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2020 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
 The Supreme Court of the United States handed down fourteen per curiam opinions during its 2020 term, which began October 5, 2020 and concluded October 3, 2021.[1] Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted. Court membershipChief Justice: John Roberts Associate Justices: Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett (confirmed Oct. 26, 2020) Mckesson v. Doe
592 U.S. ___ Thomas dissented without separate opinion. Barrett did not participate in the consideration or decision of the case. Taylor v. Riojas
592 U.S. ___ Thomas dissented without separate opinion. Alito filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Barrett did not participate in the consideration or decision of the case. Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo
592 U.S. ___ The Court ordered New York State enjoined from enforcing Executive Order 202.68 with respect to religious groups, pending appeals. Consolidated with Agudath Israel of America, et al. v. Cuomo. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh filed concurrences. Roberts filed a dissent. Breyer filed a dissent, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan. Sotomayor filed a dissent, joined by Kagan. Shinn v. Kayer
592 U.S. ___ Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissented without separate opinion. Trump v. New York
592 U.S. ___ Breyer filed a dissent, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan. Mays v. Hines
592 U.S. ___ Sotomayor dissented without separate opinion. Tandon v. Newsom
593 U.S. ___ Roberts noted without separate opinion that he would deny the application. Kagan filed a dissent, joined by Breyer and Sotomayor. Alaska v. Wright
593 U.S. ___ Lombardo v. St. Louis
594 U.S. ___ Alito filed a dissent, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch. Pakdel v. City and County of San Francisco
594 U.S. ___ Dunn v. Reeves
594 U.S. ___ Breyer dissented without separate opinion. Sotomayor filed a dissent, joined by Kagan. Alabama Assn. of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Servs.
594 U.S. ___ In May of 2021, the Alabama Association of Realtors sued, alleging that the CDC lacked the authority to extend the moratorium. The District Court granted summary judgement in favor of the realtors, but stayed its order pending appeal. The realtors appealed the stay in June, and the Supreme Court declined to vacate it. Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett noted that they would have vacated the stay, while Justice Kavanaugh wrote that due to the moratorium expiring in only a few weeks, he voted to allow the stay to continue, but that "clear and specific congressional authorization" would be required for the CDC to extend the moratorium beyond July 31. On August 3, 2021, the CDC Director imposed a new moratorium. The realtors returned to court to seek vacatur of the stay. The District Court noted that the four dissenting votes in addition to Justice Kavanaugh's statement meant that the realtors were now likely to succeed on the merits if the case proceeded to the Supreme Court. However, the District Court concluded that its hands were tied by the precedent against vacating the stay. The realtors again appealed to the Supreme Court, which vacated the stay and ended the eviction moratorium. Justice Breyer filed a dissenting opinion, which was joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan. In it, he argued that the realtors were not as likely to succeed on the merits as the majority claimed, and thus the moratorium should have been stayed while litigation proceeded. See also
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