Last week, we began analyzing how the Supreme Court’s criminal docket since 1994 has been distributed among the Districts and Divisions of the Court of Appeal. Today, we address the years 2006 through 2011.
Only 6.87% of the Court’s criminal cases arose from the First District in the years 2006 through 2011 – 25 of
Yesterday, we began our review of the origins in the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court’s criminal docket. Today, we continue with the years 2000 through 2005.
The Court decided thirty-four cases from the First District during these six years. Cases from Division One were few and far between – one each from 2000,
For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been reviewing the Supreme Court’s experience with criminal cases, beginning with the years 1990 through 2005. This week, we begin our trip through the Supreme Court’s criminal docket.
As we discussed two weeks ago, the First District accounted for 16.12% of the state’s population in 1990. The Court
Yesterday, we reviewed the year-by-year data for the distribution of the Court’s civil docket among the Districts and Divisions of the Court of Appeal. Today, we review the most recent data, from 2012 to year-to-date 2017.
The Court heard twenty-four cases from the First District during this time. The Court decided one case from Division
Last week, we reviewed the year-by-year distribution of the Court’s civil docket among the Districts and Divisions of the Court of Appeal for the years 1994 through 2005. Today, we review the data for the years 2006 through 2011.
The Court has decided forty-five civil cases which originated in the First District. The Court decided
Yesterday, we began our review of the distribution of the Court’s civil cases at the Districts (and Divisions) of the Court of Appeal, reviewing the data for the years 1994 through 1999. Today, we review the data for the years 2000 through 2005.
The Court heard a total of 45 cases from the First District.
Last week, we reviewed the government’s record in civil and criminal appeals. This week, we begin our review of which Districts of the Court of Appeal have produced the most civil cases each year.
Just as we did earlier this week in our study of the Illinois Supreme Court’s caseload, we use population distribution as
Yesterday, we reviewed the year-by-year data on the State’s appearances as appellant and respondent in criminal cases from 1994 to 2016. Today, we review the State’s winning percentage in each role.
The State won 80.95% of its cases as petition in 1994, 93.75% in 1995, 64.29% in 1996 and 88.89% in 1997. The State won
Last week, we reviewed how often public entities appeared as appellant and respondent in civil cases, and how often the public entities prevailed. This week, we review the Court’s experience in criminal cases.
The Court decided twenty-one criminal cases in 1994 where the State was the appellant. The Court heard sixteen such cases in 1995,
Reprinted with permission from the October 2017 issue of ALI CLE’s The Practical Lawyer.
“In God we trust. All others must bring data.”
— Professor William Edwards Deming
All of us who often speak and write about the ongoing revolution in data analytics for litigation have heard it from at least some of