuis v. Diapolis Smith
- Florida v. Kevin Dewayne Powell
- Agron Kucana v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
- NRG Power Marketing, LLC v. Maine Public Utilities Commission
- Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment
- David Bobby v. Michael Bies
- Michael Rivera v. Illinois
- Betty E. Vaden v. Discover Bank
- Vermont v. Michael Brillon
- United States v. Randy Edward Hayes
- Arizona v. Lemon Montrea Johnson
- Oregon v. Thomas Eugene Ice
- Greenlaw v. United States
- Taylor v. Sturgell
- Bob Riley v. Yvonne Kennedy
- Keith Lavon Burgess v. United States
- State of New Jersey v. State of Delaware
- Arnold M. Preston v. Alex E. Ferrer
- Derrick Kimbrough v. United States
- James D. Logan v. United States
- Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd.
- Michael W. Sole v. T. A. Wyner
- Microsoft Corporation v. AT&T Corp.
- Linda A. Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A.
- Sinochem International Co., Ltd. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corporation
- Pat Osborn v. Barry Haley
- John Cunningham v. CaliforniaLaw held unconstitutional
- Howard Delivery Service, Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance Co.
- Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc. v. Denise F. McVeigh
- Vickie Lynn Marshall v. E. Pierce Marshall
- Patrick Day v. James R. McDonough
- Jenifer Arbaugh v. Y & H Corporation
- Wachovia Bank v. Daniel G. Schmidt
- Volvo Trucks North America, Inc. v. Reeder-Simco GMC, Inc.
- Lincoln Property Company v. Christophe Roche
- Antonio Dwayne Halbert v. MichiganLaw held unconstitutional
- Deneice A. Mayle v. Jacoby Lee Felix
- Jon B. Cutter v. Reginald Wilkinson
- Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
- City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York
- Claude M. Ballard v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Bradley Nigh
- Intel Corporation v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- J. Elliott Hibbs v. Kathleen M. Winn
- Pennsylvania State Police v. Nancy Drew Suders
- Randall C. Scarborough v. Anthony J. Principi
- Iowa v. Felipe Edgardo Tovar
- Raymond B. Yates, M.D., P.C. Profit Sharing Plan v. William T. Hendon
- Delma Banks, Jr. v. Doug Dretke
- Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v. Environmental Protection Agency
- Andrew J. Kontrick v. Robert A. Ryan
- Inyo County v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony
- Illinois ex Rel. Lisa Madigan v. Telemarketing Associates, Inc.
- Norfolk & Western Railway Company v. Freeman Ayers
- United States v. Navajo Nation
- Erick Cornell Clay v. United States
- Eric Eldred v. John D. Ashcroft
- Timothy Stuart Ring v. ArizonaAltered precedentLaw held unconstitutional
- City of Columbus v. Ours Garage and Wrecker Service, Inc.
- Franconia Associates v. United States
- Gary E. Gisbrecht v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart
- Alabama v. Lereed Shelton
- Correction Officer Porter v. Ronald Nussle
- Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services v. Irene Blumer
- Remon Lee v. Mike Kemna
- TRW Inc. v. Adelaide Andrews
- New York Times Company, Inc. v. Jonathan Tasini
- State of New Hampshire v. State of Maine
- Dale G. Becker v. Betty Montgomery
- C & L Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma
- United States v. Cleveland Indians Baseball Company
- Wesley Aaron Shafer, Jr. v. South Carolina
- City News and Novelty, Inc. v. City of Waukesha
- Christopher A. Lopez v. Randy J. Davis
- Carl W. Cleveland v. United States
- State of Arizona v. State of California
- Dewey J. Jones v. United States
- Donald E. Nelson v. Adams
- Florida v. J. L.
- Chad Weisgram v. Marley Company
- United States v. Abel Martinez-Salazar
- Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (Toc), Inc.
- Rohn F. Drye, Jr. v. United States
- Tommy Olmstead v. L. C.
- Jefferson County v. William M. Acker, Jr.
- Ruhrgas Ag v. Marathon Oil Company
- Unum Life Insurance Company of America v. John E. Ward
- Murphy Brothers, Inc. v. Michetti Pipe Stringing, Inc.
- National Collegiate Athletic Association v. R. M. Smith
- Humana Inc. v. Mary Forsyth
- Victoria Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc.Law held unconstitutional
- United States v. Vickie S. Cabrales
- Air Line Pilots Association v. Robert A. Miller
- Montana v. Crow Tribe of Indians
- United States v. United States Shoe CorporationLaw held unconstitutional
- Margaret Kawaauhau v. Paul W. Geiger
- Regions Hospital v. Donna E. Shalala
- Mary Anna Rivet v. Regions Bank of Louisiana
- Kenneth Lee Baker and Steven Robert Baker v. General Motors Corporation
- Bay Area Laundry and Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corporation of California, Inc.
- Melvin Jefferson v. City of Tarrant
- Garrit Bates v. United States
- Amchem Products, Inc. v. George Windsor
- United States v. James Herman O'Hagan
- Associates Commercial Corporation v. Elray Rash et Ux.
- William Strate v. A-1 Contractors and Lyle Stockert
- Walker L. Chandler v. Zell D. MillerLaw held unconstitutional
- Arizonans for Official English and Robert D. Park v. Arizona
- Bruce Babbitt v. Marvin K. Youpee, Sr.Law held unconstitutional
- M. L. B. v. S. L. J.Law held unconstitutional
- Caterpillar Inc. v. James David Lewis
- United States v. VirginiaLaw held unconstitutional
- William Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
- Lloyd Henderson v. United States
- Doctor's Associates, Inc. and Nick Lombardi v. Paul Casarotto et Ux.
- Holly Farms Corporation v. National Labor Relations Labor Board
- Bank One Chicago, N. A. v. Midwest Bank & Trust Company
- Yamaha Motor Corporation, U. S. A. v. Lucien B. Calhoun
- Carl Thompson v. Patrick Keohane
- Katia Gutierrez de Martinez v. Dirk A. Lamagno
- Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Chickasaw Nation
- Harvey F. Garlotte v. Kirk Fordice
- City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc.
- United States v. Lori Rabin Williams
- Tom Swint v. Chambers County Commission
- Nationsbank of North Carolina, N. A. v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co.
- American Airlines, Inc. v. Myron Wolens
- Albert Hess and Charles F. Walsh v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation
- Barclays Bank PLC v. Franchise Tax Board of California
- Orrin S. Reed v. Robert Farley
- Silvia S. Ibanez v. Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Kitrich Powell v. Nevada
- United States v. Ralph Stuart Granderson, Jr.
- Charles K. Elder v. R. D. Holloway
- Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. County of Kent
- Waldemar Ratzlaf and Loretta Ratzlaf v. United States
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Harris Trust and Savings Bank
Dissents in argued cases (most recent 30 of 423)
- Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
- Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania
- Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants Inc.Law held unconstitutional
- Espinoza v. Montana Department of RevenueLaw held unconstitutional
- U.S. Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society Int'l
- Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection BureauLaw held unconstitutional
- Thole v. U.S. Bank, N.A.
- Georgia v. Public.resource.org Inc.
- Barton v. Barr
- Kahler v. Kansas
- Kansas v. Garcia
- Hernandez v. Mesa
- McKinney v. Arizona
- Rotkiske v. Klemm
- Rucho v. Common CauseAltered precedent
- Mitchell v. Wisconsin
- The Dutra Group v. Batterton
- Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media
- Knick v. Township of ScottAltered precedent
- American Legion v. American Humanist Association
- Gamble v. United States
- Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck
- Return Mail Inc. v. U.S. Postal Service
- Franchise Tax Board of California v. HyattAltered precedent
- Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela
- Bucklew v. Precythe
- Biestek v. Berryhill
- Nielsen v. Preap
- Stokeling v. United States
- Janus v. American Federation of StateAltered precedentLaw held unconstitutional
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Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error