The Up-Until-Now Missing Audio of SCOTUS Opinion Announcements from OT24
Everyone reading this post likely knows that the Supreme Court records the audio of its opinion announcements, but unlike oral arguments, it doesn’t livestream them. This is in spite of a valiant yearslong campaign by the SCOTUS press corps to change the policy.
Instead, the Court holds on to these audio files until the start of the following term when it sends them to the National Archives. The Archives places them in its catalog, at which point Oyez, a project of Cornell’s Legal Information Institute, Justia and Chicago-Kent College of Law, obtains them and posts them online in an easy-to-enjoy format.
At least that’s how it typically goes. But this past year, something fell through, and instead of having audio files of OT24 opinion announcements on Archives.gov or Oyez.org in October, it was suddenly January, and no one could seem to locate them.
Enter Fix the Court. We’re pleased to announce that today marks the first public release of this audio, which FTC law clerk Emma Donahue obtained from the Archives yesterday after much back and forth with the staff there plus a visit to the agency’s D.C. headquarters.
This marks another big win for our small organization, yet it’s incomplete given the dilatory way the audio reaches the public.
We’ve posted the MP3 files below as we received them, and in the near future, we’ll download, edit and re-release them for ease of use — though to be honest, we hope Oyez beats us to it for this part of the project.
In OT24, SCOTUS issued 67 opinions, according to its own accounting. The audio files comprise 56 authored opinions, all summarized from the bench, with two dissents summarized; eight per curiam opinions, with only one noted from the bench; and three DIGs, all noted from the bench.
1. 23-167, Hamm v. Smith, per curiam, no opinion announcement (handed down on 11/4/24)
2. 23-980, Facebook, Inc. v. Amalgamated Bank, DIG, starts at 4:05 (11/22/24)
3. 23-583, Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, Jackson, starts at 4:30 (12/10/24)
4. 23-970, NVIDIA v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder, DIG, starts at 5:00 (12/11/24)
5. 23-677, Royal Canin U. S. A. v. Wullschleger, Kagan, starts at 9:45 (1/15/25)
6. 23-217, E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, Kavanaugh, starts at 6:15 (1/15/25)
7. 24-656, TikTok Inc. v. Garland, per curiam, no opinion announcement (1/17/25)
8. 23-6573, Andrew v. White, per curiam, no opinion announcement (1/21/25)
9. 23-867, Hungary v. Simon, Sotomayor, starts at 13:50 (2/21/25)
10. 23-1127, Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath, Kagan, starts at 8:37 (2/21/25)
11. 23-191, Williams v. Reed, Kavanaugh, starts at 5:48 (2/21/25)
12. 23-621, Lackey v. Stinnie, Roberts, starts at 14:30 (2/25/25)
13. 22-7466, Glossip v. Oklahoma, Sotomayor, starts at 6:05 (2/25/25)
14. 23-971, Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Alito, starts at 8:55 (2/26/25)
15. 23-900, Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc., Kagan, starts at 4:54 (2/26/25)
16. 23-753, City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, Alito, starts at 5:32 (3/4/25)
17. 23-713, Bufkin v. Collins, Thomas, starts at 6:14 (3/5/25)
18. 23-1095, Thompson v. United States, Roberts, starts at 7:31 (3/21/25)
19. 23-825, Delligatti v. United States, Thomas, starts at 5:12 (3/21/25)
20. 23-852, Bondi v. Vanderstok, Gorsuch, starts at 11:17 (3/26/25)
21. 23-824, United States v. Miller, Jackson, starts at 5:44 (3/26/25)
22. 23-1038, FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC, Alito, starts at 13:11 (4/2/25)
23. 23-365, Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn, Barrett, starts at 4:33 (4/2/25)
24. 24A910, Department of Education v. California, per curiam, no opinion announcement (4/4/25)
25. 24A931, Trump v. J. G. G., per curiam, no opinion announcement (4/7/25)
26. 23-1007, Cunningham v. Cornell Univ., Sotomayor, starts at 6:15 (4/17/25)
27. 23-929, Monsalvo Velazquez v. Bondi, Gorsuch, starts at 5:13 (4/22/25)
28. 23-715, Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Kennedy, Barrett, starts at 5:08 (4/29/25)
29. 23-861, Feliciano v. Department Of Transportation, Gorsuch, starts at 5:33 (4/30/25)
30. 23-1239, Barnes v. Felix, Kagan, starts at 10:26 (5/15/25)
31. 24A1007, A.A.R.P. v. Trump, per curiam, no opinion announcement (5/16/25)
32. 23-909, Kousisis v. United States, Barrett, starts at 5:50 (5/22/25)
33. 24-394, OK Charter School Board v. Drummond, per curiam, starts at 12:44 (5/22/25)
34. 23-975, Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Kavanaugh, starts at 5:32 (5/29/25)
35. 23-1259, BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman, Thomas, starts at 22:49 (6/5/25)
36. 23-1201, CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Antrix Corp., Alito, starts at 20:58 (6/5/25)
37. 24-154, Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Comm’n., Sotomayor, starts at 17:46 (6/5/25)
38. 23-1141, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Kagan, starts at 13:23 (6/5/25)
39. 23-1039, Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, Jackson, starts at 7:10 (6/5/25)
40. 24-304, Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Davis, DIG, starts at 25:48 (6/5/25)
41. 24-249, A. J. T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School Dist. No. 279, Roberts, starts at 28:00 (6/12/25)
42. 24-320, Soto v. United States, Thomas, starts at 25:14 (6/12/25)
43. 24-275, Parrish v. United States, Sotomayor, starts at 22:39 (6/12/25)
44. 24-362, Martin v. United States, Gorsuch, starts at 15:12 (6/12/25)
45. 24-416, Commissioner v. Zuch, Barrett, starts at 11:30 (6/12/25)
46. 23-1345, Rivers v. Guerrero, Jackson, starts at 5:26 (6/12/25)
47. 23-1324, Perttu v. Richards, Roberts, starts at 40:20 (6/18/25)
48. 23-477, United States v. Skrmetti, Roberts, starts at 18:03; Sotomayor’s dissent summary starts at 26:26 (6/27/25)(6/18/25)
49. 23-1067, Oklahoma v. EPA, Thomas, starts at 11:51 (6/18/25)
50. 23-1229, EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C., Thomas, starts at 11:51 (6/18/25)
51. 23-1300, NRC v. Texas, Kavanaugh, starts at 5:56 (6/18/25)
52. 24-20, Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization, Roberts, starts at 36:06 (6/20/25)
53. 23-997, Stanley v. City of Sanford, Gorsuch, starts at 32:12 (6/20/25)
54. 24-7, Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. EPA, Kavanaugh, starts at 19:19 (6/20/25)
55. 23-1226, McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp., Kavanaugh, starts at 19:19 (6/20/25)
56. 23-7483, Esteras v. United States, Barrett, starts at 5:50 (6/20/25)
57. 23-1187, FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co., Barrett, starts at 5:50 (6/20/25)
58. 23-1270, Riley v. Bondi, Alito, starts at 20:51 (6/26/25)
59. 23-7809, Gutierrez v. Saenz, Sotomayor, starts at 17:28 (6/26/25)
60. 23-1275, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Gorsuch, starts at 12:14 (6/26/25)
61. 23-1002, Hewitt v. United States, Jackson, starts at 6:00 (6/26/25)
62. 23-1122, Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, Thomas, starts at 1:19:20 (6/27/25)
63. 24-297, Mahmoud v. Taylor, Alito, starts at 54:20 (6/27/25)
64. 24-354, FCC v. Consumers’ Research, Kagan, starts at 45:50 (6/27/25)
65.24-316, Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc., Kavanaugh, starts at 37:30 (6/27/25)
66. 24A884, Trump v. CASA, Inc., Barrett, starts at 7:47; Sotomayor’s dissent summary starts at 18:36 (6/27/25)
67. 24-809, Goldey v. Fields, per curiam, no opinion announcement (6/30/25)