For the past few weeks, we’ve been tracking the Court’s history in terms of the length of their opinions – majority opinions, concurrences and dissents. Today, we’re looking at a related question – is there a relationship between the length of the opinion and the result – are affirmances or reversals consistently longer? One can
How Has the Length of the Court’s Opinions in Criminal Cases Changed Over Time (Part 2)?
Yesterday, we began our review of the year-to-year average length of the Court’s opinions in criminal cases – majority opinions, concurrences and dissents, beginning with the years 1990 to 2003. Today, we’re looking at the years 2004 through 2017.
Across the entire fourteen-year period, there is some evidence that majority opinions have edged a bit
How Has the Length of the Court’s Opinions in Criminal Cases Changed Over Time (Part 1)?
Last week, we reviewed the year-by-year data on the length of the Court’s opinions in civil cases – majorities, concurrences and dissents. We were looking at two questions: first, are opinions getting longer (or shorter) over time, and second, is there a relationship between longer dissents and longer majorities? This week, we’re looking at the
How Has the Length of the Court’s Opinions in Civil Cases Evolved Over Time (Part 2)?
Yesterday, we reviewed the average length of the Court’s opinions – majorities, concurrences and dissents – for the years 1990 through 2003. Today, we’re bringing the numbers up to the present day.
We noted yesterday that majority opinions seemed to have gotten slightly longer on average for the years 1990 through 2003. For the years
How Has the Length of the Court’s Opinions in Civil Cases Evolved Over Time (Part 1)?
This week, we’re turning our attention to a new subject – how has the average length of the Court’s majority, concurring and dissenting opinions in civil cases changed between 1990 and 2017? In studying the numbers, we’re looking for evidence on two points: are opinions getting consistently longer or shorter, whether because of the evolution
What District/Division of the Court of Appeal Averaged the Most Votes to Affirm Before the Supreme Court in Criminal Cases (Part 2)?
Yesterday, we reviewed average votes to affirm in criminal cases for the First District’s Divisions and the first five Divisions of the Second District. Today, we’re reviewing the data for the rest of the state.
Division Six of the Second District had a votes to affirm of four or more in only three years (1998,
What District/Division of the Court of Appeal Averaged the Most Votes to Affirm Before the Supreme Court in Criminal Cases (Part 1)?
Last week, we delved more deeply into how each District and Division of the Court of Appeal has fared before the Supreme Court, reviewing the yearly average votes to affirm each court’s decision in civil cases. This week, we’re reviewing the numbers for criminal cases from 1990 to 2017.
Division One of the First District
Which District/Division of the Court of Appeal Averaged the Most Votes to Affirm Before the Supreme Court in Civil Cases (Part 2)?
Today, we’re concluding our review of the average votes to affirm decisions in civil cases of each District and Division of the Court of Appeal between 1990 and 2017.
For Division Six of the Second District, average votes to affirm was at four or more Justices in seven years since 1990 (1993, 1996, 1998, 2000,
Which District/Division of the Court of Appeal Averaged the Most Votes to Affirm Before the Supreme Court in Civil Cases (Part 1)?
For the past two weeks, we’ve reviewed and compared the reversal rates for every District and Division of the Court of Appeal in civil and criminal cases at the Supreme Court. But all affirmances and all reversals aren’t created equal, which is a problem with inferring too much from a reversal rate alone. Whether the
Which District or Division of the Court of Appeal Has Been Reversed Most Often in Criminal Cases Since 1990 (Part 2)?
Last time, we compared the twenty-eight year reversal rate for each District and Division of the Court of Appeal in civil and criminal cases before the Supreme Court. Then we began our review of the year-by-year data in criminal cases for the First District, and the first half of the Divisions of the Second District.