This week, we’re beginning a detailed analysis of the votes to affirm each Division and District of the Court of Appeal: (1) how often is each court affirmed unanimously; and (2) what was the average votes to affirm each Court, year by year?
In Table 1514, we report the first half of the Districts’ percentage of unanimous affirmances. In 1990, one-third of the civil decisions from Division Three of the Second District were affirmed unanimously. Twenty percent of the decisions from Division One of the Second were affirmed unanimously. In 1991, half the civil decisions from Division Three of the First District and Division Three of the Second District were affirmed unanimously. In 1992, one-quarter of the decisions from Division Two of the First District were affirmed unanimously. In 1993, all of the decisions from Division Two of the Second District were affirmed unanimously. In 1994, all of the decisions from Division Four of the Second District were affirmed unanimously.
In 1990, all of the decisions from Division Three of the Fourth District were unanimously affirmed. In 1991, half of the decisions from District Five were affirmed unanimously. In 1992, two-thirds of the decisions from Division Seven of the Second District were affirmed unanimously. In 1993, all of the decisions from Division Five of the Second District were affirmed unanimously. In 1994, half of the decisions from Division One of the Fourth District were affirmed unanimously.
In 1995, half of the decisions from Division Four of the First District were affirmed unanimously. In 1996, all of the decisions from Division Two of the First District were. In 1997, all of the decisions from Division One of the First District and all of the decisions from Division Four of the Second District were affirmed unanimously. In 1998, half the decisions from Division Four were affirmed unanimously. In 1999, all of the decisions from Division Three of the Second District were affirmed unanimously.
In 1995, half of the decisions from the Third District were affirmed unanimously. The following year, all of the decisions from Division Six of the Second District were affirmed unanimously. In 1997, Division Five of the Second District and the Sixth District had all their decisions affirmed unanimously. In 1998, half of the cases from the Sixth District were affirmed unanimously. In 1999, all of the decisions from the Fifth District were affirmed unanimously.
Join us back here next time as we review the data for year-by-year votes to affirm.
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