Petitioner Nick Feliciano is an air traffic controller . . . . Pursuant to Coast Guard policy, each time it called him to active duty, the Coast Guard provided Feliciano orders listing the basis for its call.

— Justice Thomas (dissenting) in FELICIANO v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

— showing the 8-1 majority practice of skipping gender-based courtesy titles

The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) does not authorize judicial review of a consular officer’s denial of a visa; thus, as a rule, the federal courts cannot review those decisions.

— Justice Barrett in DEPARTMENT OF STATE v. MUÑOZ

— showing the unanimous Supreme Court practice of keeping abbreviations simple without quotation marks and using parentheticals only when needed for clarity

Nick Feliciano began working for the Federal Aviation Administration as an air traffic controller in 2005. At the same time, Mr. Feliciano served as a reserve petty officer in the United States Coast Guard.

— Justice Gorsuch in FELICIANO v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

— showing his practice of using traditional, gender-based courtesy titles (like Mr. and Ms.)

The Veterans Administration, the precursor to today’s Department of Veterans Affairs (together, the Department or VA), denied Mr. George’s application.

—Justice Gorsuch (dissenting) in GEORGE v. MCDONOUGH

—showing the Court’s trend to simplify references to parties

I agree with the Court’s decision to vacate and remand because NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (together, the trade associations) have not established that Texas’s H. B. 20 and Florida’s S. B. 7072 are facially unconstitutional.

—Justice Thomas (concurring) in MOODY v. NETCHOICE, LLC

—showing the Court’s trend to simplify references to parties and limit over-capitalization

Ninety-six of them—over three quarters—were issued during the administrations of President George W. Bush, President Obama, President Trump, and President Biden.

— Justice Barrett in TRUMP v. CASA, INC.

— showing the unanimous practice of using professional titles, and adding the first name for one to avoid confusion with George H.W. Bush

In 1998, Texas charged Ruben Gutierrez with capital murder for the killing of Escolastica Harrison at her mobile home in Brownsville, Texas. The State’s theory at trial was that Harrison had been stabbed to death with two different screwdrivers. To support its view that Gutierrez wielded one of the two screwdrivers in question, the State introduced a statement Gutierrez gave to the police

—Justice Sotomayor in GUTIERREZ v. SAENZ

—showing the Court’s practice of using party names instead of generic titles (like plaintiff and defendant) and no courtesy titles (like Mr. and Ms.)

In 1883, Sarah Althea Hill claimed to be the wife of U. S. Senator William Sharon and sought a share of his fortune in acrimonious California divorce proceedings. Sharon admitted an affair but insisted that Hill had forged the pair’s handwritten marriage contract. Hill hired David Terry to represent her. A former Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, Terry had resigned that post after killing (another) U. S. Senator in a duel. As the litigation wore on, lawyer and client married.

— Justice Gorsuch in MARTIN v. UNITED STATES

— showing a variety of naming techniques, each with the goal of clarity and conciseness

The Barring Act authorizes certain entities to settle certain types of claims. See §§3702(a)(1)–(4). Relevant here, the Act provides that the Secretary of Defense will settle “claims involving uniformed service members’ pay, allowances, travel, transportation, payments for unused accrued leave, retired pay, and survivor benefits.”

— Justice Thomas in SOTO v. UNITED STATES

— showing the simple second reference to “Act” with no parenthetical when the meaning is otherwise clear and the practice to capitalize professional titles (like “Secretary” and “President”)