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Official portrait of Samuel A. Alito Jr.

Samuel Alito

Associate Justice2006–presentAppointed by George Walker Bush (Republican)

Samuel A. Alito, Jr., was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on April 1, 1950. He married Martha-Ann Bomgardner in 1985, and has two children - Philip and Laura. He served as a law clerk for Leonard I. Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1976–1977. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1977–1981, as Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1981–1985, as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1985–1987, and as U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1987–1990. He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1990. President George W. Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat January 31, 2006.

Selected Majority Opinions

No. 24-1046Wolford v. Lopez
Jun 25, 2026
No. 25-5Mullin v. Al Otro Lado
Jun 25, 2026
No. 25-1083Mullin v. Doe
Jun 25, 2026
No. 25-95Pung v. Isabella County, Michigan
Jun 23, 2026
No. 24-109Louisiana v. Callais (Voting Rights Act)
Apr 29, 2026
No. 24-808Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton
Jan 20, 2026
No. 24-297Mahmoud v. Taylor
Jun 27, 2025
No. 23-1270Riley v. Bondi
Jun 26, 2025
No. 23-1201CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd.
Jun 5, 2025
No. 23-1038Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC
Apr 2, 2025
No. 23-753City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency
Mar 4, 2025
No. 23-971Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Feb 26, 2025
No. 22-674Campos-Chaves v. Garland
Jun 14, 2024
No. 22-982Thornell v. Jones
May 30, 2024
No. 22-807Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
May 23, 2024
No. 22-6389Brown v. United States
May 23, 2024
No. 22-535Department of Education v. Brown
Jun 30, 2023
No. 21-1043Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc.
Jun 29, 2023
No. 22-174Groff v. DeJoy
Jun 29, 2023
No. 21-1576Smith v. United States
Jun 15, 2023
No. 21-454Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency
May 25, 2023
No. 21-1158Percoco v. United States
May 11, 2023
No. 19-1392Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Jun 24, 2022
No. 21-499Vega v. Tekoh
Jun 23, 2022
No. 20-1573Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana
Jun 15, 2022
No. 20-322Garland v. Gonzalez
Jun 13, 2022
No. 20-828Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga
Mar 4, 2022
No. 20-601Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, P.S.C.
Mar 3, 2022
No. 19-1257Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
Jul 1, 2021
No. 19-897Johnson v. Guzman Chavez
Jun 29, 2021
No. 19-422Collins v. Yellen
Jun 23, 2021
No. 20-334City of San Antonio, Texas v. Hotels.com, L.P.
May 27, 2021
No. 19-357City of Chicago, Illinois v. Fulton
Jan 14, 2021
No. 19-108United States v. Briggs
Dec 10, 2020
No. 19-267Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
Jul 8, 2020
No. 19-161Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam
Jun 25, 2020
No. 18-882Babb v. Wilkie
Apr 6, 2020
No. 17-834Kansas v. Garcia
Mar 3, 2020
No. 18-1116Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma
Feb 26, 2020
No. 17-1678Hernandez v. Mesa
Feb 25, 2020
No. 18-6210Mitchell v. Wisconsin
Jun 27, 2019
No. 18-96Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association v. Thomas
Jun 26, 2019
No. 18-266The Dutra Group v. Batterton
Jun 24, 2019
No. 17-1717The American Legion v. American Humanist Association
Jun 20, 2019
No. 17-646Gamble v. United States
Jun 17, 2019
No. 16-1094Republic of Sudan v. Harrison
Mar 26, 2019
No. 16-1363Nielsen v. Preap
Mar 19, 2019
No. 16-1466Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31
Jun 27, 2018
No. 17-586Abbott v. Perez
Jun 25, 2018
No. 16-980Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute
Jun 11, 2018
No. 17-5716Koons v. United States
Jun 4, 2018
No. 16-476Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
May 14, 2018
No. 16-6795Ayestas v. Davis
Mar 21, 2018
No. 15-1204Jennings v. Rodriguez
Feb 27, 2018
No. 15-1293Matal v. Tam
Jun 19, 2017
No. 16-466Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County
Jun 19, 2017
No. 16-605Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc.
Jun 5, 2017
No. 16-369County of Los Angeles v. Mendez
May 30, 2017
No. 16-254Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon
May 22, 2017
No. 15-927SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC
Mar 21, 2017
No. 15-628Salman v. United States
Dec 6, 2016
No. 14-1468Birchfield v. North Dakota
Jun 23, 2016
No. 15-138RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. The European Community
Jun 20, 2016
No. 14-6166Taylor v. United States
Jun 20, 2016
No. 13-1339Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins
May 16, 2016
No. 14-361Ocasio v. United States
May 2, 2016
No. 15-5238Nichols v. United States
Apr 4, 2016
No. 14-510Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v. United States
Jan 25, 2016
No. 14-7955Glossip v. Gross
Jun 29, 2015
No. 13-1352Ohio v. Clark
Jun 18, 2015
No. 13-1428Davis v. Ayala
Jun 18, 2015
No. 12-1497Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Carter
May 26, 2015
No. 13-485Comptroller v. Wynne
May 18, 2015
No. 13-1412City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan
May 18, 2015
No. 13-352B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc.
Mar 24, 2015
No. 13-6827Holt v. Hobbs
Jan 20, 2015
No. 11-681Harris v. Quinn
Jun 30, 2014
No. 13-354Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
Jun 30, 2014
No. 12-1117Plumhoff v. Rickard
May 27, 2014
No. 12-462Northwest, Inc. v. Ginsberg
Apr 2, 2014
No. 12-7822Fernandez v. California
Feb 25, 2014
No. 12-929Atlantic Marine Construction Co. v. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Dec 3, 2013
No. 12-414Burt v. Titlow
Nov 5, 2013
No. 11-1447Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District
Jun 25, 2013
No. 12-399Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
Jun 25, 2013
No. 11-556Vance v. Ball State University
Jun 24, 2013
No. 12-142Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett
Jun 24, 2013
No. 12-246Salinas v. Texas
Jun 17, 2013
No. 12-17McBurney v. Young
Apr 29, 2013
No. 11-1025Clapper v. Amnesty International USA
Feb 26, 2013
No. 11-465Johnson v. Williams
Feb 20, 2013
No. 11-998Mount Soledad Memorial Association v. Trunk
Jun 25, 2012
No. 11-1115United States v. Trunk
Jun 25, 2012
No. 10-1121Knox v. Service Employees Int’l Union, Local 1000
Jun 21, 2012
No. 10-8505Williams v. Illinois
Jun 18, 2012
No. 11-204Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.
Jun 18, 2012
No. 10-1472Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd.
May 21, 2012
No. 10-788Rehberg v. Paulk
Apr 2, 2012
No. 10-1024Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper
Mar 28, 2012
No. 10-680Howes v. Fields
Feb 21, 2012
No. 10-382United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation
Jun 13, 2011
No. 10-6Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A.
May 31, 2011
No. 09-1272Kentucky v. King
May 16, 2011
No. 09-868Wall v. Kholi
Mar 7, 2011
No. 09-1036Henderson v. Shinseki
Mar 1, 2011
No. 09-530National Aeronautics and Space Administration v. Nelson
Jan 19, 2011
No. 08-1521McDonald v. City of Chicago
Jun 28, 2010
No. 09-475Monsanto Company v. Geertson Seed Farms
Jun 21, 2010
No. 08-998Hamilton v. Lanning
Jun 7, 2010
No. 08-1198Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp.
Apr 27, 2010
No. 08-970Perdue v. Kenny A.
Apr 21, 2010
No. 08-586Jones v. Harris Associates
Mar 30, 2010
No. 08-240Mac’s Shell Service, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products Co.
Mar 2, 2010
No. 138 OriginalSouth Carolina v. North Carolina
Jan 20, 2010
No. 08-289Horne v. Flores; Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives v. Flores
Jun 25, 2009
No. 07-1309Boyle v. United States
Jun 8, 2009
No. 07-1372Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Mar 31, 2009
No. 105 OrigKansas v. Colorado
Mar 9, 2009
No. 07-665Pleasant Grove City, UT v. Summum
Feb 25, 2009
No. 07-751Pearson v. Callahan
Jan 21, 2009
No. 07-1125Fitzgerald, et vir v. Barnstable School Committee, et al.
Jan 21, 2009
No. 07-320Davis v. FEC
Jun 26, 2008
No. 07-214Allison Engine v. US
Jun 9, 2008
No. 06-1717Richlin Security Service v. Chertoff
Jun 2, 2008
No. 06-1321Gomez-Perez v. Potter
May 27, 2008
No. 06-1646US v. Rodriquez
May 19, 2008
No. 06-1413Meadwestvaco v. Ill. Dept. of Revenue
Apr 15, 2008
No. 06-10119Snyder v. Louisiana
Mar 19, 2008
No. 13-356Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell
Jun 30, 1914
No. 12-786Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Jun 2, 1914

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