Yesterday, we reviewed who averaged the most amicus support in civil cases between 1994 and 2005 – winning parties, losers, or parties who won only in part. Today, we address the data for the years 2006 through 2016.
Petitioners nearly always averaged more amicus briefs when the Court reversed (i.e., winning petitioners) than when the
For the past two weeks, we’ve been reviewing the data on the Supreme Court’s experience with amicus briefs, asking whether petitioners or respondents tend to average more amicus support. Now, as a further step towards modeling the impact of amicus briefs, let’s look at whether winning or losing petitioners or respondents average more amicus support.
Yesterday, we looked at the court’s experience with amicus briefs in criminal cases for the first half of our study period, 1994-2005. Today, we look at the data for the second half of the period.
For the most part, the relationship between the sides was the same – petitioners tend to get more amicus support
Last week, we reviewed the year-by-year data since 1994 for amicus briefs, looking at whether more amici tend to support the petitioner or the respondent. This week, we’re looking at the Court’s experience with amicus briefs in criminal cases.
The primary lesson of the data is the obvious one: amicus briefs are far less commonplace
Yesterday, we looked at the year-by-year data in civil cases, dividing total amicus briefs up by the side supported – petitioner, respondent, and neither side/can’t determine. We discovered that three quarters of the time between 1994 and 2005, the petitioner averaged more amicus briefs than the respondent. So what about the second half of the
For the past several weeks, we’ve been reviewing the Supreme Court tenure of soon-to-retire Justice Kathryn Werdegar. This week, we begin a new topic. Several weeks ago, we tracked the average number of amicus briefs filed, case by case, from year to year. But with the expansion of our data library, we can now track
Last week, we continued our analysis of Justice Werdegar’s career by reviewing her majority opinions in criminal cases.
We report Justice Werdegar’s dissents in criminal cases, year by year, in Table 204. Justice Werdegar wrote two dissents in 1995, five in 1997, three in 1998, two in 1999 and three in 2000. Justice Werdegar wrote
Last week, we analyzed Justice Werdegar’s majority opinions in civil cases. This week, we’ll look at Justice Werdegar’s opinions in criminal cases.
We report Justice Werdegar’s majority opinions, year by year, in criminal cases in Table 202. Justice Werdegar’s high points have come in 1996, 2007 and 2008, with ten majority opinions each year. She