I’m always surprised when I encounter litigators who dismiss litigation analytics as a passing fad. In fact, as shown in the reprint post below, it’s a century-long academic enterprise which has produced many hundreds of studies conclusively proving through tens of thousands of pages of analysis the value of data analytics in better understanding how
The Illinois Supreme Court Review recently marked its sixth anniversary. In April, this blog turns five.
So I thought it was time for a first: cross-posted reprints from the earliest days of the blogs. My early attempts to provide context for the work and to answer the question I often heard in those days: “Interesting,
Last time, we reviewed Justice Corrigan’s voting record to see how often she has been in the minority in civil cases, year by year since joining the Court. Overall, Justice Corrigan has been in the minority in 5.98% of the civil cases she’s participated in. Today, we’re looking at Justice Liu’s numbers.
Justice Liu has
Last week, we looked at how often the Chief Justice is in the minority in civil cases as one measure of how much in sync with the rest of the Court she has been from one year to the next. Since joining the Court, the Chief Justice has been in the minority only 3.85% of
Today, we begin the second phase of our review of the Justices’ individual voting records. The percentage of the time a particular Justice votes in the majority and the minority is one measure of to what degree she or he is in philosophical sync with the rest of the Court. When applied to a Chief
Today we’re concluding our initial review of the Justices’ voting records by reviewing Justice Cuellar and Justice Groban.
Since joining the Court in 2015, Justice Cuellar has voted in 201 civil cases. He has voted in affirm in 73 cases and to reverse 90 times. Those votes show a curious time pattern: in 2015 and
Justice Leondra R. Kruger took her seat on the Court on January 5, 2015. Between that time and the end of 2020, she had voted in precisely 200 civil cases. She has voted to affirm in only 63 of those cases, or 31.5% of the total. She had voted to reverse in full 95 times,
Today, we’re turning our attention to our initial examination of Justice Liu’s voting record.
Justice Goodwin Liu took his seat on the Court on September 1, 2011. Since that time, he has voted in 292 civil cases. The distribution of his votes is similar to the Chief Justice and Justice Corrigan. From 2011 through the
Today, we’re examining the Chief Justice’s voting record in civil cases.
Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye took her seat on January 3, 2011. Since that time, she has voted in 312 civil cases. Consistent with the slight uptick in the Court’s production in civil cases in the second half of the Chief Justice’s tenure, she cast 139
This week, we’re beginning a more detailed examination of the individual Justices’ voting records. We start with Justice Corrigan’s record in civil cases.
With the retirement of Justice Chin, Justice Corrigan is now the senior Associate Justice on the Court. Since joining the Court in 2006, she has voted in 535 civil cases. Although the