Last week, we began a seven-part series reviewing each Justice’s voting record, one area of law at a time – beginning with civil cases involving an insurer party. Since 2006, Justice Corrigan has voted for insurer parties 11 times while voting against insurer parties ten times. From 2006 to 2010, she voted for insurers seven
How Has Justice Chin Voted in Insurance Law Cases?
Today, we begin a seven-post series, reviewing the voting records of all seven current Justices in insurance law cases. First up is the Court’s senior Justice (by longevity), Justice Ming Chin, who announced his retirement last week.
Since joining the Court in 1997, Justice Chin has supported insurers’ positions in 31 cases involving insurance law,
How Have Insurers Fared at the Supreme Court Since 2010?
Today, we conclude our review of the Supreme Court’s overall record in civil insurance law cases since 1990. Between 2010 and 2019, insurer parties won five cases while losing seven. Insurers won only one of five cases from 2010 to 2012 and have broken even with three wins and three losses since 2015.
Among cases
How Did Insurers Fare at the Supreme Court Between 2000 and 2009?
We saw yesterday that between 1990 and 1999, insurers did quite well in insurance law cases at the Supreme Court, winning twenty while losing only twelve. Things took a sharp turn with the new decade, however; between 2000 and 2009, insurers won only seventeen cases while losing nineteen. Between 2000 and 2002, insurers won only
How Did Insurers Fare at the Supreme Court Between 1990 and 1999?
Today, we’re beginning a series of posts examining the Supreme Court’s record with insurance law cases since 1990.
First, let’s look at the simplest data point: the won-loss record for insurer parties. Between 1990 and 1999, insurers did quite well at the Court, winning twenty cases while losing only twelve. Insurers won four of six
What’s the Average Lag Time from Grant of the Petition for Review in Non-Death Penalty Criminal Cases to Oral Argument?
Today, we’re looking at the overall lag time data: the average period from the order granting the petition for review in non-death penalty criminal cases to oral argument.
The average was 392.57 days in 1990, 310.56 in 1991, 440.04 in 1992, 451.64 in 1993, 442.29 in 1994, 485.35 in 1995, 575.1 in 1996, 320.8 in
What’s the Average Lag Time from Filing of the Final Brief in Non-Death Penalty Criminal Cases to Oral Argument?
Today, we’re reviewing the average lag time for our proxy for the Supreme Court’s decisional period in non-death penalty criminal cases: the lag time from the filing of the final brief – whether the reply brief, an amicus brief or a supplemental brief – to oral argument.
The average lag time was 262.47 days in
How Long Does Amicus and Supplemental Briefing Typically Take in Non-Death Penalty Criminal Cases?
In this post, we’re addressing the typical lag times involved between the end of party briefing in non-death penalty criminal cases and the filing of the final amicus or supplemental brief.
Because amicus and supplemental briefs are considerably less commonplace in criminal cases than they are in civil cases, the numbers show a lot of
How Long Does Party Briefing Typically Take in Non-Death Penalty Criminal Cases?
Last week, we began our review of the lag time between each typical landmark of a non-death penalty criminal case. This week, we’re reviewing the data on briefing in such cases. First up: the average lag time from filing of the opening brief to filing of the appellant’s reply brief.
In 1990, the average was
What’s the Average Lag Time from the Order Appointing Appellate Counsel to the Filing of the Opening Brief in Non-Death Criminal Cases?
The average lag time from the order appointing appellate counsel in non-death criminal cases to the filing of the opening brief was 30 days in 1990, 35.14 in 1991, 44.5 in 1992, 50.38 in 1993 and 38.38 days in 1994. The average jumped to 114.35 days in 1995 before falling back to 39.71 days in