U.S. Supreme Court Lone Dissents

“Loners” is our slang for lone dissents. This page provides links to all known lone dissents of the U.S. Supreme Court. The following collections are now available:

Our collections use three different opinion sources:

Opinions stored at the Library of Congress
Opinions stored at the U.S. Supreme Court as Bound Volumes
Opinions stored at the U.S. Supreme Court as Slip Opinions

We prefer opinions in PDF format because they faithfully reproduce the printed versions. Our preferred preference would be to have access to an XML-based text source and render the opinions using HTML and CSS, but (a) we don’t have such a source, and (b) that’s a lot of work.

Finally, if you’re looking for all opinions, not merely lone dissents, there are some additional collections you can browse, with more coming soon:

See Terms of The Court for a short history of Supreme Court terms, to provide some context for the list that follows.

Lone Dissents by Term

February Term 1793 (2 lone dissents)
August Term 1796 (1 lone dissent)
August Term 1798 (1 lone dissent)
February Term 1806 (1 lone dissent)
February Term 1807 (1 lone dissent)
February Term 1808 (2 lone dissents)
February Term 1809 (5 lone dissents)
February Term 1810 (2 lone dissents)
February Term 1812 (1 lone dissent)
February Term 1813 (4 lone dissents)
February Term 1814 (3 lone dissents)
February Term 1815 (4 lone dissents)
February Term 1816 (1 lone dissent)
February Term 1817 (1 lone dissent)
February Term 1818 (2 lone dissents)
February Term 1819 (1 lone dissent)
February Term 1820 (2 lone dissents)
February Term 1821 (1 lone dissent)
February Term 1823 (4 lone dissents)
February Term 1824 (4 lone dissents)
January Term 1827 (4 lone dissents)
January Term 1828 (2 lone dissents)
January Term 1830 (7 lone dissents)
January Term 1831 (7 lone dissents)
January Term 1832 (7 lone dissents)
January Term 1835 (3 lone dissents)
January Term 1836 (1 lone dissent)
January Term 1837 (3 lone dissents)
January Term 1838 (14 lone dissents)
January Term 1839 (4 lone dissents)
January Term 1840 (1 lone dissent)
January Term 1842 (2 lone dissents)
January Term 1843 (3 lone dissents)
January Term 1844 (3 lone dissents)
January Term 1845* (5 lone dissents)
January Term 1846* (1 lone dissent)
January Term 1847* (2 lone dissents)
January Term 1848* (2 lone dissents)
January Term 1849* (5 lone dissents)
January Term 1850* (8 lone dissents)
December Term 1850 (6 lone dissents)
December Term 1851 (6 lone dissents)
December Term 1852 (4 lone dissents)
December Term 1853 (6 lone dissents)
December Term 1854 (9 lone dissents)
December Term 1855 (9 lone dissents)
December Term 1856 (5 lone dissents)
December Term 1857 (8 lone dissents)
December Term 1858 (7 lone dissents)
December Term 1859 (4 lone dissents)
December Term 1860 (1 lone dissent)
December Term 1861 (5 lone dissents)
December Term 1863 (11 lone dissents)
December Term 1864 (1 lone dissent)
December Term 1865 (2 lone dissents)
December Term 1866 (7 lone dissents)
December Term 1867 (7 lone dissents)
December Term 1868 (10 lone dissents)
December Term 1869 (7 lone dissents)
December Term 1870 (4 lone dissents)
December Term 1871 (8 lone dissents)
December Term 1872 (9 lone dissents)
October Term 1873 (14 lone dissents)
October Term 1874 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1875 (14 lone dissents)
October Term 1876 (13 lone dissents)
October Term 1877 (13 lone dissents)
October Term 1878 (17 lone dissents)
October Term 1879 (7 lone dissents)
October Term 1880 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1881 (5 lone dissents)
October Term 1882 (8 lone dissents)
October Term 1883 (8 lone dissents)
October Term 1884 (4 lone dissents)
October Term 1885 (6 lone dissents)
October Term 1886 (6 lone dissents)
October Term 1887 (8 lone dissents)
October Term 1888 (9 lone dissents)
October Term 1889 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1890 (11 lone dissents)
October Term 1891 (21 lone dissents)
October Term 1892 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1893 (13 lone dissents)
October Term 1894 (17 lone dissents)
October Term 1895 (17 lone dissents)
October Term 1896 (18 lone dissents)
October Term 1897 (17 lone dissents)
October Term 1898 (9 lone dissents)
October Term 1899 (19 lone dissents)
October Term 1900 (7 lone dissents)
October Term 1901 (7 lone dissents)
October Term 1902 (13 lone dissents)
October Term 1903 (11 lone dissents)
October Term 1904 (18 lone dissents)
October Term 1905 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1906 (19 lone dissents)
October Term 1907 (17 lone dissents)
October Term 1908 (13 lone dissents)
October Term 1909 (13 lone dissents)
October Term 1910 (11 lone dissents)
October Term 1911 (4 lone dissents)
October Term 1912 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1913 (19 lone dissents)
October Term 1914 (8 lone dissents)
October Term 1915 (11 lone dissents)
October Term 1916 (13 lone dissents)
October Term 1917 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1918 (14 lone dissents)
October Term 1919 (18 lone dissents)
October Term 1920 (14 lone dissents)
October Term 1921 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1922 (6 lone dissents)
October Term 1923 (8 lone dissents)
October Term 1924 (12 lone dissents)
October Term 1925 (7 lone dissents)
October Term 1926 (9 lone dissents)
October Term 1927 (3 lone dissents)
October Term 1928 (7 lone dissents)
October Term 1929 (1 lone dissent)
October Term 1930 (5 lone dissents)
October Term 1931 (8 lone dissents)
October Term 1932 (5 lone dissents)
October Term 1933 (8 lone dissents)
October Term 1934 (4 lone dissents)
October Term 1935 (2 lone dissents)
October Term 1936 (9 lone dissents)
October Term 1937 (18 lone dissents)
October Term 1938 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1939 (17 lone dissents)
October Term 1940 (8 lone dissents)
October Term 1941 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1942 (21 lone dissents)
October Term 1943 (17 lone dissents)
October Term 1944 (26 lone dissents)
October Term 1945 (27 lone dissents)
October Term 1946 (16 lone dissents)
October Term 1947 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1948 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1949 (25 lone dissents)
October Term 1950 (12 lone dissents)
October Term 1951 (15 lone dissents)
October Term 1952 (24 lone dissents)
June Special Term 1953 (2 lone dissents)
October Term 1953 (9 lone dissents)
October Term 1954 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1955 (6 lone dissents)
October Term 1956 (21 lone dissents)
October Term 1957 (20 lone dissents)
October Term 1958 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1959 (18 lone dissents)
October Term 1960 (16 lone dissents)
October Term 1961 (23 lone dissents)
October Term 1962 (27 lone dissents)
October Term 1963 (23 lone dissents)
October Term 1964 (26 lone dissents)
October Term 1965 (24 lone dissents)
October Term 1966 (29 lone dissents)
October Term 1967 (48 lone dissents)
October Term 1968 (23 lone dissents)
October Term 1969 (16 lone dissents)
October Term 1970 (20 lone dissents)
October Term 1971 (24 lone dissents)
October Term 1972 (21 lone dissents)
October Term 1973 (25 lone dissents)
October Term 1974 (27 lone dissents)
October Term 1975 (16 lone dissents)
October Term 1976 (23 lone dissents)
October Term 1977 (15 lone dissents)
October Term 1978 (21 lone dissents)
October Term 1979 (19 lone dissents)
October Term 1980 (18 lone dissents)
October Term 1981 (20 lone dissents)
October Term 1982 (21 lone dissents)
October Term 1983 (16 lone dissents)
October Term 1984 (15 lone dissents)
October Term 1985 (17 lone dissents)
October Term 1986 (7 lone dissents)
October Term 1987 (12 lone dissents)
October Term 1988 (9 lone dissents)
October Term 1989 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1990 (7 lone dissents)
October Term 1991 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1992 (12 lone dissents)
October Term 1993 (7 lone dissents)
October Term 1994 (13 lone dissents)
October Term 1995 (12 lone dissents)
October Term 1996 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1997 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 1998 (16 lone dissents)
October Term 1999 (8 lone dissents)
October Term 2000 (7 lone dissents)
October Term 2001 (5 lone dissents)
October Term 2002 (6 lone dissents)
October Term 2003 (6 lone dissents)
October Term 2004 (6 lone dissents)
October Term 2005 (3 lone dissents)
October Term 2006 (9 lone dissents)
October Term 2007 (6 lone dissents)
October Term 2008 (4 lone dissents)
October Term 2009 (8 lone dissents)
October Term 2010 (8 lone dissents)
October Term 2011 (8 lone dissents)
October Term 2012 (4 lone dissents)
October Term 2013 (2 lone dissents)
October Term 2014 (6 lone dissents)
October Term 2015 (10 lone dissents)
October Term 2016 (6 lone dissents)
October Term 2017 (5 lone dissents)

* Technically, January Terms 1845 through 1850 were actually December Terms 1844 through 1849; the Court apparently preferred to adhere to its previous naming convention, at least for six more years. See Terms of The Court for more information.