Last time, we reviewed which Districts and Divisions of the Court of Appeal produced the Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets. This week, we’re drilling down a bit more and looking at the originating trial courts. Since we reviewed this data about eighteen months ago, we’re looking at it this time in a slightly different
Which Districts of the Court of Appeal Account for the Court’s Criminal Docket (2005-2019)?
This time, we’re concluding our review of the Court of Appeal Districts and Divisions which accounted for the Court’s criminal docket by reviewing the years 2005 to 2019. Between 2005 and 2009, the Court decided 22 criminal cases from the First District: 7 from Division 2, 4 apiece from Divisions 1, 4 and 5 and
Which Districts of the Court of Appeal Account for the Court’s Criminal Docket (1990-2004)?
Last week, we reviewed the Districts and Divisions which accounted for the Supreme Court’s civil docket between 1990 and 2019. This week, we’re looking at the sources of the criminal docket.
Between 1990 and 1994, the Court decided 16 criminal cases from the First District: 5 each from Divisions 4 and 5, 3 from Division
Where in the Court of Appeal Have the Court’s Civil Cases Come From (2005-2019)?
Civil cases from San Francisco’s First District were down between 2005 and 2009 from 43 to 37. The Court decided 11 cases from Division 5, 8 from Divisions 1 and 3, 7 from Division 4 and 6 from Division 2.
Cases from the Second District were down a bit to 89. The Court decided 20
Which Districts of the Court of Appeal Account for the Supreme Court’s Civil Docket (1990-2004)?
This week, we’re looking at a new subject – updating our data on the Court of Appeal Districts and Divisions which produced the Supreme Court’s docket. First up – the civil cases.
Between 1990 and 1994, the Court decided 45 civil cases from San Francisco’s First District – 1 which we were unable to attribute
What Can Individual Justices’ Questioning Reveal About the Decision – Criminal Cases 2018
Last time, we reviewed the Court’s oral arguments in criminal cases at the macro level – data on the whole court. This time, we’re going micro – what can we predict about individual Justices’ votes and writing based on the oral arguments?
In Table 1024, we report average questions per Justice in criminal cases. All
Is the Party Getting More Questions Likely to Lose – Criminal Cases 2018
In our next two posts, we’re reviewing the data for the Court’s oral arguments in criminal cases during 2018.
In all, the Justices asked 1,103 questions of appellants and 896 of appellees.
That works out to 22.06 questions to the appellant, and 17.92 to the appellee.
We’ve shown before that most argument analytics studies have
What Can Individual Justices’ Questioning Forecast About the Result – Civil Cases 2018
Justices Cuellar and Liu were the most frequent questioners during civil cases in 2018. Justice Cuellar averaged 5.42 questions of appellants, 5.94 of appellees and 0.48 in rebuttals. Justice Liu averaged 4.33 of appellants, 6.15 of appellees and 1.24 in rebuttals. Justice Corrigan averaged 2.42 questions in appellants, 2.18 of appellees and 0.64 in rebuttals.
Is the Party Getting More Questions Likely to Lose – Civil Arguments 2018
This time, we’re looking at the oral arguments in civil cases in 2018. For new readers, you can review the history of data analytics for oral arguments here.
For civil cases decided last year, the Court asked 958 questions of appellants and 889 of appellees – an average of 29.03 questions to appellants and
How Have Challengers to Government Powers, Actions and Procedures Fared Before the Supreme Court Since 1990 (2014-2019)?
The Supreme Court decided thirty-nine government and administrative law cases between 2014 and 2019: three in 2014, eleven per year in 2015 and 2016, nine in 2017, five in 2018 and none so far in 2019.
The Court decided twenty-two cases between 2014 and 2019 which were won by the defender of government authority versus