In our recent expansion of Sedgwick’s California Supreme Court database, one of the variables we added was the originating jurisdiction. Given that the Court always has a significant number of administrative mandate cases, originating jurisdiction is a more precise measure of where the Court’s cases are coming from than solely tracking the original trial court.
Last time, we looked at public entities’ winning percentage in civil cases at the California Supreme Court between 1994 and 2005. Today, we look at the second half of our study period – how did public entities fare between 2006 and 2016?
Public entities have done even better during these years than they had in
Last week, we looked at how defendants have fared in criminal cases. Of course, in a sense that amounts to asking how prosecutors are doing. So this week, we ask the flip side of that question – how have public entities fared in civil cases between 1994 and 2016?
In Table 225, we report the
Yesterday, we looked at whether defendants are winning a higher fraction of appeals in criminal cases between 1994 and 2005. Today, we’re looking at the years 2006 through 2016.
In 2010, defendants won eleven criminal cases. In 2012, defendants won ten cases. Beginning in 2014, defendants have won more cases each year – twelve in
Earlier this week, I joined “Air Talk” on KPCC radio for a discussion of the California Supreme Court’s recent criminal decisions, beginning with People v. Gutierrez, in which the Court reversed three convictions for the first time in many years based upon Batson/Wheeler (strikes from the jury pool based on minority status) error. So I
Yesterday, we analyzed the Court’s experience with amicus briefs in criminal cases between 1994 and 2005. Today, we’ll look at the Court’s experience with amicus briefs in criminal cases between 2006 and 2016.
Winners averaged more amicus support than losing parties in criminal affirmances only about one-third of the time during this period. In 2006,
Last week, we examined whether winning parties tended to average more amicus support in civil cases between 1994 and 2016. This week, we look at the Court’s experience with amicus briefs in criminal cases.
In Table 215, we report the data for affirmances between 1994 and 2006. We see very little correlation between the number
Yesterday, we reviewed who averaged the most amicus support in civil cases between 1994 and 2005 – winning parties, losers, or parties who won only in part. Today, we address the data for the years 2006 through 2016.
Petitioners nearly always averaged more amicus briefs when the Court reversed (i.e., winning petitioners) than when the
For the past two weeks, we’ve been reviewing the data on the Supreme Court’s experience with amicus briefs, asking whether petitioners or respondents tend to average more amicus support. Now, as a further step towards modeling the impact of amicus briefs, let’s look at whether winning or losing petitioners or respondents average more amicus support.
Yesterday, we looked at the court’s experience with amicus briefs in criminal cases for the first half of our study period, 1994-2005. Today, we look at the data for the second half of the period.
For the most part, the relationship between the sides was the same – petitioners tend to get more amicus support